Summer Rayne Oakes’s Extinction shown in full, online, for a limited time
Summer Rayne Oakes, who has a long association with Lucire, tells us that her short film, Extinction (eXtinction to give its official capitalization) can be viewed for a very limited time (a total less than two days from the time of this post) on Dailymotion. You can view the film at this link or […]
Auckland Home Show serves up everything from cooking to sustainability
The Auckland Home Show, which began August 31 and runs to September 4 at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland, comprises over 500 exhibitors featuring renovation ideas and solutions, home decoration and design, green urban living and sustainability. It is being touted as an ideal destination for Father’s Day in New Zealand, where cooking demonstrations, landscaping […]
Collective thinking puts Starfish on the catwalk
Above Starfish’s Laurie Foon, championing sustainability and living the brand. As a pioneer in the field of ethical business practices and sustainability, it should come as no surprise that New Zealand designer Starfish is the first fashion label to win a New Zealand Sustainable Business Award. Appropriately, Starfish director and head designer Laurie Foon has […]
Model Miranda Kerr is 2011 ambassador for Earth Hour
Australian model and new mother Miranda Kerr is the face of WWF’s Earth Hour this year. She follows in the footsteps of other celebrity spokespeople for the annual environmental event, including supermodel Gisèle Bündchen and her husband Tom Brady, actor Edward Norton, and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. ‘I am pleased to have been asked […]
Celebrating Sweden at Berlin Fashion Week
While we await more catwalk images from Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week, we have some videos from the Swedish presence at the event. Three designers, two academics, one photo exhibition and hours of avant-garde fashion films were showcased around Berlin during the January event. The designers, Camilla Norrback—known for her sustainable fashion and her […]
H&M teams up with Swedish Hasbeens, offering ’70s-style clogs
Mattias Bardå Above Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s head of design, and Emy Blixt, founder and designer of Swedish Hasbeens. Below The three spring–summer styles from Hasbeens for H&M and their various colour schemes. Hennes & Mauritz will distribute Swedish Hasbeens, a cult shoe label selling wooden-soled clogs. With customers favouring hand-made items and appreciating craft […]
Hetty Rose ready-to-wear on the market, from £180
Hetty Rose has put its ready-to-wear collection on sale this month, with designer Henrietta Rose Samuels choosing her Mika, Yuki, Kiki, Haruka and Mami styles for release. The styles, which have typically been hand-made with a six- to eight-week wait, now come in a ready-to-wear form from £180 retail. Announced last year, these […]
Cyclus’s bags make eco-design more fashionable
Cyclus was created in Colombia in 2002 was designed to fill a niche in today’s market. The range of bags comprises durable fashionable products of the highest quality and innovative design. Made from premium raw recycled materials, you can be sure that you make a fashion statement while still caring about the environment. […]
An interview with ousted Apprentice contestant, Paloma Vivanco
To those following Lucire via RSS, our web cover story is an interview with Paloma Vivanco, who was “fired” from the UK version of The Apprentice by Lord Sugar last week. The fifth contestant this season to go, Paloma talks to us about how she got on the show, how the media portrayed her (as […]
Starfish champions ethical fashion at Fashion Week
Eco-fashion heroine Laurie Foon launched New Zealand Fashion Week with its first ethical fashion show, showcasing the Starfish autumn–winter ’11 collection, Seven Sisters. Seven Sisters pays homage the idea of strong women, the relationships and bonds formed between sisters, women, clothing and individual style and fashion interpretations. Nods to the classic ’50s and […]
