Behind the scenes with Lucire founder and publisher Jack Yan, with an appeal for a family in Gaza, the difficulties of becoming an Amazon seller, and the hopelessness of AI-written stories […]
February 26, 2024/9.20
Tag: Palestine
Fashion’s future purpose, heading back into the Zeitgeist
January 29, 2024/10.37
Second-hand clothing has been making a comeback, as consumers become more conscious of sustainability. Jack Yan asks: what is fashion’s next role? […]
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 […]
Riyadh to host latest edition of Modest Fashion Week, December 15–17
December 6, 2022/11.33
The Riyadh Modest Fashion Show’s first edition takes place later this month, with Lucire on board as an official media partner […]
Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia update, days 7 and 8
September 10, 2020/12.10
The Corradi Cinema Lounge at the 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia, the Venice Film Festival, welcomed Samuele Carrino and Salvatore Esposito from Spaccapietre, as well as its directors Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio, for day seven. The story focuses on the hiring of illegal labourers in Italy. Actress Anna Foglietta also appeared […]
Paris shows solidarity in Sunday’s March for Unity
January 12, 2015/5.08
Lola Cristall The March for Unity that took place today in Paris was announced as the largest demonstration in the history of France, with an estimated 1·5 million to 2 million on the capital’s streets. The interior ministry believes that there had not been so many since the liberation of Paris in August 1944. A […]
Scarlett Johansson, Oxfam formally sever ties over Sodastream endorsement
January 30, 2014/23.18
Above Scarlett Johansson in an unaired commercial for Sodastream. Oxfam, which has been under pressure to sever its ties with Scarlett Johansson after she became the spokeswoman for Sodastream, confirmed that it no longer has the actress as a goodwill ambassador. Johansson, who has worked with Oxfam since 2005, issued an earlier statement about […]
Shakira, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, visits bilingual school in Jerusalem
June 22, 2011/11.56
Pop superstar and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira visited the Max Payne Hand in Hand School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem yesterday, advocating education, and was joined by her boyfriend, Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué i Bernabéu. The singer also met Israeli president Shimon Peres. The Max Payne School uses bilingual education, teaching both Jewish […]
October 6, 2009/6.09
We’ve had brands that talk about their social conscience as far as the environment is concerned. Danish fashion house Blend A/S has taken its activities further: by creating a campaign that centres on the idea of global unity. Its aim is to speak to the globally minded consumer, one which Lucire identified in 2003–4 […]
