October 2006 issue of Lucire, featuring New Zealand TV presenter Amber Peebles as photographed by John F. Cooper. This was the first to be edited by Summer Rayne Oakes.

December 2006 issue of Lucire, photographed by Barry Hollywood.

Lucire (IPA. [luˌʧi:reı]) is a fashion magazine that originally began on the web in 1997, branching into a monthly print edition in its home country of New Zealand in 2004. It is the first fashion partner with the UNEP, an arrangement that began in 2003. Image File history File links Lucire-cover-20. ... Image File history File links Lucire-cover-20. ... Amber Jean Peebles (born May 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand television presenter and a former Miss World New Zealand. ... Summer Rayne Oakes born June, 1984 is an American-born model known for her social entrepreneur work in ecofashion and related sustainability ventures. ... Image File history File links Lucire-cover-2006. ... Image File history File links Lucire-cover-2006. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Klaus Töpfer, UNEP Exec. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. It also claims to be the first fashion title to extend its brand from the internet into print, and the first website to launch print editions in more than one country. Massey University is a university of New Zealand. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing A brand is a collection of images and ideas representing an economic producer; more specifically, it refers to the concrete symbols such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. ... Printing is an industrial process for reproducing copies of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ...

Simone Knol edits the web edition, Summer Rayne Oakes the print edition. It was founded by Jack Yan, who continues to serve as publisher. Summer Rayne Oakes born June, 1984 is an American-born model known for her social entrepreneur work in ecofashion and related sustainability ventures. ... Jack Yan (甄爵恩, Pinyin: Zhēn Juéēn) is a publisher, designer and businessman, born 1972 in Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ...

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 ‘to glitter’ and there is a similar word in Spanish meaning ‘to show off’.

In the early 2000s, Lucire covered new talent alongside more established names. It was one of the first publications to profile Zac Posen, New Zealand shoe designer Kathryn Wilson, MTV New Zealand presenter and former beauty queen Amber Peebles, and numerous others. In 2003, it was the second-ever New Zealand website to be nominated for a Webby Award. This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Zac Posen (born 1981) is a contemporary fashion designer. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Amber Jean Peebles (born May 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand television presenter and a former Miss World New Zealand. ... Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby Awards are a set of awards presented to the worlds best websites. The awards have been given out since 1996. ...

It launched a Romanian edition (helmed by Mirella and Valentin Lapusca) in May 2005, claiming to be the first New Zealand fashion magazine to enter the continent, and the first webzine in the world to launch two print editions. The magazine is subscribed to throughout the world, including Australia, the United States, and various European nations. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21... A Webzine is an ezine hosted on the World Wide Web rather than in print. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

Print edition cover girls have included Brittny Gastineau, Vanessa Carlton, Stacie Jones Upchurch, Nicky Hilton and Theodora Richards. A cover girl is a female model or entertainer whose photograph appears on the front cover of a magazine to attract attention on the shelf, usually a magazine devoted to womens interests (such as Redbook or Seventeen) or mens interests (such as Gentlemens Quarterly, Maxim or Esquire). ... Brittny on the cover of Lucire Magazine Brittny Gastineau (born 11 November 1982) is the daughter of former American Football player Mark Gastineau, whom she has not seen in 17 years, and Lisa Gastineau, with whom she stars on E!s reality TV show The Gastineau Girls. ... Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and pianist best known for the single A Thousand Miles from her platinum-selling debut album Be Not Nobody (2002). ... ... Nicholai Olivia Hilton (born October 5, 1983 in New York City, New York) is an American fashion model, socialite, fashion designer, and heiress to a part of the Hilton Hotel chain, as well as to about 5%-15% of her fathers real estate fortune and investments. ... Theodora Richards is the daughter of Patti Hansen and legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. ...

External links

• New Zealand Herald article about Lucire’s print launch, August 26, 2004