No Us Without You’s Sayonara to Summer feeds the soul of a city
A bar consultancy’s two founders became concerned about the plight of undocumented workers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit—and today, they continue to provide food security for 700 families […]
No Time to Die a fine send-off for Daniel Craig as James Bond
Eon Productions LLC/MGM Header image: Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) and James Bond (Daniel Craig) have their holiday plans upset. Above, from top: Daniel Craig as James Bond in No Time to Die. The Aston Martin V8 from The Living Daylights makes a return. James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Cuban agent Paloma (Ana de Armas) prepare […]
Festival de Cannes 2021: a trimmed-down AmFAR gala
Dave Benett/AmFAR; Andreas Rentz/AmFAR; Samir Hussein The AmFAR gala is always the social highlight of the Festival de Cannes, though this year’s, the 27th, was far more low-key, with guest numbers at 400 rather than the usual 900, and strict COVID-19 protocols in place. Global campaign chair Sharon Stone (in custom Dolce & Gabbana) […]
Are these the trends we’ll remember the 2020s by?
A fashion magazine seems to have a few roles. The first is to create a record of trends, not just reporting on them but preempting them, as a snapshot of where society is at any given moment. The second is arguably to chart culture itself, and just what the Zeitgeist is. If the articles […]
Alber Elbaz, former Lanvin artistic director, dead at 59
Above: Alber Elbaz as photographed by Lucire Paris editor Lola Saab. Moroccan-born French designer Alber Elbaz has died at age 59, according to Richemont, which partnered with him on his latest venture, AZ Factory. It is believed Elbaz died from COVID-19, which he had had for three weeks, and had been in an induced coma. […]
A new take on geta from Andrea Gramaccia; Ruby’s latest for summer; Zegna shows winter ’21
Italian interior and product designer Andrea Gramaccia has created a wonderful, occidental take on the Japanese geta, the traditional footwear which has the form of a flip-flop but a wooden base. Gramaccia was contacted by the Japanese company Mizutori to create geta. Cleverly, he based the concept around a circle and cutting it in […]
Zalando, the online fashion and beauty retailer, released its holiday campaign, entitled We Will Hug Again, last month. New images featuring Brooklyn Beckham, Diane von Fürstenberg, Jeremy Scott, Munroe Bergdorf, Stella Maxwell, Muslim Sisterhood (Lamisa Khan, Zeinab Salah and Sara Gulamali), and Rain Dove among others have been released to accompany the campaign. With […]
British Fashion Council announces the Fashion Awards 2020, with Beijing, Shanghai screenings
With the UK continuing to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards (formerly the British Fashion Awards) announced its 20 winners with a digital film première. The 30-minute film went live at www.fashionawards.com today and on YouTube on the BFC’s account, and was screened in selected cities, including Beijing and […]
Grace Loves Lace’s bridal face mask contributes to brand’s phenomenal growth this year
Bridal fashion is still a strong sector, based on what’s come across our news desk, but there’s one accessory that’s particularly 2020: the wedding day face mask. Grace Loves Lace’s Megan Ziems has created a bespoke lace bridal face mask to match a wedding dress, and has had great interest, especially from the US, […]
Song Weiling launches new Emporio Armani Meccanico skeleton watch collection on Tmall
China already had one of the most lively online e-commerce set-ups before COVID-19, and the pandemic drew even more activity online (see Lucire issue 42, and Lucire KSA September 2020). Emporio Armani is no exception in its dealings inside the Middle Kingdom, with Chinese spokesman Song Weiling (宋威龍), the actor and model, launching its Meccanico […]
