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Marni at H&M for next season

December 15, 2011

I found myself in a total writer’s block when it came to the latest Versace ‘Iconic Collection’ for H&M. I simply couldn’t write a single word apart from blog posting a picture of the outfits and their overrated prices.. Not quite being an absolute Donatella fan in the first place, her H&M collection confirmed my stance further. To my sad surprise this collection is nothing more then loud bits of random fabric put together for the very young & eager…

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Gucci, the making of — the book

October 21, 2011

To celebrate its 90th Anniversary with the opening of the Gucci Museum at Palazzo della Mercanzia in Florence, the famous label just released the book to become the reference regarding this Italian house’s history: “Gucci, the making of”. Founded in 1921 Guccio Gucci’s modest family business, based on leather goods, is today one of the most important and iconic luxury labels in fashion – and not only. In spite of seducing Jackie Onassis (their bag entitled Jackie O is still…

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Maxime Simoëns — the new man at Leonard

October 21, 2011

The young man who decided to be designer after seeing Madonna’s Drowned World Tour is in charge from today with the french house Léonard’s revival, succeding designer Véronique Leroy. Fascinated by Jean Paul Gaultier’s sense of costumes and creation, he got his first internship there. After working also for Dior (in charge with the embroideries) and Balenciaga, he decides to create his own label in 2008 and presents his first 10 creations next year, in April 2009 at the Hyeres…

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Miro — the broken image

October 20, 2011

“Il faut de tout pour faire un monde”. And coincidences are not always random. I went to Joan Miro’s retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern in London, a extraordinary and complex exhibition of his paintings and drawings. I always liked Miro for his sincerity and apparent simplicity, but did not know of the extent to which he was involved in politics, a strong and constant interest throughout his life. Around the same period that I had visited Miro’s London exhibition, an…

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Bubbling confessions

October 7, 2011

Always liked Susie Bubble, her sweet yet sharp way of looking at things, analysing pieces of cloth, collections and going further from one season to another – in a positive and constructive way. Was smilling and touched when I saw her “closet confessions” done by Bluefly at Hotel Living at the end of the last New York Fashion Week – always imagined her like that. Natural and really nice.

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Focus on Angold

October 1, 2011

Sarah Angold Studio is presented as “a multidisciplinary team of Royal College of Art graduates who have professional experience across ten different design sectors, from fashion and interiors to product and vehicle design.” We just love her challenging and modern volumes, laser cut and fresh look on shapes and designer jewelry. And we aren’t the only ones – Hussein Chalayan, Swarovski, Selfridges, Toyota Japan, the Design Museum in London are her clients and designer David Koma asked her for some…

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Do you Love?

August 4, 2011

Love magazine came strong for their 6th issue. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott snapped for the Super Natural theme 8 stunning covers featuring Elle Fannig, Kristen McMenamy, Chloë Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, Daphne Groeneveld, Lara Stone, Mariacarla Boscono & Nyasha Matonhodze. Hope you’ll like at as well as I did!

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The Irish custom Tee Shirt

February 19, 2011

This time the request for a custom Tee-shirt came for a lady who is passionate about Ireland. As her birthday was a surprise party as well as her present, the preparation was absolutely secret. On the day of the special occasion, not even her boyfriend had seen the Tee Shirt. The initial request was to design a unique writing for the Gaelic word “Mo Ghra” (meaning my beloved) accompanied by a symbol, far from all the commercial drawings one can…

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