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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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Raf Simon’s First Campaign: From Past to Present
The first photos of Raf Simons’ Spring/Summer 2013 campaign for Dior are already circulating through newsstands and tablets everywhere. In this pure, white setting, little surrealist clouds à la Magritte sprinkle a holy, minimalist, and strangely poetic vibe into the scene. The Belgian designer’s style is then grafted in: a geometric chic full of discretion and delicateness, as if...
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2012 Flashback: The Pointed Pump by Céline
Founded in 1945, by Céline Vipiana, the Maison Céline quickly got itself a place into the inner circle – among the most creative, inventive, and daring labels of the second half of the twentieth century. But, it was not before the 1960’s that the brand started its own woman-fashion line. Initially created for children, the...
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2012 Flashback: The Tiger Sweatshirt by Kenzo
Preferred motif of designer Kenzo Takada, the tiger is making a big comeback. The beast has been invading our closets for the past few months, and it’s back now for winter with a new Kenzo sweatshirt available in several styles. The important thing, explains Humberto Leon “is to have fun”. This tiger-print fleece sweatshirt will...
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2012 Flashback: The Hula Hoop Bag by Chanel
Black for energy. White for purity. Add to this the classic… quilted, generous shapes and oversized, and the French design house delivers a triumphant new object of desire: the hula hoop bag. Once again, it is real success for Chanel. This “Unidentified Fashion Object” exceeds the limits of the first function of the bag. Karl...
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Flashback 2012: Dolly Art Basel High-Heels by Charlotte Olympia
From December 6th through 9th, the place to be is Art Basel, the XXth and XXIst centuries art fair, based in Miami Beach. Designer Charlotte Olympia understood it well and created for the occasion a capsule collection around her Dolly model. She dresses here the 5,5 inches high heel, recognizable by the golden platform, with...
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2012 Flashback: The Sweater with Geometric Intarsia by Céline
The expression “opposites attract” has never rung so true. Generous volumes with a cocoonish allure, color blocking that gives a bit of panache, a fur band to add a soft touch, linear prints for sobriety: this is the recipe for the Céline sweater. Totally in contrast and opposition, this new winter trend is not something...
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The Immortal Biker Jacket by Rick Owens
They say men are fanatics of the surrealism and strange, living in the rhythm of their vagueness, often very accommodating, they are UFOs … Like the magic of a biker jacket made of boiled leather, made famous by Rick Owens. Can we really believe in the American fashion designer eager worked materials, atmosphere, and extravagant notable film...