A touch of timeless elegance to every day… The new Tambour Louis Vuitton Monogram Collection.
Author: Icon-Icon (Sébastien GIRARD)
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Bottega Veneta : An Elegant Discretion
“This collection is under the guise of freshness both of materials and techniques.” For spring 2014, Bottega Veneta is exploring what was already uncovered by the Musée d’Orsay exhibit “Impressionism and Fashion”. From the masters of the “salon des refusés”, Tomas Maier borrows all the rigor and colors of 19th-century womenswear. The result: the same...
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News Shades of Louis Vuitton’s SC Bag
This story begins in 2008. A close friend of Marc Jacobs, creative director for the brand, Sofia Coppola posed alongside her father for their luggage line’s ad campaign. One year later, she would head to Asnières, historic headquarters of Louis Vuitton’s workshops, to place a very special order. Taking inspiration from the iconic Speedy and Keepall for her bag,...
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The Versace T-Shirt 2014
“The streets are the new runway”, asserts the brand with the Medusa logo. “Things change so fast, I wanted to create a schism with this collection.” Indeed, by skimming through the 90s rocker wardrobe of Axl Rose, Donatella has managed to offer a line full of pieces that are each more iconic than the next....
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Miuccia Prada’s Faux Baby Doll Dress
“I want to incite women to fight.” This is how she sums up the goal of her creations that went down the runway on September 19th in Milan, for Spring/Summer 2014. The label’s entire universe is distilled in each of these passages. Ever since she took over the brand’s ready-to-wear line in 1989, Miuccia Prada...
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The Pliage Bag and its New Address in London
All it took was a trip to Japan for Philippe Cassegrain to develop a fascination for origami. He wished to create a bag that, like an envelope, could be folded up when not in use. Both perfectly ingenious and essentially simple, the first model was released in 1993. Garnished with Russian leather and fabricated in...
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La Nuit de l’Homme by Yves Saint Laurent Collector’s Edition 2013
A seductive type with an enrapturing and devastating charm, sincere and mysterious good looks, is incarnated in this single olfactory concoction: La Nuit de l’Homme Collector 2013 eau de toilette may preserve all the dynamic of a composition where you can distinguish notes of citrus, cardamom, and bergamot combined with scents of black pepper, lavender,...
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Hennessy VS by Os Gemeos
Hennessy Very Special is imposing its inimitable style in time. And for its third artistic collaboration, the brand is this time putting Os Gemeos on the tag, a reflection of their realistic and optimistic art. Inspired by the elegance, refinement, and tradition of Hennessy cognac, the tag borrows the same warm colors and modernity that...
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Julien David Plumetis for Colette
Satin embroidery on a top. It’s an improbable combo, since satin stitching is traditionally done on nylon and used for making veils and hats. Also, satin stitching is usually released tone on tone. By working it into pants, skirts, and tops this season, turning the perennial “black on black” into white polka dots on a...
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Opium Collector’s Edition 2013 by Yves Saint Laurent
With 46 years under its belt, Opium, the mythic fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent, is preserving its iconic form but reinventing it in gold. Starting November 4th, the spicy, amber nectar will be presented in a special collector’s edition. An olfactory opuscule from the nose of Jean-Louis Sieuzac, Opium restores a long-forgotten and dynamic formula:...