Sonia Rykiel is H&M’s next guest designer
Matthieu Salving Above Nathalie Rykiel, President and Artistic Director at Sonia Rykiel. Sonia Rykiel will be the next guest designer for Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish company announced today. Rykiel follows a long line of famous designers, including Roberto Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor & Rolf, who have created accessible collections […]
Revising the ‘Insider’ section
Between 8 and 9 a.m. GMT, we will be revising the template to the ‘Insider’ pages. We won’t take this section offline, but in case things don’t go smoothly, you might find a few strange layouts. (Don’t blame your computer or ISP during this hour: it’s us.) You may also like The Lucire website, à […]
If you came via the home page today, then you’ll know Lucire has a new look on the web. We haven’t put this design on all the pages yet—obviously this page, at the time of writing, still has the old look. But we are continuing to roll it out across the site and all subsequent […]
We have decided to keep the ‘News’ page here on the Lucire site, rather than integrate it with ‘Insider’. It turns out that some of you do use it to get news headlines from around the web, and we can understand that it is helpful: it’s a convenient way to have a glance at what’s […]
Lucire experiments with a new look online
We’re currently experimenting with a new look at Lucire, our first facelift in three years. In the world of the Web, three years without a change is a long time. And if you like what we’ve done, we’ll roll it out more widely across the site. Hop on over to the first article […]
Mini shows Coupé Concept for 50th anniversary
On August 26, 1959, the British Motor Corp. released the Mini—or, more accurately, the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor. The British icon celebrates its 50th anniversary today, and BMW, the current owner of the Mini brand, shows a coupé concept. It’ll be shown in the metal at the IAA—the Frankfurt Motor Show—and there’s a chance […]
Katie Taylor in her Miss Universe 2009 national costume
We know we showed you what Miss New Zealand 2009 Katie Taylor wore at Miss Universe a few days ago, but we finally have the official image from the event. Presenting Katie Taylor herself in In-Tui-Tion by Tracey Koole, the Montana World of Wearable Art 2007 garment, as seen in the Bahamas on Monday night: […]
Manuel Bozzi commemorates Woodstock’s 40th
Pisa-based jewellery designer Manuel Bozzi has released his Flying Standard Gibson pendant to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock on August 15. Bozzi, according to his company, is a rock and roll fan, and the new pendant is a continuation of an earlier theme he started. He already knows the Gibson Flying V Standard guitar […]
This came in from Mint Condition, the PR company and showroom in Auckland, New Zealand. We love the homage to Saul Bass, never mind that the labels being sold are really good! You may also like A tribute to the uniquely creative and brilliant David MacGregor Resurrecting another five articles from last century Publisher’s picks: […]
Lucire’s Jaguar XJ party pics and exclusives
For those wondering what it was like to see the new Jaguar XJ and hang out with supermodel Elle Macpherson and Bond girl Rosamund Pike (and even the Hoff), we have party pics from last night’s launch at the Saatchi Gallery. Don’t forget our videos at Lucire TV showing everything from the Jaguar XJ driving […]
