Lucire
The global fashion magazine May 17, 2025 
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Chanel to launch Coco Cocoon line, with Lily Allen fronting campaign

October 2, 2009/10.14

Some of you will have seen the ads for Coco Before Chanel on this website (currently on at the Penthouse Cinema here in Wellington), on the eve of its release in New York and Los Angeles. But in the real world of Chanel, we can show the below video featuring Lily Allen, the face of […]

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London Fashion Week, Day 5: Jonathan Saunders and Burberry

September 23, 2009/21.02

Hop on over to the main part of the site for our Burberry Prorsum catwalk and after-party reports—but, meanwhile, here’s Grazia’s video report of the show itself. Style director Paula Reed also attends Jonathan Saunders’s spring–summer 2010 show. You may also like Burberry launches festive campaign with Sir Elton John, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Naomi Campbell, Michelle […]

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London Fashion Week, Day 4: Christopher Kane

/5.10

Paula Reed, style director of Grazia, attends the Christopher Kane spring–summer 2010 show at London Fashion Week—probably the most anticipated show on the calendar there this season. You may also like Sam Cam, Burberry Prorsum and Pringle of Scotland lift moods at London Fashion Week’s busiest day London Fashion Week, Day 5: Jonathan Saunders and […]

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Behind the scenes at London Fashion Week

September 21, 2009/12.23

We’re not in London in force as we were at New York Fashion Week (yes, a report is coming), so it’s a relief to know that Grazia has been filming there. We present their clip from London Fashion Week’s second day, presented by Paula Reed, Grazia’s style director. There are also interviews with Lady Helen […]

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Doloris Petuna jewellery now on sale in the UK

September 15, 2009/11.34

Courtney Prince’s Doloris Petunia jewellery is now available in the UK at the Hannah Zakari boutique. From New York, Prince’s range was named after her dog, and takes its inspiration from her 96-year-old grandmother, mixing the old with the new.    Hannah Zakari’s Rachael Lamb has the same tastes we do when she identifies the […]

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Bex earns her stripes

September 11, 2009/6.02

New in stores this autumn, Rebecca Manners has created a collection called Safari Stripes for Made. These have been created by Fair Trade artisans in Kenya, with prices beginning at £50 for the brass rings’ cuff. You may also like Miksani introduces Carbon Neutral fashion range HRH the Duchess of Sussex a surprise presenter at […]

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CocoonU might have the finest cashmere scarves this winter

September 9, 2009/10.43

Don’t they look sumptuous? Better yet, these 100 per cent cashmere scarves from CocoonU are organically and ethically sourced, with yarn from outer Mongolia. There, because of the colder climates, a higher-quality, lighter yarn is sourced, and the company claims it helps supports the lifestyles of the nomadic herders in outer Mongolia. It also points […]

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ShowStudio gets exhibition at Somerset House

August 31, 2009/13.34

Naomi Campbell, Bring and Buy, ShowStudio, 2005. Copyright by Nick Knight. Beginning during London Fashion Week, Somerset House will present an exhibition on ShowStudio, founded by Nick Knight. In 2003, both Lucire and ShowStudio were vying for a prize in the same category in the Webby Awards—which ShowStudio deservedly took that year.    The exhibition […]

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Peace and Joy this Christmas

/12.26

We thought these were a lovely touch for Christmas: Peace and Joy necklaces from Cerise UK on London’s Columbia Road. The inspiration came initially from children’s jewellery that Cerise’s designer, Vicky Davies, was commissioned to make. The pieces are hand-engraved and cut, and the two birds come together. The ‘Peace’ bird has stars on the […]

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Cheryl Cole is L’Oréal’s new face

August 28, 2009/10.33

We wish we could take credit for it—after running items on Charlize Theron and Elizabeth Banks they both became L’Oréal Paris spokeswomen; and a sister magazine of ours did the same with Elizabeth Hurley and Estée Lauder in the 1990s—but we have to chalk it up to another coincidence as Cheryl Cole becomes the new […]

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