In the new Christian Dior Lady Dior Spring 2015 ad campaign for the famed handbag collection was photographed by Peter Lindbergh and features its muse, the actress Marion Cotillard. She embodies a woman drawn from some far-off horizon, alone in an arid desert, surrounded by gigantic solar panels. The graphic and futuristic setting echoes the bag she carries, […]
An in-depth study of form, color and surface laid the foundation for the Mykita x Damir Doma collaboration. Inspired by the idea of translating the traditional circular frames of the intellectual avant-garde into a modern expression is how the contemporary design series with models DD01, DD02, DD03 and DD04 came into being. The Mykita x Damir Doma […]
Jean Paul Gaultier added a personal twist to his big retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris. The Paris showcase comes four years after the exhibition debuted at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts — nine cities and 1.5 million visitors later — to find Gaultier embarking on a new career chapter, having halted ready-to-wear […]
After having captured the grace of prima ballerinas in its first fragrance, the ultimate sensuality of a ballerina about to take centre stage, Repetto launches a unique chapter in its olfactory history: Act III, a fragrant veil on the skin, like a ray of light, a delicate quivering of tulle. A new creation is born: […]
The Karl Lagerfeld exhibit “Karl Lagerfeld. Modemethode” has opened at the Bundeskunsthalle in Germany, showing “his work process,” something never done before. The exibit focuses on his most enduring fashion ventures. The first thing visitors get to see is Lagerfeld’s desk overflowing with all sorts of paper: there are bags full of books from Galignani, the designer’s fetish […]
For their Spring 2015 collection, Retrosuperfuture has adapted one of its most characteristic silhouettes to match the young brand’s unique aesthetics. The resulting line combines Retrosuperfuture’s extensive research on material qualities and production techniques with Marques Almeida’s iconic visual references in a series of six contemporary sunglasses. Marques Almeida was founded in 2011, following Marta Marques’ […]
The new Herzog & De Meuron-designed Miu Miu Aoyama flagship store has just opened in Tokyo. The site is home to so many luxury brands, Miyuki Street in Aoyama Tokyo. The architecture is heterogeneous – a hodgepodge of freestanding buildings of different heights and shapes. Never meant to be a space of its own, the street […]
The Gucci Cosmetics Spring 2015 Color collection is crafted at the same time as the Ready-to-Wear collection with a palette that shares the same captivating inspiration: eccentric, bold, sophisticated. En route to somewhere beautiful, the coolly glamorous Gucci woman takes cues from the prints and colors of the places she visits. Radiating color and energy, the […]
The Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo collection is the new global age-defying line that brings the intense energy of the Italian Mediterranean Sea to the skin. Blu Mediterraneo, where beauty originates from the lush nature of the Italian Mediterranean for a collection of fragrances evoking its most inspiring destinations. As well as for the Blu […]
Brunello Cucinelli has opened a 4,000-square-foot flagship store at 136 Greene Street in New York. The store features the brand’s latest retail concept with white-washed reclaimed wood floors, a monochromatic color scheme and Umbrian walnut vitrines. Designed by architect Luigi Fiorentino, the store concept is lighter and more modern compared with the darker, rusticated look […]
Revealed for the first time at the Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear show, the Christian Dior Diorama handbag bag is now available in boutiques. A new leather goods creation conceived in harmony with the clothes designed by Raf Simons. Born of the coming together of the leatherworking savoir-faire of the House’s ateliers and a resolutely urban aesthetic, the new […]
Wearing chic and minimal basics, Lithuanian model Edita Vilkeviciute fronts the Calvin Klein White Label Spring 2015 ad campaign. The new season offers relaxed suiting, casual separates as well as modern dresses. Posing alongside Tyson Ballou, Edita looks stylish in these images captured by Daniel Jackson with styling by Tony Irvine. Meanwhile, Calvin Klein’s in-house studio oversaw […]