Twenty years ago: Lucire becomes UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner
It’s been 20 years since Lucire and the United Nations Environment Programme decided to work together. Jack Yan looks back at how the arrangement came about and why it’s even more vital today […]
In another entry for our 25th anniversary, Jack Yan recalls some of the people who helped get us to this milestone […]
Social media and the “influencers”: not the evolution you might have expected
Above: Kim Kardashian West’s Instagram account. Incredible follower numbers—but what of authenticity? I’m getting a buzz seeing how little I update social media now. Around February 2016 I began updating Tumblr far less; I’ve gone from dozens of posts per month to four in December 2017 and seven in January 2018. (Here’s my Tumblr archive.) […]
Why nixing sugar in your system is not a diet
Above: Summer Rayne Oakes’s SugarDetoxMe: 100+ Recipes to Curb Cravings and Take Back Your Health, the result of a “sugar cleanse” she went on from 2014. To get people off sugar, Summer Rayne’s even created a programme to help others do the same. Below left: Summer Rayne Oakes. I never thought I could nix my […]
The Healthy Harlequin, masked culinary superheroine, débuts at Comic-Con
Cosplay is very much part of the 2010s lexicon and culture, and what better way to get reminders about staying fit and healthy than to bring the message right to the media people use today? The Healthy Harlequin, who officially launched at Comic-Con at New York this week, will present short videos and images […]
Don’t forget: Lucire 31 is out, available for tablets and in print
Above As shown on Facebook yesterday, a banner ad campaign has launched promoting the print and tablet editions of Lucire, even though issue 31 has been published for some weeks. If you haven’t checked it out already, you should do so: Lucire issue 31 is out. Since the print editions are collectible, limited editions, they […]
Companies behind Wellington label Starfish appoint liquidators
Above From Starfish’s heyday: the summer 2010–11 collection, Free Radical. The companies behind Starfish have appointed liquidators, according to public notices placed in metropolitan newspapers today. Both Starfish Retail Ltd. and Starfish Wholesale Ltd. went into liquidation as of May 8, with creditors expected to make their claims with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Wellington, […]
Summer Rayne Oakes’s Extinction, on environmental challenges, goes live on Vimeo, YouTube
Summer Rayne Oakes’s environmental short art film, Extinction (or eXtinction to give the official title), has just gone live at Vimeo and YouTube. Summer Rayne, who appears in the 2013 Pirelli calendar shot by Steve McCurry, made Extinction in 2011, when it did the circuit at various film festivals across the world. The […]
Pirelli calendar for 2013 features Summer Rayne Oakes, Adriana Lima, Petra Němcová, Liya Kebede
Steve McCurry for Pirelli Above Summer Rayne Oakes and Adriana Lima appear in the 2013 Pirelli calendar. This year’s Pirelli calendar, launching presently in Rio de Janeiro, has a Lucire connection: our Summer Rayne Oakes appears in it. We’ve been following its launch today as Summer Rayne—best known for her work in the […]
Source4Style launches today, seeking to revolutionize the business of fashion
Summer Rayne Oakes and Benita Singh’s Cartier award-winning venture, Source4Style, which helps designers source sustainable fabric through a well designed, transparent website, launches its second version today. Lucire has the low-down in the main part of the site, and this story forms part of some of our next 2012 print and other non-web editions. […]
