Fashion
Levi’s x
Opening Ceremony
Celebrated American icons Opening Ceremony and the Levi’s brand recently announced a new partnership marrying Levi's pioneering spirit with Opening Ceremony’s unique, creative design aesthetic. Beginning this spring 2010, Opening Ceremony and the Levi’s brand will introduce new seasonal co-branded
collections rooted in classic Levi’s styles and updated with progressive fabrics, washes, details and twists.
The spring 2010 collection celebrates the craftsmanship, detail and ease of the ever-popular Levi’s cords. The collection takes a modern twist on the iconic Levi's 505 jean by updating it in buttery-soft corduroy in a rainbow of colors including teal, fuchsia, lavender, olive, curry, navy, optical white and beige.
Featuring a fit reminiscent of the 1980’s slim leg 505 jean, these unisex cords offer a new and interesting reinterpretation of a favorite Levi’s vintage fit. Other “new classic” corduroy pieces featured in the collection include unisex cut-off shorts, a unisex button-down shirt and Levi’s trucker jackets in silhouettes for both men and women.
Inspiration for the first Levi’s x Opening Ceremony collection and color story comes from the habitual spring migration of New Yorkers to the scenic upstate countryside. As spring road trips in New York call for well-worn corduroy pants, layered tops and fitted cord jackets in saturated pastels, while colorful cord cut-offs are perfect for summertime escapes.
Levi’s x Opening Ceremony will launch in Opening Ceremony retail stores in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo next month.
www.eu.levi.com
www.openingceremony.us
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Galliano Men
A new line, and new generation - "It's not just the girls that want to party, and be able to pepper their wardrobe with urban essentials, the boys want this option too and to have those pieces in denim, leather and something that has that quirky signature Galliano identity. They want high fashion but not the high fashion prices, so I wanted to create a collection that could inspire as much as bridge that gap," John Galliano says.
The debut boy’s collection which was presented in Milan January 18th, captures the attitude and essence of Galliano’s wild side and is inspired by the anarchy of the London rock scene. The Rock muse of the moment, gets his own look and is recast with urban attitude. Distressed jeans are over-dyed in bold colours of ochre and burgundy, and doused with bleach in curling barbwire designs as Military parkas are worn with baggy pants, grandfather shirts and layered with vintage Henleys and blazers too scruffy to impress the parents!
"I was inspired by memories of my twenty-year old self, I was fashion obsessed yet starved of the choice in clothes. We used to take our vintage market finds and pull them apart and recombine them to create our own mixed-up signature looks. Creativity and expression was the force behind this way of dressing, and we have re-harnessed this energy to work the collection in an individual way and dress our contemporary young man."
"Now it’s the Pixies, Daisys, Ashs and a new generation of It kids; but the desire, hunger and originality in dress is there. Galliano’s second line is a younger rebel sibling not an after thought – so this season make sure you get to know this new character and collection," says Galliano about his Looks. Distressed denim and sweat is spliced into new mixes of mixed collaged clothes. Crumpled and carefree, and deceptively inventive with overprinted graphics, comfortable easy shapes, washed leathers, sweats and denims make it look like you haven’t tried too hard.
www.johngalliano.com
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MICHALSKY StyleNite
On January 22nd, Michael Michalsky’s new show concept celebrated a brilliant premiere in the Berlin Friedrichstadtpalast.
Lala Berlin opened the evening with a collection titled “Viva la Revolutión (d'amor)“, already emphasizing the central idea of the revolutionary new show concept.
Lala Berlin, Fall/Winter 2010-2011
Afterwards, Kaviar Gauche presented their new collection “STRIPPED” that fit well into the history-charged show palace with its variety-based theme.
Kaviar Gauche, Fall/Winter 2010-2011
The finale was the fashion show by designer and host Michael Michalsky, whose collection is inspired by Heinrich Zille's drawings “Mein Milljöh” from Berlin’s Wilhelminian style era.
Michalsky, Fall/Winter 2010-2011
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Dover Street Market SS10 Season
"I want to create a kind of market where various creators from various fields gather together and encounter each other in an ongoing atmosphere of beautiful chaos: the mixing up and coming together of different kindred souls who all share a strong personal vision," says Rai Kawakubo about the concept and direction of Londons famous fashion store Dover Street Market. "We hope to make DSM more and more interesting. I enjoy seeing all the customers coming to DSM dressed in their strong, good looking and individual way. I would like for DSM to be the place where fashion becomes fascinating."
Truly fascinating is this seasons re-opening of the DSM with new exciting designers, spaces and installations including a brand new Comme des Garçons Shirt Space designed by Rei Kawakubo, a newly designed shoe space by Michael Howells, a Lanvin "Scarecrow" space designed especially for DSM by Alber Elbaz as well as Nicholas Kirkwood Geometry redefined by Nicholas Kirkwood. Michael Costiff presents his latest incarnation, "Cameroon Condominium" in his ever changing World Archive, as Stephen Jones presents Not only a hat for every occasion, but one for every country... and last but not least a new space created by Anne Valerie Hash.
Dover Street Market
17-18 Dover Street
London W1S 4LT
United Kingdom
www.doverstreetmarket.com
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Bottega Veneta Men's Fall-Winter 2010/11
For Fall 2010, Bottega Veneta presented in Milan today a collection characterized by assertive elegance and rebel flair. Unconventional pairings and audacious accessories add a provocative edge to clothes of superlative refinement.
The palette is dark, deep, and extravagantly nuanced, marked by subtle gradations of black, carbon gray, ink blue, bottle green, and peat brown. Pattern is equally enigmatic, ranging from shadow stripes and ghosted windowpanes to oblique, over-dyed prints. Fabrics span the spectrum from formal to sporty and from traditional to technologically advanced.
There are more than just clothes to consider this fall. A scarf, a bolo tie, distinctive socks, a ring of antique sterling silver – each element adds shade and detail to a narrative of personal style. A soft, ultra-lightweight calfskin bag serves as a luxurious and functional signature. And in a season in which accessories are important, shoes are defining. Fall shoes include motorcycle-inspired boots and polished-punk “creepers” of glossy leather and crocodile.
“In this collection we wanted to address the different ways men visualize themselves,” says Creative Director Tomas Maier. “Bottega Veneta’s goal is always to expand the vocabulary of men’s wear, to add individuality and expression. So there is sophistication, but also playfulness, bravado, eccentricity, rebelliousness – it all depends on how it’s put together.”
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Ways To Say Black
Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci made with CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements, Photography Mark Pillai
In an extraordinary collaboration with the design glitterati of the fashion world, CRYSTALLIZED™ is thrilled to unveil a one-off, touring exhibition of the iconic Little Black Dress. Timed to coincide with January’s haute couture season, the initiative will see this fashion classic reborn amid a shower of CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements at the hands of the greatest established and emerging creative talents worldwide. After launching in Paris during couture week, on the 27th January, the dazzling collection of one-of-a-kind show pieces will go on public display at the hotel Pozzo di Borgo, 51 rue de l’université, 7th arrondissement on 28 January. The exhibition will then travel to Beijing and will culminate in a grand fund-raising finale in New York City in autumn 2010.
Among the stellar names commissioned by CRYSTALLIZEDTM - Swarovski Elements to create exquisitely crafted, crystal-embellished updates on the Little Black Dress are established designers Sonia Rykiel and Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy (France); Valentino, Giorgio Armani and Missoni (Italy); Donna Karan and Diane von Furstenberg (USA); and Vivienne Westwood (UK). CRYSTALLIZEDTM is also delighted to welcome exciting, upcoming designers Gaspard Yurkievich (France) and Phillip Lim (USA) to the project.
www.crystallized.com
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Comme des Garçons
& The Beatles
Comme des Garçons and Apple Corps Ltd (The Beatles' multimedia corporation) have created a collection consisting of ten bags divided into two groups. One is embossed polyurethane material, in black and white and the other is a printed pvc material. The graphic designed by Rei Kawakubo is a delightful mix of apples and polka dots, the symbol of Comme des Garçons. No real leather is used anywhere in the collection, according to Apple policy. There are also four shirts and t-shirts.
Styles are now available at Dover Street Market in London.
Dover Street Market
17-18 Dover Street
London W1S 4LT
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)20 7518 0680
www.doverstreetmarket.com
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Giles is Just
Around the Corner
Christmas celebrated with uniqueness and luxury hand made products: a selection of items and accessories in limited edition from international brands characterize Christmas 2009 at thecorner.com, the virtual space showcasing “mini-stores” from artisans and cutting-edge brands. The highlight of this special selection is a capsule collection exclusively created for thecorner.com by one of the most acclaimed British designers of the moment: Giles Deacon.
Pixie Geldof wearing the Pixie Dress
designed by Giles Deacon
The capsule collection is composed of three exclusive items: a bustier dress made in lurex, a patterned skirt and a top. The theme that inspires these garments is a distinctive flower decoration: the detail of the flower petal is repeated over the textiles and used as a decorative element to embellish shoulders and gowns. Fabrics and print motifs have been created and designed by Giles exclusively for Christmas on thecorner.com. "I am really excited to be offering the Pixie dress in this exclusive fabric and colour for thecorner.com, which will prove to be a truly innovative online retailer experience," declared Giles Deacon.
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Polo Jeans Culture
“The first jeans I fell in love with were the kind of rugged jeans cowboys wore. I loved their simple utility and the way they got worn in over time. Though jeans have an American heritage, today they belong to the world. They are a culture onto themselves. They represent a kind of freedom to express yourself.” (Ralph Lauren)
Sunbleached Surplus
Ralph Lauren presents the Polo Jeans Co. Spring 2010 Collection—American classics reinvented in the spirit of outdoors hipness and downtown cool. Featuring three distinct lifestyle groupings inspired by the lifestyles of the bohemian Colorado hiker, rebellious romantic rockers, and the sun and surf California youth culture, Polo Jeans Spring 2010 is the modern expression of Ralph Lauren’s timeless style.
Romantic Rebel
Polo Jeans’ Sunbleached Surplus is there with colors bleached by the hot California sun mixed with stonewashed fatigues, fleece softened by the salt air and water, and distressed denim. A palette of hot bright and soft pastels in easy loose-fitting t-shirts and slouchy knits play off washed and worn-in khaki and military olive. The second collection Romantic Rebel represents the romantic streak of rebels; this Polo Jeans Collection speaks to that tough meets tender contradiction. Think rebellious biker sensibility meets romantic idealist. Think soft flowing silhouettes paired with vintage-inspired leather motorcycle jackets.
Telluride
Spring 2010’s final collection Telluride was inspired by Telluride, Colorado: situated in a small canyon surrounded by the might peaks of the San Juan Mountains, filled with colorful legends; a century of history and a hip Rocky Mountain spirit. Think young bohemian adventurers in denim shorts paired with delicately rumpled florals and softly worn flannel shirts. A palette of vintage blues paired with tones of timeworn faded indigo washes epitomizes the rich denim heritage of Ralph Lauren.
www.ralphlauren.com
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Karl Lagerfeld x
Les Ateliers Ruby
For the fourth programme of Signature Limited Editions by Les Ateliers Ruby, the helmet company is joining forces with the Karl Lagerfeld brand to inaugurate its "Multiples": collectors' helmets in editions of 12.
The coming together of Les Ateliers Ruby founder Jérôme Coste and Karl Lagerfeld led to the creation of the motorcycle helmets featured in the Karl Lagerfeld autumn/winter 2009-2010 collection. Motorcycles are now an integral part of the modern urban landscape and the helmet has thus become a new and indispensable accessory. Karl Lagerfeld has taken it over and made it into a fashion accessory. The Ruby & Karl Lagerfeld helmet programme includes a limited edition of 100 examples of the Pavillon helmet covered in black and white tweed, a Pavillon helmet covered in terra cotta coloured fabric, embroidered with pearls, as well as a Pavillon helmets covered with black shiny mink and another version with white Rex rabbit fur, all in a limited edition of 12. Karl Lagerfeld has also done a drawing expressing his vision of the Ruby Woman. Ruby have turned it into a 70 x 70 cm silk scarf, in a limited edition of 500.
Coming out in December on www.ateliersruby.com - also exclusively at the boutique Colette,
and in a number of select points of sale.
www.karllagerfeld.com
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Mr. McQ
McQ embraces developments in fashion communication with a new, innovative website, incorporating the rise of blog culture and underground journalism. Juxtaposed with a slow-motion video backdrop of the A/W09 campaign shoot, the updated page has evolved, displaying more than just lookbook and campaign imagery.
The McQ Diary provides an exclusive written and visual medium for a selection of talented figures, each possessing a distinct ‘McQ’ voice. Sourcing globally for stylists, writers, musicians and artists, the Diary pools like-minded individuals from around the world into a collective ‘McQ’ thought process. Contributors include Dazed & Confused's Anna Trevelyan and Vogue Homme Japan’s Emi Kameoka, amongst others.
In keeping with the increasingly open nature of the fashion industry, the Diary also vocalises the McQ Studio, comprising the thoughts, ideas and musings of the house design team. The development of the McQ website also marks the launch of the brand’s Facebook page, which will be used to announce upcoming events and news, as well as exclusive information for Facebook fans.
All pictures: McQ Spring/Summer 2010
www.m-c-q.com
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Monki Tales
“Once upon a time, an unexpected chemical reaction in an old weavery released a batch of plump black Monkis into the sky. Soaring high from the still smouldering chimney, the tiny creatures floated into the illusory universe known as the Monki World.”
The Monki story is a wild mix of amazing adventures of butterflies, windmills, willows, sails and mysterious chemicals. With the combination of fashion, graphic and storedesign, Monki follows a comprehensive and unique creative concept, in which the little black monkies take a central part as the source of inspiration.
This unusual design follows through from the homepage, to the stores, to the smallest detail in the Monki collection, which can be described as a flirt between expressive Tokyo streetstyle and the fresh Scandinavian fashion sense. The young label offers affordable clothing for girls, who want to express their individualism, independancy and fantasy. With unique collaborations between national and international designers and exciting events, they want to create gloomy but sweet Monki stories.
After already having 26 stores in Scandinavian countries, the first store in Germany will be the 515 m2 flagshipstore in Hamburg, opening this November. So put on your rollerskates and get ready for the story that is waiting to be told in Hamburg!
To experience more of the collection, visit www.monkiworld.de
Monki Flagshipstore
Mönckebergstraße 22
Hamburg, Germany
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True Blue
Jean Paul Gaultier remixes vintage sculptural linerie with Levi's® jeans and jackets on the Paris catwalk
After their SS 2010 Menswear partnership, Jean Paul Gaultier and Levi's® collaborate on key silhouettes from the SS 2010 Womenswear collection to hit selected stores in May 2010.
Talk about the re-emergence of the lingerie as outerwear trend and the sculptural glory of that Jean Paul Gaultier’s pink satin conical bra comes back to mind. A seminal ‘90s moment in the history of fashion, it cemented the fashion-forward reputation of the Queen of Pop and troubled the dreams of many.
A lifelong Levi's® jeans wearer and a denim fan, Jean Paul Gaultier remixed iconic Levi's® designs with vintage lingerie constructions in his S/S 2010 Womenswear collection on show in Paris on Saturday, creating silhouettes which are rigorously structured in design, lovingly crafted and free in spirit.
On the catwalk, dark denim turned into a mini-midi juxtaposition skirt and workwear- inspired dungarees – part modern Rosie the Riveter and part boudoir - with conical bra tops, reinforced and lined with flesh tone bias tape reminiscent of old school corsetry.
www.jeanpaulgaultier.com
www.eu.levi.com
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Rock Spirit,
Industrial Soul
John Richmond unveils his first boutique in France: a 1300 m2 Flagship Store located in the heart of Paris.
The opening of this imposing flagship store in Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore is part of a strategic plan for market expansion, organized by Saverio Moschillo who runs the brand together with John Richmond himself. This brand new store in Paris will join ones that already exist in Milan, Capri, Porto Cervo and Kiev. The Paris store introduces the brand’s new philosophy, express through new architecture, exquisite art installations, futuristic layouts and effective merchandising.
John Richmond worked in collaboration with french architect Christophe Pillet to create a new, exclusive vision of luxury, by using noble materials and unique details such as black smoked glass plates and chrome steel hangers. The distinctive tattoo design, sprayed on mirrors or inlayed on the floor in precious marbles, creates a continuous visual connection embodying the designer’s famous rock spirit and unveiling the industrial soul by being displayed in an unusual, high tech setting.
John Richmond
Rue de Fabourg Saint Honore 62
Paris, France
www.johnrichmond.com
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Four Floors
of Fashion
Tommy Hilfiger Group opened its global flagship store located at 681 Fifth Avenue in New York this week. The store is the largest Tommy Hilfiger retail store worldwide, joining an elite mix of upscale retailers on one of the most prestigious shopping avenues in the world.
“We are pleased to finally open a global anchor in our brand’s hometown,” said Fred Gehring, CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Group. “This opening is an important and tactical move in our efforts to further elevate the brand in both the international community and the U.S.”
“As an iconic thoroughfare, Fifth Avenue is the perfect home for all of our collections,” said Tommy Hilfiger. “I’m very excited to open our global flagship in the city where I first started the company over 20 years ago. The Fifth Avenue flagship represents the mix of aspirational yet affordable - the foundation and heritage of our brand philosophy.”
Inspired by modern meets traditional, and based on 20th century architecture, the 22,000 square foot freestanding store is designed by the Tommy Hilfiger creative team in partnership with Callison Architects. Taking creative cues from McKim, Mead, and White, the store’s interior features a dramatic, modern centralized staircase that doubles as a viewing platform for a revolving art installation and ascends a total of four levels.
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A Bathing Ape
Store Launch
Iconic and much acclaimed Japanese street-wear brand, A Bathing Ape moves back to Soho following their temporary 6 months residence at 'Nowhere', Dover Street Market.
A Bathing Ape has grown into an international success story. After sixteen years, the label fits neatly into the tried-and-true business model of most international fashion and luxury brands. The success of the cult street wear phenomenon rests on a loyal fan base and an obsessive following. It is not unfamiliar to see long lines of customers forming outside own branded stores, waiting through the night to secure limited edition pieces.
The new London store commissioned by BAPE Founder Nigo, has been designed by Masamichi Katayama founder of interior design firm Wonderwall, who has extensively built a wide range of pursuits around the world in design including architectural direction, and product design. Wonderwall have collaborated with BAPE throughout the years on the brands various stores throughout the world. The New York, London & L.A. Stores are the only retail environments outside of Asia.
A Bathing Ape
4 Upper James Street
London W1
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (207) 434 2541
www.bape.com
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Movers and Shakers
The new Berlin-based luxury label VONROSEN presents its first clothing line for women and men. David von Rosen, the founder and owner, uses only the finest cashmere and the most exclusive silks to produce luxurious outerwear in the tradition of the best Italian and German craftmanship. VONROSEN is urban and simple-classical - it is a label for "movers and shakers" and a testament to the modern age. Exclusivity is an integral component of its uniqueness, while the clarity of its line and form is an expression of supreme quality. The brand VONROSEN and its customers are bound together in a mutual acknowledgement of quality. VONROSEN's designs cater to the needs of cosmopolitan, fashion-conscious urbanites and emphasize their individualistic, creative and contemporary lifestyle.
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Hannelore Knuts -
Model Against Aids
Belgian topmodel Hannelore Knuts is the new spokesperson for Designers/Models against Aids.
Hannelore Knuts by Inez van Lamsweerde (W Magazine)
Hannelore Knuts does countless runway shows for all the big name fashion designers such as Yves Saint
Laurent, Givenchy, Dries Van Noten, Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermès and Balenciaga. Knuts has been photographed by Steven Meisel, Daniel Jackson, Terry Richardson and Dutch Dream Duo Inez van Lamsweerde/Vinoodh Matadin and did consults for designers such as Azzedine Alaia and Haider Ackerman. She is also a talented photographer herself and is now curating her first exhibition that will open in spring 2010. Hannelore Knuts is very motivated to help Models/Designers against Aids to spread their prevention message and to stimulate young models to join MAA, with the same goal: have fun, but keep it safe!
Hannelore Knuts @ Marc Jacobs Fall 09
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Super Store Berlin
Super Store Berlin is about to bring back street style credibility to the city where individuals can shop. Look, dance, chat, have a coffee, or just wonder around looking for a treasure in our selection of 80's vintage and new designer labels by ROBOTSUNITED and RAT DEXTRINO. David, Yam and Asta want to give you the pleasure to razzmattazzz all the way to the cosmic forces. Feeling PYT and funky fresh.
Super Store Berlin
men's & women's vintage
Almstadtstrasse 43 (Ecke Schendelgasse)
Berlin - Mitte
Germany
Monday - Saturday 12 - 8pm
www.myspace.com/superstoreberlin
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Louis Vuitton
Lunar Landing
Louis Vuitton celebrates the greatest journey of all with a salute to the 40th anniversary of the Lunar Landing.
On July 13th, Louis Vuitton hosted a tribute to the 40th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing. The event was hosted by Daniel Lalonde, President and CEO of Louis Vuitton North America, with Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell and Sally Ride. The event took place at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History.
The new Louis Vuitton core values advertising campaign, featuring these three legendary astronauts, elevates the theme of travel as a personal journey to a celebration of a voyage of significance for all mankind. “We are honored to be able to recognize these individuals as ultimate travelers and to salute their astounding accomplishments which have changed the world,” said Daniel Lalonde.
Buzz Aldrin, Jean Larivière, Daniel Lalonde and Jim Lovell
Louis Vuitton brought together these three exceptional figures whose own personal journeys have taken them into space: Buzz Aldrin, who in the course of the historic Apollo 11 mission with Neil Armstrong on July 20th and 21st 1969, became the second man to set foot upon the Moon; Jim Lovell, the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970, who heroically guided his crew back to the safety of Earth; and Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman to venture into space on Space Shuttle Challenger.
For this event Louis Vuitton has assembled a unique set of NASA original photographs, antique space toys, sculptures and astronomy photographs by the French artist/photographer Jean Larivière. The Louis Vuitton special order “Malle Mars” was also on display, depicting a hypothetical trunk for travels to Mars. Elements of this exhibit were on display at the Louis Vuitton Fifth Avenue Maison from July 14th to July 20th.
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STAGES
Paris Opening
To heighten global awareness of the cancer burden, Lance has teamed up with Nike to present “STAGES,” an art show that benefits The Lance Armstrong Foundation.
The show unites the worlds of art, philanthropy and sport in a unique celebration of human potential inspired by Lance and dedicated to the fight against cancer. “It will project hope, strength and commitment to millions and carry the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign all over the world. I am humbled by the effort and energy given by so many to bring STAGES to life,“ said Lance Armstrong.
Carrie Mundane and Théodore Fivel
Nike continues to be a long time supporter of both Lance Armstrong and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, creating the yellow wristband in 2004, which gave global visibility to the foundation. To date there are over 70 million bands that have been worn by supporters throughout the world.
“We’re taking the LIVESTRONG message, which is already in the global lexicon, and giving it a different type of energy and voice. At the same time we’re combining the fight against cancer with sports and art to create a larger community that is aware and engaged in the fight against cancer,” said Mark Parker, CEO & President, Nike Inc.
Dzine and Mark Parker
The show opened to the public on Friday, July 17th following a preview on the 16 for invited guests at the world renowned Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris.
It will also travel to the United States this fall.
All work is available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
www.stages09.com
Stefano Pilati and Olivier Zahm
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Levi's and
Jean Paul Gaultier
Levi's has collaborated with iconic fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier on selected pieces for the Maison Jean Paul Gaultier’s S/S 2010 menswear collection.
The French designer, a loyal Levi's jeans wearer, interpreted the signature Levi's denim styles with his free and iconoclastic touch for Paris Fashion Week. "Levi’s is the American Dream, it’s a myth, it is the original jeans. It was a joy to work on my versions of the 501," said Jean Paul Gaultier.
Four Levi's 501 jeans silhouettes and the classic denim jacket were playfully reconstructed with an eye to some of the familiar themes of the Maison Gaultier production – maritime stripes and bondage. Edited in rigid denim, the famous Levi's ‘Trucker’ jacket was proposed with frontal cut outs and straps, also featured on a pair of 501 jeans.
‘Marinière’ stripes adorned the cuffs of 501 jeans, and exposed selvage run through the side seams of jeans and shorts – in equally pure and uncompromisingly rigid denim.
