Where have the fun fashion magazine websites gone?
Above: The very first site (alphabetically) linked from our Newsstand pages, Annabelle of Switzerland, complete with large lead image and smaller subsidiary ones. I took a look at Lucire’s Newsstand reviews tonight. This section is a relic of the early dot-com days that Lucire came from (in the 1990s), when people exchanged links with […]
Karlie Kloss, Kaia Gerber, Lewis Hamilton invest in W magazine
Tim Walker Dua Lipa, photographed in March 2020 for W. W magazine, formerly at Condé Nast, is now under the ownership of a group of investors led by Karlie Kloss. Variety reported that editor-in-chief Sara Moonves said she had assembled a group of investors under a joint venture called W Media. Other investors […]
Former Lucire beauty ed. could be Ms Health & Fitness, with your help
Former Lucire beauty editor Angela Braden is in the running for Ms Health & Fitness, vying for the title and the chance to be on the cover of Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine. There’s also US$20,000 cash as part of the prize package. Angela’s currently 11th in her group, and you can vote […]
British Fashion Council names 37 designers receiving COVID-19 emergency fund support
The British Fashion Council has announced the first recipients of its emergency fund, helping members of the fashion industry navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-seven British designer businesses, out of 220 applications, have been named in the first round, with the BFC using its £1 million fund to support them. A portion has been allocated […]
Supermodel Naomi Campbell photographs herself for Essence’s 50th anniversary issue
It’s by no means the only case of a model doing a shoot herself during lockdown—Lucire KSA’s May 2020 edition has Miss Universe New Zealand 2016 Tania Dawson at home with a Playstation in its opening spread—though it is probably the highest-profile, as Naomi Campbell took to doing a series of self-portraits using her Iphone […]
Re-examining our mission as Lucire turns 22
Some of you may have seen the above montage (reproduced below for those who may be browsing on different devices) in our social media. These are our covers over the last 15 years—we branched out into print seven years after we started. Back then, it was unusual for a website to spawn print editions, and […]
Michael Buckner At Variety’s first Music for Screens Summit at NeueHouse, in Hollywood, musical supervisors, composers, publishing executives and personalities in and around the TV, movie and theatre industries gathered under one roof to discuss the field of music. Organized panels and one-on-one interviews revealed personal experiences and encounters. Celebrities included Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, […]
Butterscotch, Russ and Marshmello headline Forbes’ Under 30 Summit Boston
Benjamin Esakof/Halo Creative Forbes hosted their prominent and vast fifth annual Under 30 Summit Boston, presented by J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. The noteworthy event gathers thousands of attendees, a slew of speakers, young entrepreneurs, renowned celebrities, influential sports personalities, famed musicians, political leaders, affluent businesses and prominent chefs for four days of educational […]
Andreas Rentz, Matthias Nareyek, Gisela Schober, Franziska Krug Condé Nast’s German edition of GQ handed out its Men of the Year Awards at the Komische Oper in Berlin last night, with David Gandy, Philipp Lahm, Thom Browne, and the film Willkommen bei den Hartmanns among those honoured. Showing that GQ Deutschland put his infidelity […]
Raf Simons, Reese Witherspoon honoured as WSJ Magazine Innovators
News Corporation’s WSJ Magazine honoured Raf Simons (fashion), Reese Witherspoon (entertainment), Roman and Williams (design), Ryan Heffington (performing arts), Musical.ly (technology), Mark Bradford (art), and Diller Scofidio + Renfro (architecture) at an awards’ ceremony for its November ‘Innovators’ issue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Wednesday. The 2011 design winner, Joris […]
