The American style icon, known for her bold colours, textures and patterns, and who found global fame later in life, died just after turning 102½ […]
Style icon Iris Apfel passes away at 102
March 2, 2024/5.12
Tag: 2010
Adventures in knitwear: Kerisma finds joie de vivre for spring 2024
February 21, 2024/23.51
A surprising father–daughter brand innovates in knitwear and brings in the tension from opposites to create the energy for spring ’24 […]
Publisher’s diary: Feedspot’s top 50, computers in cars, and a new mayor
October 12, 2022/0.59
Founder and publisher Jack Yan with a summary of recent events, beginning with Lucire’s surprise appearance on a top-50 fashion magazines’ list […]
The AG Limited Editions collections of Alessandra Gucci
August 13, 2022/22.45
The brief history of Alessandra Gucci’s AG Limited Editions bags, as seen in our pages from 2008 to 2010 […]
Pierre Cardin, visionary designer, dies aged 98
December 29, 2020/13.43
Claude Iverné/Creative Commons 3·0 Top: Pierre Cardin’s official portrait in 1992. Above: The cover of the book accompanying Pierre Cardin’s 60th anniversary retrospectives in 2010. Legendary fashion designer Pierre Cardin died December 29 aged 98, according to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, of which he had been a member since 1992. Born Pietro Costante Cardin […]
Brancott Estate launches limited-edition sauvignon blanc with Hayley Westenra and WOW models
March 11, 2013/7.30
Top WOW models at Brancott Vineyard celebrating the start of harvest with Patrick Materman, chief winemaker for Brancott Estate. Above Hayley Westenra performs at the Brancott Estate vineyard. Brancott Estate not only has a new wine out—its limited-edition Brancott Estate Chosen Rows Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2010—but it marked the occasion with an exclusive performance at […]
Miss New Zealand Ria van Dyke is the new face of Innoxa
April 4, 2011/23.13
Angela Scott Ria van Dyke, the reigning Miss Universe New Zealand, is the new face of Innoxa. Van Dyke signed a contract yesterday to be the face of the brand for the next three years, she told Lucire. The campaign will break next month in the Packer Press’s The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Royal […]
Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete is L’Oréal Paris’s new face
February 14, 2011/4.00
L’Oréal Paris has announced that Jimena ‘Ximena’ Navarrete, 22, the reigning Miss Universe, is its new face. Of Mexican origin, Navarrete follows in the footsteps of Cheryl Cole, Jennifer López, Beyoncé Knowles, Gwen Stefani, Scarlett Johansson and Aishwarya Rai. While not the first L’Oréal Paris spokesmodel of Latin American extraction, Navarrete helps boost […]
Kate Moss by Mario Testino now in paperback; US, New Zealand release in April
February 4, 2011/11.51
Although news of Mario Testino’s book featuring his favourite muse, supermodel Kate Moss, has been around since 2010, publication of the paperback version of the lavish Taschen volume won’t be till this month in the UK. It’s heading to New Zealand through New Holland Publishers in April, at the price of NZ$150. It’s astounding […]
Merry Christmas, on a summer’s day
December 24, 2010/23.38
Here’s our view from HQ on a beautiful summer’s day in Wellington, New Zealand. Merry Christmas to all our readers, clients and supporters. Meanwhile, as a Christmas treat, Polish correspondent Joanna Mroczkowska has filed her first report, on menswear designer Konrad Parol. Surf over here to have a read about his spring–summer 2011 collection. […]