All the Levi's styles were shown mixed with the elegant, masculine pieces of the designer’s collection for a look that will most likely be embraced by chic women as well. "Levi's is synonymous with authenticity and creativity. Jean Paul Gaultier is one of the purest and brightest design talents in the history of fashion. Naturally, we are delighted to have contributed to his latest collection," says Levi's Europe Senior Vice President and Creative Director You Nguyen.
www.eu.levi.com
www.jeanpaulgaultier.com
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Camper Together with Bernhard Willhelm
Bernhard Willhelm is in the vanguard of alternative fashion, as he proves each year at his fashion shows. This is also obvious in the new collection he has designed for Camper Together. The designer’s second collaboration with the Majorcan footwear brand is full of surprises and reinventions.
Willhelm turns his irreverent attention to the world of classic hiking boots to create a collection that also boasts elements that hint of outdoor sporting, motorcycling and even athletics. Solid lasts, serrated soles, aged leathers and a combination of influences that leave no one indifferent. For men and also for women.
The collection consists of ankle, calf and knee boots, two heel models and special-effect leathers. The range of available colors includes black, grey, beige, brown, dark blue and white. Special buckles, prominent stitching and cushioning play an important role in this collection, which suggests the creation of a new idea of urban protection.
Camper Together is a type of collaboration whereby each artist contributes with the best of his creativity and experience to develop a modern and original product, made of the highest quality and distributed exclusively by the best specialists worldwide. Together: with, +, &...responds to the new international reality that requires the capacity to integrate different cultures and know-how in order to achieve a good product.
www.camper.com
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Escada
A View on Fashion: 1978 - 2009
The luxury brand Escada hosted a Pink Party in Berlin on Wednesday, July 1st. Escada AG Chairman Bruno Sälzer invited some 700 guests from the international fashion scene, Berlin society and the worlds of commerce and politics to an event entitled "Escada - A View On Fashion: 1978 – 2009" at the city's Bode Museum. Bar Tausend was the chosen venue for the after-party.
Within the scope of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Escada – one of Germany's best-known names in luxurious womenswear – showcased creations from the past three decades as well as looks from its current 2009 Fall/Winter collection. Sited in the Bode Museum's spectacular domed hall, which was bathed in pink for the event, the presentation spotlighted the 30-year history of the fashion house on 50 mannequins.
www.escada.com
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'Are Younique?'
Become the new face of Police
The major competition organised by Police, the historic house brand of the De Rigo Group, will officially get underway from mid-May in order to select the new face of the Be YOUnique 2010 advertising campaign. The idea began with the great popularity of the unusual 2009 international communication strategy, and Police’s growing success as a global lifestyle brand. The competition will be aimed at all young people, male and female, who express the same plucky style and individuality as the Police image.
In order to participate, simply register on the website and send us a portrait of yourself, stating what makes you unique enough to win. Every two weeks, users of the site will vote to select ten people, until a total of sixty finalists have been chosen from the most interesting faces in the site’s photo gallery. The final casting session, which will be conducted by Police and the creative agency, will be carried out in September 2009; the winner will then automatically take part in the shoot for the new Be Younique 2010 campaign images, which will take place in the Autumn.
www.police-beyounique.com
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Jhon AG:
SPY vs. SPY
Kuzu & Aki, the team that has turned the Tokyo fashion world on its head in an unprecedented performance with its uniquely cynical style, give birth to a completely new brand by forming a union of leading branding professionals!
Breaking the mold of all the staid old rules of an apparel industry adrift in a sea of stormy market conditions, the brand Jhon AG launched its intelligence operations in a secret début on the second night of the Milano Men’s Collection, on the 21st of June, 2009.
Jhon AG is a revolutionary brand, based on a new invented business system with the ambition to refresh the market and gain visibility and awareness focusing on unique style and new technology fabrics to create items for a contemporary consumer interested in travel, play, business and sports.
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John Varvatos:
Urban Dreamer
An urban dreamer captures the mood of John Varvatos’ spring/summer 2010 collection. His wardrobe seamlessly unifies the ultra modern with elements from the past.
The silhouette is constructed from a composite of lightweight layers that softly contrast and harmonize refined tailoring, sporty outerwear and contemporary fabrics. Proportion remains narrow and elongated. A stronger, more structured shoulder and longer jacket lengths are paired with a tapered trouser that finishes in an ankle-skimming hem or cuff. Edgy cuts in outerwear showcase a new sense of balance: dropped collars at the front and raised hems at the back.
www.johnvarvatos.com
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D&G
Online Boutique
D&G launches dandgstore.com, its first online boutique starting on June 23rd.
It reflects the spirit of D&G boutiques, whose style strongly emerges and can be experienced with a click, and is also reachable through the website www.dolcegabbana.com.
The online store will make it possible to buy all D&G Apparel and Accessories collection, both men’s and women’s, with the addition of D&G Beachwear, D&G Underwear, D&G Eyewear, D&G Time and D&G jewels, and will be available from Europe, United States and Japan, for a total of 31 countries.
www.dandgstore.com
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Think Positive
Replay Footwear
In a tough market environment Replay footwear conceived (beside the istitutional collection) a new sneakers proposal aimed to the younger consumer (Basque, Luxor and Think Positive basque-the first FMS SHOE). It is to promote an ethic product price wise, appealing in shape, colours and style.
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Hello Fashion
by Monique van Heist
Hello Fashion is a continuous collection of ‘moniquevanheist’ classics by which she challenges the fashion system. Monique van Heist is a Dutch fashion designer, triple winner of the Mercedes-Benz Dutch Fashion Awards 2008. Hello Fashion is permanently available and new products will only be added, not distracted from the collection. Next to garments and accessories, the collection consists of lifestyle products like furniture, make-up advice and even recipes. Hello Fashion cuts across the fashion system’s usual cycle by presenting new products at any given time.
Hello Fashion comes with a loose-leaf catalogue. Included now, are the first 22 products of Hello Fashion. Keep the folder… because with each new product launch, a supplement will be released and the catalogue will grow.
www.moniquevanheist.com
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Adidas Consortium
Kiosk at No74
The second drop of the 3Way Consortium project from Adidas Originals brings together 4 of North America’s most respected sneaker retailers and boutiques to tell their own stories on 5 iconic models from adidas.
Following the basic idea of the Consortium “3Way” concept, a lovely and cheerful wooden shack in the backyard garden of No74 created a perfect backdrop for the very reduced and iconic execution of the presented Consortium sneakers. With its truly unique spirit of an ever evolving patchwork city, Berlin is continuously mixing old and new, style and trash, past and future. The ‘Consortium Pop-Up Kiosk’ at No74 is taking a clear reference to the cities unmatchable and alive spirit.
From now on, the complete collection of all 5 Consortium sneakers will be available at the No74.
Torstrasse 74
10119 Berlin
Germany
www.no74-berlin.com
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Tom Ford Beauty
Tom Ford will introduce two new fragrances. In spring 2007, Tom Ford beauty launched twelve groundbreaking unisex fragrances called the private blend collection. This spring, private blend will introduce a new sartorially inspired scent blended exclusively for the new Tom Ford store in Milan. “It’ s a perfume dedicated to a gentleman of the 70’s. A kind of man that is not easy to find anymore”, says Ford. Italian Cypress is a distinctly elegant fragrance that achieves the perfect balance between tradition and innovation. A modern alchemy of woods and resins, it delivers the robust essence of Italian quality and sophistication to the very space we breathe.
The private blend collection welcomes a new addition, an ode to the prized ingredient Champaca Absolute. An unconventional composition in the floral oriental landscape, private blend Champaca Absolute takes a rarely used single note and adds an extraordinary sequence of secondary ingredients to create the sensory equivalent of a decadently layered pastry with many layers of depth and complexity.
www.tomford.com
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Mat, Satiné, Brillant
On the occasion of Salone Del Mobile in Milan, Maison Martin Margiela presents an introduction of its savoir-faire: more commonly using the human body as the support of its artistic expression, the Maison utilizes space and furniture as a medium to convey its creativity. A natural evolution and continuity of its vision and character.
While entering the 180 m2 space, the visitor penetrates into an exact reproduction of the Interior Design workshop of the Paris Headquarters, where all stores, showrooms, and architectural projects are conceived. The walls are covered with ‘trompe l’oeil’ effect life-size pictures of the office and all its decoration and organization elements. The furniture has been brought from Paris and placed in its original and exact position. The installation also refers to elements from Margiela stores and showrooms worldwide.
www.maisonmartinmargiela.com
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Maarten Baas
for Costume National
Hosted by Creative Director Ennio Capasa in occasion of the Milan Furniture Fair, Dutch artist Maarten Baas designs a Limited Edition T-shirt for Costume National.
Only 100 pieces of the tee featuring little men, who stand next to the graphics of “Clay Furniture” and the “Sculpt Cupboard”, both part of the Furniture From the Fringe Of Reality exhibit, have been produced and are available exclusively on www.costumenational.com.
design by Maarten Baas
drawings by Suzanne van der Aa
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My Delerium
by Linda Valkeman
Chaos can be beautiful, beautifully structured. Linda Valkeman’s chaotic personality inspires her and forces her to create structure, create beauty, create fabrics and above all create new shapes.
The clothes are based on classic shapes and patterns that went astray, but eventually found the right track back. The normal and abnormal go hand in hand, as well as the old and the new. A consistent patchwork of contradictive ideas is presented.
The huge range of fabrics, mostly created by herself, underline the chaos: pages from a scrapbook, the feathers from her grandpa’s farm, high tech nylon, pieces of wood, old-fashioned knits and plastics.
In this collection ‘My delirium’ found it’s right direction.
Photography: Marc Deurloo
www.lindavalkeman.nl
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Styling
in London
After Tokyo, thecorner.com goes on with its journey around fashion capitals. City after City the windows of thecorner.com have been personalized by the most famous stylists around the world. In this way users can compare different styles and get suggestions for personalizing their look, while mixing items by top designers and enjoying photo shoots created by true style professionals from Milan to London, from Tokyo to Berlin, from Los Angeles to New York.
The first leg of the journey has been Tokyo with the worldwide famous Japanese stylist Tsuyoshi Noguchi. Now the second stop is London and the protagonist is the renowned Nicola Formichetti, Creative director of Dazed & Confused and Fashion director of Vogue Hommes Japan.
For thecorner.com exclusively Nicola has chosen a young photography talent: Brett Lloyd, emerging name in the London scene who has already shot for magazines such i-D and Dazed. The model featuring the shoot is the young fashion icon Jethro Cave, son of musician Nick Cave, already shot by Hedi Slimane and chosen to catwalk during the last Paris Fashion Week.
www.thecorner.com
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Marina Chain
The marina chain, a famous Gucci symbol adorning accessories and jewellery, is now celebrated with a new collection of stylish timepieces whose design features the highly iconic anchor chain sign.
With its rounded links, this unmistakable signature punctuates the smooth bracelet, embracing the oval case and finishing with a clasp shaped like a leather belt buckle. The marina chain motif was inspired in the 1960s by the world of yachting, another favourite pastime of the Florentine clientele of Guccio Gucci.
The Marina Chain watch, introduced at the 2009 Gucci Women’s Cruise fashion show, is available in two sizes and a rich choice of materials: steel, 18kt yellow gold, or a combination of the two for a striking contrast between the reflections of the two metals.
www.gucci.com
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Knit Wit
The bright and cheerful designers behind the brand Cooperative Designs are Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann. They met when they were working on their MA at Central Saint Martins in London, where they discovered in each other a similar design aesthetic.
“We hope our design aesthetic is quite intelligent and conceptual, but also light-hearted and fun. When people wear our bright pieces, they seem to be uplifted and excited,” says Dunn. “I think we were really excited about our first catwalk show, so the collection was quite celebratory and upbeat. I hope this makes the wearer feel this too. When I first knitted a scarf I tried to put feelings of love and happiness into it. Then whenever I wore it, I felt comforted and safe. It was two meters long and changed color every 20 centimeters! Whenever anyone was sad they had to wear the scarf and they felt better. Because it was so long we managed to get about three people at once uplifted! I still try to have this attitude when I make things.”
Spring/Summer 09 marks the third collection for Cooperative Designs, whose initial interest in fashion came from grandmothers who loved to knit. “I believe craft and fashion are passed on like that,” says Dunn.
The collection is available at Browns Focus (London), Styler Store (Rome) and online with brittique.com.
www.cooperative-designs.com
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Y-3 at adidas Brand Centre Paris
Beginning this month, Y-3’s S/S 2009 collection is available at the adidas Brand Centre on Avenue des Champs Elysées. The 200 square meter Y-3 space is located on the first floor of the new adidas Brand Center, next to the recently launched adidas SLVR Label, the adidas by Stella McCartney collection and adidas Porsche Design Sport.
The Brand Centre is adidas’ largest concept store in Europe with a total floor space of 3,600 square meters. For the first time in Europe, all categories and brands of adidas clothing, footwear and accessories can be found under one roof.
www.adidas.com
www.y-3.com
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The Boys
are Back in Town
With a nod to John Varvatos’ ongoing international expansion, the brand’s latest ad campaign features Glasgow-based band Franz Ferdinand.
This season’s collaboration between John Varvatos; creative agency, Yard; and renowned music photographer Danny Clinch took its cue from Alex Kapranos’ infatuation with classic Americana. The campaign highlights the band’s lighthearted spirit as the four lads order ice cream from a vintage Mister Softee truck. Danny Clinch took advantage of the beautiful weather, capturing sun-splashed moments in his gritty reportage style.
www.johnvarvatos.com
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Make History: The Winner
Lee Make History campaign has reached its Grand Finale: the winner of Make History First Edition has been announced.
Make History officially went live in January 2007 and over the two years of the contest, more than 16,000 entries were submitted (from 90 different countries around the world), of which some 2,000 were featured online. The very best picture stories were also published in various fashion magazines.
The title of the winning work, announced by the jury on 25th February is The Weak in Wonderland. The author, who will be presented with a prize of 50,000 euro is Rossella Dimichina, 27 years old, from Ferrara, Italy.
The winning work, together with the other 100 shortlisted picture stories, will be on show at the Revel gallery in via Thaon De Revel 3, Milan, from 25th February until 9th March 2009.
www.eu.lee.com
www.makehistory.eu
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Les Hommes on thecorner.com
Les Hommes arrives on the Web on thecorner.com, the new virtual “department store” launched by YOOX Group featuring the latest collections from cutting-edge international designers and a selection of hard to find Italian brands – many of them appearing online for the first time.
Les Hommes debuts online with its first virtual shop stocked with a wide selection of suits, coats, jackets, shirts and accessories: a custom-made “corner” that reaches a larger fashion-savvy audience and provides a unique way of connecting to the fans of the Belgian brand. In March the S/S 2009 collection will be available online: inspired by frequent and long trips throughout the Far East and a shared passion for Quentin Tarantino’s visionary stories, the two designers of Les Hommes mix modernity and traditional culture this season, creating a collection that exudes contemporaneity.
www.thecorner.com
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V for Victory
Victory is pure Nike – the challenge before success and the steps it takes to achieve it. Victory doesn’t come easily. In order to win, you need to rebel against failure, raise your standards and overcome obstacles. With the help of over 25 of the world’s best young footballers and athletes, including Didier Drogba, Rafael Nadal and Cesc Fabregas, Nike has created a campaign that captures an irreverent attitude channeled through the universally recognized V sign.
To celebrate this attitude, Nike has remixed the classic Eugene Track Jacket, one of the brand’s most iconic pieces of apparel.
Celebrated British photographer, Rankin, shot two separate but supporting concepts over four photoshoots in Madrid, Milan and London.
www.nikesportswear.com
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Emotion in Motion
New silhouettes and visual impact using plain colours fabrics. Color explosion. The most colourful show ever, if this is possible at all. Forms flow from textures and vibrant colors combination, creating new graphic effects. Fluid volatile forms thanks to light sheer fabrics. Unusual combinations are a constant feature. Bright print graphics in jacquards are mixed with new volume fabrics. Playing with different materials and textures is key, while individual shine appliqués over the garments add kinetic iridescent sparkles. A sincere homage to everyday wonders that nature gives: Lady Dragonfly, Plume Twins, Love Essence, Spider Duo, Waterfall... Poetic, sinuous silhouetes wanting to reinvent feminity: colorful, volatile and fluid. At the end of the day, so Custo Barcelona.
www.custo-barcelona.com
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Diva tasting
The new Fornarina Spring/Summer 2009 advertising campaign illustrates overwhelmingly feminine images in which Lindsay Lohan, the Hollywood celebrity testimonial of the brand, is the main protagonist.
Young, beautiful, eclectic, with great talent and a great personality, Lindsay Lohan immediately appeared as one of the few in the show-biz able to represent the glamorous style of Fornarina.
The unmistakable personality of Fornarina, the fascination of Lindsay Lohan and the intense light of Los Angeles that overflows the Stahl House, one of the most exclusive locations in Hollywood, have rendered it possible to have an extraordinary photographic campaign that expresses in the most absolute way, the DNA of the brand.
www.fornarina.com
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Prada Womenswear S/S 2009
There is a kinetic urgency, a surge of energy and a heightened sexuality breaking through the surface of the new campaign images photographed by Steven Meisel for Prada womenswear. Inspired by ancient stone bas-reliefs, a line-up of models appears pushing and pulling themselves into position. They are connected as if in a dance, an unexplained ritual or performance that informs these compositions inspired by these intensely powerful, mythological relief compositions. The crumpled, elemental texture of the collection clashes against their glistening, almost sculptural looking skin. Classical objects of female adornment like gold, python print, bows and bras, are reinterpreted throughout the collection with contemporary treatments and technological inventions.
www.prada.com
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COS S/S 2009
COS continues to develop a high quality design aesthetic that is fashionable but wearable and that pays homage to iconic pieces from the feminine and masculine wardrobe while questioning their function and form.
For spring/summer, the white shirt, the little black dress, the pencil skirt, the polo, the perfect blazer, pair of trousers or the coat that will transform a look; through draping, volume and architecture but that never appears over-worked are all part of the story.
The focus is on natural qualities and pure materials: paper crisp poplins, stiff Italian silks, washed cottons and linens woven with metallic thread, spongy, knitted jacquards and more fine-gauge weaves designed to be layered, one over the other.
www.cosstores.com
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G-Star SS09 Campaign
Having built a distinctive visual identity over twenty years, G-Star now takes the next step with a campaign curated by photographer, designer and filmmaker, Anton Corbijn.
For the Spring/Summer 2009 campaign, models have been replaced by actors Toby Kebbell and Alexandra Maria Lara. Both came to G-Star’s attention thanks to their performances in the award-winning movie Control and will front the new advertisements. The British born Toby made his initial breakthrough in Dead Man’s Shoes and is now receiving rave reviews for his performance in Guy Ritchie’s Rock’n’Rolla. The Romanian-born and Berlin-based Alexandra came to prominence with her performance in the Oscar nominated 2004 film, Untergang (Downfall), followed by her leading role in Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth and will next be seen in the Oscar contender The Reader.
www.g-star.com
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Burberry re-opens in London
Burberry just re-opened its renovated Knightsbridge store in London, a 11,000 square foot store, located on Brompton Road. The store showcases men’s and women’s ready-to-wear from the Burberry Prorsum and Burberry London collections as well as sport and childrenswear collections. A full assortment of accessories including bags, jewellery and shoe collections are also available in the store. The store re-opens with the new store design concept developed by Burberry Creative Director Christopher Bailey and is the first Burberry store in the UK to re-open with the new distinctly British aesthetic, which embodies the energy and attitude of the brand.
BURBERRY
2 Brompton Road
Knightsbridge
London SW1
www.burberry.com
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Closed Bike
The newest design piece of Closed is a bike – the second Closed-Bike! The whole design of this bike is inspired by the spirit, style and fashion of the 70s and thus harmonises perfectly with the upcoming Autumn/Winter collection.
After the success of the Closed City Bike Gordon Giers, owner of the company has this time developed a track-bike which is even simpler in concerns of design and mainly characterised by retro-inspired details like the Brooks racing-bike leather saddle, which guarantees a painless ride. Moreover the bike has got a special CroMo frame and a Flip-Flop rear hub, which allows freewheel drive as well as "Starrantrieb" – which means that the pedals keep on moving, even though one stops pushing. All these special details give the bike its unique value and the designer a good reason to be proud of his limited edition collector’s piece.
There are 100 pieces available in black and blue on shop.closed.com (from March onwards).
www.closed.com
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The House of Viktor & Rolf
‘The House of Viktor & Rolf’, the largest extensive exhibition ever presented in The Netherlands by the famous designer duo, opened at the Centraal Museum on the 25th of November. The exhibition offers all visitors the unique opportunity to experience an exclusive Viktor & Rolf fashion event. This retrospect draws attention to spectacular highlights from the Viktor & Rolf collection over the past fifteen years. During this period, the influential duo wowed the fashion world with their heady mix of cool irony and surreal beauty. Following a successful stint at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, the exhibition now moves to the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. The Centraal Museum places an integral focus on current fashion.
The House of Viktor & Rolf
25 November 2008 to 8 February 2009
Centraal Museum Utrecht
the Netherlands
www.centraalmuseum.nl
www.viktor-rolf.com
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CoSTUME NATIONAL SS09
Ennio Capasa, designer:
“This collection is a play of opposites between structure and deconstruction. I have used the poetic essence and the technique of virtual architecture and 3D graphic design to underline volumes and silhouettes, to highlight the body and the basic elements in the construction of the garments. Using colours, matching ironed and creased fabrics, flat and three dimensional surfaces, I have accentuated cuts, pleats and the fullness of dresses and gowns. I have airbrushed dark and light prints as skies reflected in glass buildings.”
www.costumenational.com
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Maison Martin Margiela's 20th anniversary
A celebration: what a better time than now, what a better place than this to celebrate 20 years of fashion, passion and creation. This fashion show has almost more to do with a performance than a display of garments and outfits. It is an expression of our creativity and a moment we want to spend with you, who have been sharing this adventure with us and supporting us all these years.
An introspection: 20 years, 40 shows, hundreds of garments… what remains? What is the essence that defines us? What is remembered after all this time? The purpose was to get to the core of our identity and all that characterizes it. Reinventing ourselves by going through the past 20 years and all that came with it.
A reinterpretation: identifying the codes (oversize, trompe-l’oeil, deconstruction, etc.) of the Maison and giving them a new proposition, a new direction, a new interpretation. Ideas & concepts that have travelled through time, through our history and have defined our style, our approach and bringing them into a new dimension.
www.maisonmartinmargiela.com
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DIY Chic
Seattle musician Jonas de Varona has designed a line of clothing and bags under the name Meet Me Here. It includes bags made from recycled materials sourced locally as well as tops and skirts made from hand painted silk, nylon and non woven fabrics. All pieces are made to order - cut and sewn by Jonas - and are available through the MMH website.
"The internet has leveled the playing field for independent businesses by allowing them access to a much wider audience than was possible 10 years ago," said de Varona.
The Meet Me Here fall line is muted black white and grey tones. Crisp angular jackets accentuate bubble shapes with splashes of flowing bright blue, yellow and silver. The line expresses the designer's love of structure and contrast creating a feel that is spacious and chic.
model: Whitney Hahn
www.mmhclothing.com
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Are You Heartless?
"F**k me, I didn't know this was here," tends to be the reaction from customers who discover Heartless for the first time. Based in the affluent area of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, Heartless is a luxury men's lifestyle emporium where the modern man can purchase a myriad of the most directional fashion brands alongside a selection of art, furniture, fine grooming products and vintage luggage. Everything in Heartless is available for purchase. Labels range from the ultimate luxury of YSL, Yohji Yamamoto and Balenciaga to the most directional, cutting edge brands such as Attachment, Drestrip and A Coba to name but a few.
The Heartless 'Black Service' was created for those that require a little bit more attention and a lot more adventure. The very important person can enjoy a door-to-door service to Heartless in one of the store's "super fleet": a matt black Lamborghini, an original 1960's silver Porsche Turbo or how about the more leisurely split screen VW Camper Van or classic VW Beetle? Drinks on arrival and a personal shopper ensure the shopping experience is as effortless as possible. After the client has shopped he is then dropped off at his destination.
The Heartless eshop will launch in early October 2008 and will offer the Heartless experience to men internationally who are looking for something different – from those hard-to-find designer labels to the latest cult buy from a quirky Japanese brand.
ADDRESS:
Heartless
179 Buckhurst Hill
Queens Road
Essex IG9 5AZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8559 0520
www.areyouheartless.com
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A Stage of Light and Shadow
A red-haired woman, a man with an enigmatic expression, a distant, dazzling light, a flight of descending stairs. These are the features on the stage Sisley treads to tell of its collection for next autumn/winter.
It does so through the lens of Camilla Akrans, the Swedish photographer who shoots her second Sisley advertising campaign in her unmistakeable style of sobriety and grace, passion and reserve, culture and creativity.
