Pioneering Romanian brand moves sustainability forward through its recycling programme, and keeps old jeans out of landfills […]
No44 closes the circle on cotton sustainability by giving used jeans new life
September 20, 2022/9.30
Tag: Zeitgeist
Triangle of Sadness a perfect commentary of our times
August 31, 2022/6.59
Ruben Östlund’s second Palme d’Or-winning film is a somewhat heavy-handed but engaging delight about what we should truly value. Sadly it proved to be Charlbi Dean’s final film. Jack Yan reviews it […]
The Firebird a triumph for the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Loughlin Prior
July 29, 2021/14.49
Stephen A’Court Every element came together for the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s The Firebird Loughlan Prior’s The Firebird is a triumph for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, one that raises Prior’s own high standards, perfectly suited to the strengths of the company and its regular collaborators. Its première at the Opera House in Wellington […]
Twenty years of Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in
December 14, 2020/3.07
Honda E: already inducted into the Red Dot Design Museum. The Honda E has been named Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in for 2020, the award joining a bunch of others from dedicated motoring and motoring media organizations around the world. For some reason I thought the second-generation Toyota Prius was once named a […]
Cover design notes on our 23rd birthday
October 20, 2020/10.25
We’ve happily been able to add a few more covers to the montage we published last year on the occasion of our 22nd anniversary. Now 23, we thought an update was in order, and we’ve included our latest issue, which you can order now. The story of Lucire’s founding has been covered elsewhere, during […]
New Zealand labels Ketz-ke and By Mishco show off designer masks
August 31, 2020/23.12
Top and above: By Mishco’s limited-edition masks have proven to be strong sellers. Below left: Ketz-ke’s bold mask designs. New Zealand label Ketz-ke, featured in Lucire KSA’s September 2020 issue, has, like numerous other fashion labels, created designer masks. Masks—as predicted in Victoria Whisker’s recent story—have become a fashion item, and Ketz-ke’s more than qualify, […]
Blenders goes beyond sunglasses and snow goggles as it launches blue light-filtering eyewear
July 8, 2020/20.59
Nick Ramsey; Blenders Blue light glasses are definitely a sign of our times, and that we may be spending far too much time in front of our screens. There are still many cellphones that don’t have blue light filters, and television manufacturers are obsessed about how bright their sets can go—just head into any retailer—and […]
LA Mask: an elegant way to make sure your personal face masks remain handy
June 12, 2020/0.38
Elizabeth Faraut, who created the LA Loop—dubbed ‘the Original Necklace for Eyewear’—21 years ago, launches a new product that’s very much of our times: the LA Mask, a functional way to make sure people remember their masks when heading out during these times, when COVID-19 remains very much a health issue in so many countries. […]
JINS Eyewear extends range of blue-light-blocking lenses
June 9, 2020/23.06
JINS Eyewear, one of the leading producers of eyewear in Japan, has widened its range of blue-light-blocking lenses. There are three more types: regular JINS Screen for everyday use, Screen Pro for heavy screen-time usage, and Screen Night for night-time use only. The company says it has sold c. 12 million pairs of JINS […]
British Fashion Council, Bags of Ethics team up to offer designer face coverings for charity
June 5, 2020/23.02
The six designs, in order: Halpern, Julien Macdonald, Liam Hodges, Mulberry, Raeburn, and Rixo. In another sign of the times, the British Fashion Council and Bags of Ethics have launched a campaign dubbed Great British Designer Face Coverings: Reusable, for People and Planet, to manufacture and retail sustainable and reusable non-medical face coverings designed by […]
