Editing Lucire (section)

==History==
At its launch, it was the second online fashion title in New Zealand (after [[Massey University#Wellington Campus|Wellington Polytechnic]]'s ''Fashionbrat''), and the first commercial fashion magazine on the web there.<ref>{{cite web|work=Radio New Zealand|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=199676|title=Voices: Jack Yan - Wellington's next mayor?|date=July 12, 2015|accessdate=June 5, 2022}}</ref> With ''Fashionbrat'' lasting only one issue, ''Lucire'' is the longest running online fashion magazine in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lucire.com/insider/20220602/a-25th-anniversary-retrospective-leading-up-to-lucires-launch-in-1997/ |title=A 25th anniversary retrospective: leading up to Lucire's launch in 1997 |date=2022-06-02 |accessdate=2022-10-22 |work=Lucire}}</ref> It claims to be the first fashion title to extend its [[brand]] from the [[internet]] into [[Printing|print]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lucire.com/2004/1126ll0.shtml |title=For the people |date=2004-11-26 |accessdate=2022-10-30 |work=Lucire}}</ref> and the first [[website]] to launch print editions in more than one country.<ref name="lucirero">{{cite news |url=https://lucire.com/2005/0516ll0.shtml |title=17.5.05: Lucire Romania |date=2005-05-16 |accessdate=2022-10-30 |work=Lucire}}</ref>

[[Summer Rayne Oakes]] was made the US Editor in 2007 and subsequently editor-at-large. Stanley Moss serves as travel editor and Elyse Glickman its US west coast editor.<ref name="people">{{cite news |author=Yan, Jack |url=https://lucire.com/insider/20220623/the-people-of-lucire/ |title=The people of Lucire |date=2022-06-23 |work=Lucire |accessdate=2022-10-30}}</ref> Sopheak Seng became its fashion editor in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=54541 |title=Sopheak Seng appointed fashion editor of Lucire |date=2010-07-05 |work=Infonews.co.nz |accessdate=2022-10-30}}</ref> Qurratulain Wahab edits ''Lucire KSA'' in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lucire.com/2019/1201ll0.shtml |title=The personal touch |date=2019-12-01 |work=Lucire |accessdate=2022-09-16}}</ref> ''Lucire'' was founded by [[Jack Yan]], who continues to serve as [[publisher]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/vbs/about/alumni/jack-yan|title=Jack Yan|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

When conceived, the name was not intended to have a meaning; it was only later that the team discovered it was a quaint [[Romanian language|Romanian]] term meaning 'the act of glowing or glittering'.<ref>{{cite web|work=Verve|url=https://issuu.com/verve-magazine/docs/lowres|author=St Clair Brown, Angus|title=Jack Yan—Lucire magazine|date=September 2, 2014|accessdate=September 5, 2022}}</ref>

In the early 2000s, ''Lucire'' covered new talent alongside more established names. It was one of the first publications to profile actress [[Gal Gadot]],<ref>{{cite web |work=Lucire |last=Yan |first=Jack |url=https://lucire.com/2017/1017ll0.shtml |title=Gal Gadot makes waves |accessdate=2022-11-02 |date=2017-10-17 }}</ref> designer [[Zac Posen]],<ref>{{cite web |work=Lucire |url=https://lucire.com/2002/0127fe0.shtml |title=Zac to the future |accessdate=2022-11-02 |date=2002-01-27 }}</ref> [[MTV (New Zealand TV channel)|MTV New Zealand]] presenter and former beauty queen [[Amber Peebles]],<ref>{{cite web |work=Lucire |last=Yan |first=Jack |url=https://lucire.com/2003/1208ll0.shtml |title=Civic virtue |accessdate=2022-11-02 |date=2003-12-08 }}</ref> and numerous others. In 2003, it was the second-ever New Zealand website to be nominated for a [[Webby Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/winners-2003.php |title=Webby Awards |accessdate=2009-12-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202054601/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/winners-2003.php |archivedate=2009-12-02 }}</ref>

Print edition [[cover girl]]s have included [[Gal Gadot]], [[Laura Vandervoort]], [[Violett Beane]], [[Denise Richards]], [[Javicia Leslie]], [[Camille Hyde]], [[Brittny Gastineau]], [[Vanessa Carlton]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Stacie Jones Upchurch]], [[Nicky Hilton]], [[Theodora Richards]], [[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]],<ref name="people"></ref> [[Rachel Hilbert]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lucire.com/insider/20230117/behind-the-scenes-of-our-25th-anniversary-cover/|last=Yan |first=Jack |title=Behind the scenes of our 25th anniversary cover|work=Lucire|date=2023-01-17|access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref> and [[Andrea Kevichüsa]].<ref>{{cite web |work=Lucire |last=Yan |first=Jack |url=https://lucire.com/insider/20230618/a-hot-cover-with-andrea-kevichusa/ |title=A hot cover with Andrea Kevichüsa |accessdate=2023-07-21 |date=2023-06-18 }}</ref>