The campaign starts in August 2008 and will appear on hoardings, in fashion magazines, in collector’s catalogues and PoS materials.
www.sisley.com
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Victims
Is there another way of looking at tragedy? Can two people – seemingly destined to be enemies – share a common hope? Colors 74 – Victims is a symbolic gesture which attempts to unite where there is only division, to make peace where the only urge is to fight.
Thirty Tibetan monks have agreed to dedicate their prayers to the victims of the earthquake that recently terrorized the Sichuan province of China. From Italy to India, the U.S. to Germany, Colors visited them and showed them pictures of turmoil, hope, the invincible force of nature and the indomitable spirit of those who manage to carry on with their lives.
Colors 74 – Victims. On sale this August and available in seven languages – Tibetan, Chinese, English, Italian, French, Spanish or German – enclosed in graphic reproductions of the traditional Tibetan prayer flags, symbols of harmony and protection against danger and evil.
www.benetton.com
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Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal
Since its beginnings in 1988, Maison Martin Margiela has found garments, accessories and second-hand- or at times new items – to transform them into clothes. This creative, skilled process is shown to advantage by changing focus and transforming the raw materials.
Each garment is totally unique and produced in very small quantities.
The label, numbered 0, is sewn, embossed or stamped according to the material or composition of the garment.
These garments or items are available exclusively in certain Maison Martin Margiela shops worldwide (rue de Montpensier and rue de Grenelle in Paris, London, Milan, New York, Los Angeles, Ebisu, Omotesando in Tokyo and Osaka).
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Maison Martin Margiela – Line 0 « Artisanal »
Since its beginnings in 1988, Maison Martin Margiela has been gathering garments, accessories, used and sometimes new objects across the globe. That these garments and objects may be given a second life whilst respecting and maintaining the traces of the passage of time and use remains one of the keystones of the creative expression of the Maison in its Line 0.
Each garment is reworked entirely by hand in the atelier of the Maison in Paris. The complexity and specificity of each step of such a creative process of transformation naturally limits the quantity of garments produced. This Season's « Artisanal » line has been thought as a collection, with a theme going through the 11 silhouettes.
The individuality of the materials used to create each garment ensures that each is as unique as that which was used to create it. The labels number 0, is sewn, embossed or stamped depending on the material used to create the garment or accessory.
The format of presentation inspired by Haute-Couture Golden Age while Volumes and fabrics are manipulated in a Cabaret spirit. The collection transcends several periods of time, borrowing & recycling eveningwear from the 1940s, 50s and 70s and cocktail wear from the 1980s.
Hybrid silhouettes – the result of garment-morphing – play on feminine vs masculine, tailoring vs “flou”, corsets vs fluidity. Slowly the collection reveals the deconstructed and reconstructed contour of the silhouette. Lines are suggested by frameworks and the structure becomes a garment while the garment becomes like an accessory.
www.maisonmartinmargiela.com
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Anglomania & Lee Autumn-Winter 2010/11 by Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood previewed the Anglomania & Lee denim collection at Milan Fashion Week and Hong Kong Fashion Week to an audience of international press and buyers this month. The menswear pieces was seen on Milan’s catwalk on the 17th of January followed by Hong Kong on the 20th where both menswear and womenswear pieces were presented.
Seen for the first time on catwalk, the collection comprises of 4 styles of jeans for men and 5 styles for women, complemented by denim shirts and printed tee-shirts.
The line takes as its main inspiration the Vivienne Westwood archive with references to her seminal punk and pirate collections of the 1970's and 80's but also to the dynamic cuts she has since developed throughout her career. These designs have been reinterpreted using Lee's extensive knowhow in the field of jeans.
The Anglomania by Vivienne Westwood for Lee collection will be distributed through Vivienne Westwood stores as well as through a selected number of retailers world-wide and shall be available in July 2010.
www.viviennewestwood.co.uk
www.eu.lee.com
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BOSS Black
Fall/Winter 10-11
On the evening of January 21, 2010, BOSS Black hosted the presentation of its Fall/Winter Collection for 2010 in the glamorous setting of Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof.
Some 1,000 invitees – buyers, international press people and celebrities including Oscar winner Hilary Swank, American actors Matt Dillon and Aaron Eckart, and the top model/actress Devon Aoki - attended the show held in the former Hamburger Bahnhof train station that now houses a prestigious museum.
There were 35 international top models presenting the looks for Fall/Winter 2010, among them Katrin Thormann, Iris Strubegger, Shaun de Wet, and the faces of the current BOSS Black campaign, Toni Garrn and Lars Burmeister.
Following the show, guests were escorted to a night club specially set up for the after event. Black-in-black seating ensembles with bouquets, a wall showing video animations and a dance floor comprised of LED monitors evoked an exclusive club atmosphere.
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Sam Frenzel Autumn/Winter 2010
The “Collection Bravade Autumn/Winter 2010” showed Wednesday, January 20th at Berlin's Fashion Week utilizes high-quality fabrics and materials, which are meticulously assembled by hand using processes with their origin in haute couture.
The collection posits a thrilling contradiction by bringing together classic silhouettes and fabrics with industrial, hard and almost brutal materials. “It’s a bit like baking cakes: the general ingredients and designs you use are always the same. It’s only by recombining those ingredients and carefully choosing the right cake tin that keeps the cake delicious,” explains Sam Frenzel. It is important for the designer to give clothing a new inspiration without neglecting perfect silhouettes: “I never forget to respect the laws of the female body. It is moving within those rules."
www.mercedes-benzfashionweek.com
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Wrangler sees "Red"
Just in time for Berlin's Bread & Butter 2010 Wrangler unveils its new advertising for Spring/Summer 2010: “Red”. Powerfully raw and visceral, the new print campaign celebrates man’s most primal urges. Men and women are captured in the heat of the moment, saturated in red water or caught in a fury of red dust.
The full campaign developed by Fred & Farid Paris, and by Jeff Burton can be found on-line at www.weareanimals.com.
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Introducing Foujita
For Spring/Summer 2010 Jil Sander explores a new creative territory; a combination of visual arts and fashion design inspiring a new aesthetic prospective. The paintings of Japanese artist Foujita - notably “Combat” and “Grande Composition” - serve as inspiration for the men’s ready-to-wear collection, their lightness as a driving force in redefining a graceful yet masculine physicality.
Foujita’s use of color, the diffused sense of freedom, the natural dynamism of the figures and the sharpness of his line suggest a figurative exploration of the human body. Printed t-shirts, tank tops, cardigans and knits feature details of Foujita’s artwork, as do shirts and trousers. Cotton-gauze scarves as well as cotton totes with natural-tanned leather handles also serve as canvases for Foujita’s portraits.
The Jil Sander Foujita Collection will be available in worldwide Jil Sander Stores and selected retailers starting from February 2010. A special packaging bearing the artist’s signature will underline Jil Sander’s tribute to his artistic expression. For Spring 2010, a retrospective of Foujita’s works is planned to be exhibited in France.
www.jilsander.com
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Brillant Troublant
It is no secret, for those who know how to appreciate luxury with a distinctive face, that the House of Delvaux is continuing to come up with surprising variations on the iconic model from 1958, the Brillant bag. In 2010 too these connoisseurs were well served.
Following the Brillant in transparent vinyl - Noces d’Or -, issued last year to mark the bag’s fiftieth anniversary, there is now the Brillant handbag in dark vinyl: Brillant Troublant. A finish of striking originality. While the classic lines are eminently respected, the material used lends this stylish version a modern, even slightly futuristic air. Ultimately contemporary and yet so timeless.
A youthful version clearly needs a refreshing price. Bags in this limited edition are available from 11 January 2010 in all Delvaux shops and through the e-Shop at 295 euros. In this way, another public is also given the chance to become acquainted with the quality and beauty that Delvaux offers its customers.
www.delvaux.com
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cutting edge
modefabriek presents Irene Bussemaker
On January 24th and 25th, Amsterdam will be hosting the 28th edition of modefabriek (the biannual fashion fair). Its avant-garde design platform cutting edge (trendsetting and provocative design from the Netherlands and abroad) offers talented designers the chance to present their newest collection to the international fashion press.
design by Irene Bussemaker,
photo by Marc Lagrange
Hat designer Irene Bussemaker (Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 1968) is one of this season’s brightest participants of cutting edge. During her studies in Fashion Design at the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht, Bussemaker was often misunderstood by her teachers; they considered her work to be art instead of fashion. A documentary on renowned milliner Philip Treacy inspired Bussemaker to start designing hats. She applied for an internship at Treacy’s studio and although she had zero experience as a hat designer, Bussemaker got the job. Apparently, Treacy hired her because she was Dutch, just like his brother-in-law. From Treacy she learned how to truly love a hat.
Irene Bussemaker for Iris van Herpen, Autumn/Winter 2009
Fast forward to 2010, Bussemaker has a thriving career. After being nominated 3 times, she received the award for ‘Hat Designer of the Year’ in 2007, initiated by The Hat Magazine (London). In 2009 she won the ‘Prix de la technicité’ at L'Atelier-Musée du Chapeau in France. Jean Paul Gaultier was the patrion of the international concour with the theme ‘variable geometry.’ Recently, she collaborated with promising Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen for her Autumn/Winter 2009 collection. Bussemaker’s designs have been sold at Colette in Paris, Jan Jansen in Amsterdam, Alan Journo in Milano and Liberty in London.
Bussemaker’s participation in modefabriek’s cutting edge area will be her début on a trade fair in her home country. She hopes the Dutch will finally understand her work. According to Bussemaker, there are many people in Holland who misunderstand her hats, saying they are more art than headwear – the same criticism she got on her fashion designs during her studies...
www.irenebussemaker.nl
www.modefabriek.nl
Fashion
How To Wear
a Cozy
DKNY launches "How To Wear a Cozy" iPhone application
"To me, the Cozy is the modern scarf you can wear day to evening -- only it's even more versatile. It can be the new jacket, the new sweater, the new wrap. You personalize it according to your mood. It can be wrapped around the body every which way, or it can be worn like a scarf, with one or both sides hanging loose. The Cozy becomes the quintessential piece in your wardrobe because there are so many ways of wearing it." (Donna Karan)
DKNY wants you to maximize the ways you wear your Cozy, introducing the DKNY Cozy iPhone App, your own personal fashion stylist, that goes wherever you go. With one tap of the App and a twist of the Cozy your look can be transformed to take you anywhere at any time. The iPhone App was designed in partnership with Atimi Software Inc. and was strictly developed as a tool to show DKNY Cozy enthusiasts step by step visual directions on how to get the most out of this quintessential wrap. The Cozy can be tied more than a dozen ways and it will never look the same.
Fashion
Navyboot in
the City
Success stories often begin with a simple idea. Navyboot was no different. Bruno Bencivenga – founder and CEO of Navyboot created in 1991 a classic, comfortable shoe for everyday and all situations. The designers at Navyboot soon began to transfer the concept to other products. These days, it’s a premium brand specialized in shoes, bags and leather accessories, catering to both women and men.
Navyboot currently has over 50 stores in Switzerland, and has started to expand the brand internationally since 2008. Following store openings in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich Airport, November 2009 saw the launch of its first Berlin boutique, situated in a prominent downtown location. The VIP event was attended by a string of A-listers, including US moviestar Daryl Hannah, Katja Flint, Simone Thomalla, Natalia Wörner, Clemens Schick, Anatole Taubman, Martin Krug and Verena Kehrt.
Navyboot’s current Fall/Winter 2009/10 campaign is shot by fellow Swiss man Michel Comte, appointed by the brand to boost its international flair.
All images: Michel Comte meets Navyboot
www.navyboot.ch
Fashion
Louis Vuitton:
Special Orders
for Red Cross
Louis Vuitton organises an auction of seven Special Orders created by masters of savoir-faire at Sotheby’s, London, in benefit of the Red Cross
Louis Vuitton thus pays tribute to the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross by creating seven limited-edition Special Orders, made in the Asnières workshop that this year celebrates a century and a half of savoir-faire, tradition and innovation. Louis Vuitton offered six masters of savoir-faire the opportunity to create a unique special order that embodies their exceptional expertise in their respective professions.
The six personalities are: the chef Ferran Adrià, the artist Damien Hirst, the photographer Annie Leibovitz, the musician and composer Gustavo Santaolalla, the designer Marc Jacobs, Patrick-Louis Vuitton, the head of Louis Vuitton’s Special Orders department and a member of the fifth generation of the Vuitton family. To commemorate the event, Louis Vuitton has crafted a limited-edition Red Cross medical trunk.
Academy Award Winner Gustavo Santaolalla's Ronroco case
“We are very proud to collaborate with the Red Cross on such an iconic occasion and to offer our support to this exceptional association which for the past 150 years has played a major role in the fight against the instability of this world”, says Yves Carcelle, Chairman & CEO of Louis Vuitton.
Ferran Adria's travel case
The proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Nigerien Red Cross Fighting Malnutrition Programme. This programme aims to contribute to the reduction of acute malnutrition and mortality of the most vulnerable population, including expectant and new mothers as well as young children under five.
Patrick-Louis Vuitton’s Special Order and Watercolour Case
www.louisvuitton.com
www.icrc.org
www.sothebys.com
Fashion
Versace in Rio de Janeiro
Donatella Versace backstage with P. Diddy, Dirty Money and Isabeli Fontana
Donatella Versace celebrated Fashion Rocks this weekend in Rio de Janiero Brazil. Kicking off her stay on Friday evening, Donatella Versace hosted, together with Vogue Brazil, the Governor and Mayor of Rio, a charity 'Fashion Rocks Rio Solidario dinner' in honor of photographer Mario Testino's new book – Mario De Janeiro Testino. The Versace co-hosted charity dinner, held at Rio's Copacobana Palace, benefits the Brazilian Children's organization, 'Rio Solidario', and attracted many international and Brazilian VIPS from the worlds of fashion, music, art, politics and society.
Donatella Versace, Riccardo Tisci, Guest and Mario Testino
The main 'Oi Rio Fashion Rocks' event was on Saturday, bringing the best of fashion and music on stage. Held at the glamorous Jockey Club of Rio de Janeiro, Donatella Versace joined the Fashion Rocks' line-up, (sponsored by Oi - Brazil's biggest telecommunications company) with other international fashion brands such as Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs and Givenchy as well as four important Brazilian designers Lenny, Alexandre Herchcovitch, André Lima, and Lino Vilaventura.
Donatella Versace on stage
Versace opened Fashion Rocks with a fashion show capsule of the latest men and women's FW 0910 collections, accompanied by international acclaimed music artist P.Diddy. They were then followed by paired fashion designers and musical acts that included: Mariah Carey, Grace Jones, Ciara, Estelle, Stop Play Moon (Brazilian group) and Lino Vilaventura (Brazilian Group).
Versace also dressed Brazilian model actress and host of Rio's Oi Fashion Rocks, Fernanda Lima for the evening.
P. Diddy and Donatella Versace
on stage
www.versace.com
Fashion
Les Chaussures
de 'Monsieur'
Viktor & Rolf launch their first shoe collection for 'Monsieur' for fall 2009
Viktor & Rolf seek to reinterpret the male shoe. Inspired by the fine tailoring and sartorial wit of the British gentleman, both the trainers and formal shoes have been redefined. The traditional formal shoe creates the basis of the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection. The collection dismisses convention with minor yet canny alterations. A metallic shine reminiscent of the iridescent glow of the beetle shell highlights a classic lace-up and loafer to a stunning effect of brushed painted patent leather. A seemingly anonymous formal black lace-up is twisted with a blue crepe rubber sole. Chic boots and derbies have a subtle contrasting piping.
Just as the trainer has moved from the sports arena to popular culture, Viktor & Rolf extend this dynamic ascent combining the properties of the brogue with the street style of the sports shoe. Intact are the defining rubber sole and high-top aspect of the trainer. However, the brown leather upper evokes the essence of the brogue with its perforated patterning and wingtip detail. Inspired by the puffer jacket, the quilted trainer suggests comfort and protection. Available in blue or mandarin this urban trainer comes in a new high-tech nylon.
This first collection of shoes captures the essence of Viktor & Rolf’s view on menswear: a unique mix of relaxed and elegance.
Fashion
Haltbar SS2010
On Thursday October 1st, German label Haltbar presented its SS2010 collection during Paris Fashion Week.
The German word 'haltbar' translates as 'durable, solid, lasting,' which perfectly describes both their project as well as the spirit of their work. Haltbar cooperates with small family- and handicraft businesses in order to use and preserve existing infrastructure, knowledge and heritage. In return, Haltbar provides new ideas, visions and a modern eye on traditional products.
Haltbar only produces clothing and uses items that:
are of solid and high quality material and manufacturing,
are handmade or include handmade elements,
are able to deal well with fading or wearing out of materials,
are up to date, yet timeless,
will hopefully become favorite basics.
Fashion
Louis' Lovely Labels
Louis Vuitton introduces a new collection of small leather goods: "Label"
This new collection is inspired by the old trunks labels that Gaston-Louis Vuitton used to collect. Gaston-Louis Vuitton has always had a passion for travels. He was notably fascinated by the trunks and the numerous labels sticked on it (hotel labels, cruise labels, customs labels…) which revealed the trunk story and the travels made by its owner. Thus, it is in homage to his passion that Louis Vuitton launches these “Label” small leather goods. To accentuate the reference to history, Louis Vuitton decided to work on the 2 iconic and historical canvas of the Maison (Monogram and Damier).
All: © Louis Vuitton / Philippe Jumin
Fashion
Jalou
by Dolce & Gabbana
Jalou by Dolce & Gabbana is a special limited edition clamshell handset, exuding style and substance both inside and out. The Dolce & Gabbana branded style statement has a beautifully facet cut jewel form and is only 73mm long – shorter than your favorite lipstick, it is easy to slip into the tiniest clutch or jacket pocket and is full of essential features.
Jalou by Dolce & Gabbana comes complete with exclusive packaging and accessories – three silky rose satin bags to either protect the phone, store the charger, or to even carry jewellery. But that’s not all – it also comes with a special Dolce & Gabbana branded headset with gold accents to keep you connected in style.
Even the content is special on Jalou by Dolce & Gabbana. Exclusive photography and video clips from Dolce & Gabbana’s women’s Autumn/Winter 2010 runway show, with sneak peek footage from all the backstage action, will be pre-loaded on the handset. There is also a variety of stylish themes and wallpapers, as well as a Dolce & Gabbana blog that sends the latest trends, news and gossip directly to the mobile phone via an RSS feed.
www.dolcegabbana.com
www.sonyericsson.com/jalou
Fashion
Storytelling
“What you tell is not always what you have experienced”
That is the title of the series of necklaces by artist Hanna Hedman that explores the borders between lie, escapism, reality and fantasy.
Hanna Hedman’s new series of work has been inspired by an interest in storytelling and how stories change depending on the narrator, whether information is left out and dependent on to whom the story is told. What is really changing each time you tell a story and why is the truth so hard to tell? Is the truth even interesting? Maybe fantasy is as relevant as reality.
Photographer: Sanna Lindberg
Makeup: Ignacio Alonso @ Agent Bauer
Fashion
Sharp Dressed Men
John Varvatos Shoots All-American Band ZZ Top for Fall 2009 Ad Campaign.
John Varvatos looks to rock and roll’s heritage for inspiration so it was no surprise when he selected ZZ Top, one of the longest running major US rock bands, for his Fall 2009 advertising campaign. Photographer Danny Clinch shot the campaign against a life size diorama of buffalo at the Museum of Natural History in Los Angeles - a setting perfectly fit for the trio from Texas.
ZZ Top, comprised of Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, have been together for 40 years of rock, blues, and boogie on the road and in the studio. In 2004 the Texas trio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “ZZ Top is a music institution that has remained relevant through the changes and trends of the last four decades, it was inspiring to work with them” said John Varvatos.
Watch the making of the campaign at www.johnvarvatos.com
Fashion
Marni's NY
Boutique
Marni is celebrating the opening of its second flagship boutique in New York. Located just off of Madison Avenue at 21 East 67th Street, the new store is a stylized take on a modern art gallery; a reflection of New York’s vibrant and bustling energy.
Consuelo Castiglioni and Sybarite architects transformed this two floor, 2700 square foot former art gallery, using strong lines and abstract shapes to create a playful backdrop of sculptural forms displaying the collection like pieces of art.
In compliment to the shop’s unique character, a special selection of clothing and accessories has been created exclusively for the celebration of the new uptown Marni boutique opening.
www.marni.it
Photography Paul Warchol
Fashion
Replay
SS2010
On Sunday July 26th, Dutch ex-model and TV-host Renate Verbaan opened the Replay show. In the presence of the complete Replay management team, the SS2010 collection by new creative director Gigi Vezzola was showed.
For the Spring/Summer of 2010, Replay looks back to the past and selects the best fashion choices of each decade. Replay mixes classic with sportive and local with international while keeping denim the essential part. This leads to a stylish collection with strong contrasts: from the 1980s to ethno chic.
www.replay.it
Catwalk images by Peter Stigter
Fashion
The House of Fun
Let your imagination run rabid with the new Diesel campaign – it’s got something for all the family and more. Fun, fun, fun (and obscure penis jokes) is back in fashion with the ALL-NEW ALL-COLOUR big, bright, brazen, bold, bonkers and beautiful Diesel Fall/Winter 2009 campaign.
In these voyeuristic, taboo-humping, iconoclastic spasms of a world mashed up by media, we follow many ridiculous “some-might-say-but-they-would-be-wrong” insane subplots conjured up by the mad scientist of the advertising game (the Diesel Creative Team).
Of course the models are beautiful: impotence-busting young women and sultry, slutty, teddy bear friend boys. Never have so many models so engagingly made love to no one, shared intimate moments with giant toy-bears, or been virulently attacked by feather dusters.
The campaign, shot by Jason Nocito and styled by Avena Gallagher, yielded no less than 23,000 photos during a thrilling six-day shoot (which used more than 3,000 Diesel items).
www.diesel.com
Fashion
Nike and
Lance Armstrong unite
Over twenty renowned artists have donated their time and creativity to express the LIVESTRONG message and raise funds for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which is committed to inspiring and empowering people affected by cancer.
STAGES is more than an event. It is a unique celebration of human potential inspired by Lance and dedicated to the fight against cancer. It unites the worlds of art, philanthropy and sport by commissioning some of the most renowned figures in art to produce work inspired by Lance and his fight against cancer. The exhibition opens at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris before traveling to the United States this fall. All work is available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Join the fight. Help others live strong.
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
76 rue de Turenne & 10 impasse Saint-Claude
75003 Paris
France
July 17, 2009 – August 8, 2009
Gallery hours: Tue – Sat, 11am – 7pm
Image Credit: “Vital to the Core” 2009 by Ed Ruscha © Ed Ruscha, courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery
Fashion
Wrangler launches
Blue Bell website
Fall/Winter 2009 sees a newly updated Wrangler website, which also showcases the much anticipated relaunch of the Blue Bell collection.
www.bluebelljeans.com
The relaunch of Blue Bell collection is presented through a unique interactive short film directed by Filip Nilsson & Andreas Nilsson (Moby, The Knife).
Client: Wrangler Europe
Agency: Kokokaka
Production Company: Kokokaka
Directors: Andreas Nilsson & Filip Nilsson
DoP: Carl Nilsson
Fashion
The Genesis
of a Dress
On July 2nd 2009 during Berlin Fashion Week Wunderkind opened an exhibition in its Berlin boutique at Gendarmenmarkt.
Rather than presenting the new collection Fall/ Winter 2009 in a classic runway form, Wolfgang Joop decided to create an installation showing the creative process of the collection from the first idea to the final dress. Wunderkind opens itself to the consumer, allowing a rare view on the work process behind runway presentations and photos of glossy fashion magazines.
A 10 m long table presents first sketches and illustrations by the designer, mood boards, textile swatches and inspirations influencing the designer’s work.
Four large linear walls were built in the boutique space to break with the existing loft like space and acting as a gallery backdrop. These walls carry wallpapers with prints of the fall/winter collection fabrics as well as the original photographs by photo artist Gregor Toerzs, whose motifs were used as prints on dresses and coats of the fall collection.
54 exceptional pieces from the collection were draped on mannequins including first models in tuile, the 'blueprints' of the collection, so that the first draft confronts the final creation in real form.
The installation will last through July and August 2009.
www.wunderkind.com
Fashion
Wrangler Campaign
wins 'Grand Prix'
Wrangler has won the prestigious Press Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Lions advertising festival. The internationally-renowned prize was awarded for Wrangler’s arresting We Are Animals campaign, created by Paris agency Fred & Farid. The striking campaign of 11 print images brings to life the idea of primal urges, the animal buried within us all. The iconic photographs portray young people as animals in the wild.
