“God is in the details.” said Mies. Behind its apparent simplicity, the Barcelona reveals a geometric work that’s almost a brainteaser in itself. Its gracile steel frame with parallel chisels softly espouses the forms of the ground with its two perpendicular leather cushions. In hand stitched pig skin, it demands several hours of work of a...
Kris Van Assche’s beginnings weren’t subject to unanimous applause, between nostalgic detractors from the Slimane era who didn’t want the brand to evolve, and those who reproached him for making Dior Homme emulate his own clothing line. Since his first chiaroscuro show complete with an orchestra, the Belgian designer hasn’t ceased to multiply temptations, bringing...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe affirmed: “Superstition is the poetry of life”. Chanel could be considered a poetess in that her creations infused, and still infuse, emotions all while recounting an airy truth, almost imperceptible to the common eye. Without crossing into cliché territory, this makeup line understands superstition as something refined and playful, as if...
The exact definition of existentialism is as follows: “Man is free and responsible for his actions”, a doctrine that corresponds with designer Sonja de Lennart, born May 21, 1920, in Prussia (East Germany). This great woman, too little known today, decided to venture into fashion in a postwar world that left room for hope, audacity,...
Sienna Miller wears Dolce & Gabbana dress from the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 pre-collection for the launching of the new BMW model in London.
The two new Louis Vuitton bags are named W and Capucines! Renewing the monogram’s mythical layout, the perfection of tradition is here contiguous to the soberness of luxurious leather. A tote-esque W bag, with its never-before-seen trapeze form; a Capucines bag, from the name of the Parisian street where the trunkmaker opened its first store...
AD: Jean Paul Gaultier, Mannequin: Lindsey Wixson (ELITE), Look #31
