The American style icon, known for her bold colours, textures and patterns, and who found global fame later in life, died just after turning 102½ […]
Style icon Iris Apfel passes away at 102
March 2, 2024/5.12
Tag: Hennes & Mauritz
Out of the space age; praise for All in Monte Carlo; and trusting your crew
November 19, 2023/10.58
Founder and publisher Jack Yan re-examines the Rabanne H&M collaboration, praises Anna Shilling’s new novel All in Monte Carlo, and comments on one company’s decision to patrol staff social media activity because of the Gaza conflict […]
Resurrecting another five articles from last century
October 21, 2023/9.43
Five more articles from 1998 and 1999 have been restored to our server, giving a glimpse of the first decade of the commercial World Wide Web […]
Mugler H&M collaboration previewed in video and behind-the-scenes photos
March 24, 2023/3.07
The house of Mugler is Hennes & Mauritz’s newest collaborator, with its spring–summer (autumn–winter in the southern hemisphere) 2023 collection débuting in May; Jerry Hall makes a surprise appearance […]
December 18, 2022/23.11
When a retail giant embraces the metaverse to this extent, there’s no turning back […]
November 14, 2022/10.22
Le monde de la mode parle encore de phénomènes virtuels, mais les méthodes traditionnelles vont tenir la distance, écrit Jack Yan […]
/10.08
The fashion world is still talking about virtual phenomena but traditional methods are going to last the distance, writes Jack Yan […]
Nike withdraws Run Club app from mainland China
June 8, 2022/10.29
Nike says it will cease to operate its Nike Run Club app in the mainland Chinese market from July 8. The app, which tracked exercise activity and allowed users to compare their figures to their friends’, had over 8 million users in the People’s Republic of China. Nike says it will replace the app with […]
Brands need special spaces in the metaverse, rather than mixing it with everyone
March 30, 2022/12.05
There were three stories in Lucire during March on virtual worlds. First, Riveka Thevendran took us into gaming fashion with a brief journey into its history, for a feature originally published in print. Secondly, DeepBrain announced that Chinese state TV channel CCTV will have an AI anchor. And thirdly, Kate Moss now has an avatar […]
More is more: Iris Apfel’s H&M collaboration hits stores April 14
March 9, 2022/11.07
More details of the Iris Apfel × H&M collection, teased last September, have emerged, with the collaboration hitting select H&M stores and hm.com on April 14. The collection is in the flamboyant and bold Iris Apfel trade-mark style, with particularly fun items such as a tiered skirt with an extravagant flower print, an emerald […]