Giorgio Presca, president of VF Jeanswear International, said: “We are delighted to win this incredibly prestigious advertising award. The We Are Animals campaign shows the Wrangler brand at its most dynamic – out in the wild, living life to the extreme. We have raised the bar. This is a real spur to give Wrangler the wonderful advertising it deserves.”
www.eu.wrangler.com
Fashion
Evisu
accessory line
The 75th Pitti Immagine Uomo in Florence was the setting for luxury denim brand Evisu to launch its first accessory line. Iconic bag label Mandarina Duck is appointed to design, produce and distribute the whole range. Together with the collections women-, men-, kid’s apparel, shoes and Swiss made watches Evisu now offers a well balanced collection. The Evisu bags and accessories collection translates the unique culture and philosophy of Evisu into detailed, colourful and funny carryall, ready to explore every aspect of getting around the globe whether it is for business or leisure.
The true icon of this collection is the Denim line. Contrast stitching paired with denim and leather has the unmistakingly Evisu signature. The collection will also be showed at Bread and Butter and Dutch Modefabriek in July.
www.evisu.com
Fashion
ITS#EIGHT
'The Greatest Show of All'
Una Burke:
Claire Bottomley:
International Talent Support, creative platform developed by EVE in collaboration with Diesel, YKK and MINI to support young talent worldwide, is preparing for the final event that will be held on 10 and 11 July always in Trieste, Italy in the striking "Salone degli Incanti", the Olde Fishmarket.
With the three areas combined there are a total of 47 finalist projects coming from 20 different countries. Each project has its own stories and references. A hard task for the varied and qualified jurors that have been attentively selected.
Renzo Rosso, Founder and President of DIESEL, who strongly believes in the project and support it since the beginnings, will be for the first time part of the fashion jury, contributing to discover and select the fashion designers of tomorrow. The photography finalists will also be judged by a top tier jury.
Save the date: 10 and 11 July 2009.
www.itsweb.org
Noemi Gaudal:
Elise Gettliffe:
Fashion
Catwalks
by the NRW forum
The Catwalks exhibition will open its doors to the public at the NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, on 25 July 2009. Experience the most talked-about top designer catwalk shows of recent years. Spectacular shows reminiscent of vintage Dior, Galliano-style circus performances, dramatic productions of the kind put on by Alexander McQueen, conceptional performances like those by Hussein Chalayan, catwalks in the form of tables set for spectacular dinners such as the ones used by Dries van Noten. Exhibition visitors will become models in these shows, which will be brought to life and transformed into 3D spectacles in video projections and multimedia installations.
The partners of this exhibition are German Vogue and Alex de Betak, one of the greatest directors in the fashion show business and a man who has worked for highly influential fashion labels such as Louis Vuitton, Gaultier, Dior, and more. The exhibition is sponsored by Nokia, Schwarzkopf and the CPD.
We are kicking off the countdown with a short film made exclusively for us by Mario Testino, who visited the Dolce and Gabbana spring/summer collection fashion show during Milan Fashion Week. To view the film, visit:
www.nrw-forum.de
Fashion
Welcome to Hoganworld.com
It is more than just a website, it’s a universe of its own. To explore its cosmopolitan DNA, Hogan has created an interactive city within a cinematic 3D environment. Using very creative interfaces and a chic monochromatic appeal, Hoganworld.com is a prime example of a retro-modern urban city: cool, stylish and compelling.
Photo credit:
Madonna wearing the anorak jacket (designed by Thakoon) from Hogan SS09 collection.
www.hoganworld.com
Fashion
Lady Dior
Marion Cotillard dressed in the new Dior Spring Summer 09 collection is photographed by Peter Lindbergh on top of the most iconic and romantic landmark in the world: the Eiffel Tower.
With its own intricate pattern and design, just like the Lady Dior handbag itself, it is the perfect backdrop for Lady Dior, Paris.
www.ladydior.com
Fashion
Magazyn
by hand
The collection of by hand is a selection of objects and accessories, handmade by craftsmen. Simple forms and shapes make each piece an individual creation with soul. No two are the same, they all have there own unique appearance made from natural materials such as wood, leather or cotton. Hand made to last a life time.
Magazyn
Huidevetterstraat 38-40
Nieuwe gaanderij 23
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
www.magazyn.be
Fashion
Manish Arora
for Swatch
Manish Arora joins Swatch for signature collection in spring summer 2009.
The Indian fashion designer Manish Arora combines high-contrast colours and intriguing shapes with Bollywood sparkle, pop culture, humour and sheer joie de vivre to create an exuberant collection of fashionable accessories for the wrist - all in the spirit of Swatch! The Manish Arora Collection includes Swatch Irony, Skin, Puzzle Motion and Original Gent models.
www.swatch.com
www.manisharora.ws
Fashion
Les Colognes
Hermès
With the Colognes collector, Hermès expands a territory of olfactory expression distinguished by simple refinement and authentic responses, and inaugurated back in 1979 with a first eau de Cologne later named Eau d’orange verte. Generous figurative expressionist of immediate pleasure, the Hermès Colognes offer a series of olfactory snapshots steered by the raw material. As perceived by in-house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena, Hermès establishes its own interpretation of the Cologne style, resulting from the give and take between artistic sensibilities and skilled craftsmanship.
Constructed around Eau d'orange verte and two new creations from Jean-Claude Ellena, perfumer to the House, the Hermès Colognes collection now offers three different fragrances. All three composed on the basis of raw material and a color which refer back to his sources of inspiration, they form a new and still evolving collection.
www.hermes.com
Fashion
Miss Dior
Chérie L’Eau
From 1947 to today, from Miss Dior to Miss Dior Chérie L'Eau, the fragrance has exhibited the same high Couture standards and the same attention to perfect detail. The bow, in white or black silk on the original Miss Dior bottle, depending on the concentration, was cast in metal in a daringly modern spirit for the 2005 Miss Dior Chérie bottle. It reappears, frosted and transparent, on the neck of Miss Dior Chérie L'Eau in 2009. Just like the reinterpretations of Christian Dior's New Look, the Miss Dior Chérie bow has kept pace with the times, changing and growing lighter.
The Essence of L'Eau by François Demachy: "Miss Dior Chérie L'Eau is not a complicated perfume. I find this idea of simplicity appealing. The formula is simple, it evaporates onto the skin simply and it is a perfume of perceptive simplicity. It immediately states what it is: fresh, sparkling, floral and tender."
www.beauty.dior.com
Fashion
ic!-berlintastic glasses
Seven new prescription models have joined the metallic! rx collection for Mido 2009. A colorful cornucopia of sporty, serious, large, small, filigree, bold, women’s and men’s models we have named after Russian people who have dedicated themselves to achieving freedom, justice, and understanding between nations.
Small, technical and physical details that are only discovered upon second glance transform every model into something very special. We are also presenting our glasses with a new color spectrum for the tpe temple tips for the first time. The new standard colours are black, a dark brown and a light grey which replaces the milky transparent.
Imagination knows no boundaries with ic! berlin's fashion collections and special editions. This family of eyewear is very extrovert. Sporty, sexy & superfancy! have a look at zazen, superfine, eye c. and torsten frings for ic! berlin.
www.ic-berlin.de
Fashion
55DSL exclusive to yoox.com
Special collaborations abound in the wide world of 55DSL this year! A unique 55DSL capsule collection will be available exclusively on yoox.com, the leading virtual boutique of multi-brand fashion & design.
Created in honor of the 2009 Cut&Paste design competition, 55DSL Creative Director Andrea Rosso and his team developed this capsule collection to celebrate the brand’s commitment and admiration for the creative process. Its inspiration stems from music and television, and consists of a unisex K-way jacket and two t-shirts in three color ways, as well as a men’s sweatshirt in two color ways. As always, it will encompass 55DSL’s artistic spirit and trademark graphics.
But the story doesn’t end there. Another collaborative collection will be realized by the winner of Cut&Paste’s 2D Digital Design Tournament, sponsored by 55DSL. The designer will win the chance to design an original 55DSL capsule collection for fall/winter 09, to be sold exclusively on yoox.com. Let the games begin!
www.55dsl.com
www.yoox.com
Fashion
Furla's
New Generation
Until now, Italy has not exactly been known for nurturing young fashion talent. In the Bel Paese, in fact, the old generation was historically reluctant to pass the baton to the new guard. Of late, however, things have slowly started to change. The number of initiatives promoting up-and-coming creators grows, fueled by magazines and manufacturers alike.
Famed accessories brand Furla is one of the strongest leaders of this new course with its Talent Hub project. Founded in Bologna by Aldo Furlanetto in 1927, Furla is one of the longest-standing fashion houses in Italy. Currently headed by the third generation of Furlanettos, it’s a place where they really know a thing or two about generational rotation.
Talent Hub started in 2007 as a center of development and promotion for new talents. The initiative encourages emerging designers, chosen on a seasonal basis, by combining their vision and creative strength with the structure of the company and its worldwide market, which extends from Europe and America to the distant shores of Japan. Furla, in fact, encourages the chosen wunderkinds by giving them the rare opportunity to create and sign their own collections under the Furla label.
For spring-summer 2009, that privilege goes to Maricò, Courtney Crawford and Nicole Brundage - all former finalists of the Who’s on Next Vogue Italia contest. The kaleidoscopic offer runs the gamut from Maricò’s printed bags with an African-urban twist to Crawford’s chic Parisian footwear to Brundage’s East Meets West ode to geometry. Crammed with talent and invention, with the unavoidable plus of top-notch Italian quality, this one-shot collection will surely get style-savvy customers hungry for more. Long live Furla, then. And long live the next generation!
www.furla.com
Fashion
Flirting with Mata Hari
Kaviar Gauche’s Spring/Summer 2009 collection is inspired by the life of the icon of style and double agent Mata Hari.
Fin de siecle in a modern fashion. Extravagant pearl-embroideries on dresses and tunics, elaborately detailed and transparent clothing should seduce and make the wearer opulently shine in abundant glamour. Flowing ankle-length volumes are replaced by short skirts and cropped tops. Harem-style pants are tailored wide and comfortable in the oriental manner. They complement the business clothing in an exotic way.
www.kaviargauche.com
Fashion
Eley Kishimoto
for Eastpak SS09
This SS09 Eastpak unveils its latest designer collaboration with the ‘patrons of print’ the London based design house Eley Kishimoto. Eastpak has become well known for its innovative creative pairings and for hosting a wide range of prints and colourways in its own collections so, partnering with this world class design house is a perfect match. Eley Kishimoto create enticing prints that truly set trends across the globe. As well as running their eponymous label, Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto are also the Creative Directors for Cacharel.
For this collaboration, the iconic Eley Kishimoto Flash print has been used in three colourways (blue, red, black) across three of Eastpaks classic and most popular styles (Padded Pak’r, Delegate, The One), resulting in nine unique products. Each product will be made in a limited edition run of 1000 units that will be individually numbered and signature labelled.
www.eastpak.com
Fashion
Standard Supply
For the Spring Summer 09 season, Marc by Marc Jacobs launches the Standard Supply Overlay collection, reworking the iconic Standard Supply group in a new fabrication.
The very soft, feminine floral print, as featured in the ready to wear collection, is interpreted in a very utilitarian way - Adopting a unique technique, the floral print fabric is overlaid with a frosted finish rubber quality material. Contrasting with the romantic softness of the floral print, the shapes and the rubber material bring a more functional and tough feel to the collection.
Available in Stormy Grey Multi or Bamboo Tan Multi, starting from April 2009.
www.marcjacobs.com
Fashion
Sunlight
This striking sandal is all about taking a stand! Its tangy colors offer a perfect contrast to its black lacquer sole, while its 10-centimetres heel plunges down onto a “geisha” platform for an overall bold look.
Hermès designer Pierre Hardy was thinking of architecture and Art Déco style when he created "Sunlight" - he's showing his ideas in shiny colors and brillant patent leather. The high-heel sandals are available in two multi-color variations and four uni-colors. Other "Sunlights" will be available in alligator and snake leather.
www.hermes.com
Fashion
An Epic Space
The new Sisley campaign for spring/summer 2009 leaves the ordered atmosphere of the photo studio and ventures out into the wide-open spaces of the South African desert.
Seen, for the third season, through the lens of Camilla Akrans, the campaign centres around a few concrete elements: the bodies, a gilded frame, the sand. Everything else is non-material and variable: the light, the sky, the space. At the heart of it all, the Sisley's styles play the starring role.
www.sisley.com
Fashion
Pamela Anderson fronts Westwood
Collaborating with photographer Juergen Teller for the fourth season running, Vivienne Westwood has chosen the actress and legendary glamour model Pamela Anderson to star in her Spring-Summer 2009 advertising campaign.
Pamela Anderson has been wearing Westwood for years but they had never actually met. The relationship with Vivienne first began with an appearance at the Red Label Spring-Summer 2009 show at London Fashion Week in September 2008. Pamela was dressed in a gold lurex dress from the Autumn-Winter 2008 Gold Label collection. At a meeting backstage after the show, Vivienne thought Pamela looked stunning in her clothes. When thinking of casting her next campaign, she immediately thought of Pamela and called her to ask if she would be interested. Pamela agreed on the spot.
Featuring Vivienne, Pamela and Andreas Kronthaler, Vivienne’s husband and creative partner, the Spring-Summer 2009 advertising campaign was shot in and around Pamela’s trailer in Malibu. Modelling fashion from Gold, Red, Anglomania and MAN label as well as the accessories range, the result is an arresting group of images full of the humour that characterises Juergen and Vivienne Westwood’s collaborations.
www.viviennewestwood.com
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Bottega Veneta S/S 2009 Campaign
Renowned photographer Larry Sultan has photographed Bottega Veneta's new Spring-Summer 2009 advertising campaign.
The Bottega Veneta Spring-Summer 2009 collection conveys a quiet, unorthodox glamour. Gentle volumes made from extraordinary materials fit and flow in clothes as effortless to wear as they are technically complex. The palette is warm and subdued, with faded shades of tea, copper, saffron, and caramel. Overprinted stripes, burnt edges, and weathered prints evoke a sense of the past, of stories not told. Handbags and shoes are dazzling but discreet, their opulent materials and intricate workmanship a private affair.
www.bottegaveneta.com
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Prada Menswear S/S 2009
A new series of portraits created for Prada menswear by artist and photographer Hedi Slimane reinterprets classicism for these fast-changing and monumental times. Photographed in timeless black and white, Slimane’s stunning portraits captures The Simonon Brothers in moments of reflection and introspection. It’s a symbolic yet understated approach to desire in menswear; a new classicism with a rebel edge. Subjects Louis and Claude, the sons of Paul and Tricia Simonon the bass player and manager of the legendary Punk band The Clash, are still British Schoolboys, but they are presented here with a sense of maturity and confidence that transcends their ages.
www.prada.com
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Luxury Leftism
The Michalsky Spring/Summer 2009 collection is heavily inspired by the 40th anniversary of the summer of '68, the 25th anniversary of the german green party and the protest-rally-culture of Berlin. In particular the annual May 1st protests and riots that turn berlin into a battle zone. It’s about millionaire hippies, champagne-socialists and how eco has become the new status symbol. It’s luxury leftism! Of course it’s all tongue in cheek!
Michael Michalsky is using iconic graphics of the protest rally heydays, such as “No blood for oil,” “Nuclear energy? No!” and several other graphics of the early 80’s peace movement. In addition they are working with futuristic hippie prints on silk and denim. This season will be loud, proud and super cool.
www.michalsky.com
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Styling Around the World
The web’s most exclusive fashion corner features new styles thanks to a new project: “Styling Around the World”. Each season thecorner.com’s "shop windows" will present products through the eyes of some of the most well-known stylists from different fashion capitals around the world.
thecorner.com users can compare different styles and get suggestions for personalizing their look while mixing items by top designers and enjoying photo shoots created by true style professionals from Milan to London, from Tokyo to Berlin, from Los Angeles to New York.
The first leg of the journey is Tokyo and the protagonist will be the Japanese stylist Tsuyoshi Noguchi, who will realize a shooting through an extraordinary selection of brand chosen on thecorner.com.
www.thecorner.com
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No More Seasons
No More Seasons is part of Marithé + François Girbaud’s ad campaign for the third season. No More Seasons makes a statement about the changing climate, as well as a figurative statement about the world we live in where rules crumble, benchmarks evolve and standards change...In this changing, evolving world, Marithé + François Girbaud, who have always rocked conventionalism, found a legitimate space in which to give free-run to their subversive personality.
The collection not only refers to climate, the brand also expresses its crossover nature within the definition. The family portrait was relooked, upsetting generational references, then winter’s emblem, the snowman, was kidnapped and his body disappeared. The message is in tune with today’s current events when all American rules and references are preparing for upheaval. The brand definitely takes a stand within this context, sending a clear message: "Change for a better climate" to express the fact that under some circumstances, climate changes (in a broad sense) can be for the good. Marithé + François Girbaud even push their commitment a bit further by playing with codes: the blue in the logo is a signature that begins with "Change"... insiders will recognize the allusion.
www.girbaud.com
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Design for a Cause and Save the Planet
Under the motto "design for a cause and save the planet", the event – and label- L.E.N.Y. was founded by Mariel Gamboa with the purpose to raise eco-consciousness through fashion. For four seasons now, many fashion icons showed their support designing a unique piece for L.E.N.Y. Stars including Irina Lazareanu (T-shirt above), Pete Doherty, Emmanuelle Alt, Eva Herzigova, Amber Valetta and Theresa Missoni (T-shirt below), to name a few. All the proceeds from the sales will be donated to Al Gore’s association, The Climate Project.
The L.E.N.Y pieces will be in stores by the end of January 2009
www.leny-icons.com
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Make History your own
With the announcement of Make History in 2007, Lee has departed from the disembodied voice of the advertising machine, instead searching out new voices that can tell powerful stories from their own experience. Make History brings the infinite universe of communication down to a microcosm of small details from everyday life, simple stories that can be told from millions of different perspectives. Lee chose photography because of the power of perspective that resides in it. Photographs can be uniquely personal. They represent the type of dialogue that Lee is searching for: personal, honest, and above all, real. Make History is an instrument for amplifying personal expression.
The best picture stories are being printed in fashion magazines under the Make History banner. Very soon, Lee will announce the jury that will select the best picture story, and which will be rewarded with a prize of 50.000 Euro in February 2009.
www.makehistory.eu
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Coup D'Etat
Coup D’Etat, recently opened in the center of Amsterdam, is a 125 m2 salon that distinguishes itself by its high level of expertise, the understanding of the importance of communication, and its attention to luxury and design. The interior of the salon includes exclusive hairdressing chairs from Fendi, which are unique in Europe.
‘I established Coup D’Etat to let the hairdresser be a hairdresser again. In the last few years too much attention has been given to creating an illusion’, owner Jeffrey Janssen explains. ‘In our salon all the attention is focused on the most important aspect; the ultimate shape of the hair’.
Coup D’Etat believes that within every client there is a style, but the creation of that style does not just ‘happen’. Each client is viewed as an individual, whereby the stylists, through their knowledge of fashion and lifestyle, can provide the best hairstyle. From extreme to classic styles, the stylists find it important that their creativity is in tune with the desires of their client. Therefore, the luxury that Coup D’Etat gives is realized in the perfection of every haircut. The power of the shape is in the movement of the hair, in which colour also plays an important role. Specially trained colourists together with the stylists create the best style for each client.
Coup D’Etat
Willemsstraat 21
1015 HW Amsterdam
www.coupdetat.nl
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G-Star at NYFW
Proud to offer its Spring/Summer 2009 runway show to the UN Millennium Campaign to raise awareness for the necessity of ending extreme poverty by 2015, G-Star Raw once again left the audience stunned and silent. A marvelous show of 64 looks introduced a light weight Spring/Summer range, inspired by premium sports resulting in comfortable shapes and clean and classic silhouettes. The collection, shown at Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan tonight, offered signature “Raw White looks” in a bright and fresh color palette, with detailed piping in ivory, dark navy and summer grey, matching G-Star’s iconic touch of raw denim.
Immediately following the show, at the same venue, New York celebrated its first Raw Night, episode of the global G-Star Raw Nights series, launched in Tokyo earlier this year. On behalf of the UN Millennium Campaign, Alan and Heather made a personal call to action specific to the commitments made by world leaders to achieve the MDGS by 2015. For that purpose, an interactive platform was staged in the UN Millennium Campaign Gallery, inviting the party crowd which included Ryan Adams, Tyson Beckford, Damon Dash, Josh Lucas, Eric Mabius, Danny Masterson, Róisín Murphy, Matthew Settle, Mena Suvari, Q-Tip and Zoe Saldana to send their personal digital messages of support for the MDGS to their respective Heads of State.
www.g-star.com
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Gucci opens in Munich
Gucci opens its first directly operated store in Munich, Germany. The store will be located in a beautiful building at the entrance of the prestigious Maximilianstrasse and will boast the new Frida I design, conceived by Gucci’s Creative Director Frida Giannini.
Giannini’s concept, which employs light and transparency to spectacular effects, is a grand departure from codified retail spaces and paves the way for Gucci’s 21st century modern look. Historic Gucci materials such as dark rosewood and marble remain lynchpins in the store’s aesthetic, while an array of new materials such as ribbed glass, warm polished gold, smoked mirror and smoked glass, recall the elegance and richness of the Art Deco era and also afford the interior incredible warmth and a striking graphic quality.
The store is composed of a selling space of almost 6,400 square feet spread over one story. It will house men’s and women’s collections of ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, watches, sunglasses, jewellery, small leather goods and gifting items.
The Gucci Munich store will open to the public on November 3rd 2008.
www.gucci.com
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Explosion of Styles
THECORNER.COM, the online “department store” launched by YOOX Group featuring the latest men’s collections from cutting-edge international designers, is updating its look with new brands and photo spreads put together by some of the most renowned international stylists.
Fall/Winter ‘08 at THECORNER.COM will also see the arrival of Maison Martin Margiela, which has chosen THECORNER.COM for its first virtual shop in shop in Europe and in Japan, personalized with great attention, following the traditional Maison identity. Simplicity and graphic purity help to build the mood of this virtual space.
The online “department store” will also showcase other “corners” dedicated to international designers such as Raf Simons, Marc Jacobs, Victor & Rolf, Helmut Lang, Kris Van Assche, Corto Moltedo, Bernhard Willhelm, Veronique Branquinho, Adam Kimmel, Rick Owens and Coming Soon as well as Italian niche brands like Santacroce and Premiata, just to name a few.
www.thecorner.com
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Chanel on your iPhone
Chanel is embarking on a new high-tech adventure and becomes one of the first brands to offer a web application for the iPhone.
It contains the video and photos of the very latest show, the chanel.com fashion website news and also helps you to find your nearest Chanel boutique. Use the touch-screen functions to zoom in on the video and photos to discover the accessories and details of the items featured in the show. You can also surf the web for the very latest exclusive Chanel news such as events and behind-the-scenes gossip, celebrity highlights, and much more. To continue the virtual adventure in the real world, let yourself be guided by the interactive map and follow the itinerary to find
Since March 2008, professionals and individuals have been able to develop their own web applications for the iPhone. They are available on a download platform called the App Store which has opened its virtual doors on July 11th. Amongst the many icons symbolising the applications in the App Store you can now find the famous Chanel double “C”.
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Replay Flagship Store Berlin
A new opening for the Italian apparel brand Replay: on 19 July the company launched its latest Flagship Store in Berlin, thus increasing its presence in the European market and marking another success for the main label of the Fashion Box Group.
The exclusive mono-brand Replay store, which is strategically located next door to the other city-centre branch, can be found on Kurfürstendamm, Berlin’s well-known shopping street, in a building that housed a prestigious cinema and theatre in the late 1920s. The company decided to maintain the appeal of this historic building, while emphasising the contemporary attitude of the Replay brand: the colours, materials and architectural framework have been conserved, while combining features from different yet complementary worlds. The style and origin of the project are represented by touches of traditional Italian design. In this way the roots and character of the Fashion Box Group are maintained together with the distinctive free and international spirit of the Replay brand.
The store covers a huge space of about 400 square metres: the bearing concrete structure and the ceiling have been left exposed to accentuate the rough shapes that contrast with the harmonious figures and shades in the entrance area, in an extremely welcoming and comfortable atmosphere. The result is an extraordinary architectural oxymoron. The store echoes the brand’s own authentic, contemporary spirit, full of Replay’s typical desire to reinvent itself, through innovative products with a strong artisan feel and great attention to detail.
