that happiness and vanity are incompatible.
terça-feira, 5 de Janeiro de 2010
Merteuil Dixit
that happiness and vanity are incompatible.
segunda-feira, 4 de Janeiro de 2010
Life in Detail






Available here!
domingo, 3 de Janeiro de 2010
quinta-feira, 31 de Dezembro de 2009
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terça-feira, 29 de Dezembro de 2009
domingo, 27 de Dezembro de 2009
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Martin Margiela designed the Suite Ile aux Oiseaux at the Les Sources de Caudalie near Bordeaux.The hotel and spa, opened 10 years ago in the Smith Haut-Lafitte château by the winemaking family and its entrepreneurial offspring (who knew that grape seeds were the fountain of youth?), tapped Maison Martin Margiela to design its signature suite, which re-opened last week. The freestanding cabana, perched on a pond, is now a world apart from the French country charm of the rooms in the château.
For 650 euros a night and up (a special package includes “a gift signed by Maison Martin Margiela” — perhaps one of the Maison’s new wine-bottle lamps?), guests can retreat to the avant-garde chambre between spa treatments and bottles of premier cru at the hotel’s La Grand’Vigne restaurant. (In keeping with the spa theme, the restaurant offers a calorie-conscious menu amid the foie gras.)
The suite’s décor is classic Margiela, with its white-on-white-on-gray palette and trompe l’oeil playfulness: overlapping white calfskin rugs cover the bedroom floor, 12 white pillows are stitched to a white wall to form a headboard. The wallpaper in the sitting room is printed to look like the ghostly walls of a Haussmanian apartment, while the bathroom floor “tiles” are photo-printed pebbles. The only shock of color among the slip-covered 1950s chairs and mirrored cubes comes from a red hot-lips sofa. The effect is as calming as it is subtly disarming. The only question is: will room service bring you red wine?
Les Sources de Caudalie, Chemin de Smith Haut-Lafitte, Bordeaux-Martillac; 011-33-5-57-83-83-83.
quinta-feira, 24 de Dezembro de 2009
Lagerfeld Dixit
quarta-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2009
Coming Soon
terça-feira, 22 de Dezembro de 2009
segunda-feira, 21 de Dezembro de 2009
quinta-feira, 17 de Dezembro de 2009
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quarta-feira, 16 de Dezembro de 2009
Escarro de Génio
terça-feira, 15 de Dezembro de 2009
The Casino Trunk
The Louis Vuitton trunk has always been a special and somewhat timeless item and even today, the French heritage brand manages to revamp it in new ways. The latest one to come out is the Casino Trunk. The name says it all – for you next casino evening or poker round with friends, all you need is the LV casino trunk, which comes with all the equipment needed for the various games. The trunk was produced in celebration of the brand’s latest Macao flagship store, along with some other items.
segunda-feira, 14 de Dezembro de 2009
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Parisian “parfumeur” Diptyque invited artists Kuntzel & Deygas, famous for colette’s Caperino & Peperone mascots, for a collaboration. The designers worked with a fictional universe of two glamorous characters called “Beauty and The Beast” over a set of limited edition candles.
sábado, 12 de Dezembro de 2009
Escarro de Génio
Mas a esses remotos atavismos sobrepõem-se elementos suscitados pelo meio social (casta, classe, profissão, etc.), pela educação e ainda por muitas outras influências. Eles imprimem à nossa personalidade uma orientação assaz constante. Será o “eu”, um pouco artificial, assim formado, que exteriorizaremos cada dia.
Entre todos os elementos formadores da personalidade, o mais activo, depois da raça, é o que determina o agrupamento social ao qual pertencemos. Fundidas no mesmo molde pelas idéias, as opiniões e as condutas semelhantes que lhes são impostas, as individualidades de um grupo: militares, magistrados, padres, operários, marinheiros, etc., apresentam numerosos carácteres idênticos.
As suas opiniões e os seus juízos são, em geral, vizinhos, porquanto sendo cada grupo social muito nivelador, a originalidade não é tolerada nele. Aquele que se quer diferenciar do seu grupo tem-no inteiramente por inimigo.
Essa tirania dos grupos sociais, na qual insistiremos, não é inútil. Se os homens não tivessem por guia as opiniões e a maneira de proceder daqueles que os cercam, onde achariam a direcção mental necessária à maior parte? Graças ao grupo que os enquadra, eles possuem um modo de agir e de reagir quase constante. Graças ainda a ele, naturezas um pouco amorfas são orientadas e sustentadas na vida.
