Lucire
The global fashion magazine May 13, 2024 
Out now: Lucire issue 48, with free shipping for UK and US

Where have the fun fashion magazine websites gone?

February 6, 2021/21.45

Above: The very first site (alphabetically) linked from our Newsstand pages, Annabelle of Switzerland, complete with large lead image and smaller subsidiary ones.   I took a look at Lucire’s Newsstand reviews tonight. This section is a relic of the early dot-com days that Lucire came from (in the 1990s), when people exchanged links with […]

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Quincy Brown fronts Coach’s new watch campaign

August 3, 2020/14.43

Alessandro Simonetti Actor and musician Quincy Brown is the new face of Coach’s watch collection.    The first campaign featuring Brown broke Monday, as Coach launches its C001 watch line. Brown has been photographed by Alessandro Simonetti.    The C001 range comprises six styles, with numerous options including rubber straps, and stainless steel and ionic-plated […]

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Twenty years later, Paula Sweet’s website hits the refresh button

April 18, 2020/12.53

Above, from top: Paula Sweet at work in Italy. Her mink design, 2019. Black T-shirts, 2020. The Muslin Mink as detailed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ‘Those were my ideas from the first, to create a fashion brand which made people feel happy, feel powerful, and—most importantly—which was accessible to all. My agenda hasn’t […]

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Victoria Beckham for Target brings designer’s style within easy reach

October 20, 2016/5.14

Target and Victoria Beckham will release a limited-edition spring collaboration, with a line of apparel and accessories for women, girls, toddlers and babies, on sale April 9. Victoria Beckham for Target will be the designer’s first entry into childrenswear.    At a much lower price than her main line, it brings Beckham’s style within reach […]

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The Healthy Harlequin, masked culinary superheroine, débuts at Comic-Con

October 11, 2014/11.02

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 […]

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Destination datelines: Catalina, Paris, Gurgaon, Punta Ala

June 7, 2014/13.57

©1964 Bettmann/Corbis ©1966 Hulton–Deutsch/Corbis Top The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Above George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd in 1966. Catalina Island, California Hard to believe it’s been a half-century since the première of A Hard Day’s Night. To commemorate the date, the Catalina Island Museum will mount a special 50th anniversary screening of […]

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Round-up: Dita von Teese’s Sophisticat hits Farmers; Living Nature extends range; Tory & KO. has new store and site

November 28, 2013/10.18

Above Dita von Teese’s Von Follies lingerie range’s Sophisticat collection arrives at Farmers this week. New Zealand department store group Farmers will retail Sophisticat, the latest lingerie collection, in opulent satin and lace, from Dita von Teese’s Von Follies range, this week.    The balconette bra retails for NZ$59·99, the bikini brief for NZ$34·99, the […]

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