The Kurfürstendamm store houses all the Replay, Replay Accessories, Replay Footwear and We Are Replay collections.
www.replay.it
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Gabrielle Chanel Gone Fishing
After Chanel’s Métiers D’Arts collection presented in London last December, Karl Lagerfeld gives a nod to all fishing enthusiasts.
Echoing Coco Chanel and the Duke of Westminster who started it in the 1920s, salmon fishing in the rivers of Scotland, he is developing a series of timeless and original accessories for Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2008-09 Prêt-à-Porter collection. A fishing rod and its padded leather case, rubber boots, etc. Now that’s something that will appeal to all outdoor enthusiasts!
Even in his very first collections, Karl Lagerfeld gives a modern twist to the concept of sportswear for Chanel... Gabrielle Chanel discovered the pleasures of fishing with the Duke of Westminster who owned two yachts, the Flying Cloud and the Cutty Sark. A keen sailor and fisherman, he would take Mademoiselle Chanel on several trips to Italy, Scotland and Norway, mostly for salmon fishing.
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MR. NILS
Fall/Winter 2010
Watch out for the debut collection of MR. NILS by Lars Nilsson, which will be bringing a new personal touch to menswear next winter!
Motivated by a desire to create the clothes he and other men might like to wear, MR. NILS is the distillation of the menswear style that Lars has long developed in his mind.
The MR. NILS man is someone who, like Lars Nilsson, appreciates great clothing, being driven by an attention to detail, an eye for craft and quality, and a love of subtle luxury. A creative urban preppy with a love of the great outdoors, the MR. NILS man favors stylish outerwear that seamlessly straddles the impositions of city life and the lure of an active lifestyle.
The collection is shaped by Lars’ own development as a designer – fine materials and flawless craftsmanship provide the design aesthetic of his native Sweden. Lightness in materials and a focus on proportion and cut add a youthful injection to grown up clothes that are created to perform and last.
Produced entirely in Italy the collection is the sum of the best in traditional skills and technological advancement as it still alludes to the creator’s origins through the clean lines and unfussy functionality, using eco-friendly Swedish curly lamb as a soft, tactile accent.
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Wrangler Undresses Tony Ward
Discover the SS10 collection and take control of Tony Ward. That’s the exciting prospect on Blue Bell’s Spring/Summer 2010 website. Thanks to ingenious interactive technology, visitors to bluebelljeans.com will be able to control legendary model Tony Ward’s actions – and even tear the shirt right off his body!
The Blue Bell website, which launches SS10 in February, uses digital film and cinematic special effects to achieve an incomparable level of user interface. By giving visitors the opportunity to manipulate Ward, the website becomes more than a collection presentation; bluebelljeans.com is somewhere to revisit and something to talk about.
Adam Kakembo, marketing director, Wrangler EMEA, said: “The Blue Bell brand pushes the boundaries of jeanswear, and its website pushes the boundaries of what is possible online.”
The site showcases the SS10 collection of Blue Bell by Wrangler. Premium denims, washed extreme or rinsed clean, are worn contrasted. Fitted chinos are paired with a destroyed denim jacket over a fresh check shirt. Clean blue jeans combine with a washed-out denim shirt and Harrington jacket. Influences are vintage denims, classic 1950s styling and Western Americana. Quality is paramount, design pure. In fits, fabrics, washes and color – in its whole outlook – Blue Bell is an evolutionary step in denim style.
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Y-3
S/S 2010 Campaign
On January 20th, Y-3 launched its new Spring/Summer 2010 campaign as well as provided a first preview to its upcoming Autumn / Winter 2010-11 collection. The collection will be shown in its entirety on February 14th during New York Fashion Week.
In addition to showcasing the Autumn / Winter men’s looks, Y-3 unveiled its latest communication campaign for the Spring / Summer 2010 season. In attendance at the event was world soccer star, Zinedine Zidane who is featured in the campaign along with Yohji Yamamoto. The campaign celebrates an icon of sports heritage: the team portrait. The result is a set of imagery fitting for a collection inspired by the national soccer federations sponsored by adidas and the power and movement of the soccer net.
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, styled by Nicola Formichetti, filmed by Theo Stanley and art directed by Doug Lloyd, of Lloyd & Co., the campaign will debut in March and April issues of global lifestyle titles.
www.y-3.com
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Donates to Haiti
If you haven't already donated to Haiti earthquake disaster efforts, take a look at these heartwarming efforts by some of our fashion friends.
This Haitian relief b-side RIGHTS necklace was designed by Ken Leung and Dana Chin in the wake of the horrific earthquake in Haiti as a way for them to take part in the relief efforts as they say.
As living in New York is a daily reminder to them of being an immigrant, they say "in a sense we are all Haitian’s right now." Therefore the text on the necklace symbolizes the date of the passing of the Immigration and nationality Act of 1965 that abolished national origin quotas. This Public Law (PUB.L.) abolished the national-origin quotas that had been in place in the United States since the Immigration Act of 1924.
Order the RIGHTS necklace (with $30 from each purchase going to the Red Cross) online through Ken & Dana Design for $85.
This Solid Gold Rags "Save Haiti" t-shirt was specially made to raise money for the relief efforts for the victims of Haiti's recent catastrophic earthquake. 100% of proceeds go to Haiti's relief efforts.
t-shirt, $100, available at Solid Gold Rags.
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SHOWstudio Exhibition
From January 19th to 23rd 2010 the Galerie für Moderne Fotografie presents, with Fashion Week Berlin as a backdrop, a special exhibition curated by Sissel Tolas of the most recent collaboration between Gareth Pugh and Nick Knight with SHOWstudio.
A video, in which Gareth Pugh works on the dress that is displayed in the exhibition, offers a look into the otherwise private moments of the designer and his work. Following the SHOWstudio manifesto, the entire creative process is documented in the exhibition; from conception, to fabrication during a live event in the studio, to the finished product.
Alongside the angelskin dress are three one-of-a-kind, signed prints by Sølve Sundsbø, which portray Gareth Pugh. They further reveal the world of the young, groundbreaking artist.
SHOWstudio.com doesn't just collaborate with influential and established personalities like John Galliano, Kate Moss, Maison Martin Margiela, Comme des Garçons and Alexander McQueen, it also offers young, up-and-coming talents like Rodarte, Louis Goldin and Marios Schwab a global platform.
Galerie für moderne Fotografie
Schröderstrasse 13
10115 Berlin
Germany
Tel +49 30 275 81 033
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thecorner.com
and Pitti Immagine
Pitti Immagine and thecorner.com, the virtual space that presents a selection of cutting-edge brands, continue their collaboration with a special web-media partnership during the fifth edition of Pitti W_Woman Precollection and Pitti Uomo 77, held in Florence from January 12th to January 15th, 2010.
During this edition, thecorner.com will offer its visitors some exclusive contents from the event of the British designer Giles Deacon, Guest Designer of Pitti W_Woman Precollection's fifth edition. On January 14th Giles Deacon will present its pre-collection F/W 2010 through a fashion event. Location: the exclusive site of Richard Ginori 1735, in Sesto Fiorentino. thecorner.com, an exception guest at the
event, will participate actively to capture unedited moment and subsequently offer our visitors the opportunity “to participate” at the event through multimedia content, video-interviews and special features.
The most acclaimed designer of the moment, Giles Deacon, will launch a new online “mini-store” on thecorner.com dedicated to the 2010 Spring/Summer Collection, after his debut on the virtual space with an exclusive capsule connection for Christmas. thecorner.com will also feature special contents on the two protagonists of Pitti Uomo 77 Men's Fashion Project: Max Kibardin and Umit Benan.
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Aktion I
Guerilla Store of A.F. Vandevorst opens its doors in Antwerp, Belgium.
A.F. Vandevorst opened its new project, Guerilla Store - Aktion I, on the 17th of December in Antwerp, Belgium. The concept behind the store is to create a space in which people can fall into the world of A.F. Vandevorst; such a world that includes fashion, and more. The store will remain open until the 31st of March 2010, and will then move to a new city for others to discover. Every store will be installed in an unoccupied space for a maximum of three months. Unoccupied premises will include former boutiques, laundrettes, bakeries, and other unique places. The search for each new space will add a challenge as well as provoke creativity in the project of the guerilla store.
The guerilla stores will house all collections: A.F. Vandevorst, A.Friend, Fetish, Nightfall, and Relics. In addition to this, all artistic collaborations between A.F. Vandevorst and others will be revealed and some of these will allow the customer to interact.
Some of the institutions which A.F. Vandevorst would like to support will have a place in this concept, the first of which is the Dr. Guislain Museum from Ghent, Belgium. Without the involvement of others, the Aktion I project would not be guerrilla. Therefore, most of the concept will be made possible due to the help of sponsors and other A.F. Vandevorst minded friends.
Guerilla Store - Aktion I
Volkstraat 29/31
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
www.afvandevorst.be
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Monochrome
and Poetic
Feathered gloves by Causse & Lemarié
Since 2008, Causse has launched a series of collaborations under the name "Causse Atelier" with fashion houses and designers whose prestigious know-how is expressed through traditional hand- made methods carried out in their workshops. For its third such collaboration, after the bejewelled gloves created with the Italian designer Delfina Delettrez Fendi in Rome and the embroidered gloves made with the house of Lesage in Paris, Causse has just released a glove case made by the luggage-maker Pinel & Pinel in Paris.
For its latest collaboration, Causse has formed a partnership with the famous House of Lemarié to produce a glove decorated with feathers. This object of veritable haut couture has been hand-made in two versions using Lemarié's prestigious know-how: black gloves decorated with white feathers, monochrome and poetic...
This model is available only to order from the Causse boutique
12, rue de Castiglione
Paris, France
www.causse-gantier.fr
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Victoria Beckham
Eyewear & Denim
Partnering with Cutler & Gross – the foremost pioneers of fashion sunglasses and famous for their handmade finishes and quality of production – the new sunglasses range from Victoria Beckham offers a collection that in it’s timelessness and modernity is the perfect reflection of the progression of her brand.
This progression can also be seen in the SS10 denim collection; Victoria Beckham denim, formerly known as dVb, moves toward a sharper silhouette for Spring/Summer 2010. New, simple hardware and back pockets feature in a collection that sees the evolution of the popular legging and super skinny in new woven and denim fabrications for an ultra modern look.
Clean cigarette styles and a return to the true, slim fitting skinny jean make up the core collection. Alongside this core collection is a range of fashion leggings; coloured leggings in candy brights with contrast back zip detail, blocked and side panel leggings in mink and midnight with black contrasting fabrics with a deep v back yoke running through this story. To compliment this body con silhouette Victoria also introduces a Vintage collection. Set to become a weekend staple, it includes the love-worn hand repaired jean, the relaxed ease of the boyfriend style alongside distressed denim jackets, gilet, shorts and skirts.
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D&G Time Spot
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s creativity is the foundation of the new D&G Time commercial, whose artistic direction has been entrusted to Cyrill Guyot. A luxurious period apartment in Paris is the set for a malicious mademoiselle who abandons herself to provocative games, ending in an upper-class ménage a trois. The risqué situation is interrupted by her rigorous mother, shocked at the sight of such an impudent display. Produced by Bandits, the D&G Time commercial will be aired by all the main television networks in the world, starting with November.
Creative Direction Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana
Director Cyril Guyot
Location 10 Luglio 2009 - Map Studio, Grosrouvre - Paris
Production Bandits, Frédéric Blamont
Stylist Zakia Kadri
Makeup Artist Houda Remita
Hair Stylist Karin Bigler
Models Teresa Dilger @ Elite, Johan Johansson @ Marylin, Alexandre
Gaillot @ Marylin, Olivia Dutron @ Profil (mother)
Soundtrack “Perfume” The Sparks
www.dandgcommercial.com
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Mercedes-Benz
Dutch Fashion Awards 2009
Winner Sjaak Hullekes, © Peter Stigter
On November 6th, Dutch Fashion designer Sjaak Hullekes won the Mercedes-Benz Dutch Fashion Award 2009. He received a financial reward of 25,000 euro to enable him to take further steps in the international fashion industry. The international jury chose Sjaak Hullekes out of five nominated designers during this third annual Award show. On this special evening 800 guest were invited in the Grote Kerk of The Hague.
© Peter Stigter
© Peter Stigter
This third edition was the first edition presented in the judicial capital and The Hague offers a beautiful vicinity to present a fashion event of international class. The presentation of this evening was in hands of the Dutch actress Hanna Verboom. The winning label of the Mercedes-Benz Dutch Fashion Awards 2009, Monique van Heist, showed her latest collection as the start of the evening program. The awards presented were designed and produced by the Dutch design atelier Ted Noten. The label Sjaak Hullekes exists of Sjaak Hullekes and his (business) partner Sebastiaan Kramer.
© Ron Eskens
www.dutchfashionawards.com
sjaakhullekes.blogspot.com
www.arnheimfashion.com
© Ron Eskens
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Le Carré Hermès
Hermès launches a new book to celebrate the history of the scarf.
Book cover “Le Carré Hermès”
Each Hermès scarf tells a story: this volume is their anthology. Created as an artist’s book, it transposes the scarves instead of merely picturing them. It magnifies their charm while preserving their ethereal grace. It narrates, through images and text, the existence of the now mythical silk twill “carre”. The iconography, playful and poetic in turn, varies between full pages, cut-outs, transparencies and various visual effects, guiding the reader through a richly coloured, perfectly drawn narrative world. According to Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Artistic Director at Hermès, Josè Alvarez “observes Hermès’s scarves like a lovesick aesthete. By dedicating this atypical book to them, he has realised a very old dream and made an impossible project a reality. This is neither a historical monograph about the scarves nor a catalogue raisonnè of their two thousand or so designs - why pin butterflies that were made to fly?”
Hermès, Collection Autumn/ Winter 2009
A multitude of themes, styles and inspirations are expressed in a single language: the scarf. Horses, sea, travel, cultures, nature, music... all are evoked with simplicity, harmony and sensual lavishness. Behind each theme a tale waits to be told...
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Spijkers & Spijkers
Spring/Summer
10
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars” (Oscar Wilde)
The twinsisters Spijkers in their own designs, SS10
Referencing the hallowed words of Oscar Wilde, Spijkers en Spijkers looked at the stars this season and created a whimsical collection based on celestial bodies, slumbering dreams and effervescent hope. “Pandora’s box” the Greek Myth and the classic German 1929 movie that carries the same title is the inspiration for the SS2010 collection of Spijkers en Spijkers. The 1920’s icon Louise Brooks in her role as Lulu embodies a modern translation of the mythical character Pandora and became the Muse for this collection.
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Just Be Causse
French glove-maker Causse opens it's e-boutique internet site
Founded in 1892, Causse makes its gloves from scratch in the workshops of its factory in Millau, Aveyron, France. Manufactured according to traditional methods, the gloves are hand-cut in the most luxurious lamb, peccary, python, ostrich and crocodile skins.
Causse has been working in collaboration for many years with French luxury goods manufacturers, including Chanel, Hermes and Louis Vuitton, whose gloves are manufactured in the Causse workshops. In 2006, Causse was awarded the "Living Heritage Company" label by the French government for its remarkable, rare know-how handed down through many generations. The company is now the last which still makes its gloves in the former French glove capital of Millau.
Worn today by Karl Lagerfeld, Madonna and Kylie Minogue, Causse gloves can be found in Tokyo, New York, London, Moscow and in its Paris boutique, designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, at 12 rue de Castiglione. Since September 2009, it has been possible for customers to have a selection of the company's most emblematic models delivered directly to their homes, thanks to the brand-new e-boutique internet site:
www.causse-gantier.fr
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Denim Galore
United Colors of Benetton has prepared an “all denim” winter for us.
A vast assortment of jeans, for her and him, displayed on a specially created denim wall. A full array of fits: skinny, straight from the ‘80s; low crotch for the bolder types; carrot cut for fashionistas; classic five-pockets for those who prefer tradition.
Years of experience in this sector enables Benetton to create special effects for each model of jeans. The old Gênes twill finds new vitality through super-distressing, surgically-precise rips and “whiskers” for a realistic creased effect. Other distinctive details include studs, contrast-colour topstitching, rhinestone appliqués.
In a nutshell, a wide choice of jeans that will be available in selected United Colors of Benetton stores.
www.benetton.com
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Made of Japan
Toshikazu Iwaya for Dress33
In Japan, turning 60 isn’t just another birthday. It is a time of great celebration and reflection; a time to look back at one’s achievements and plan for the future. Onitsuka Tiger’s founder, the late Kihachiro Onitsuka, was known for his innovative spirit and appreciation for craftsmanship, as well as for his cheerfulness and honesty. In honor of these values, Onitsuka Tiger invited like-minded athletes, artists and fashionistas to share their thoughts. Fusing Japanese heritage with a modern, metropolitan soul, Made of Japan embraces heroes of the past while uncovering tomorrow’s talents, showcasing the ever-growing interaction between Japan and the West.
Takeshi Nishimoto by Daniel Josefsohn
Made of Japan features more than 30 iconic personalities, including Chiharu Shiota (performance and installation artist who explores the cultures of Asia and Europe), Naomi Yotsumoto (colourful and stylish ping pong player), Yusuke Iseya (former model and one of Japan’s most treasured film actors), Hirofumi Kurino (leading authority on the Japanese fashion market), Thomas Demand (German artist renowned for his 3-dimensional photographs inspired by Japanese paper art), and former star athletes Dave Cowens and Lasse Virén.
Naomi Yotsumoto by Fumino Osada
The creative team of Zoo Magazine, collaborated closely with Onitsuka Tiger to create this unique publication. Published bilingually in English and Japanese, Made of Japan is destined to be a collector’s item. The magazine’s physical attributes merge traditional Japanese book-binding methods with a clean, authoritative look and feel; the use of various types of paper underlines its intriguing contents. A numbered, limited-edition gift set that includes the magazine, a pair of shoes and a T-shirt from the 60th Anniversary Collection will also be available.
Chiharu Shiota - Hundred Stories About Love, part of a group exhibition at the 21st Century Museum in Kanazawa, Japan, photography Fumino Osada
The publication of Made of Japan is a one-off and only a limited edition of 10,000 copies will be printed. The magazine will be distributed to exclusive shops in Japan, the US and Europe as of September 1st. Stores include Colette (Paris), do you read me?! (Berlin), KaDeWe (Berlin), SPRMRKT (Amsterdam), International Magazine Store (Antwerp) and Henrik Vibskov Boutique (Copenhagen), as well as international airports and railway stations. Made of Japan is also available online through www.tokyoartbeat.com/shop.
Limited-edition gift set
Fashion
Rebel-Rebel
Marjan Pejoski delves deeper for AW2009. The juxtaposition of underwear-outerwear is explored through the intricacy of beaded laces, crystal embellishments and fabric manipulation giving the collection a rebellious, couture feel. Key pieces are the delicate lace separates, exquisite crystal encrusted leather jackets, signature high end knits and cracking footwear and accessories.
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Medieval Knights
Asger Juel Larsen is on his way to Milan. He is among the 26 finalist in the international Mittel Moda fashion award. This summer he graduated his BA in FDT Menswear from University of the Arts - London College of Fashion, where his final year collection was credited as the best in the class.
"My collection is created from a thorough and exciting research into the historical era of the medieval knights and one of my main focuses has been experimenting with and developing untraditional materials".
The collection got picked for the yearly press-show at London College of Fashion and aroused an enormous interest from the media.
www.asgerjuellarsen.blogspot.com
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Sweet & Sexy
Online fashion resource F.TAPE featured an interview with photographer Mariano Vivanco. He describes his "Sweet & Sexy" shoot for Zoo Magazine as the turning point in his career.
F.TAPE: You have played an instrumental role in the re-introduction of the masculine model and the male body as the object of desire. When did you personally notice a change in mainstream advertising and what do you think the future holds?
Mariano Vivanco: Cool, thank you! Well it is quite simple, we look at advertising to be inspired, to try to relate and emulate to someone, and to be turned on in a naughty way. Also it is about beauty, maybe I am an old painter re-incarnated but that is what makes sense to me. Arriving in London 10 years ago meant I had to change my perception of the male form. Here the trendy models are usually thinner than the NY models I used to work with.
Eventually a commission came in from a German magazine called Zoo. I had been meeting lots of models, which I found had very healthy bodies and some of them had rugby style legs… I did not even think twice about it. I made an editorial about Rugby boys and called it “Sweet and Sexy” – the boys were only wearing either tops or pants… That was my personal turning point.
"Sweet & Sexy"
Zoo Magazine No 6, 2005
Photography: Mariano Vivanco
Fashion Editor: Teddy Czopp
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All Stars
and Plaids
Converse showcases Fall 2009 Woolrich collaboration.
Converse launches its Fall 2009 footwear collection featuring a new collaboration with Woolrich. A brand new collection, Converse’s iconic and original footwear combines perfectly with the classic fabrics and patterns derived from Woolrich’s traditional custom designed woollens that date back to the early 1800s. Distinctly original American brands, the collaboration with Woolrich is a showcase of Converse originality combined with patterns and designs that have stood the test of time.
An exciting new venture with Woolrich, Converse debuts a few of the original plaids, patterns and fabrics that made Woolrich the original outdoor clothing company. Warm, cozy fabrics with origins in durability and utility, Converse incorporates the functionality and comfort of Woolrich into stylish, original footwear.
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SuperTrash
SS2010
On Friday July 24th, SuperTrash showed its SS2010 collection during Amsterdam International Fashion Week. The audience included SuperTrash fan Janice Dickinson, who flew in especially from the US. The collection features three themes: Animal Jungle, Blossom and Caleidoscope, all conveying an international glamorous feeling.
Dutch entrepeneur Olcay Gulsen is the owner of fashion label SuperTrash, founded in LA in 2001. Gulsen met socialite and founder Ava Rily Ann in 2002 and the two were determined to make SuperTrash a global success. At the end of 2008, Gulsen decided to fully take charge of the young and sexy, but sophisticated label. SuperTrash is now being sold in 16 countries worldwide and has 800 points of sale; 300 of them in the Netherlands. July 2009 sees the first shop concept Walk in Wardrobe being introduced in all de Bijenkorf department stores. Besides that, SuperTrash has updated its website with a community, blog and webshop. SuperTrash also launched its first magazine during Amsterdam International Fashion Week 2009.
www.supertrash.eu
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Versace in the
Dubai Mall
The Versace Group announces the opening of its new flagship Versace boutique in the Dubai Mall on Fashion Avenue in Dubai City, UAE. This impressive boutique covers a retail area of over 600 square metres and is to date the Maison’s largest in the Middle East. The boutique holds a striking retail atmosphere that mirrors the glamour and Atelier Italian craftsmanship that make up Versace’s DNA.
The architectural details echo the new stylistic and visual concepts for the most recent important Versace flagship boutiques worldwide. With a focus on purity and details, the store features contemporary unexpected combinations and materials such as black granite floors, white leather paneled walls and matte white ceilings. The cabinetry and fixtures are accented with polished stainless steel, glass, and white and black lacquer detail throughout the space. The centrally placed crystal curtain drop chandelier creates a centrepiece effect and the interplay of lights completes this glamorous shopping atmosphere.
The boutique features the latest Versace ready to wear collections for men and women, a full range of men’s and women’s accessories including the most current selection of bags, shoes, belts, eyewear, and Versace Watches and Jewellery, as well a large selection of the Versace Home collection.
www.versace.com
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Givenchy &
Antony and the Johnsons Tour
Antony Hegarty, singer and leader of the group, has chosen French Haute Couture house Givenchy for his Paris show. An outfit from Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci has been created for him.
“I was so excited by this collaboration. I have so much respect for Antony and his incredible universe. What he does goes so far beyond just music. For me he is a true artist, a mixture of Klaus Nomi and Edith Piaf... an iconic voice of the 21st century.” - Riccardo Tisci
“Working with Riccardo and his team at Givenchy has been such a wonderful experience. They have all been so warm and generous during the collaboration. A big theme in my work recently has been my relationship with the natural world, and I have even been feeling a bit feral recently! so when Riccardo proposed to make a jacket in the likeness of a wild cat I jumped at the chance. It was an amazing opportunity to watch the outfit progress from a sketch and a concept into such a remarkably constructed piece. The craftsmanship and delicate attention to detail is completely astounding. I'm honored to wear such a pristinely executed costume." - Antony Hegarty
www.antonyandthejohnsons.com
www.givenchy.com
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Darklands Berlin
Existentialist’s Fashion Heart in Berlin
by Jan Joswig
If there is one undisputable proof for Berlin becoming a fashion capital, it’s the extraordinary black hole of fashion right in the heart of the city: Darklands. A tiny, unobtrusive, naked white shop with black clothes neatly displayed. But what kind of clothes: only the most fearless avantgarde men’s collections by Damir Doma, Boris Bidjan Saberi, Julius or Carol Christian Poell, all this deconstructed clothes for the modern existential nomad.
