Lucire

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Lucire
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1175-7515

Lucire (

LUXlife named Lucire its "Most Pioneering Online Fashion Magazine."[5]

History

At its launch, it was the second online fashion title in New Zealand (after Wellington Polytechnic's Fashionbrat), and the first commercial fashion magazine on the web there.[6] With Fashionbrat lasting only one issue, Lucire is the longest running online fashion magazine in New Zealand.[7] It claims to be the first fashion title to extend its brand from the internet into print,[8] and the first website to launch print editions in more than one country.[9]

publisher.[13]

When conceived, the name was not intended to have a meaning; it was only later that the team discovered it was a quaint Romanian term meaning 'the act of glowing or glittering'.[14]

In the early 2000s, Lucire covered new talent alongside more established names. It was one of the first publications to profile actress

Webby Award.[18]

Print edition

International editions

Lucire launched its first international edition in Romania (helmed by Mirella and Valentin Lapusca) in May 2005,

webzine in the world to launch two print editions.[9] A Thai edition, Twinpalms Lucire, launched in 2008 in conjunction with Twinpalms Resort.[21] Additionally, Vox magazine in Qatar was briefly launched in conjunction with Lucire,[22] while a one-off Bahraini edition appeared in 2014.[23] In 2018 Lucire KSA was launched in Saudi Arabia, as a monthly English-language magazine. Lucire KSA is now supplied in the first and business classes of the national carrier Saudia, and in their airport lounges.[24] Lucire Rouge, a US edition, appeared in 2020, extending the magazine's coverage into wellness.[25] A French-language edition of Lucire KSA appeared in 2021.[26]

Notes

  1. ^ Bond, Georgina (26 August 2004). "International fashion for those at home". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ "UNEP targets retail and fashion industry as part of ongoing effort to promote 'cool' green lifestyles". UNEP. 2 June 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ "The A-list of Style". Harper's Bazaar Australia. 15 September 1999.
  4. ^ "21 International Fashion Magazines That Should Be on Your Radar". StyleCaster. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Most Pioneering Online Fashion Magazine". LUXlife. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Voices: Jack Yan - Wellington's next mayor?". Radio New Zealand. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  7. ^ "A 25th anniversary retrospective: leading up to Lucire's launch in 1997". Lucire. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  8. ^ "For the people". Lucire. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b "17.5.05: Lucire Romania". Lucire. 16 May 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ^ a b Yan, Jack (23 June 2022). "The people of Lucire". Lucire. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Sopheak Seng appointed fashion editor of Lucire". Infonews.co.nz. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  12. ^ "The personal touch". Lucire. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Jack Yan". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  14. ^ St Clair Brown, Angus (2 September 2014). "Jack Yan—Lucire magazine". Verve. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  15. ^ Yan, Jack (17 October 2017). "Gal Gadot makes waves". Lucire. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Zac to the future". Lucire. 27 January 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  17. ^ Yan, Jack (8 December 2003). "Civic virtue". Lucire. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Webby Awards". Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  19. ^ Yan, Jack (18 June 2023). "A hot cover with Andrea Kevichüsa". Lucire. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  20. ^ Ionescu, Costin (30 May 2005). "Revistele 'glossy' sfideaza regulile pietei". Săptămâna Financiară. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Lucire launches in Thailand". Lucire. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Welcome to our Qatari readers". Lucire. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Born in Wellington, Lucire celebrating its 25th anniversary". Scoop. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  24. ^ "New Zealand fashion magazine Lucire's Saudi Arabian edition". Scoop. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  25. ^ "About Lucire Rouge". Lucire Rouge. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  26. ^ "Bienvenue à nos lecteurs français: Lucire KSA now published in English and French". Lucire. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

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