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Tomorrow, blogs might even drive print magazines

September 5, 2009/12.04

The ‘Insider’ section has now been facelifted for the first time, bringing it in line with the new pages on the Lucire website. It has also dawned on us that this blog celebrates its second anniversary.    Lucire was a late convert to blogging, even though I had been blogging away—on a very irregular basis—since […]

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ShowStudio gets exhibition at Somerset House

August 31, 2009/13.34

Naomi Campbell, Bring and Buy, ShowStudio, 2005. Copyright by Nick Knight. Beginning during London Fashion Week, Somerset House will present an exhibition on ShowStudio, founded by Nick Knight. In 2003, both Lucire and ShowStudio were vying for a prize in the same category in the Webby Awards—which ShowStudio deservedly took that year.    The exhibition […]

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Integrating ‘News’ with ‘Insider’

/8.25

We’re wondering whether we retain a ‘News’ page at the Lucire site, since the ‘Insider’ section nearly usurps its role. Historically, we have never been sure what to do with the section—I remember we ran fashion week updates on there in the pre-blog days, but the rest of the year, we struggled to keep up […]

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Elle drives a Fiat; Elyse remembers Michael Jackson

July 19, 2009/9.42

Remember that weekend after Michael Jackson died? It was a bit surreal, as Elyse Glickman discovered when she attended one of the BET Awards’ suites, specifically Rohn Padmore’s Red Carpet Suite—we feature her report today on the main part of the site. Meanwhile, we see that Elle Macpherson in fact drives a Fiat 500, and […]

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Official photographs of the new Jaguar XJ

July 10, 2009/0.02

We know a few publications broke the embargo yesterday with these images. We preferred to stick with the embargo time of 8.30 p.m. BST (while we exclusively revealed the one photograph to the world that wasn’t covered earlier in the day). Now, post-launch, we can show a few more photographs of the new Jaguar XJ. […]

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Forbes releases 2009 list of world’s top-earning models and supermodels

May 28, 2009/12.26

Above: Doutzen Kroes remains in fifth place in 2009, with US$6 million earned between June 2008 and June 2009, says Forbes. Forbes this week released its list of the world’s top earning models, estimating their income earned between June 2008 and June 2009.    The magazine notes that the recession has hit earnings. While Gisèle […]

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Celebrating Michelle Obama’s first 100 days

May 14, 2009/10.47

While the political media were either praising or criticizing US President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office, IMG Publishing has published a collectible called Michelle Obama: 100 Days of Style. The new 116 pp. volume details every outfit worn by the First Lady from the Inaugural Ball to her high-profile trip to Europe. The […]

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GM’s Opel Insignia is European Car of the Year

November 17, 2008/21.55

I hope this is the last car post for a while since we are in danger of turning into a car blog. The Opel Insignia has won European Car of the Year, so I was wrong on my guess that a Ford would take the position.    The Ford Fiesta lost by one point: 320 […]

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Fiction from The New York Times, courtesy the Yes Men

November 12, 2008/21.51

A prank edition of The New York Times, published by the Yes Men, had me going a bit earlier today.    After receiving a realistic looking release and knowing that 1·2 million copies had gone out in print, it was a heck of an expensive prank from the liberal group. But it worked.    My […]

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Thumbs-up for Angelina Jolie’s breast-feeding

October 11, 2008/11.02

I was surprised to read in Entertainment Weekly that there is still controversy over public breast-feeding in the United States.    I largely agree with Mike Bruno at EW with his reactions to the cover of Advance Publications’ W, where actress Angelina Jolie is shown in a ‘private’ photograph breast-feeding her baby. The initial reaction: […]

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