Chanel is a luxury fashion brand established by one of the biggest style icons of all time, Miss Coco Chanel. Lily Allen is a British singer who used to sell ecstasy. What do these two have in common ? Read More
I spoke of how great Christian Lacroix was for still doing haute couture, whilst all other designer brands are concentrating on making money. However there is a down side to this, it’s harder to make money. I was reading this brilliant article from the wall street journal. It taught me a few things. One of them being Christian Lacroix, even whilst making brilliant clothing like the dresses in my previous post, in it’s 22 years has never made a profit. It’s actually a tragedy in a way. The article is a great read by the way people.
This is from Christain Lacroix Autumn/Winter 09/10 Haute Couture line. I love Haute Couture because it’s just about making great clothes and a designer using cloth as his paint and canvas. Read More
Obsidian is a shiny black rock formed by lava. So you can probably see why this jacket is called what this jacket is called. Read More
On May 31st Robert Wilson’s version of the romantic opera “Der Freischütz” by Carl Maria von Weber premièred at Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden. Famous for their flower based designs, Amsterdam based Viktor & Rolf became the obvious choice for the costume design. It was not an easy task for even them however they managed to complete it with the use of over one million Swarovski crystals. Read More
A while back Comme Des Garcons did a collabortaion with Louis Vuitton on a store . Well now that space has been transformed by Vogue Nippon and Comme Des Garcons to a pop up store for there “Magazine Alive” collaboration. The store is located in Tokyo and will sell various fashion items such as clothes and accessories >_>. The stores content will revolve around whatever is featured in Vogue Nippon, so every month when a new issue of Vogue releases the merchandise at this store will change. Read More
So it’s the fifth day of the world renowned Cannes film festival (pronounced Can and Festiveleh). The festival opened with a Disney Pixar feature titled “Up”. Quentin Tarantino’s new effort “Inglorious Basterds” (which looks great) will also premier here and I can confirm Brad Pitt will most likely be in France for that. I’m going to go ahead and say Quentin is probably going to be bringing home his second Palme d’Or but what do I know, I haven’t seen his or any of the other films yet. All in all the festival is turning out to be a pretty exciting one because you know great movies, great location, great people,great cheese, what more can you ask for ? Well great fashion for one. Celebrities are always expected to impress when a red carpet is laid out and just because it’s an indie film festival doesn’t go to say Cannes is any different. You can see former Miss World and globally accepted pretty girl Aishwarya Rai proving my point in a Roberto Cavalli Dress. Read More
Zegna has been a designer I’ve been aware of but not given enough attention to in the past. I can’t remember exactly how it is that I started liking this fashion house but recently I’ve been obsessed with getting my hands on anything Zegna. During my research I learnt that some of my most adored suits were actually made by Ermenegildo Zegna. Not only that Zegna is one of the worlds biggest fine wool suppliers. That stuff has very little to do with why I like there stuff though. Read More
My favourite fashion house of all time would have to be Dior but Christian Dior himself once stated that Balenciaga is the master of all designers. Balenciaga was a fashion house that I could admire for all its achievements through out the history of fashion but never really enjoy. That was in the past because I was stuck in the belief that Balenciaga had nothing to offer me, as a fashion house that concentrates mainly on women’s ready to wear. Read More
It isn’t the first time Evian has a done a designer bottle, they actually do it quite a bit now that I think of it but nonetheless this bottle looks stunning. You’re boy Jean-Paul Gaultier has outdone himself here. They’re going to be on display and auctioned off at Collette on April the 7th so check out there site for the details.
