After a 15-year hiatus, Helmut Lang has introduced its new fragrance collection with its first two scents Eau de Parfum and Eau de Cologne, created by Maurice Roucel at Symrise in 2000. “It’s reminiscent of the smell of sheets after a man’s been with someone,” said Roucel. “It’s sensual, but in a very refined way.” Helmut […]
Chanel No. 5 spokeswoman Gisele Bündchen stars alongside Michiel Huisman in the perfume campaign’s new short film, ‘The One That I Want,’ which was produced, conceived, and directed by filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. It’s a collaboration between the world’s highest-paid model and one of Hollywood’s most talented directors, for the bestselling iconic 1921 fragrance. We see Gisele riding the waves […]
Creative Director Giambattista Valli steered his crisp vision of the Moncler Gamme Rouge Spring 2015 collection due south to the Mediterranean, touching upon obvious nautical codes and a seaside theme announced by waves crashing on video monitors. His strategy is to translate lightness into outerwear and inject desirable, cosmopolitan separates into the collection. Stripes also […]
Swedish label Acne Studios has launched a new underwear collection for the Fall 2014 season. Creative director Jonny Johansson has made two different types of briefs for women featuring normal and high waist styles. The collection is made from the finest Pima cotton and with signature Acne Studios detailing with subtle tones that range from […]
The Maison Margiela Spring 2015 collection features fractured collages, nude zones, lingerie details, menswear tailoring, upcycled vintage. All these are the materials which Martin Margiela laid down in the nineties, and which the design team is now sifting out from his archives for their seasonal relevance. The collection showcases some prairie dresses were literal, in small […]
The leather goods house – and official supplier to the Belgian royal family – has chosen the Galerie de Valois in Paris, a few steps away from Daniel Buren’s famous columns, to open a new store set to carry everything from the label’s signature classics to its latest must-haves. The new Delvaux boutique in the […]
The Lanvin Spring 2015 collection is a journey into the world of Alber Elbaz and the archives of Jeann Lanvin to celebrate women, mother, daughters as reflected by the Fashion Houses’s cast and logo. Dresses revealing a new simplicity open the catwalk show, black kohl and Lanvin blue shadows follow tailoring paying tribute to bespoke […]
The Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée collection has an emblem: a border of smooth, sparkling beads of gold. With delicacy, it outlines a curve, enhances a stone or illuminates a motif — lending a joyful freedom to the graphic and luminous creations of Van Cleef & Arpels. Each of these pieces is an expression of […]
A pioneer of natural beauty, Giorgio Armani Beauty’s Rouge Ecstasy lipstick collection is the epitome of these exacting standards of excellence: a lightweight yet pigment-rich, avant-garde texture, bold and vibrant colors, perfect hold, moisturizing, protective care, down to the impeccably elegant, magnetic red case. From this outstanding range is born Black Ecstasy mascara. With Black Ecstasy and three new […]
Designer Elie Saab featured an unmistakable sport influence fueled his Spring 2015 collection, adding a few new points of interest to his reliably glamorous formula. Saab dunked his glam evening standards in an under-the-sea theme, this time titled “Dive Into the Deep Blue.” The runway was awash in tidal colors — sea green, coral, a blue […]
The French fashion brand Christian Dior has recently introduced the new Be Dior handbag, embodied by the radiant youth of actress Jennifer Lawrence in the new Fall 2014 ad campaign. Her camera-ready gaze contains within it all the determination of a young and triumphant femininity, her hands nonchalantly slipped into the pockets of a couture ensemble. Christian Dior’s new accessories […]
Eden Diodati fuses timeless design, and the innovative use of natural materials with centuries old craftsmanship. Marrying Pret-A-Porter with progressive philanthropy, the brand manufactures ethically in social cooperatives in Italy and now Rwanda providing sustainable employment to formerly marginalized women. Wearing an Eden Diodati piece is more than an aesthetic statement. It is a commitment to a […]