Assim canalizados, os membros de um grupo social qualquer possuem, com uma personalidade momentânea ou durável, porém bem definida, uma força de acção que jamais sonharia qualquer dos indivíduos que a compõem. As grandes matanças da Revolução não foram actos individuais. Os seus autores atuavam em grupos: girondinos, dantonistas, hebertistas, robespierristas, termidorianos, etc. Esses grupos, muito mais do que indivíduos, então se combatiam. Deviam, portanto, empregar nas suas lutas a ferocidade furiosa e o fanatismo estreito, característicos das manifestações colectivas violentas.
sexta-feira, 11 de Dezembro de 2009
quinta-feira, 10 de Dezembro de 2009
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Colette invites Maison Martin Margiela into their corner space in celebration of the label’s 20th anniversary and the new line 13.Items include: giant snowballs, Matryoshkas, fabric calendars, bottle lamps, goose or ostrich feather fountain pens, the line 12 jewelry with Damiani, and exclusively for colette, the re-issue of the vintage wool and chiffon scarf from the Artisanal collection of 1999, as well as two unique Swarovski crystallized items; the Maison Martin Margiela book published by Rizzoli and Flammarion, and their famous white cotton bag.
The colette shopping bags have also been revisited by MMM, creating a collector’s item for your December shopping. Runs December 7th – January 2nd, 2010.
segunda-feira, 7 de Dezembro de 2009
domingo, 6 de Dezembro de 2009
sábado, 5 de Dezembro de 2009
quinta-feira, 3 de Dezembro de 2009
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Actress Glenn Close keeps a museum full of costumes collected from her decades-long movie career - because she's obsessed with her eccentric on-screen characters. The legendary star began her collection after her first movie, 1982 film The World According to Garp. But Close's hoarding ways soon became a habit she's been unable to kick. She says, "I have all my costumes. I have an unbelievable costume collection... They represent some of the most phenomenal feats of design and execution you could ever see. I get very attached to my costumes because you spend a lot of time in the fitting room. For me it's a very important part of creating the character in those fittings, because in film you don't have a lot of rehearsal. By the time you're in your full drag, a lot of that has been collaborated with the make-up artist and hair stylist and the costume designer, so they mean a lot to me.".
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As Dr. Martens approaches their 50th Anniversary, they continue to push the envelope of design and creativity by enlisting CFDA Award-winning designer Justin Giunta of Subversive Jewelry to create four pairs of one-of-a-kind boots. These creations of wearable art will be featured exclusively during Art Basel Miami at The Mondrian Hotel in Semi-Automatic, the high-end vending machine in the hotel’s lobby which is being curated by Interview magazine during the fair. Four one-of-a-kind pairs are priced starting at $1,400, during Art Basel Miami Beach, December 3 – 6, 2009.
quarta-feira, 2 de Dezembro de 2009
domingo, 29 de Novembro de 2009
Escarreta Actual
Lagerfeld Dixit
sábado, 28 de Novembro de 2009
Patsy Stone Dixit
quarta-feira, 25 de Novembro de 2009
terça-feira, 24 de Novembro de 2009
segunda-feira, 23 de Novembro de 2009
domingo, 22 de Novembro de 2009
Joie de Vivre
quinta-feira, 19 de Novembro de 2009
quarta-feira, 18 de Novembro de 2009
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Once again Jeremy Scott has collaborated with Longchamp on their Pilage bag, which was first given out to front row seats at his last fashion show in London in September 2009. Now the bag which comes in pink with a bones all-over graphic, has been released at colette.
terça-feira, 17 de Novembro de 2009
Escarreta Actual
segunda-feira, 16 de Novembro de 2009
domingo, 15 de Novembro de 2009
sábado, 14 de Novembro de 2009
Get the Book
Over 70 influential and celebrated fashion designers and personalities were asked to showcase - My Favourite Dress. The texts include commentary on the emotional attachment that various people have with their favourite dress. The idea is to highlight the intimacy between the designer and the wearer of their garments. Some of the designers featured in the book are: Alexander McQueen, Barbara Hulanicki, Bernhard Willhelm, Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries Van Noten, Eley Kishimoto, Giles Deacon, Giorgio Armani, Isabel Toledo, Issey Miyake, John Galliano, Albert Ebaz, Marc Jacobs, Mary Quant, Naoki Takizawa, Paul Smith, Rick Owens, yours truly and the list goes on.
