Full of mystery, the Converse is getting covered with a layer of white paint, the emblem of MMM. Each pair immediately becomes unique, since each wearer is; with every footstep you take, the paint will crack to reveal the color underneath. Entirely hand-painted, the 1970s Chuck Taylor All Star and Jack Purcell styles are getting...
Making the book itself an objet d’art: this is Les éditions Assouline’s goal. Specializing in luxury culture, this publisher is enshrining the collection by bringing its most precious pieces together into a book who’s black fabric cover is engraved with but a single word written in golden lettering: Bvlgari.Elizabeth Taylor’s legendary snake watch, made of diamonds,...
The frontiers of modern times are no longer physical: they concern ideas, connections, and creativity. In all honesty, today’s frontiers are without limits. These don’t exist anymore for Levi’s either. Len Peltier is signing off on and photographing the Levi’s 2013 collection around the notion of the post-modern frontier. On black and white visuals, various...
This year, Relais & Châteaux is proposing to reinvent the art of receiving by signing off on a new collection of gift boxes dubbed “Creation”, with 14 box sets to give you a taste of haute cuisine, help you escape to an exceptional location, or bring your senses on a journey. Relais & Châteaux’s signature,...
“I think that the show reflects exactly what Burberry is: iconic and British, discrete and cool.” By dubbing his collection English Rose, Christopher Bailey is revisiting the legendary savoir-faire of Great Britain. By using Victorian lace, fabricated on machines from the era in Nottingham, and cashmere from Scotland, he colors his fabrics with powdered tones in...
For them, fragrance is imagined like leather: through intrecciato. What’s intrecciato? It’s an artisanal braiding technique that consists of reinforcing soft leather through the manual insertion of braided bands in between. This practice, invented by Bottega Veneta in the 70s, marks their delicate creations. You can also find it’s influence in the sensation of barbershop...
For Piaget, the exploit has supplanted the unprecedented. It’s only natural then that it is through its emblematic line that the manufacturer is tracing a half-century of quest and conquest of ultra-thin. Quickly become its signature, the Altiplano collection is the expression of a classicism imbued with purity and refinement. The fruit of decades of...
The lion was already a strong symbol in the creative universe of the Mademoiselle, who liked to say: “I’m a bee born under the sign of a lion”. She offered her vision for jewelry in 1932: never-before-seen and modern in terms of style and possibilities for wearing it, notably breaking with traditional codes of finery....
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Gabrielle Chanel. She dressed and behaved like no other. On her orphaned past, Gabrielle kept mum. With a sharp wit, she preferred to invent her own legend. Initially released on September 12th, these 5 mini-films unveil an entire segment of her story that’s previously been left...