And it’s the only place that offers you Jun Takahashis brand Undercover within the next 500 miles. Undercover, the brand that was the special guest at this summers Pitti Uomo in florence, is chosen by shop owner Campbell McDougall, because "he is one designer that makes me wish I still bought women's wear, because his is truly astounding." Thus is the spirit of Darklands, truly astounding.
www.darklandsberlin.com
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Mazooka Hero:
Michael Jackson
The young Berlin streetwear label Mazooka stands for distinctive graphics that not only work in the context of textiles, but also represent part of a creative process. The label was founded by graphics designer Hanno Bäucker in 2002. Mazooka collections uniquely feature characteristic graphics and curves that stretch the clothing’s front as well as its back. The conventional disconnection of front and back is broken up, embracing the three dimensional shape of human bodies. Characteristic for the Mazooka collections is that almost all models are customizable to represent a unique style as to color and motif and the positioning of the graphical elements. This enables every piece of clothing to be unique and distinctive.
Sweater AA Women - Michael Jackson, part of the Heroes-Collection.
Price: € 55,00
Buy online at: www.shop.mazooka.de
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Steven Meisel for
Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta announces the latest in its ongoing series of creative collaborations, this one with photographer Steven Meisel. The occasion is the brand’s Fall-Winter 2009/2010 advertising campaign, which was shot in New York this past March.
It is a collection of glamour and sensuality. A quiet palette of muted browns and soft creams is warmed by shades of grape, bramble and lilac. Stevel Meisel is one of the world’s preeminent fashion photographers, an innovative and influential force in fashion for almost 30 years. For Bottega Veneta Creative Director Tomas Maier, Meisel’s intuitive understanding of glamour – its conventions, ambiguities, and irresistible appeal – made him an ideal partner for the campaign. Bottega Veneta’s Fall-Winter 2009/2010 advertising campaign will break in the August issues of select magazines globally.
www.bottegaveneta.com
Fashion
Wrangler Blue Bell
Blue Bell is as beautiful a range of denim clothing as you’re ever likely to find. The collection is influenced by vintage jeans and archive Wrangler designs, but it is also inspired by how we wear denim today. Blue Bell is modern and forward-thinking. Fall/Winter 2009 sees a newly updated Wrangler Jeans site, which also showcases the much anticipated relaunch of the Blue Bell collection.
www.bluebelljeans.com
Fashion
Obama Tennis Shoes
Luxury designer Cesare Paciotti pays homage to his US fans with the creation of his newest must-have sneaker for the Spring/Summer 2010 Collection. The “Obama Tennis Shoe” which was inspired by the charismatic and elegant US President Barack Obama is a clean shoe, designed in buttery soft white nappa leather with one single decorative accent - a hand-painted USA flag. This thoughtful dedication to the President would be a perfectly polished addition to his leisure wardrobe.
Fashion
'We can
change lives'
Neil Barrett
Neil Barrett, in collaboration with Oxfam International and Ucodep, has created a special limited edition T-shirt in both men's and women's versions, it is a true evocation of Oxfams’s philosophy: working together for change. The T-shirt is available exclusively on www.thecorner.com, whose proceeds will be donated to both humanitarian organizations.
Both organizations have always sought the involvement of key figures from the entertainment and artistic fields, in the effort to find new solutions to their ongoing efforts.
www.thecorner.com
Fashion
Belvedere Vodka brings you
Belvedere IX
Belvedere IX (pronounced One-X) is the new luxury spirit from Belvedere that brings the best in vodka quality and innovation to the nightclub scene. ‘With the introduction of Belvedere IX, we have created a new style of vodka. With its distinctive packaging and taste specifically developed to capture the excitement of the night,’ says Charles Gibb, President Millennium - The Vodka and Rum Division of Moet Hennessy.
With the release of IX, Belvedere continues to assert its Luxury Reborn message with powerful references to contemporary culture, as shown in the creation of the packaging. The design is the result of a collaboration with graffiti artist Andre Saraiva, who conceived a new personality to inhabit the Belvedere Palace, Mr IX.
The launchparty took place on May 26, 2009 in Michelberger Hotel in Berlin with music by Kavinsky, Shir Khan and Hugo Kapablanca.
www.belvedereix.com
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7 For All Mankind
Boutique Paris
7 For All Mankind has chosen Paris to open its first European boutique. The 70 square meter flagship store is to be located in the prestigious Rue Saint Honoré, and the complete range of 7 For All Mankind collections for men, women, children, denim, sportswear and accessories will be available here.
On the occasion of this inauguration, a special denim edition “7 For All Mankind Loves Paris” will be launched. Only 200 pairs of these jeans have been produced and they will be sold exclusively at the boutique. The jeans have the classic squiggle on the back pockets and on the label, instead of the usual 7, there is a splendid Eiffel Tower, in rhinestone for women and embroidered for men.
The 7 For All Mankind boutique will be open daily from 10:00 to 19:00.
Rue Saint Honoré 223
Paris, France
www.7forallmankind.com
Fashion
Gucci for Home
Gucci announces it’s support for Home, the unique cinematic environmental film directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, produced by Luc Besson and funded by Gucci parent company the PPR Group.
In honor of the film, Gucci creative director Frida Giannini has designed a special, limited edition T-shirt, which will be sold in select Gucci stores worldwide. Extending the message of sustainability, Giannini designed the T-shirt using 100% organic cotton and natural dyes in recyclable packaging. The design features the official Home logo in which Giannini has integrated the iconic Gucci “GG” symbol. On sale from May 25 the T-shirt will be available in both men’s and women’s sizes priced at Euro 140, with all profits donated to Goodplanet.org, a non-profit association created by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005.
Home will receive a unique multi-platform release on June 5th (World Environment Day) in cinemas, on television, on DVD and on the internet in 14 different languages and in over 87 countries around the world.
www.home-2009.com
www.gucci.com
Fashion
House of
Causse Gantier
Like many of the inhabitants of Millau, three brothers Paul, Jules and Henri worked cutting our gloves when they decided to found their own glove factory in 1892. The House of Causse was born.
The Causse’s gloves Spring/Summer 09 are chic and glamour with models using blows, rivets... They are short or long always with luxury skins.
In September is the launch of the online shop of Causse, you will find sport, casual, special models of gloves for both men and women.
www.causse-gantier.com
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100 Years
Fred Perry
2009 marks the centenary of the birth of Frederick John Perry and in celebration of Fred’s 100th the brand has developed a collection of classic Fred Perry shirts that feature a unique design detail, an enlarged 16 leaf laurel with the centenary embroidery placed underneath. The palette references classic Fred Perry colorways white with leaf tipping, black with champagne tipping, 1964 sky with navy tipping and red with white tipping.
www.fredperry.com
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PUMA
Reality Bag No. 2
PUMA are renowned for pioneering creative partnerships and have teamed up with the Rubell Family Collection to introduce the Reality Bag No. 2 in a limited edition for Spring Summer 2009.
Partnering with one of the world’s leading collections for contemporary art, and working with initiators Mera and Don Rubell, PUMA continues its efforts to support creative talent. PUMA have chosen to donate a total of $ 100 from sales of the Reality Bag No. 2 to the Contemporary Arts Foundation, an education programme that is an integral part of the collections long-standing commitment to prompt social intercourse & debate.
The Reality Bag No. 2 will go into select stores and galleries worldwide in May 2009 and will be previewed at the REALITY SPACE at the Rubell Family Collection. Private previews will be available at the PUMA Black Stores New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong from April 2009.
www.puma.com
Fashion
First Stefanel
bijoux collection
Stefanel launches the first bijoux collection of the brand. The new line includes necklaces, bangles and pins that are perfectly fit for the Stefanel Spring-Summer 2009 collection.
For this debut, Stefanel has chosen the creativity of one of the most famous jewelry designers: Vicky Sage. She is founder and partner of Erickson Beamon, which has been creating jewels for luxury brands such as Dior, Chanel and Givenchy for more than twenty years, and counts private VIP customers like Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker and Michelle Obama.
Vicky Sage, who will also design the next A/W collection of bijoux, was able to express with this collection what Stefanel aims to transmit through its accessories. She declared: “The jewels that I’ve created are perfect for the Stefanel woman, casual and sophisticated: they are very particular pieces, but not too showy."
www.stefanel.it
Fashion
Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger
The enigma of the Orange Blossom, the pretty white flower that appears next to the orange fruit, is unmasked in Prada’s multi-dimensional new scent for women. Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger is the debut fragrance in the Ephemeral Infusion Collection, a family of yearly, limited edition fragrances derived from Prada’s Exclusive Scent range, launched in 2003.
Following its exploration of scents based on natural ingredients, Prada takes the artisan tradition of infusion from classic perfumery and re-imagines it for a modern age; a sensorial refuge in a world of over-stimulated senses. Under the creative direction and inspiration of Miuccia Prada, Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger was developed by perfumer Daniela Andrier.
Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger is an eau de parfum for women.
It is available in the following formats:
Eau de Parfum Spray 50ml, 100ml and 200ml
Eau de Parfum Splash 400ml
www.prada.com
Fashion
Designers
Against AIDS
Designers Against AIDS present their new videoclip, featuring New York performer André J, famous from his French Vogue cover shot by Bruce Weber and his happy personality and one of their loudest & proudest supporters. Ninette Murk, founder/director DAA, says: "We sincerely hope that people who see this will realize that safe sex is still essential, but also that using a condom when neccessary is cool and the right thing to do!"
www.designersagainstaids.com
Credits for the videoclip:
Starring André Johnson
Directed by Jozef Deville
and Javier Barcala
Production assistant: Mark Douglas
Make up/Hair stylist: Vasko Todorof
Fashion
Death Becomes Her
You couldn’t hope for a better pedigree. Delfina Delettrez Fendi, the tawny-haired, 20-year-old heiress, has Parisian jeweler Bernard Delettrez as a father, Italian designer Silvia Fendi as a mother, and Karl Lagerfeld as a mentor. With hours of training in her father’s workshop under her belt, along with internships at Chanel, Delettrez may be the envy of many an aspiring designer.
Unsurprising, her jewelry line, Delfina Delettrez, debuted to acclaim at Paris’s Colette boutique in 2007. Surprisingly, though, it was preoccupied with maudlin, creepy iconography. Surely a privileged heiress should be inspired more by hearts and flowers?
Delettrez’s jewelry features gem-encrusted skulls, bones and insects threaded on to strings of pearls and embedded in chunky rings. She works with organic and artificial materials such as wood, glass, ceramics and precious metals to subvert the gothic shapes with color and sparkle. This season, Delettrez’s enamel spiders cling to the arms of a limited-edition collection of Alain Mikli sunglasses.
Delettrez’s bizarre, beautiful and esoteric designs have generated a following quite different from the disciples of the Fendi zucca. She clearly shares the self-possessed style of her foremothers, while confronting her fear to create the fabulous.
www.delfinadelettrez.com
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Dior Homme
Blow Sunglasses
In a limited edition of 500, these futuristic wraparound sunglasses were a defining feature of the Spring 2009 show. In colored resin - black/orange/blue/pink. This collector's item will bow exclusively in Dior boutiques from April 2009.
www.diorhomme.com
Fashion
K-Swiss x United Nude
Started in 2003 by Rem D. Koolhaas and Galahad Clark, United Nude has triggered people’s imaginations and created a global audience of design.
For spring 2009, United Nude has taken on the iconic K-Swiss Classic with a limited edition women’s collection debuting at the WSA Show in Las Vegas.
Signature to both United Nude and K-Swiss is the shoe’s sophistication, elegance and innovation. The new collection is the perfect match of these two brands and demonstrates how sport and style can creatively coexist.
www.k-swiss.de
Fashion
Legion of Honour
French designer Marie-Thérèse Bachellerie (Marithé of M+F Girbaud) was given the order of “The legion of honour” and “The order of arts and literature” on Friday, 13th February 2009. The order of “The Legion of honour” is the highest decoration in France.
In 1960 Marithé met François Girbaud, two completely different personalities. Together they create highly innovative and modern jeans made with new technologies and revolutionary treatments. In 1986 the label Marithé + François Girbaud is founded.
www.girbaud.com
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adidas SLVR Store Opening New York
adidas opened its first adidas SLVR store during New York Fashion Week. Located in Soho, the 250 square meter space reflects the values of the adidas SLVR brand, including simplicity, transparency and functionality.
adidas SLVR is the pure fashion label within the adidas Sport Style division which includes Y-3 and adidas Originals. The collection consists of strong basic pieces in simple black and white with accents provided in maroon, orange and shades of blue. The items are affordable, attainable and ultimately wearable, providing classic staples for anyone’s individual wardrobe. Materials include sustainable organic cotton, water resistant nylon and coated natural canvas in comfortable and light weight executions, perfect for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2009 season.
The adidas SLVR collection consists of men’s & women’s apparel, footwear and accessories and will hit retail with three roll-outs, starting February 2009.
www.adidas.com/slvr
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Cat Power for Levi's
Levi's choice easily fell on Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power, for their forthcoming SS 2009 campaign. The American singer-songwriter was on set with German-born photographer Katja Rahwles and maverick London-based fashion stylist Sarah Richardson. As for the collaboration, the American artiste says: “ It seemed very natural to me, as I have worn Levi's jeans all my life”.
Levi’s Red Tab Jeans draw inspiration from the free spirited mood of the 1970s, with a collection of beautifully sun-faded, jeans and casual clothing with a lived-in vintage flavor which perfectly catch the mood of a hazy summer.
Cat Power’s career started in 1995, and her fame as an indie icon has been growing steadily through collaborations with artists from Dave Grohl to Yoko Ono and Faithless. Known for her stripped down, intimistic music, gravelly voice, and individual style. No stranger to the fashion world, in 2006 she performed a duet with model karen elson on an English cover of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Je t’aime…moi non plus”. In the same year, she was approached by Karl Lagerfeld outside the Mercer Hotel in NYC, becoming somewhat of a muse for the mercurial designer. He later famously proclaimed “J’adore Cat Power!”.
www.eu.levi.com
www.catpowermusic.com
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BALLY opens Online Store
"I really wanted the intrinsic DNA of the SS09 Season to be quite 'private'; for the pieces to offer a kind of secret pleasure, so throughout the collection the greatest care has been poured into every detail, the materials, stitching, hard-ware, linings, and finishing, to create elegant classic pieces that you want to keep with you wherever you go". Brian Atwood, Creative Director Bally.
Bally.com reflects the effortlessly elegant style of the traditional Bally stores, while at the same time creating an entirely new shopping experience. The warmth and sophisticationof the Bally boutiques will be re-interpreted for the shop online, with a focus on showcasing the high quality craftsmanship Bally is renown for.
January 2009 Bally announces the opening of its online store; from mid February 2009, it will be possible to purchase men¹s and women¹s shoes, bags and small leather goods, by simply connecting to the website.
www.bally.com
Fashion
Nice Bad Boy
For his 5th collection Vincent Schoepfer re-invents the classy codes of masculine wardrobe. He adds some sporty influences for a colorful, funny, and a touch of fresh elegance for people who know what means Good Boy! Vincent Schoepfer creates new standards with his bow ties on tone with the English cotton poplin shirts , the overshirts or the starched shirts in pastel colors for a childhood inspiration. According to Vincent Schoepfer the nice bad boy would be the kind to wear a teddy jacket with a pink lining, on an acid strippy vest and a nonchalant dungarees. For the ideal son in law, the jumpers in fine Merinos or cotton and cashmere will make great and sophisticated impression.
Vincent Schoepfer is sold in different stores specialized in designers in France and abroad.
www.vschoepfer.com
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YSL's Palette de Couleur
Zoo loves the new Yves Saint Laurent mini bags and small leather goods collection. Original and affordable, these accessories are available in Yves Saint Laurent stores. This special collection includes a range of accessories and mini handbags, available in black, white and bright patent leather colors. The price range is between 95 and 695 euro.
www.ysl.com
Fashion
Fashion Store of the Future
Not just a point of sale, the fashion store of the future will be a space for aesthetic emotions and meeting people, a reflection of an open and global society, an evolution between hi-tech solutions and eco-sustainable innovation. The exhibition, conceived by the Benetton Group in collaboration with POLI.design (a Consortium of the Politecnico di Milano), will be inaugurated at the Triennale on Monday, 26th January 2009, and will be open to the public from 27th January to 15th February 2009.
Curated by designer-architect Andrea Branzi and architect Luisa Collina, both professors at the Faculty of Design of the Politecnico di Milano, the exhibition will present projects from the Colorsdesigner international contest, promoted and organized by POLI.design in 2007. Around 800 young creatives, designers and architects participated, developing new retail concepts applicable to big international fashion groups. The jury, headed by Branzi, selected and awarded six works, among which the winning project – Combispace – by the Portuguese architect Luis Pereira Miguel, which will be realized by Benetton.
www.benettongroup.com
www.polidesign.net
www.triennale.it
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Wunderkind opens in the UK
Luxury German label Wunderkind opens its first UK retail store in London’s fashionable Mayfair district. Situated on Mount Street between Christian Louboutin, Marc Jacobs and Balenciaga, the new store will reflect all the luxury elements of the Wunderkind brand.
On entering the imposing stone façade, customers will enjoy an interior which marries period decorative elements with new contemporary design. The aesthetic is eclectic with focus on the display of garments against the backdrop of the rich design elements of the store. While the ground floor of the space will host the Wunderkind ready-to-wear collections, accessories and skincare, the first floor will house the new London headquarters.
The store will also house personal works of 20th century art and furniture from the collection of Wolfgang Joop to enrich the buying experience with a refined and luxurious art atmosphere. Works by artists including Jean-Michel Frank, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Royere and Daniele Buetti will become a natural part of the gallery like environment. The London store follows the original store concept in Berlin, inspired by Wolfgang Joop’s personal style by reflecting the interior of his home in Potsdam, Germany.
Wunderkind Boutique London
16 Mount Street
London W1K 2RH
www.wunderkind.de
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Apropos Concept Store
Apropos now also offers luxurious and glamorous shopping highlights in Düsseldorf. The concept store offers on more than 950 square meters unforgettable shopping experiences: carefully chosen fashion, accessories, jewelry, home, books, cosmetics and perfumes. A bar-lounge invites the guests to relax...
The owners Daniel Riedo and Klaus Ritzenhöfer, who also own Apropos Cöln, offer in their very exclusive concept store all important and most valuable fashion collections, for both men and women and shoes, accessoires, home, books, cosmetics and lifestyle-products. In this concept-store, which is a highlight as regards elegance und fine taste, customers will find all importants fashion brands...
Apropos
Benrather Straße 15
40213 Düsseldorf
www.apropos-coeln.de
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Zoo Magazine No. 21 OUT NOW!
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Fashion
GUESS SS 2009
The GUESS Men’s collection for next Spring/Summer 2009 aspires to free expression, positivity in all its forms and experiences that give us a sense of wellbeing! The key word is relaxation and the GUESS? guy knows where to go to find it! The Rock Music world and world music festivals, the most timeless genres, or a tropical beach are his destinations for leisure, turning heads with his style! A veritable fashion icon, he dresses impeccably, yet comfortably, in harmony with his chosen environment, wearing silhouettes that are natural and light and that compliment his masculine physique, in colour nuances that are a fresh interpretation of the sunny outdoor season.
GUESS girls adventure into the new Spring/Summer season, taking inspiration from timeless and fascinating voyages. From the most exclusive cruises, to chic wild safaris in colonial times, to relaxation in mysterious secret gardens where a rare and dream-like atmosphere reveals a warm and enveloping sensuality.
www.guess.com
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HUGO BOSS Store New York
HUGO BOSS recently opened a store at 401 West 14th Street that features an absolutely unique interior design and merchandising concept created exclusively for the location.
Inspired by the special flair of the Meatpacking District, a design was developed in conjunction with star Italian architect Matteo Thun which integrates harmoniously into the streetscape yet makes its own standout statement. For the first time the highlights from all the HUGO BOSS men's and women's collections will be showcased jointly here in the 350m2 venue. The result is a distinctive, boutique-like environment that fuses the brand worlds of HUGO and the diverse BOSS lines into a "total look."
HUGO BOSS Store
Meatpacking District
401 West 14th Street
New York City
www.hugoboss.com
Fashion
Filippa K opens in USA
Filippa K recently opened the first U.S. store in San Francisco, California. Located in the heart of city at 66 Kearny Street, the new store location will be the 42nd Filippa K store to open worldwide.
Designed by Bjorn Aaro of Aaro Arkitekter, Filippa K’s San Francisco location is the first new concept store inspired by the brand’s standards of artistic minimalism and dedication to architecture. Adjacent to Maiden Lane, one of the city’s most stylish shopping district areas, the majestic 2,000 square foot space transforms a former bank with lofty ceilings into a relaxing, calm atmosphere that exudes a warm sense of understated style.
The store will carry a full range of women’s and men’s fashion, shoes, handbags, and accessories from Filippa K – a brand known for its distinct Scandinavian design style that combines simplistic urban elegance with high fashion.
Filippa K
66 Kearny Street
San Francisco
California
www.filippa-k.com
Fashion
Limited edition Wood Wood shoe from Converse
As part of Converse’s inspiring creative 1HUND(RED) Artists’ footwear collaboration with PRODUCT (RED), the brand pays homage to its heritage as an optimistic rebel with the unveiling of a future icon: The limited edition Wood Wood Chuck Taylor All Star® hi-top.
Known as Artist 26 throughout the unique project, Wood Wood’s shoe features premium suede leather upper in powder purple as well as monochromatic matching laces and coordinating rubber soles. Wood appears on both the Left and Right shoe’s tongue upper while each shoe has perforation detail that reveals a hidden constellation pattern.
Available from specialty retailers globally including the stand alone Converse Store on Carnaby St, Dover St Market, Good Hood and Microzine within the UK, as well as Colette in Paris, Concrete in Amsterdam, UK style in Moscow, and OAK in New York City, Wood Wood’s premium shoe design is the latest offering from Converse’s innovative 1HUND(RED) Artists footwear collection. 10% of the net wholesale price of the Converse 1HUND(RED) Artists footwear collection goes to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Geneva, Switzerland). For more information about the Wood Wood shoe and the Converse 1HUND(RED) Artists collection visit www.converse.com.
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A Direction Driven Autumn/Winter 2008 Collection
Cupcakes, artists and the everyday mundane are a hint of the creative preamble that led to COS’ design-astute autumn/winter 2008 collection. Placing an individualist spin on accessible garments for men and women, COS conjures new silhouettes for autumn’s ‘proper dress’ look. Four key trends (Everyday Poetry, Acid Icing, New Arts and Crafts and Colour Couture) encompass the fashion gamut: from the humble cardigan to the haute coat.
www.cosstores.com
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C’N’C CoSTUME NATIONAL FW 2008/2009 Ad Campaign
Six girls and five young men aged between 17 and 29 from different countries and cultures, interpret Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 by C’N’C CoSTUME NATIONAL. The protagonists of the new advertising campaign were chosen this year again on MySpace through a web casting.
The result is an encounter with iconic personalities who are highly representative of what we have defined the “PLUG GENERATION.” A young and dynamic world, immersed in the present, which lives and grows in a fluid and stimulating “virtual” reality. It is a generation that speaks a language made up of synthetic signs, which uses the Web to feed ideas and develop its network of acquaintances.
“This is the second season that I have used this approach to relate the style of C’N’C CoSTUME NATIONAL and the desire has arisen in me to transform my work into an experiment in sociology. I would like to go to a different city each season and thus have an international map of styles, personalities and anecdotes about the PLUG GENERATION. To pick up information linked to the origin and culture of young people and how they relate to one another, to the street culture they refer to, so that I can offer designs that are always topical and contextualized,” comments Ennio Capasa. ”We are also documenting this work with a film by Emmanuelle Mottaz which will tell the story of this generation in images.”
The best works will be on the catwalk in February, during the Milan fashion week.
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No 74 Berlin
adidas and 032c magazine celebrate the opening of No 74 with METROPOL PARASOL. The magic "Parasol," a three-dimensional installation and photography by architect and designer Juergen Mayer H. is on display.
No 74 is a unique project curated by adidas, in partnership with No 6 in London. No 6 is a pure adidas store specializing in a select product range, following the same principles as No 74.The No 74 store presents a focused and targeted product range including adidas Sport Performance, adidas Originals, Y-3, special make-ups, limited editions as well as exclusive items signifying a close connection to Berlin’s and today’s global popular culture.
