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Tag: 2017
Putting the brakes on fast fashion
August 15, 2020/9.10
Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. Abigail Beall’s statistics in a recent BBC report about clothing recycling make sobering reading. She writes, ‘Around 85% of all textiles thrown away in the US—roughly 13 million tonnes in 2017—are either dumped into landfill or burned. The average American has been estimated to throw away around […]
Video: remembering Buoy’s Derek Elvy
April 23, 2018/11.20
Angela Henderson, retouching by Andrew Edwards As a tribute to Buoy founder Derek Elvy, whose memorial took place at the Pines in Wellington today, Lucire has been granted permission to show these two videos of ‘the king of avant-garde’. Filmed by SIK Productions late in 2017, and presented with their and Buoy’s blessing, they feature […]
Changing money at Gatwick Airport? Buyer beware at Moneycorp
March 29, 2018/11.59
On my way into the UK last month I urgently needed some sterling at Gatwick Airport, so I walked up to the Moneycorp window and plopped down CHF 500 to change. The posted exchange rate by these folks was 1·6986. I hadn’t checked the currency rates in the paper, my bad. The clerk told me […]
Zoë Saldaña stars in Campari’s latest promotional film, with red-carpet première in Milano
January 31, 2018/11.45
Vittorio Zunino Celotto Campari has once again ramped up its promotion using the colour red along with an internationally recognized film star—in this case, Zoë Saldaña, in a film called The Legend of Red Hand, directed by Stefano Sollima. It is part of the Campari Red Diaries campaign, which débuted last year. Adriano Giannini […]
Travel diary: from a leap of elegance to a pampering experience
January 26, 2018/19.53
Il Gattopardo Group The Leopard at des Artistes in Manhattan at the Hôtel des Artistes is an immaculate restaurant that spectacularly revives the concept of typical southern Italian cuisine, tradition and service. Guests are surrounded by the works of Howard Chandler Christy, originally a tenant in the building. The intricately painted stories embracing the restaurant’s […]
Doutzen Kroes launches Hunkemöller’s latest sportswear collection
January 12, 2018/11.25
Hunkemöller released the latest edition of its sportswear collection, Doutzen’s Sports Stories, at the end of December, following an event in München hosted by the model herself. The event saw Kroes host a lunch, followed by a barre workout—while wearing her latest collection, of course. The collection features a black base, with pink […]
December 29, 2017/11.29
When Blue Medi Spa opened its doors in 1999 in what once housed the historic La Reina Theatre on Ventura Boulevard, the term medi spa had not yet entered the English language vernacular. Almost 18 years later, fillers and lasers are permanently emblazoned on the æsthetic landscape. And though medi-spas have become commonplace, Blue Medi […]
December 21, 2017/2.17
David Jones in Wellington is having a Boxing Day clearance sale, where there are genuine specials to be had. The store is touting savings of up to 50 per cent on fashion, and 40 per cent on homeware, manchester and beds. They’re expecting 10,000 people to walk through their doors on Boxing Day. Across […]
Maëva Coucke, Miss Nord Pas-de-Calais, wins Miss France 2018
December 16, 2017/23.23
Maëva Coucke has been crowned Miss France 2018 at the Châteauroux Métropole, succeeding Alicia Aylies. Maëva Coucke, Miss Nord Pas-de-Calais, is a 23-year-old student who is passionate about fashion and photography. She believed that her red hair would make her stand out in the Miss France competition. Coucke follows in the footsteps of […]
