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The ‘Living’ section has encompassed many things over the years: celebrities, events, film, lifestyle and more. This is the section that revealed Amber Peebles to the world before MTV and Jennifer Siebel before she was courted by Gavin Newsom, explained just how to pronounce Moët and looked at furniture made out of paper at a time when eco wasn’t anywhere near Bono’s radar.

2008

I heart Mike Mills
M. K. Johnson explains just why artist-filmmaker Mike Mills takes her fancy

2007

Finding the Car to Be Seen in 2008
It’s that time of year again: Lucire announces its nominees for the eighth annual Car to Be Seen in

Australia’s gain
Douglas Rimington, one of Lucire’s regular photographers, departs for Sydney on December 1—we pay tribute to him

Number 22
Known as one of the country’s best PR reps, Murray Bevan is the man behind the success of many a New Zealand label by Jack Yan
From issue 23 of Lucire

Bring out the animal (print)
Hennes & Mauritz rolls out its collaborative collection with Roberto Cavalli with more aplomb than its previous joint efforts
photographed by Alfonso Catalano and Larry Busacca

Time to walk off
Hollywoodiens can party, and to wrap up Los Angeles Fashion Week, our friends at TDink magazine hosted the Fashion Walkoff
photographed by Thomas Connors, Nick Benjamin and Julian

The next best thing
As the latest print issue of Lucire is about emerging talent, we look at three young ladies who are set to become the faces to watch. Jack Yan previews them
photographed by Hannah Richards, Jeff Olson and Richard Machado
From issue 24 of Lucire

Rich mixture
Clive Owen is the consummate actor who loves to mix his roles—Chancer, Croupier, Closer and beyond—and steps out into a new field as the face of Lancôme Men
Excerpted from issue 24 of Lucire

A love of conservation
Actress Jennifer Siebel (The Trouble with Romance) talks about her love for conservation—and what she, in the acting community, is doing about it. It’s beyond lip service
photographed by Charles Thompson
From issue 7 of Lucire

Adair to be different
Desperate Housewives’ costumer Cate Adair brings her fresh take on Hollywood style to the world, writes Elyse Glickman
Excerpted from issue 22 of Lucire

Battery life
It’s official: the Tesla Roadster is 2007’s Car to Be Seen in, even if it’s rare and the first year’s production has been snapped up by eco-conscious Americans. Jack Yan explains
From issue 22 of Lucire

Car to Be Seen in 2007
It’s that time of the year again, when Lucire announces the most stylish cars of the coming year. Our finalists reviewed

2006

A New York state of mind
Amber Peebles is no stranger to the limelight: a former Miss New Zealand and now host of the country’s relaunched MTV. Jack Yan caught up with her while travelling in the US with her new career
photographed by John F. Cooper
Excerpted from issue 20 of Lucire

Capturing celebrity
Cecil Beaton photographed everyone from Jean Cocteau to Jean Shrimpton, documenting the 20th century’s fascination for celebrity
photographed by Cecil Beaton

2005

Car to Be Seen in 2006
Our nominees for the sixth annual Car to Be Seen in, the world’s most subjective car awards

The Lucire 2005 gift guide
Still stuck on gifts for the holidays? Lucire presents its annual guide for shoppers by Phillip Johnson
Expanded from the December 2005 print edition of Lucire

Five for Two for the Money
Lucire’s the magazine of choice in the Universal movie Two for the Money—how we got in it

The stylish Dad, 2005
With Father’s Day not too far off, stylish gifts from tech to touch by Phillip D. Johnson

Secrets of the red carpet
Tying in with our ‘Star Struck’ issue, we look at how some of the Oscar stars got their style this year by Stevie Wilson

As seen on TV
Behind the scenes at Douglas Rimington’s shoots for Lucire that wound up on network television by Jack Yan
photographed by Douglas Rimington and the author

The American artist
Who is the modern Andy Warhol? One American artist finds his way by Pete Sprankle
Photographed by Susan Kanda
Expanded from the May 2005 print edition of Lucire

Chef Kenward
Forty years old (plus some months), Denis Kenward creates exquisite one-off paua jewellery designs by Jack Yan
Photographed by Douglas Rimington
From the April 2005 print issue of Lucire

Nights of stars
Lucire takes in the party scene during Oscar week by Elyse Glickman
Expanded from the April 2005 print issue of Lucire

Valentine’s Day gift guide 2005
By popular demand, Lucire presents its comprehensive gift guide for Valentine’s Day, 2005 by Phillip D. Johnson and Stevie Wilson

2004

Attainable desirability
We announce our nominees for 2005’s Car to Be Seen in, the most subjective car awards in the world