Incorporating as much creative space as possible No 74 is offering an individual and authentic platform for the vibrant forward-thinking community within music, fashion and design combining retail, art, work and gathering space with a sales area of 200 m² and a 80m² garden in the backyard.
For the Berlin opening of No 74 adidas releases a special edition of Stan Smith tagged with No 74 and No 6, each limited to 150 pairs worldwide, exclusively available at the two respective stores in London and Berlin.
ADDRESS
No 74
Torstrasse 74
10119 Berlin
Germany
T: +49 30 530 62513
OPENING HOURS
Monday - Saturday 12noon - 8pm
www.no74-berlin.com
Fashion
Müde:
Smart t-shirts
müde is a new project by Claudio Franzo and Alessio Franceschetto to promote the concept of the smart t-shirt and in order to give a touch of irony to graphics with a minimalist style.
müde which in German means tired, is exactly how the two designers felt when they looked at the repetitive looks the fashion world was offering. They are showing us their vision of the world; the allure of the great metropolises; Berlin, Paris, London, and New York, are the inspiration for the unusual graphics. A look based on those people who express themselves through fashion.
The cardinal theme Black & White characterizes the minimalist spirit of the brand and the collection is aimed at a young audience, which is aware of new tendencies and attracted to street-wear and underground looks.
Ultra modern and absolutely unisex, a size L for him can be worn by her as a mini dress they also go perfectly with leggings or skinny jeans. Plus 100% MADE IN ITALY and only the best cotton guarantee high quality.
www.mude-tshirt.com
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Andreas Murkudis Opens Online Shop
End of 2009 ANDREAS MURKUDIS Berlin opened the first online shop. www.andreasmurkudis.net features the same diversity as the ANDREAS MURKUDIS stores. Visitors find an interesting composition of products and objects with distinctive and surprising designs.
The range of products on offer includes fashion, perfumes, cosmetics, design objects, furniture, luggage, art, glass and porcelain items, brandies and liqueurs, jewellery, books and art volumes, rugs, cutlery and even bed and table linen. Each individual product has exceptional character and lasting quality.
“The ANDREAS MURKUDIS online shop is our first opportunity to offer our clients in Germany and abroad the products in our stores directly via the Internet. The collections we offer, and the way the collections are assembled, are truly unique,” says Andreas Murkudis.
Fashion
EA7 and
Emporio Armani
x Reebok
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. and Reebok International Ltd. have announced a global alliance to create a special collection, combining active style with sport and technology – the EA7 and Emporio Armani labels, with their sporty and sexy lines, team up with Reebok’s innovation and technologies, resulting in the ultimate activewear concept.
The collection is infused with Reebok’s sporting DNA and its unique fitness and training heritage, within the contemporary vision of one of the world’s leading fashion designers. The first ever EA7/Reebok and Emporio Armani/Reebok collections were presented at Milan Fashion Week, within the Emporio Armani menswear show on January, 16th 2010.
Distribution will be limited to Emporio Armani boutiques, select Reebok concept stores and preferred retailers worldwide, starting from July 2010.
www.emporioarmani.com
www.reebok.com
Fashion
Tilda Swinton for Pringle of Scotland
Tilda Swinton - the actress who is known for her individual sense of style - will be the face of both the label's menswear and womenswear collections for its spring/summer 2010 campaign.
Shot at key Scottish landmarks and nature spots by photographer Ryan McGinley, the campaign will be accompanied by a short film of Swinton, and print images from the shoot will be on show during London Fashion Week in September.
The collaboration marks the start of a series of projects in which Pringle of Scotland is working to promote Scottish talent in the domains of visual arts, design and architecture. Swinton and McGinley, as ambassadors for this, worked on the concept for the campaign together.
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First Spring
‘First Spring’ is Prada’s latest collaboration with pioneering Chinese artist Yang Fudong. Featuring young men gathered in Shanghai, dressed in Prada menswear, the 9-minute black and white film portrays a timeless, dreamlike realm where anything is possible.
Inspired by the promise and opportunities of a new decade, Prada announce they have agreed with Fudong that the art project will officially become the Spring/Summer 2010 menswear advertising campaign. The film will debut exclusively across digital platforms from early February.
www.prada.com
Fashion
Nan Goldin
for Bottega Veneta
Fine art and documentary photographer Nan Goldin shot the Bottega Veneta Spring-Summer 2010 campaign on Staten Island, in New York City, in October of 2009.
The Spring-Summer 2010 collection is an exploration of individuality. Serene and simple, it features a spare palette of white, ivory, cream, and straw. Touches of egg yolk yellow, Delft blue, orchid, and fever red animate the accessories and a few noteworthy dresses. In this collection, the sensibility of the woman is paramount. Her pale clothes serve as a canvas that’s blank until she completes it. It is the individual – the shape of her body, her movements, and her choice of shoes, bag, and jewelry – that determines the final look.
www.bottegaveneta.com
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Hilfiger Denim &
Wasteyourself
Tommy Hilfiger announces the launch of two limited-edition t-shirts for its Spring/Summer 2010 Hilfiger Denim collection. Collaborating exclusively with Wasteyourself—a U.K. based design studio—Hilfiger Denim has commissioned two original artworks for the men and women limited-edition t-shirts. The t-shirts are available in Tommy Hilfiger retail and wholesale stores across Europe in January 2010.
“I am excited that Dan Lowe and Norman Hayes' incredible vision will be included in our Hilfiger Denim Collection,” said Tommy Hilfiger. “I really admire their unique design approach and think it is a great fit for us.”
For the t-shirts, Wasteyourself has designed artwork inspired by iconic American imagery. The t-shirt for men features the design studio’s interpretation of iconic America, and uses Uncle Sam—a national personification of the United States—in its design. Their artwork comically combines imagery of the all-American figure that is Uncle Same with illustrations of Apple Pie and Hot Dogs to produce unique graphics that match Hilfiger Denim’s edgy looks. For women, the t-shirt features the infamous American eagle, equally designed in a quirky and eclectic fashion. Both artworks for men and women are printed on white t-shirts and come with complementary bags, designed in a Calico plain-woven cotton fabric.
www.hilfigerdenim.com
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Supah Kawai!
migh-T by Kumiko Watari
for Project White T-Shirt
“migh-T by Kumiko Watari” will be taking part in Project White T-Shirt in Los Angeles next week, an exhibition curated by Triple-Major to support Designers Against Aids. The exhibition features the work of 31 designers from 13 countries who have transformed and redefined the white t-shirt as we have understood it for so many decades. Kumiko has created a gigantic Gnome T-Shirt influenced by her SS10 collection Gnomes and Gardens and has donated this t-shirt to the exhibition.
migh-T by Kumio Watari SS 2010
The inspiration of gnomes comes from the concept that they enjoy their lives surrounded by lots of beautiful spring and summer flowers but on the other hand, there are some things which put them in danger, such as rose thorns and big cats. Kumiko created the T shirt to reflect that if a gnome were bigger than a human, we could experience their world – resulting in the oversized shirt with the unique migh-T
design and print work.
migh-T by Kumio Watari SS 2010
www.kumikowatari.com
www.projectwhitetshirt.com
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Tongue-in-cheek Animal Print
The “New Q Printed” collection for Resort 09: a new take on the animal print by Marc by Marc Jacobs
the Pixie bag
For Resort 09, Marc by Marc Jacobs interprets one of the season's foremost trends - the animal print - in their characteristically unconventional, tongue-in-cheek way. Both the ready to wear and accessories collection feature this exclusive motif called the New Printed Q which exists in two color themes: strawberry or cork.
the Lil Riz shoulder bag
For the accessories collection, the print is used on nylon, allover-printed leather and on canvas. All the accessories highlight the playful and contrasting color combinations. Several styles are available, from the cute Pixie purse to the large and functional Mabel shopping bag.
the Derby strap bag
www.marcjacobs.com
Fashion
Strenesse launches
Online Shop
Strenesse has now launched its new Online Shop and completely revamped website. The agency Werbewelt was responsible for the design and implementation of the shop.
Strenesse Gabriele Strehle FW09
Now a single click of the mouse is all you need to plunge into the new online world of Strenesse. At www.strenesse.com, the brand's new online flagship-store is open to its customers around the clock. Just in time for the winter season, the Fall/Winter 2009 collections for men and women plus accessories are available online, only a mouse-click away. Strenesse.com reflects the brand's unique and distinctive style, creating a whole new shopping and communication experience.
Strenesse Blue FW09
In the Online Shop, Strenesse customers can find out about the latest fashion trends and news of the brand, and also have the unique opportunity to peek behind the scenes at international runway shows and lookbook shoots. And as a special highlight, Gabriele and Viktoria Strehle reveal exclusive shopping tips and recommend their favorite fashion outfits, presenting their personal favorites from the new season's collection. The "Shop the Campaign" area shows complete outfits from the current collection plus all product information.
Strenesse Blue FW09
The Online Shop is divided into categories to enable customers to find the products they want quickly and easily. Website and integrated online store combine to form a digital lifestyle magazine with an editorial background to capture customers' attention. Shoppers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries can order online in the shop; medium-term plans provide for the Europe-wide expansion of shop operations. And as a pre-Christmas gift for all customers, to celebrate the launch of the online shop all purchases will be sent post-free until the end of November.
Fashion
G-Star Raw
Turns 20
Denim brand G-Star Raw chose to celebrate its 20th anniversary in Tokyo over the weekend with three exciting events open to the general public: an unveiling of the exclusive 'RAW 20' collection at a G-Star 'pop-up' store in Harajuku; a signing session in Shibuya's G-Star store by industrial designer Marc Newson; and the G-Star RAW Night 'GOLD' event at Le Baron de Paris, in Tokyo.
For a limited period of only five days G-Star Raw operated a 'pop-up' retail store in Harajuku. Designed to cause a stir then disappear, the 'pop-up' concept mixes a short-lived, guerilla-style retail store with an art happening.The store presents special edition pieces from the 'RAW 20' Collection, featuring T-shirts, sweats, pants and accessories that celebrate G-Star's twenty years in business and which are not available through normal retail channels. All sales proceeds are to be donated via the GSRD Foundation (G-Star Raw Denim Foundation) to two children's aid projects via the Net4Kids Aid Foundation.
The 'pop-up' store also features a Reading Gallery that showcases denim craftsmanship and an infotainment concept that comments on the high speed, short attention-span, accelerated culture we all now live in. Each highlights G-Star's continuing belief in the artistic fusion of disparate ideas and elements.
Marc Newson
Additionally, attendees also had the opportunity to see the Spring/Summer 2010 'G-Star by Marc Newson Limited Edition Collection' that Newson recently launched at 10 Corso Como during Milan Fashion Week. This collection features Marc's modern interpretation of four classic styled jackets and two T-Shirts; taking the traditional utilitarian fabrics associated with each style and replacing them with premium materials to present a creative fusion of street-wear silhouettes and couture-level fabrics.
SS 2010 G-Star by Marc Newson Limited Edition Collection
The 20th anniversary celebrations peaked with the G-Star Tokyo Raw Night 'GOLD' at Le Baron de Paris, on the evening of October 30th. Attendees were treated to a festive celebration of the power of music, design and art, curated by Sato Toshihiro and 20 icons from the Tokyo 'GOLD' era.
Fashion
Zegna Conquers the World
Ermenegildo Zegna opens new stores in Hong Kong, Signapore and Mongolia
Hong Kong
This month Ermenegildo Zegna unveils its first Global Concept Store in Hong Kong, Greater China, designed by Peter Marino, the architect of modern luxury. Located within the cities refined shopping district at Number 1, Peking Road the store covers 674 square metres of luxury retail.
The Hong Kong Global Store will be the fourth of the Peter Marino concept stores for Ermenegildo Zegna to open, and the first to feature the new Z Zegna store concept.T he fabrics created at the Lanificio Ermenegildo Zegna since 1910, in Trivero Italy, have been a pivotal inspiration for the store design. Peter Marino stated, “Ermenegildo Zegna is a historic brand, known for the unrivalled quality of its woven textiles. I used this imagery throughout the design. The action of the weaving machines heavily influenced me in intertwining stainless steel threads throughout. The entire compartmentalization of products, each with their own shade of wood, makes up one whole House of Zegna, a brand that is a rising star in today's world of luxury."
Interior Global Concept Store, Hong Kong
Ermenegildo Zegna is also the first Italian luxury menswear brand to open a store in Mongolia this October. The tradition that links Ermenegildo Zegna to the Mongolian territory started in 1984. Gildo Zegna CEO was in fact part of the first foreign delegation to visit this region in a quest to source the world’s finest cashmere. This was the start of the Ermenegildo Zegna Cashmere Trophy awarded for excellence in natural fibres. Since then, the ongoing mutual respect and quest for quality has continuously characterized the relationship of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group with the local producers.
Mongolia
This month Ermenegildo Zegna also unveils its new flagship store in Singapore. Located within the ION mall in Orchard, the new store covers 470 square metres of luxury retail, within the cities latest shopping destination. The store is designed by architects Gianmaria and Roberto Beretta of Studio Beretta in Milan.
Signapore
Fashion
Marni: Shop
the Runway
Marni, the eclectic women’s clothing and accessories line designed by Consuelo Castiglioni, opens its first Virtual Store in new markets: Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Croatia, Israel and Tunis.
In addition, Marni launches 'Shop the Runway', the exciting new area of the Marni Virtual Store, which gives the option to view the Milan Runway Show and buy the exact fashion items of Marni Fall/ Winter 2009-2010 directly from the video.
The special technological feature has been developed by YOOX Group, the global internet retailing partner for the leading fashion brands that has created and manages the technical and logistic infrastructures of the Marni Online Store, already accessible for customers in several European markets, USA and Japan since 2006.
Now for sale online is the Marni Winter Edition 2009: Eccentric, individual, timeless - a modular wardrobe complete with accessories. Easy adaptable pieces. Cool and idiosyncratic, in true Marni spirit.
For the capsule collection Marni Winter Edition 2009, a video was made by Consuelo Castiglioni in collaboration with Rohan Wadham, a young video artist from London.
Screenshots from the video by Consuelo Castiglioni and Rohan Wadham
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OUT NOW!
Zoo Magazine No 24
Eliza Cummings by Philip Gay
Our Fall issue is OUT NOW! Including exclusive shoots and interviews with Renée Zellweger, Florian Bartholomäi, Tim Hamilton, Jun Takahashi, Patrick Wolf and more...
For a preview: click here.
Fashion
White Objects
The Russian dolls
Maison Martin Margiela has created a style concept with its collections that was rapidly visible through the environment of the brand. Beyond the approach and conception of its collections, the unique identity of the Maison was clearly recognizable in the spaces it occupies, with signature elements like the use of whites, cotton fabrics, ‘trompe l’oeil’, diversion, mix of styles and époque, and hints of humor creating a unique atmosphere and ambiance.
The empty souvenir giant snowball
In the midst of the development of the architectural care for its ‘professional’ spaces, the Maison created a small collection of objects & publications named ‘Line 13’, started in 1999. On the occasion of Salone Del Mobile in Milan, Maison Martin Margiela presented the “white objects” collection of line 13 within its installation ‘Mat, Satiné, Brillant.’
The bottle lamp
These objects will be available in the Maison Martin Margiela stores worldwide and a selection of fashion multi-brand stores in October 2009. The collection of the “white objects” is part of the global project of interior design and architecture that Maison Martin Margiela is developing for the near future.
www.maisonmartinmargiela.com
The feather pen
Fashion
Blue Bell
Pop Up Store
Relaunched for Fall/Winter 2009/10, Wrangler's premium brand Blue Bell has opened its first-ever store. The boutique pop-up shop - at 47 Lamb’s Conduit Street, Bloomsbury, London - will be open from September 4 through to October 10. Lamb’s Conduit Street is one of the hippest streets in London, crammed with cool British brands and gourmet places to eat and drink.
The boutique Blue Bell shop carries the complete Fall/Winter 2009/10 collection. The store has a simple arrangement, with the products lined up in curvaceous display cases. This is the first season for Blue Bell under a new design directive: to mix the beautiful fabrics and delicious details of Wrangler’s heritage with the contemporary fits and striking styling of modern fashion.
Adam Kakembo, marketing director of Wrangler Europe, said: “We have been longing to open a store for Blue Bell ever since the first design meeting. We are thrilled to present Blue Bell to the press and public, to show what Wrangler is capable of in quality and design. Blue Bell sits at the pinnacle of Wrangler products. It is a new thing in jeanswear: a blend of quality denim heritage and modern styling flair.”
www.bluebelljeans.com
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9 Countries,
9 Men, 1 Winner
Calvin Klein Underwear recently announced plans to launch the new men’s Calvin Klein Underwear steel fashion range. The new line will debut in August 2009 coinciding with the launch of the Calvin Klein Underwear male model competition, “9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner.” To celebrate the new Calvin Klein Underwear steel product offering, the brand will launch a pan-European model search to find one man from each of the nine countries who embodies the attributes of the new line. From the nine finalists, one winner will be chosen by public vote and will receive a one-year top male modelling contract with Select Model Management, as well a luxury trip for two to South Africa.
To enter the competition, contestants can either apply through an in-store casting at participating stores across Europe, or they can submit photographs of themselves wearing Calvin Klein Underwear to the competition website (www.9countries9men.com). All photo submissions will be judged by a prestigious panel of judges including current Calvin Klein model and actor Jamie Dornan, key executives from Select Model Management, key members of the media and executives from Calvin Klein, Inc. The judges will select one finalist from each of the nine countries, who will be announced in February 2010. The nine finalists will then compete in the grand final in April 2010, when one winner chosen by public vote on the competition website.
Jamie Dornan by Steven Klein
for Calvin Klein Underwear 2009
www.cku.com
www.calvinkleininc.com/underwear
Fashion
Flawless Cuts
Anne-Sophie Hotot graduated in 2008 from London College of Fashion. Since moving to London, she has worked for a number of established designers including Ozwald Boateng, Ghulam Sakina, Allegra Hicks and Richard Nicoll whom she continues to work for.
Anne-Sophie's debut (AW2009) encapsulates a Parisian chic, a nod to her heritage, united with a modern, clean elegance. Russian aristocracy and Millitary uniform infuse her capsule collection of contemporary womenswear.
With her fresh flawless cuts and innovative tailoring, it is no surprise that she caught the attention of designer Richard Nicoll, whom she continues to work with after graduating from London College of Fashion.
Anne-Sophie's work strongly reflects her interest in sculpture. Her designs are based on architectural lines and her innovative tailoring translates into clean, sharp yet feminine silhouettes. Wool, leather and cotton are used alongside silk chiffon and organza creating unusual and interesting combinations of fabrics.
Fashion
Iris van Herpen
& Nanine Linning
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen and choreographer Nanine Linning enter a two-year international collaboration. Linning invited Van Herpen to design 23 costumes for two of her new dance productions.
The first production, Synthetic Twin, commissioned by Tanztheater Osnabrück (Germany), where Linning is appointed as Artistic Director, will premiere on the 28th of November 2009 and run ten times in Osnabrück. In the fall of 2010, Synthetic Twin will continue to tour throughout the Netherlands.
The second production of their collaboration will be Endless Song of Silence. Endless Song of Silence, commissioned by Linning’s own dance company based in Amsterdam, www.naninelinning.nl, will premiere in January 2010 and will be presented in 23 theaters throughout the Netherlands.
Fashion
FIRMA
Gropius Bag
Paying homage to Walter Gropius, FIRMA developed an exclusive multifunctional leather bag for the 90th anniversary of Bauhaus.
For the ninetieth anniversary of the Bauhaus – the origin of modern architecture, design and art – the designers of FIRMA decided to do something extraordinary to mark this event: The GROPIUS BAG, which is named after the founder of the art academy in Weimar, is functional and aesthetically unique. By opening the side zippers, it can be increased to double or triple its original size. From a small laptop bag or briefcase it can quickly be transformed into a weekender.
“The pioneers of the Bauhaus movement are our heroes, because their designs are both - radical avant-garde and timeless classics - at the same time. We simply do not understand why the demand of a piece of clothing is lower than that of a chair.” Say the designers Daniela Biesenbach and Carl Tillessen.
For the anniversary, a Bauhaus retrospective will take place from July to October 2009 in the domain of the Bauhaus under the name “Bauhaus Model”. During this exhibition the shop of the Bauhaus archive will present the exclusively designed GROPIUS BAG alongside other design icons such as the Wagenfeld-Leuchte and the vases of Alvar Aalto.
Photography Martin Mai
Art Work: Jutta Drewes
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LICHTING 2009
Ann Boogaerts wins ‘G-Star Raw Talent of the Year Award’
On July 23rd 2009, Flemish Ann Boogaerts won the ‘G-Star Raw Talent of the Year Award’ during LICHTING 2009. In a dazzling show, 14 ‘best graduates’ of 7 prominent Dutch fashion academies showed their 5 best looks. A selection of key players from the fashion industry cast their vote to decide upon who will become the Dutch fashion talent of 2009. Besides the 10,000 euro prize, Boogaerts won an internship in New York during the G-Star show on September 15th.
Flemish winner Ann Boogaerts showcased a collection with bright colors and conceptual shapes based on the Belgian queen Fabiola. Embroideries were added on the back, the waist and on socks. Boogaerts is an ArtEZ (Arnhem) graduate.
LICHTING is an initiative of the Amsterdam International Fashion Week, HTNK fashion recruitment & consultancy, Premsela – Dutch platform for Design and Fashion and G-Star Raw. LICHTING was founded in 2007 to bring young talent and the fashion industry together and it has grown to be the most important prize for young Dutch fashion talent. The concept of LICHTING is simple: the biggest talents of the 7 Dutch fashion academies create one big runway show and the 4 organizers all work together to provide the winner a great start of a promising career.
The international panel of prominent fashion professionals consisted of professor Wendy Dagworthy (former designer, co-founder of the London Fashion Week and head of the School of Fashion and Textiles at London’s Royal College of Art), Garance Doré (illustratrator, writer and photographer for Elle, Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian and Le Monde, initiator of the influential fashion blog www.garancedore.fr Susanna Lau (a.k.a. the influential fashion blogger Susie Bubble at Style Bubble stylebubble.typepad.com and online editor for Dazed Digital of Dazed & Confused) and Lucas Ossendrijver (Menswear designer Lanvin).
www.lichting09.nl
www.premsela.org
www.htnk.nl
www.g-star.com
Fashion
Acne Studio Amsterdam
“Amsterdam is an inspirational city and to be part of that and have a dialogue with the people who appreciate the most interesting architecture, design and art is so important for me.” - Jonny Johansson on opening in Amsterdam
The Acne Studio Amsterdam’s design aim was to create a legible Acne world encompassing all of the classic studio elements in the historic nine streets of Amsterdam. The Studio is a combination of very important Acne elements – for example the specifically designed diamond flooring and classic Acne sculptural forms. All furniture and fittings are handmade and bespokely designed, including morphing lamps and racks, metal framed windows as well as a one of Acne denim wall. The store is a split level space with reflective surfaces and hosts the men’s and women’s collection, as well as the denim and pop concepts. The Studio itself speaks about luxury, vintage and European architecture. This will be Acne's first studio in the Benelux area. Other studios have been created in Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm, Paris, Hamburg, Copenhagen and New York.
Acne Studio Amsterdam
Oude Spiegelstraat 8
1016 KJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.acnestudios.com
Fashion
adidas SLVR
Unlimited Tee
adidas SLVR key item ‘one piece tee’ is being updated for A/W 09 in an unlimited edition: The one piece tee 'Unlimited Edition'.
The one piece tee 'Unlimited Edition' is cut randomly out of one large panel of fabric. The fabric sheet has a large ‘This is an unlimited Edition’ graphic print, which creates various typographic designs. The cotton tee is made of a minimal stitching around the body, has a single cut neck line, is short sleeved and is available in white and medium grey heather.
The one piece tee 'Unlimited Edition' is available as of know at a price point of € 59,90. Available at No74 in Berlin, in stand alone stores in Paris, New York, Bangkok and in adidas Brand Centres in Paris and Beijing, as well as in Sport Performance Centre stores in Moscow and Berlin.
www.shop.adidas.com/SLVR
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JOOP!
Limited Python Edition
Premium designer brand JOOP! launches a new Limited Python Edition. It is a unique and very limited edition with a clutch and pumps, made out of real snake leather in mystic shimmering "Dark Irisé." The clutch with handmade metallic applications, handprinted silk lining and removable shoulder belt retails at € 1190. The pumps with plateau heel covered by snake leather and a hight of 10,5 cm cost € 499.
