The magic of the holidays is now raining down on your nails in sparkles. Let yourself be swept away by these nail polishes. Classic in black or more eccentric in snow or peridot, few will be able to resist their bewitching charm.
Category: Beauty
The concept of beauty is also about icons. Screen or fashion icons and iconic cosmetics inspire each other. In our “Beauty: Perfumes and Cosmetics” category,...
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2012 Flashback: The New Nude by Dior
Grace, natural beauty: both of them are elements that loath pretenses. Dior has been integrating them into its work since 2005. The makeup line Diorskin Nude is able to draw up a perfect skin tone, without flaws or even color for that matter. Dior gives the illusion of a naked skin, naturally pink, peachy, or...
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Chanel Sheds Some Light on Marilyn and the N°5.
“What do you wear to bed?” Coco and Norma Jeane both made good use of their passions, their strengths, and the atmosphere of their times. One made her mark on an entire century with a single scent, the other, with her flamboyant candor. The utterance is so legendary and yet, until now, no one knew anything...
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Take Your Gloves Off!
Nude, gold, and dark. Our manicures are getting bejewelled as we deck ourselves out all the way to the fingertips. We´re even dressing up our nails with gold and glitter for the holidays. With an abundance of shades, red is still the safe bet of the season, with ever more shades available.
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Hermès Carré Dresses Up The Perfume 24, Faubourg
The essential Hermès carré scarf is dressing up the perfume “24, Faubourg” in its warmhearted wake. Amidst a few increasingly urgent sensory changes, Hermès is now making itself into an undefinable envelope. This design house has poured its very aura into this fragrance: mysterious and comforting. This essence is held in a curved bottle that...
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Marilyn Monroe et le Chanel N°5
Gabrielle et Marilyn : un numéro, deux emblèmes, trois icônes. Une équation simple à l’origine d’un mythe fabuleux. Après plus d’un siècle d’existence, la Maison Chanel se fait l’archéologue de son passé et revient sur ce qui a fait son succès. C’est par petits chapitres vidéo qu’elle retrace ses moments phares. Le site Inside Chanel revient...
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Kenny Scharf for Kiehl’s
Every year, like a remedy for winter gloom, Kiehl’s teams up with an artist to reinterpret its legendary Crème de Corps line. After Kaws, Pharell, or last year’s Jeff Koons, this winter it’s Kenny Scharf’s turn to work his magic. This artist first found success in the 80s alongside Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring...
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Dior Addict Gloss Spring 2013 Starring Daphné Groeneveld
In the ad campaign for the latest line of Dior Addict perfumes, a young woman wanders around, mischievously and sensuously, in the sun-soaked streets of Saint-Tropez. With a type of liberty and carefree attitude borrowed from the iconic Brigitte Bardot, Daphné Groeneveld, young model of 17, has been revealed to the grand public. She managed to...
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Angel Precious Star by Thierry Mugler
1992. The Ritz. Superstar couturier Thierry Mugler presents his first haute couture runway show. The very same year, he releases his first perfume in conjunction with fashion houses Clarins and Vera Strubi. In doing so, he hoped to create a perfume that evoked “his own childhood memories, snacks at his grandmother’s house, cotton candy, chocolate...
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J’adore l’Absolu by Jean-Michel Othoniel
After calling the artist Anselm Reyle to revisit their accessories line in 2011, Dior has turned to Jean-Michel Othoniel this year, to reinterpret the bottle of J’adore. Known, among other things, for his Kiosk of Noctambules decorating the Palais Royal metro station, Jean-Michel Othoniel called artisans of Murano, with whom he has worked for twenty...