“I want to make clothes that are beautiful of course, but also clothes that are interesting and considered and intelligent and not out of place” – Miuccia Prada
Author: Icon-Icon (Sébastien GIRARD)
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Marion’s “Touch” for the Lady Dior
Actress, singer, songwriter, muse, and now designer, Marion Cotillard is a true jack of all trades. After more than 4 years of collaboration, it’s only natural that Dior is finally asking this performer of “La Vie en rose” fame to bring her personal touches to the mythical Lady Dior, a product for which she’s previously...
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Kevin Lyons Revisits the Converse for Colette
Kevin Lyons1 is teaming up with Colette to offer up a Converse “Colette blue” style, specially for Illustration Month. The Converse epic has all the makings of an icon. At the beginning of the 20th century, Marquis Mills Converse fell down the stairs and almost broke his ankle. In 1908, he decided to create a pair...
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The Cachet Stilettos Of Sergio Rossi
A magical universe, where all existence breathes in the golden item in question at the very edge of desire. A marked aesthetic that is magnified more than once: Cachet, a shoe by Sergio Rossi, is transformed into a pale, gray, or golden second skin. It’s as if the extremity of the female limb were a kind of...
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Jean Prouvé’s Standard Chair Get Some Colors
Jean Prouvé, self-taught metal artist turned architect and urban planner, has been brought back to life by Galerie Patrick Seguin and Vitra Home. In the 50s, Prouvé was at the forefront of industrial design. 1956: Abbé Pierre called on his lines, simple and elegant, to design La Maison des Jours Meilleurs, installed that same year on...
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The Première Triple Row by Chanel
Chanel’s Première watch never ceases to transform itself. And in its newest form, a triple-banded bracelet in ceramic and steel, this watch brings to mind all the little allegories that Gabrielle Chanel slipped into her wardrobe. “Sparkling” seems to be the key word for the new line: a steel dial encrusted with 52 diamonds cut...
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7-inch Collection by Olympia le-Tan
What is the only object that brings Hollywood stars and classic literature together on the red carpet? Olympia le-Tan’s book clutches. Since 2009, the Franco-British designer has been mixing her two passions, embroidery and literature, by releasing clutches every season that feature the original covers of antique editions at the booksellers of New York, London, and...
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The Little Black Jacket by Chanel
Coco’s sole objective was to dress women up as well as possible: highlighting busts, lengthening dimensions, and setting the arms free in the process. Beneath the surface, the very stitches of the little black jacket bear witness to this story. Origins In Salzburg, Austria, the lady with a love of camellias crossed paths with...
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Prada: That’s 70’s Show!
Muccia Prada dreamed of being in politics. But despite being an active proponent for feminism as well as the Italian Communist Party, the P.h.D. holder in political science ended up trying her hand within the fashion world instead. The granddaughter of the Prada group’s founder has been a part of this world since 1978: finesse,...