AD: Raf Simons, Model: Nicole Pollard (OUI), Look #25
Category: Fashion & accessories
Because most desired works are anchored in a trajectory of icons throughout history, anecdotes and personalities who have raised them to the rank of cultural...
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The Bamboo Shopper Bag by Gucci
Gucci manufactured its first bags in 1921. While the label may have become a master in the creation of it-bags, its Bamboo style is still one of its most emblematic creations. Released in an era where materials like leather were rationed, this model was fashioned in a robust Tuscan boar skin, lined with two pockets...
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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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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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Maison Martin Margiela for Converse
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...
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Levi’s in a New Campaign
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...