Founder and publisher Jack Yan has a few thoughts as Lucire turns 26—and he’s not going to retell the story about the day we started […]
Thoughts as we reach our 26th anniversary
October 20, 2023/10.30
Tag: fashion industry
Travailler d’abord, chatter ensuite
March 17, 2023/11.02
L’intelligence artificielle a beaucoup fait parler d’elle, mais elle est loin d’être une solution pour les marques de mode. Jack Yan va au-delà du battage médiatique […]
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Artificial intelligence has been in the news a great deal, but it’s far from being a solution for fashion brands. Jack Yan looks beyond the hype […]
Behind the scenes of our 25th anniversary cover
January 17, 2023/22.25
Once Lindsay Adler’s photo shoot arrived here, there was still plenty of work to do to get the 25th anniversary cover just right, says Jack Yan […]
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 […]
Alana aims to ‘save the high street’, offers fashion retailers an accessible e-commerce platform
May 16, 2020/0.12
Recognizing the impact of COVID-19, Alana, a start-up HQed in Cork, Ireland, offers high-street and independent retailers a virtual shop front, with a single check-out, a same-day delivery service and a flat delivery fee of €3·99. The company sees it helping retailers who have already developed a strong e-commerce offering. The start-up expects to […]
Giorgio Armani, Daniel Lee, Kim Jones scoop top honours at the Fashion Awards 2019
December 2, 2019/23.27
British Fashion Council Top honours at this year’s Fashion Awards—formerly the British Fashion Awards—went to Giorgio Armani, Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta, and Kim Jones for Dior Men, in a spectacular night at the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and attended by 4,000 guests. As well as presenters and […]
Kathy Ireland to release first novel, Fashion Jungle, based on real-life experiences
November 14, 2019/11.09
Above: Rachel van Dyken and Kathy Ireland. As if building up a multi-million-dollar fashion and home licensing enterprise and her philanthropy weren’t enough of a follow-up to a highly successful modelling career, Kathy Ireland can now add novelist to her list of credits, with her first title written with the number-one New York Times best […]
British Fashion Council expresses its fears over a no-deal Brexit
September 2, 2019/11.47
While British politicians continue to argue over Brexit, the British Fashion Council has warned of the dangers of a no-deal Brexit, in what this title believes is its first statement on the UK leaving the European Union. While some who voted to leave are happy to do so at any cost, saying that the […]
Naomi Campbell to receive Fashion Icon award at the Fashion Awards this December
June 24, 2019/23.33
Darren Gerrish/BFC Above: British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush and Naomi Campbell. Supermodel Naomi Campbell will receive the Fashion Icon award at this year’s Fashion Awards from the British Fashion Council, to be held December 2 at the Royal Albert Hall. The Council says Campbell is being honoured for her career as a supermodel […]