My Favourite Dress - Hardcover (Dec 16, 2009) available now for pre-order on amazon.com
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No final da exibição, os críticos renderam-se ao "novo talento" do designer.
O filme, cujo guião é baseado num livro de Christopher Isherwood, conta a história de um professor (Colin Firth) na Califórnia dos anos 60 do século passado, que perdeu o namorado (Matthew Goode) num desastre de carro. O luto aliado ao desejo de morrer são contados num dia da sua vida. A deslumbrante Julianne Moore faz também parte do elenco.
Let's look at the trailer:
terça-feira, 10 de Novembro de 2009
segunda-feira, 9 de Novembro de 2009
Escarrinho de Génio
Escarreta Actual
Escarro de Génio
domingo, 8 de Novembro de 2009
Escarrinho de Génio
sexta-feira, 6 de Novembro de 2009
domingo, 1 de Novembro de 2009
quarta-feira, 28 de Outubro de 2009
terça-feira, 27 de Outubro de 2009
segunda-feira, 26 de Outubro de 2009
sexta-feira, 23 de Outubro de 2009
quinta-feira, 22 de Outubro de 2009
segunda-feira, 19 de Outubro de 2009
sábado, 17 de Outubro de 2009
quinta-feira, 15 de Outubro de 2009
quarta-feira, 14 de Outubro de 2009
domingo, 11 de Outubro de 2009
quinta-feira, 8 de Outubro de 2009
domingo, 4 de Outubro de 2009
sexta-feira, 2 de Outubro de 2009
quinta-feira, 1 de Outubro de 2009
quarta-feira, 30 de Setembro de 2009
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The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major solo exhibition of the work of the internationally acclaimed artist
The exhibition surveys Kapoor’s career to date showcasing a number of new and previously unseen works, including a select group of Kapoor’s early pigment sculptures, beguiling mirror-polished stainless-steel sculptures and cement sculptures on display for the first time. The exhibition also includes highlights such as the monumental work Svayambh, the title of which comes from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘self-generated’. Emblematic of Kapoor’s interest in works of sculpture that actively participate in their own creation, Svayambh moves slowly through the galleries across the entire breadth of Burlington House. Another major exhibit is Shooting into the Corner, a work of extraordinary complexity and drama that builds up against the walls and floor of the gallery. Tall tree and the eye, a major new sculpture, is on display in the Annenberg Courtyard. Infinitely repeating and reflecting its surroundings, like much of Kapoor’s work, this object both disorientates and distorts, challenging our traditional notion of form and space...
26 September - 11 December 2009
Royal Academy of ArtsBurlington House, Piccadilly, London
segunda-feira, 28 de Setembro de 2009
domingo, 27 de Setembro de 2009
sexta-feira, 25 de Setembro de 2009
Entretanto em Londres
sexta-feira, 18 de Setembro de 2009
quinta-feira, 17 de Setembro de 2009
quarta-feira, 16 de Setembro de 2009
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In recent seasons, digital fashion film has been gaining momentum as an emotionally charged and cost-effective presentation format. But this season is the first time designers have started using film in a way that tightly complements their runway shows and lets them extend their presence across multiple fashion weeks, in different geographic markets.Yesterday evening, English enfant terrible Gareth Pugh, who has been showing in Paris for the last two seasons, established his first presence at New York Fashion Week by showing not one, but four short films. Created in collaboration with fashion filmmaker Ruth Hogben, the films set the tone and outlined the inspirations for Pugh’s upcoming Spring Summer 2010 collection to be unveiled on the Paris catwalks in early October.
Inspired by the four elements – earth, water, wind and fire – the four films were presented on four sides of a monolithic cube designed by Simon Costin. Accompanied by a soundtrack by Matthew Stone that was at once futuristic and medieval, the cube sat in the darkened loading dock at Milk Studios, before editors including Suzy Menkes and Jefferson Hack, looking like it had landed from somewhere far away, carrying the elemental essence of Mr. Pugh’s forthcoming collection with it.










































































































































































































































