A look at our history: the 25th anniversary montage
Jack Yan shares a graphic that’s so far only been seen in print: a montage we created at the time of our 25th anniversary in 2022, showing the landmark moments in our print editions’ history […]
Fashion’s future purpose, heading back into the Zeitgeist
Second-hand clothing has been making a comeback, as consumers become more conscious of sustainability. Jack Yan asks: what is fashion’s next role? […]
Controversial figures show up at events, too
Certain controversial figures in the US raise the question of how they should be covered by a responsible press. Is it a fashion magazine’s role to decide? Jack Yan asks […]
Fashion outside the Zeitgeist: it’s time to hack the culture
Jack Yan reflects on where we are in today’s culture, with fashion taking more of a back seat compared to where it was in the Zeitgeist just 20 years ago […]
Positive changes for Lucire’s print edition on the horizon
There’s more than a possibility that UK, US and European print customers for our international edition will be served by a UK printer, who will also handle distribution, writes founder and publisher Jack Yan on the eve of Lucire’s 26th birthday […]
Evania Aria Luxardo, a Latina “AI” virtual model, spurs unanswered questions
Claimed to be a pioneering, AI-generated ‘virtual influencer’, Evania Aria Luxardo makes us wonder what the future might hold for social media, the influencer world, fashion and modelling, among other topics […]
Music legend Tony Bennett passes away, aged 96
With 20 Grammy Awards to his name, Tony Bennett will be remembered for a career that spanned eight decades, finding success initially in the 1950s, and to new legions of fans from the 1980s on […]
Drest gets another £15 million in funding as it moves forward with v. 2
Meanwhile, The Ed Sullivan Show turns 75 with content regularly uploaded on to the web […]
Jack Yan looks at the last five Lucire covers and how we went from a more traditional approach to a high-impact photograph with no cover lines at all […]
Why Everything Everywhere All at Once’s 2023 Best Picture Oscar win means so much
Jack Yan discusses why Everything Everywhere All at Once means so much to him and, he bets, others in the Chinese diaspora, not to mention all those who recognize the immigrant experience of the film’s Wang family […]
