Lucire
The global fashion magazine May 17, 2024 
Out now: Lucire issue 48, with free shipping for UK and US

Ledeff celebrates astrology with Zodiac accessories’ collection

February 14, 2022/10.47

  Ledeff celebrates International Astrology Day on March 20 with its Zodiac capsule collection of bags, keyholders and belts, featuring the 12 signs of the zodiac. There is a wide variety of colours—blue, lime, yellow, burgundy, and black among them—while the zodiac signs appear in a gold-finish brass made in ancient Neapolitan foundries. The Eclittica […]

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Kristen Stewart leads Chanel’s spring–summer 2020 campaign shot by Jean-Baptiste Mondino

February 18, 2020/2.51

Jean-Baptiste Mondino Actress Kristen Stewart fronts Chanel’s spring–summer 2020 ready-to-wear campaign, photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.    The collection, as shown in Lucire’s print editions, took place last September on a set that echoed the rooftops of Paris, and Mondino’s campaign photographs echo the theme.    In some shots, Stewart appears “weightless”, something that the campaign […]

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Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Isabel Marant, Sonia Rykiel; and Christian Louboutin’s cabaret

March 3, 2012/13.13

We have two more videos from Paris Fashion Week—Isabel Marant and Sonia Rykiel—and one from Christian Louboutin’s show at the Crazy Horse cabaret.    Isabel Marant’s cowboy shirts and bright jeans made the American frontier very feminine, complemented by suede trousers, satin shirts, lace blouses and cowboy boots. Pink, red, navy and gold kept the […]

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H&M opens in Harajuku, shows Comme des Garçons collaboration

November 9, 2008/1.21

With the Japanese economy at risk of deflation, it’s probably not a bad time to open a retail store that specializes in low prices. H&M’s new store in Harajuku, Tokyo, opened yesterday and was one of two that showed the Swedish brand’s latest designer collaboration—this time, with one of Japan’s own: Rei Kawakubo of Comme […]

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Wearing Dior, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wins over English fashion media

March 26, 2008/21.36

The state visit of President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to the United Kingdom has started off on a positive note, if the fashion media there are any indication.    First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was dressed in a Christian Dior grey coat (that grey—the one the fashion house itself made famous) with matching beret, accessorized with a black […]

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Ashes to Ashes won’t suddenly kick off ’80s revival

February 7, 2008/2.58

  With tonight’s première of Ashes to Ashes, the spin-off to Life on Mars, people have been talking about 1981 for a week or more, especially the UK press. There is talk of 1980s fashions making their way around and an increase in interest in the Audi Quattro, the car driven by Philip Glenister in […]

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