Vittorio Missoni and his wife missing after plane disappears from radar in Venezuela
Cheryl Gorski Above A design from the Missoni 50th anniversary retrospective, which Lucire covered in 2003. Reports from Venezuela indicate that Vittorio Missoni, his wife Maurizia Castiglioni, two friends, whom Italian media have identified as Elda Scalvenzi and Guido Foresti, and two crew have gone missing after their plane disappeared from radar on Friday morning. […]
Lucire’s new web look: a change for the better
Top The new look for Lucire’s web edition home page. Deeper and cleaner than before. Since this screen shot was taken, we’ve made even more improvements. Leading a redesign is always exciting, especially when there are more quiet news days at this time of the year. If you’ve surfed through our home page, or […]
News round-up: protecting your Iphone at the beach, relaxing at Kingscliff, and scented candles
Occasionally, things come in, but, because it’s a heavy news day, we can’t get to it. For example, the EK Ekcessories’ items that went on sale in the UK late last year, but in fact, might be slightly more useful for the antipodean summer right now. Motorhead Ed Kalbach started a ski shop in […]
Marine Lorphelin, Miss France 2013, gets a Peugeot RCZ as part of her prize package
Motoring news seems to be outnumbering fashion news: it’s been reported that among Miss France 2013 Marine Lorphelin’s prizes is a Peugeot RCZ, a very stylish Austrian-made sports’ car. Given that 40 per cent of the viewing audience watches the Miss France telecast on TF1 each year, it’s not surprising that the pageant attracts […]
Wordpress has summarized the year of this news section, and told us something we know already: that our story on Marine Lorphelin being crowned Miss France 2013 was the biggest of the year. This also correlates with our Facebook fan page numbers. It also put France as one of the top countries accessing Lucire […]
Mary Katrantzou creates Design Museum Christmas tree; Nespresso offers cashback
Above Mary Katrantzou’s design for the Design Museum Christmas tree. First View Mary Katrantzou has designed the Design Museum’s Christmas tree this year, incorporating patterns from her autumn–winter 2012–13 collection. The collection included a collaboration with Swarovski and Lesage. The tree, measuring 3 m tall, will use Katrantzou’s patterns with a Christmas take on […]
Video: media catch Prince William departing hospital after visiting Duchess of Cambridge
The British media have been going all out in the last day covering the pregnancy of the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, with news that she has been admitted to King Edward VII Hospital with acute morning sickness. Journalists, photographers and TV camera operators were stationed outside the Hospital to catch a […]
Lucire issue 29 is out, starring Laura Vandervoort
It was uncharacteristically quiet in the news pages in Lucire on Monday, for a very good reason: the release of issue 29 in print and PDF. The latest issue features Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V, Ted) on the cover, photographed by Courtney Dailey, styled by Lei Phillips, with make-up by Jamie Dorman and hair by […]
Roxy emphasizes performance and fashion in its latest campaign
A Lucire special promotion Roxy, which had spun off from Quiksilver in 1990, took a chance on the female surf market, initially beginning in swimwear and expanding into sportswear and snow wear. By the middle of the decade, the brand was well and truly established, thanks to its involvement in sport, with Lisa Andersen, then […]
Lucire turns 15: bring on the future
I’ve written so many editorials about Lucire’s history for our various anniversaries that now we’ve turned 15, I feel like I’d just be going over old ground. Again. I’d do it maybe for the 20th or 21st, but the story has been told online and in print many times. But 15 is a bit […]