Rocked in Rio
We look back at one of the big events of the summer, Lisboa’s Rock in Rio, and the celebrities who ranged from Sir Paul McCartney to Britney Spears by Tiago E. Santo

A worldly passion
Our exclusive interview with Jennifer Siebel, Hollywood actress and production company head, Stanford alumna, Conservation International member and the embodiment of a Lucire reader by Jack Yan with Devin Colvin
photographed by Jon Moe

When it rains, it reigns
Lucire ventures on to the red carpet for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit Gala, seen by many as New York’s party of the year by Phillip D. Johnson
photographed by Raymond Burrows and the author

How suite it is
How the stars, including Keisha Castle-Hughes and Charlize Theron, were pampered during Oscar week, and what was in the official and unofficial goody bags by Stevie Wilson

A style of her own
Up-and-coming Katy Rose is the real thing: a singer–songwriter who has input on every aspect of her work—it’s hard to believe she’s 17 by Devin Colvin

2003

Civic virtue
Amber Peebles, Miss World New Zealand 2003–4, talks to Lucire about her make-up training, her experience in Japan and her spirituality by Jack Yan
photographed by the author

Chronicles
Two books published Down Under set their records straight by Julie Roulston and Jack Yan

Manolo mania invades Manhattan
Style.com organizes an exhibition honouring Manolo Blahnik while Bergdorf Goodman goes one further and brings the man in live by Phillip D. Johnson
photographed by the author

Fashionable times
We review the summer’s latest fashion books from Fashion People and its glimpse into front-row politicking to the much talked-about The Devil Wears Prada by Phillip D. Johnson

Director of boards
We profile Sergej Gerasimenko, the Stockholm-based designer whose cardboard furniture remains the epitome of enviro-cool by Jack Yan

2002

An icon among stylists
Lucire interviews Rebecca Weinberg, one of the most successful stylists of our time by Alice Goulter

Centre of the Emporio
As Panos Emporio selects Yana Kay to accompany Janina Frostell, we visit its founder, Panos Papadopoulos, on location in Sweden by Jack Yan

Sculpting shoe art
Bruce Gray’s giant shoe sculptures are among the most delightful art items with typically cheeky southern Californian spunk by Jack Yan

Moët for linguists
We solve the fashion-week mystery surrounding the pronunciation of the first half of the Moët et Chandon brand by Carolyn Enting

At the Crossroads with Britney Spears
The transformation from teen pop sensation to a 20-something sophisticate and marketing phenomenon as Britney dons more stylish outfits

Janina Frostell gets into top gear
Ever since Robbie Williams’ ‘Love Supreme’, interest in motorsports has re-ignited, so much so that Panos Emporio is putting its money behind a Swedish motorcycle racing team
photographed by Micael Engström

Catching Showroom 22
Murray Bevan cuts a niche in the market-place with Auckland’s first high-fashion showroom by Jack Yan

Kylie is back
From Neighbours star to pop diva, Kylie Minogue survived the backlash of the 1990s and is about to go on her European Fever tour. How did she do it?

The rise and rise of Anna Kournikova
As she prepares to “pose in paradise”, Lucire examines the rise of the fashionable tennis superstar—and is there a positive side to the criticisms of Anna K.?
Main photograph by Barry Rosen

When fur offends
In time for Easter, NYPD Blue's Charlotte Ross joins the ranks of Christy Turlington and Pamela Anderson in preferring to go naked than wear fur
photographed by Robert Sobree

2001

Is there an Abercrombie & Fitch cult? (And if there is, can I join?)
We examine the A&F Quarterly controversy and its imagery by Phillip D. Johnson

Celebrating Jacqueline Kennedy
The Met’s Jacqueline Kennedy: the White House Years exhibition by Phillip D. Johnson

The spirit of Versace
A world-class event: the Versace exhibition at Te Papa in New Zealand by Jack Yan

Ana Hickmann: model of the moment?
The media have been championing the 19-year-old Brazilian model's virtues—so is this Ana Hickmann's year?
photographs courtesy ID Model Management

2000

Wear to go
What to wear when the invitation says … by Simone Knol

1999

Dermot O’Leary backstage
A heart-to-heart interview with the Irish co-presenter of the Clothes Show Live ’99 on the show, New Year plans and his fashion disasters by Meredyth Lewis
photographed by the author

Kaaya: an experience to cherish
We visit New Delhi's Kaaya, offering customers ‘an experience to cherish’ by Aradhana Sinha

Triple Exposure
The 1960s fashion photography exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London by Simone Knol
photographed by Michael Cooper, John Cowan and Ronald Traeger

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