Jack Yan asks: just where are we in the grand scheme? Is it time for community-based websites to spring up to guide us to good content and real innovation? […]
The innocent 2000s—do we want to go back?
December 29, 2024/10.38
Tag: Twitter
Time to disconnect from X, the site formerly known as Twitter
September 5, 2023/13.00
Jack Yan discusses why he called time on the automatic posting of Lucire headlines and links to the site formerly known as Twitter […]
Dame Vivienne Westwood, iconic British designer, dies; foundation set up to honour her legacy
December 29, 2022/22.01
The fashion designer and activist, known for her pioneering designs in the punk era, starting the New Romantic movement, and for her battles against injustice, has passed away; the Vivienne Foundation, founded in late 2022, will launch in 2023 to continue her legacy of design and activism […]
November 8, 2022/3.45
Founder and publisher Jack Yan on why Lucire will use its Mastodon account more for social media going forward […]
December 26, 2021/12.05
During the course of 2021, I came across a number of magazine covers from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The era has been the subject of a few pieces from me in the print editions of Lucire, especially the stylistic parallels, but one thing that has not followed suit, apart from some independent […]
Two months: the long process of getting our Twitter account back
December 18, 2021/11.07
We don’t know if it was our letter to Twitter’s lawyers that did it, but as of the 17th—the deadline we gave Twitter for a response—we regained access to our account. The process from losing our account in October to the repeated attempts to regain it was unnecessarily drawn out and at times farcical. […]
Twitter locks Lucire’s account
October 24, 2021/6.33
Pixabay In the space of less than a month, another US social network has shut Lucire’s account down. This time it’s Twitter. When going through the settings to see if Lucire could be verified, Twitter requested that we complete all the information. It specifically states that the date of birth should be entered, even for […]
After the events of January 6, Emily Ratajkowski and others point to the real dangers
January 8, 2021/12.53
Inez & Vinoodh/Kérastase Above: Emily Ratajkowski (centre) in a new promotion for Kérastase, as promoted on her Instagram. But it’s what she wrote on Twitter that’s far more on point with the events of January 6 in the US. When you have US friends on all sides of the political spectrum—greens, Democrats, Republicans, libertarians—you tend […]
Supermodel Naomi Campbell photographs herself for Essence’s 50th anniversary issue
May 8, 2020/11.53
It’s by no means the only case of a model doing a shoot herself during lockdown—Lucire KSA’s May 2020 edition has Miss Universe New Zealand 2016 Tania Dawson at home with a Playstation in its opening spread—though it is probably the highest-profile, as Naomi Campbell took to doing a series of self-portraits using her Iphone […]
Sofia Carson is Revlon’s new ambassador
January 16, 2020/23.45
Twenty-six-year-old US actress and singer Sofia Carson has been announced as Revlon’s newest brand ambassador, following in the footsteps of Gal Gadot, Halle Berry, Ashley Graham, Jessica Biel, Adwoa Aboah, and Eniola Abioro. Revlon released a first glimpse of Carson’s new campaign on Twitter. She will initially promote Revlon’s ColorStay Foundation, Super Lustrous Lipstick […]
