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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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Stilettos that Sting the Eyes
Orange, green, pink, blue or neon yellow, neon is making a comeback and gives energy and light to your outfits. Parisian in the art of detail ; these pairs of shoes are tangy enough to boost your silhouette.
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Proenza Schouler
Proenza Schouler, a sizzling duo comprised of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. Darlings of the New York fashion scene, these two inseparable cool kids offer up refined and innovative collections season after season. Their work unites urban and sophisticated, 50s French couture and Kurt Cobain grunge, with...
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The Drag Up Bag by Hermès
Hermès is drawing from its roots and in doing so confirming the quintessence of its achievements past. From its heritage, the house of the golden triangle is offering us a rerelease of the “Drag”, a handbag first conceived by Robert Dumas in 1964. This older sibling of the Birkin, designed by the father of the “Carré” scarf...
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The Del Rey by Mulberry
Let’s start with the name, the name that belongs to both a Mulberry purse and to Elizabeth Woolridge Grant: Lana Del Rey. A mix of Lana Turner, Hollywood actress in the 40s and 50s, mythic glamour icon, and the 1954 Chevy Delray, a car that symbolizes the American Dream. The 2011 Lana Del Rey is...
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The Invitation to Travel by Louis Vuitton
The space of an autumn winter fashion show for 2012-2013 had Louis Vuitton plunging into its origins. During a show centered around a steam locomotive parked in the courtyard of the Louvre then mutated into a railway platform, the trunk was put in the spotlight. The original piece is emblematic, iconic, and immediately associated with...
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The Trouser To Success by Carven
For winter 2014, creative director for the Carven label Guillaume Henry is signing off on a powerful line marking the evolution of the quintessential Carven kid. Gone is the little school boy look, and in it’s place arrives a young man knocking on opportunity’s door for the first time. Amidst these remnants of youth, a...
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Objects of Desire from New York Fashion Week
A delicate and elegant breeze comes across the Atlantic… Here are some selected objects of desire from Fashion Week New York, Fall 2013. Valuable accessories that offer access to the refinement of the individual and accuracy. Between textured patterns, geometry, gold, and animal themes, the accessory is definitely the art of simple detail that changes...
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Lanvin’s Arpège Perfume Clutch
Lanvin’s glass bottle, the very same one that marked the advent of couturier-perfumers in 1927, has inspired its very own carrying case, just as round as the bottle itself. Black, in polished enamel, garnished with a serpent handle in yellow gold, the Lanvin case will attract the most desiring of regards. With a captivating aesthetic,...
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Karl Lagerfeld About the Sunglasses
“Sunglasses are like eye-shadow: with them, everything looks younger and more beautiful.” Karl Lagerfeld