[1] Over the next few years, Lucas opened four more fashion stores on Queen Street: Modern Bride, which sold a simpler range of bridalwear than Maree de Maru; Buttons Galore, for trimmings and accessories; Stanton Silks, which sold exclusively imported fabrics; and Vinka Lucas After 5, for cocktail and evening wear.

[1][6] In 2017, a Vinka Lucas-designed dress was discovered in a bag of clothes donated to a hospice charity shop in Auckland.

[7] A number of Lucas' sewing patterns are in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

[8] In the 2019 New Year Honours, Lucas was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the fashion industry and design.

[9] She died in Auckland on 10 August 2020, aged 88 years; her funeral notice advised mourners, "Vinka's standard of dress mandatory".