The Italian brand has recently unveiled backstage images stolen while shooting the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2014 collection ad campaign. Polka dots, almond blossom and Ancient Greek Temples clad Eva Herzigova, Bianca Balti, Catherine McNeil and Marine Deleeuw while they interact with bread sellers, fruit stand owners and fishmongers in a high octane glamour Sicilian scene […]
Lensed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, the ethereal and overall light drenched Giorgio Armani Spring 2014 ad campaign features Latvian model Karlina Caune. Also featuring model Nikolai Danielsen, the Giorgio Armani man of the season, looking dapper in a series of standout looks from the label’s Spring offering. The models poses in the Italian brand’s signature tailored […]
The 3,240 square-foot unit marks a key milestone for London-based Phoebe Philo the Creative Director at Céline. The new Mount Street flagship, formerly a bank, is located across the street from stores including Balenciaga, RRL Ralph Lauren and Christian Louboutin, and its back windows overlook the tranquil Mount Street Gardens and the Church of the […]
“Wild beauty” was Sarah Burton’s inspiration behind the Alexander McQueen Fall 2014 collection. She insisted she was over construction, corseting, control. “I wanted to see the woman’s face again,” she said. “Free her a bit, touch her, feel her.” Her Fall Alexander McQueen collection was built on a swingy trapeze shape, a childlike proportion. “It’s […]
Giorgio Armani renews his bond with cinema through a project involving six prestigious international film schools. Each team created a short film capturing the distinct beauty of their metropolis using the Frames of Life eyewear collection as a ‘filter’. Films of City Frames is a unique narrative collage of urban adventures and chance encounters viewed […]
The inspiration for the Mary Katrantzou Fall 2014 collection can be found everywhere: the symbolic exchange of a stop sign, the meaning of color, heraldic insignia, the symbolic charge of a rose, uniforms, uniformity, all remixed through a lexicon of luxury, their symbolic devices forming the basis for intricate laces, embroideries, and brocades. Lines are sleek, […]
Introducing the charming art of Hiroshi Senju and his passionate work on the Fendi Baguette bag. The Japanese artist adopt his unique technique to personalize the Baguette with extraordinary results. The iconic handbag features subtle touches of glimmer in the front while in the back reveals artistic strokes created by spray paint and liquefied crystals. The Baguette bag was […]
The Sass & Bide Fall 2014 collection featured a variety of minidresses, shorts, and jumpsuits, sometimes all at the same time. These looks played with lengths and layers, and backstage before the show Creative Director Heidi Middleton herself wore a long skirt with a slice down the center to reveal a shorter layer beneath. “It’s all […]
Oliver Peoples is branching out with Oliver Peoples West, a new division of sunglasses inspired by the California lifestyle. West, a complementary segment to the mainline collection, offers a selection of casual styles designed for on the go. Taking cues from the coastal lifestyle, the line focuses on functional, modern design, an area the brand […]
The Gucci Museo in Florence is aiming to reach a global online audience. A new website, GucciMuseo.com, has now launchd and is translated into eight languages. It is divided into three sections: The Archive, Gucci and the Arts, and The Museo. Social networks are integrated to facilitate sharing via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest, says WWD. […]
For the Maison Margiela Fall 2014 collection, the team took up British tweeds, filtering the codes of the male wardrobe through more feminine fare. A dress in striped suit lining became an underpinning for a lace-trimmed silk slip with a tweed back. Between the shoulder blades, the house’s familiar white cotton stitches were replaced with […]
This season, Creative Director Frida Giannini has energized the basic shoulder flap bag with a dressing of fringe and tassels exposed in the latest Gucci Nouveau Fringe handbag collection. Referencing a flap shoulder bag model from Gucci’s archives in the 1940s, this reincarnation comes in punches of black, berry and red (among others) and dressed in […]