The Limited Edition will be only available in the JOOP! flagship stores as of mid July 2009.
www.joop.com
Fashion
Madonna
for Louis Vuitton
Following the success of Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2009 fashion campaign starring Madonna and photographed by Steven Meisel, artistic director Marc Jacobs was keen to repeat the experience for Fall/Winter, but equally determined to produce something entirely different.
Shot in a New York studio, the Fall/Winter 2009-2010 campaign thus features Madonna in a series of sophisticated portraits reminiscent of the golden age of Hollywood. Inspired by the photographs of Man Ray, who perfected the technique of solarisation, and nodding to the lush colours and sumptuous draperies of paintings of Tamara de Lempicka, the images have a softer, more intimate quality than the previous campaign, while losing nothing of its power to arrest. The advertising campaign will break in the August 2009 issues of magazines worldwide.
www.louisvuitton.com
Fashion
Replay
Creative retail projects
2009 looks set to be a year full of exciting projects for Replay’s Retail arm. Fashion Box, the group behind the iconic denim label, is in fact planning a series of highly original initiatives for its mono-brand stores, all based on the concept of RE-PLAY and the prefix “RE-“, indicating repetition.
With this in mind, “re-elaboration” and “re-making” will be at the centre of 220 mono-brand Replay stores: interior design details and various artistic and cultural initiatives will be brought to life by the philosophy of “reinventing things”, transforming ordinary objects into extraordinary things, looking at the world in close up, through new eyes, promoted by a company whose vision goes way beyond apparel in its desire to represent an authentic lifestyle and adopt a perspective which reflects this historic moment in time.
During Bread & Butter Berlin fair two interesting initiatives will take place in the Berliner Replay Stores. Denim will turn into artist canvas and the result will be a limited edition artwork to wear or to keep forever. After Berlin launch the Re-denim project will move to Paris Rue Etienne Marcel from the 3rd to the 5th of September and then it will reach to Barcelona Paseo De Gracia flagship Store.
Replay Store, Neue Schonhauser Strasse 3-5, 10178 Berlin.
www.replay.it
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Zoo Magazine
No 23, 2009:
STARDUST
Out NOW... Zoo Magazine No 23, 2009: STARDUST. Summer issue, including George Barnett, Anna Friel, Udo Kier, Michael Kirkham, Todd Lynn, John Varvatos and more. Click here for an exclusive preview.
Cover image:
Devon Aoki by Aneta Bartos
dress Stella McCartney
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Stefanel's jumpsuits
and organic cotton
Stefanel during the last few years has experimented and offered to the market an item that today can be considered, like the knitwear, an identification for the brand: the “overall”. Stefanel has interpreted the overall in many ways, offering for the Spring Summer collection 2009 different models, and carrying this item to become a “must have” for every women who follow the fashion trends and a best seller from the sales point of view.
Stefanel, in order to propose quality and fashionable products, is focusing on bio-fashion by realizing a new line of top and t-shirts with the organic cotton for the spring/summer collection 2009/2010. Environmentally compatible and ecosustainable, the organic cotton is the result of an organic farming that is made without using fertilizers, pesticides and defoliants. It is organized in a crop rotation in order to respect the natural cycle and the global warming prevention.
www.stefanel.com
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Arnhem Fashion Biennale
Magazine
In cooperation with Elsevier Magazine the biggest fashion event in the world Arnhem Mode Biënnale has published a unique fashion magazine focusing on fashion designers and the Fashion Biennale theme SHAPE.
The magazine, released with three different covers, features interviews with the most trend-setting fashion designers in the world including the Rodarte sisters from the US and avant-garde designer Rick Owens. Furthermore Proenza Schouler, Raf Simons (designer for Jil Sander), Klavers van Engelen and revolutionary designer of man's fashion Thom Browne discuss the role of shape in fashion.
The Arnhem Mode Biennale, taking place from 6 June to 6 July in the town centre of Arnhem, The Netherlands.
www.elsevier.nl/amb
www.arnhemmodebiennale.com
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Dirk Bikkembergs
first sport couture sunglasses
White slopes, sandy beaches, city streets and sunny plains will all have one thing in common this summer: a pair of sunglasses labelled Dirk Bikkembergs Sport Couture. One pair, among many others. From Capetown to Tromsø, from San Francisco to Sydney, this pair will stand out with bravura for its streamlined design, highly advanced technical features and top quality materials fused to the body and mind of its special wearer.
The limited edition sunglasses will be made exclusively available from the Dirk Bikkembergs Flagship Store (Via Manzoni 47, Milan).
www.bikkembergs.com
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Hugo Boss
Online Store
From now on, the Hugo Boss Online Store will also be available to customers in the Netherlands. Following the opening of the first-ever Hugo Boss Online Store in the United Kingdom last year, the rollout is now under way in other key European markets.
It offers a comprehensive array of products from the BOSS Black, BOSS Orange, BOSS Green and BOSS Kidswear lines, complemented by a rich range of accessories. The HUGO collection will also become available online at the start of sales for the Fall/Winter 2009 season.
The Dutch Hugo Boss Online Store can be accessed directly at www.hugoboss-store.nl.
www.hugoboss.com
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Monki Store
Copenhagen
The first Monki Girl Shop in Denmark opened its doors on May 1st and invites to a magic world.
The collection is digging the veins of youth culture, the look is inspired by Japanese and European street style. The Monki label is affordable clothing made for people wanting to express who they are through what they wear. Smart indie characters such as Enid and Rebecca in Ghost World, with their unwilling attitude to fit in the crowd, the frustrated Lisbon sisters in The Virgin Suicides, who are struggling with the issues of growing up - they are all blueprints for the Monki feeling.
The shop in Copenhagen‘s Købmagergade shows the mysterious post-apocalyptic City of Oil and Steel, that is a mysterious place, warm, dark, and biohazardous; filled with dismantled skyscraper parts, strange vegetation, neon, asphalt, and intensely powerful machinery. The Monki shops excite and energize people, such as the collection. There is always a little shock and sense of surprise, when getting in touch with them.
Monki Girl
Købmagergade 3
1150 Copenhagen
Denmark
www.monkigirl.com
Photography: Alastair Wiper
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Penkov
Berlin based designer Bernadett Penkov return to London for the third season with her new Spring/Summer 09 collection to be shown at Londen Fashion Week.
Masculinity and femininity are Bernadett Penkov’s favourite themes and this season her innovative designs in ultra-soft fabrics and sophisticated cuts are combined with traditional porcelain craftsmanship for series of designs that integrate hard white porcelain accessories into decorative body armour.
Dresses are made from airy chiffon, white, blue, beige, silver and black silk detailed with vintage lace and sequin. Flowing feminine layers create lightness and delicacy; accentuating the body and yet very casual, the all black ensemble of blazer and wide legged trousers pay tribute to the 40’s and irresistible Marlene Dietrich look.
‘I create clean and sophisticated fashion with a statement and attention to detail’ says Penkov, describing the essentials of her designs.
www.penkovberlin.com
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K Karl Lagerfeld
Silver Selvage Jeans
Debutant in the K Karl Lagerfeld collection is a Limited Edition style called Silver Selvage Jeans, a collector’s item created exclusively for those men and women who share Karl Lagerfeld’s fetish for perfect jeans. The silver selvage jeans, based on the ultimate classic 5-pocket fit with a distinct designer touch in the details, is made from custom developed 28’ loom denim fabric with an indigo weave and black weft, and with a silver metallic selvage.
Both the men’s and women’s fit will be produced in a number of 250 worldwide, and comes in a special complimentary bag. This special denim (also called Japanese denim) is spun by hand and is blue on the outside and silver in the inside.
www.karllagerfeld.com
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Les Ateliers Ruby
& MMM
For the third edition of the short "Signature" program by Ateliers Ruby, Jérôme Coste wanted to venture into the world of the off-beat and re-interpretation, which are the founding principles of Maison Martin Margiela.
In the midst of celebrating its 20th birthday, Maison Martin Margiela became highly enthusiastic about the project to transform the Ruby helmet. Martin Margiela and his colleagues at 163 rue Saint-Maur took the program title literally and each one placed his signature on the helmet to create a collective work.
The carbon shell is varnished then covered with broad lines of paint with a "meudon white" effect, the pure but imperfect whites that are the "Maison's" universal hallmark. The whole team's involvement can then be discovered with eyes closed: all the members have engraved their name or initials into the layer of white paint.
www.ateliersruby.com
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Monki Girl
Monki is an entity derived from mixtures of old chemicals, forgotten in the ruins of old fabric factories in the city of oil and steel. Monki is also a store concept and women's clothes brand. Unique illustrated prints on clothes, packaging and stationaries continuously tell stories from the world of the Monki.
The experiences of the litte black Monkis are the source of inspiration for the homonymus girl brand, that offers affordable attitude clothing in more than 20 shops in Sweden. The first Shop in Denmark will open its doors on May 1st and invite to a magic world, the City of Oil and Steel.
www.monkigirl.com
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Botanik
Berlin-based label Design Studio presents its Spring/Summer 2009 collection, called BOTANIK. Designer Svenja Specht enjoyed the Botanic Garden in Berlin last summer and got very impressed and excited by the diversity of plants. She wanted to remember all this wonderful and bizarre creations of nature. Specht will definitely go there again this summer...
Photography: Claudia Grassl
www.realitystudio.de
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Many of Them
Under the title Many of Them a new publication was born. It was made during 2008 as the result of the admiration for an analytical interest in the publishing world and its structure. From the concept of self-edition and throughout ten chapters, the publication establishes a photographic tour around the fashion world and its language. An unconventional view, whose result is this book. The publication has a limited edition of 1,000 signed copies and it can be found at selected stores. The book can also be ordered, while it is still available, at the studio.
The story in ten chapters
Stephan Schneider: Scientific Theory of Culture / Pelican Avenue: The Last Part of the Cycle Fiction / The White Cape: Sustaining the Future / The Creation of New Worlds: Races, Types and Ethnic Groups / Raf Simons: Material World / Antony Hegarty: Voice One / Bernhard Willhelm: A Photographic Testimony Between and Beyond Science and Art / Eleonora Salvatore: More than a Pretty Face / Sophie Auster: Good Bless America / Hermann Fankhauser: The Man Who Found The Missing Link.
Ten brands around the world
Raf Simons / Veronique Branquinho / Bless / Cosmic Wonder Light Source / Zero Maria Cornejo / Zucca Cabane De Zucca / Bernhard Willhelm / Toga / Pelican Avenue / Fabrics Interseason.
Ten multibrand stores around the world
Seven New York / Opening Ceremony / Kronkron / Debut / Park / Paris Texas / Heimat / Song / Persuade / B Store.
www.antoniomacarrostudio.com
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P!nk for PETA
For the first time ever, Pink and Ricky Gervais have teamed up: In a provocative new ad campaign for PETA, the pair provide the voices for computer-generated animals who make their edgy case that exotic skins and fur belong on their original owners.
In the 30-second TV spot, the Grammy-winning singer and top funnyman "appear," respectively, as a skinned alligator and a rabbit who has had his coat stolen and demand their skins back from a couple retrieving a bag and a jacket from a coat check. As the alligator (Pink) says, no matter what someone pays for clothing and accessories made from animals, it's the animals who have "paid a lot more!"
www.peta.org.uk
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G-Star
by Marc Newson
Limited Collection
G-Star Raw debuted their G-Star by Marc Newson Limited collection; an exclusive run of nine special edition pieces, unveiled in a gallery-style presentation at Colette, as part of Paris Fashion Week. The G-Star by Marc Newson Limited collection brings luxury to the street, presenting urban influenced designs executed in premium materials and crafted to the highest quality.
Only 100 pieces of each style will be made available worldwide through eighteen exclusively selected retailers, including Colette in Paris, 10 Corso Como in Milan, Seoul and Tokyo, Moss in New York and Moss and Maxfield in Los Angeles. The pieces will range in price from 1,000 to 4,000 Euro and will be available from 15 July 2009.
www.g-star.com
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Paul Smith Shakespeare print T-shirts
For Spring Summer 2009, Paul Smith Jeans announces a collection of limited edition printed t-shirts, featuring the classic Shakespearian characters of Yorick, Oberon and Mercutio. Whilst staying true to their basic essence, the characters have been reworked to the modern day setting.
Yorick, the Court Jester, has been transformed into a free spirited entertainer whereas Oberon has been distorted into a madman. Mercutio’s youth and wit has been emphasized, creating a modern day ‘boy next door’ image.
The organic cotton t-shirts will be packaged in a re-usable fabric bag, adorned with the Paul Smith ‘Never Assume’ coat of arms, within which there will be a collectable original screen print of the twisted Shakespearian character.
www.paulsmith.co.uk
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The New Jackie Bag
Gucci announces the launch of the New Jackie bag, a fresh and modern reinterpretation of the House’s most iconic handbag design, “The Jackie.” Creative Director Frida Giannini, who first debuted the New Jackie on the Spring/ Summer 2009 Gucci runway, has swiftly ushered this classic Gucci style into present day relevance.
A stalwart of the Gucci archives, the Jackie bag holds a very special place within the Italian fashion house's storied past. First created in the1950s, the model became the preferred accessory for Jacqueline Onassis, who was photographed toting numerous versions throughout the 1960s.
www.gucci.com
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We Are Animals
“Triptych” is the spring/summer 2009 advertising image from Wrangler Jeans. Full of energy, the key visual stakes Wrangler’s position as the original outdoor jeans brand. The image will appear in magazines, on billboards in major cities around Europe like London, Berlin, Paris and online throughout the season, supporting the message “We Are Animals.”
The independent agency FRED & FARID PARIS created “Triptych” from an existing old picture. For maximum impact, the picture was amplified through duplication and re-duplication.
www.eu.wrangler.com
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When the Symbols Shatter
London based conceptual design duo Komakino, Jin Kim from Korea and Federico Capalbo from Italy, launched their third collection. Their SS09 menswear collection is inspired by decadence, deliverance and human sense of disillusion and loss.
Although aesthetically the collection appears commercial, ironically taking its inspiration from a conceptual take on fashion and society; a soldier who fights for a cause he believes in, but what happens when the battle is lost? When a warrior has nothing left to believe in? What happens when their hopes shatter, the symbols of war and society.
Stocked exclusively in Japan at Mid West.
www.komakinodesign.com
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LegEnd
LegEnd: a new line of jeans in response to the premium trend, a link between past and future to live in the present. This line, exclusively denim, revolves around 4 constructions, which have marked the past 30 years of the "Jeanovation“ established by Marithé + François Girbaud. This jean is the "LegEnd“ of the future.
Marithé and François Girbaud have created a signature fly, free up the hands, invent the Stone Wash, the Baggy look, and while the ball is rolling, the X Pocket along with all the historical innovative techniques for shapes, construction and treatment of fabrics. These changes brought a new contribution to the evolution of the silhouette and what would be known as the emerging Street Culture, forever changing the behavior of our peers. As recognized "Orijeanators“, it is only right that they establish the legend of tomorrow.
These jeans do not bear their signature, it is present as proof. In memory of the signature tag, which has been theirs for the past 35 years, Marithé and François Girbaud appear for the first time on a label and sign this jean indirectly and without announcing it.
The line will be available starting in June in selected stores.
www.girbaud.com
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Stella McCartney Opens in Paris
Stella McCartney opened her first store in Paris, located in the heart of the Jardins du Palais Royal at 114-121 Galerie de Valois in December 2008. The store reflects an intimate, personal and architectural atmosphere to house the Stella McCartney collections. Simple material combinations, sculpturally contrasted with a unique play on spacing, have been used in Stella’s signature style combination of sharpness and femininity.
Eight windows facing out onto the Palais Royal arcade and tree-lined square create an inviting entrance and a daybed in fabric and brass providing focus to this richly decorated space. Oval brass sculptures creating a rainfall backdrop are used to display accessories. The two-pile depth dark colored carpet and glossy marble floor accentuate the sense of luxury.
The 150 square meter wall space is covered in sweeping curved maple veneer with lacquer tray inserts and pull out shelves. The two large dressing rooms are clad in rich, hand decorated fabric, embellished with crystals and bronze handmade hooks.
Stella McCartney Store
114-121 Galerie de Valois
Jardins du Palais Royal
Paris 75001
Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 03 03 80
www.stellamccartney.com
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Relaxed Purity
Sisley's new collection for spring/summer aims straight for the heart. It plays on sensations and emotions; it alludes to places, situations and times, but without labouring the point. It seems to suggest that an outfit is the visible side of what we are, of what we want to show of ourselves. A calling card we choose each day that says exactly who we are.
www.sisley.com
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BOSS Black and HUGO SS09
The BOSS Black Men and Woman’s Collection for summer 2009 focuses on clean cuts, surprising details and luxurious materials. “The New Perfectionists” is the name of the game: a theme in which simple touches make every piece extra-special.
Surprising details, precision cuts and an exciting game of shape and proportion: Bruno Pieters’ first HUGO collection presented a winning mix of modernity and classic elements. His second collection for the Spring/Summer season 2009 picks up where the premiere left off – and was inspired by the German aviation legend Elly Beinhorn, who made headlines with her exploits in the 1930s.
www.hugoboss.com
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Security Control
The new D&G Time and D&G Jewels ad was born from the creative idea of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, with the art direction of Mario Testino.
The film is shot in Paris, in Charles de Gaulle Airport. The French international hub represents the perfect setting to emphasize the unmistakable and glamorous style of D&G Time and D&G Jewels.
The desire to own and wear Time and Jewels is the theme of the story. The attachment to the D&G style is so strong that the young couple starring in the ad try to elude the conventional airport safety measures so that they can avoid parting with their D&G Time and D&G Jewels.
The D&G Time and D&G Jewels ad will be aired on all the main global television channels until Christmas 2008.
To watch the ad, click here.
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HURRAY! Bas Kosters Webshop Online
The web shop of Dutch fashion designer Bas Kosters is finally online and offers clothing for men and women, several art pieces, the latest accessories and of course the famous Bas Kosters dolls. Because of its extensive stock the web shop is the ultimate medium to present all the Bas Kosters Studio products and can also supply customers abroad. “Even though we sell through high end stores in Amsterdam and Tokyo, with this web shop we can finally give a total overview of our entire assortment.”
Every so often several new pieces are added to the webshop which are developed off-season. Also unique limited edition pieces and vintage re-edits are for sale. The prices vary from 17,50 to 1000,- euros: from the more accessible items such as T-shirts, sweats and brooches to exclusive hand painted pieces and dolls. One off the new articles created for the web shop is the Bas Kosters Studio Illustrations Magazine with a selection of well-known but also never-seen-before illustrations of designer Bas Kosters presented in a mini-magazine with a vintage look.
shop.baskosters.com
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Quinny by Henrik Vibskov U.S. Launch
Taking its stylish diversity to the next level, Europe’s leading brand in innovative strollers celebrated the U.S. launch of its Limited Edition: ‘Quinny by Henrik Vibskov’ on Wednesday, November 19 in New York.
Internationally renowned Danish fashion designer, musical artist and film maker Henrik Vibskov designed this exclusive collection with the boundless imagination of children in mind. This unusual collaboration resulted in a line that’s daring, exciting and totally fun!
The ‘Quinny by Henrik Vibskov’ collection will be available in January 2009 at a very select number of leading fashion retailers worldwide, including Seven New York, SPRMRKT (Amsterdam) and Henrik Vibskov’s multi-brand store in Copenhagen.
Joseph Quartana from Seven New York had this to say: “As you know I’m completely NOT into anything ‘baby’, but my heart absolutely melted when I saw this exhibition in Copenhagen over the summer and I felt that I simply had to share this with New York and all the soon to be mom’s out there. I mean, who would not want to push their toddler around in a space-pod buggy. Plus Quinny's quality is second to none, so you can rest assured the buggies are ultra safe.”
www.quinnydesign.com
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The Winner Takes It All…
Monique van Heist is the undisputed winner of the Mercedes-Benz Dutch Fashion Awards 2008, which was presented Friday November 7th 2008 for the second time to the Dutch fashion designer most likely to succeed internationally. The international jury awarded the main award unanimously to Monique van Heist for her innovative interpretation of fashion. She convinced the jury by her personality and her consistency of work – through which she offers the fashion world a strong alternative. The designer “involves the core identity of the people in the Netherlands,” said honourable member of the jury Christine Ellis. The jury described Monique’s work as sincere, honest and a source of inspiration.
Apart from the main award of 25,000 euro, the winner also received the Dutch Fashion Incubator Award: products and services of great value to upcoming fashion talent in the development of their own label – thanks to the Bijenkorf, Lectra and the Fair Wear Foundation. The media jury was unanimous as well in her judgement and chose Monique van Heist also as the winner of the Dutch Fashion Media Award, an award made possible by Club Brillant. Van Heist is given the possibility to develop her own eyewear collection with the support of a well known eyewear designer and also received 5,000 euro to invest into the development in her label.
The Dutch Fashion Icon Homme & Femme Awards were awarded to fashion consultant Carlo Wijnands and fashion editor Aynouk Tan. All awards were designed and produced by the Dutch design atelier Ted Noten.
www.dutchfashionawards.com
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Line 12
Maison Martin Margiela creates its first collection of fine Jewellery, bearing the number 12, completing the various Maison Martin Margiela’s lines.
The collection is the result of the creative collaboration between Maison Martin Margiela and the Damiani Group, one of the most renowned Italian jewellery manufacturers worldwide. Since 1924, Damiani has perpetuated the knowledge of the Italian fine jewellery tradition, combining craftmen’s work expertise, high quality materials, exclusive design and innovative technology.
The collection of 14 items will be available from November 2008 only in Maison Martin Margiela shops as well as in an exclusive selection of fashion retailers throughout the world.
www.maisonmartinmargiela.com
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Reebok Classic Leather LUX
Reebok’s most iconic style, the Reebok Classic Leather returns in Fall Winter 2008 in luxurious Italian Leather in four all new colourways. The Reebok Classic Leather LUX is the original lo tech running shoe renowned for its exceptional comfort, and has now been re-lasted and re-shaped for the ultimate fit, complimented by the use of the finest and softest Italian leather.
First released in 1984, Reebok’s original running shoe has become a footwear institution, and the Classic Leather LUX takes the shoe to a new aspirational level for 2008.
www.reebok.com
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BREE + Ayzit Bostan
BREE joins forces with Munich-based designer Ayzit Bostan for ‘Ayzit’, the leather goods company’s very first author collection and sub-brand. Comprising eight exclusive accessories, ‘Ayzit’ pays homage to BREE’s quality, while offering a new and surprising take on the brand’s minimalist design approach. All items are crafted and manufactured in Germany.
Unveiled at the Berlin Fashion Week in July, the collection met with enthusiastic response and will be available at selected BREE shops and Concept Stores such as Andreas Murkudis in Berlin and Serie A in Munich from December 2008.
www.ayzitbostan.de
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Candy Box
A candy box for the opening of the new Kenzo George V boutique in Paris.
Kenzo is celebrating the opening of its new 500m flagship store on the Avenue George V, a few steps from the Champs Elysées, with an array of coloured sweets.
Candy Box by Kenzo is a very limited series of evening bags sold exclusively in the new George V boutique to celebrate its opening.
Metallic contours which recall the structure of the building at 49-51 Avenue George V gives the bag a very futuristic design.
Available in the colours of the Défilé Fall/Winter 2008/2009 Collection by Antonio Marras, the candy box comes with two elasticised wrist holds in two different colours, to change according to ones humour and… the party!
ADDRESS
Boutique KENZO
49-51 avenue George V
75008 Paris
France
T: +33 14 723 3349
Kenzo Défilé AW 2008 VIDEO
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Well-Heeled
Jimmy Choo unveils its Autumn/Winter 2008 advertising campaign shot by New York based fashion photographer Terry Richardson, renowned for his wildly vivacious work, and featuring dynamic beauty, American supermodel, Angela Lindvall. The images encapsulate the thrill and glamour of the new collection, worn by a woman who lives the life she dares. The gilt and marble splendour of the newly renovated Plaza Hotel on Central Park in New York, provides the setting for the campaign. It takes the shape of a montage of ‘moments,’ as seen unfolding in the course of one night.
The campaign will launch in August books in America and the United Kingdom. Additionally, it will run during the season throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
www.jimmychoo.com
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Burberry Advertising Campaign Autumn/Winter 2008/09
The new Burberry advertising campaign for autumn/winter 2008/09 has been unveiled recently. It’s a series of black and white images shot in Kensington Gardens, by Mario Testino. The campaign features model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and British actor Sam Riley, who made his acting debut as Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control. Riley is also the lead singer of British punk rock band 10,000 Things.
www.burberry.com
