JCDC
HELMUT LANG
ACNE
JCDC
HELMUT LANG
ACNE
CREATED BY CAROLINE DE MAIGRET & YAROL POUPAUD, THE LABEL « BONUS TRACKS » PARTNERS UP WITH ABRAHAM WILL IN THE ELABORATION OF CHAPTER ONE – A ROCK COMPILATION THAT INCLUDES 14 UNRELEASED TRACKS BY THE PARISIANS, BAD MAMA DOG & THOMAS DARMON AMONG OTHERS.
KARL TEMPLER, INTERVIEW’S ART DIRECTOR, AND NOTORIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER CRAIG MCDEAN ARE THE TALENTS BEHIND JBRAND’S MOST RECENT CAMPAIGN. THIS COLLABORATION WITH THE TWO MAJOR FIGURES IN FASHION RENEWS THE POSITIONING OF THE BRAND’S MARKETING IMAGE. SUVI KOPONEN AND SHAUN DEWET INCARNATE THIS NOVEL ART & FASHION MOMENTUM.
BEHIND EACH CHAN LUU DESIGN IS A STORY INSPIRED BY NATURE AND WORLD CULTURE. ORIGINALLY FROM VIETNAM, CHAN LUU MOVED TO LOS ANGELES TO EARN A DEGREE AT THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF DESIGN. USING HAND CUT SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, BEADS, AND COLORED FRESH WATER PEARLS, CHAN’S TRADEMARK IS HER ARTISTIC SKILL IN COMBINING UNUSUAL FORMS WITH BEAUTIFUL COLORS TO CREATE TRULY STRIKING PIECES WHICH SET THE TREND IN FASHION JEWELRY.
KYOTO, THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL OF JAPAN, IS KNOWN FOR ITS GARDENS, BUDDHIST TEMPLES AND GION – THE NOTORIOUS GEISHA NEIGHBORHOOD. SIMILARLY, COMME DES GARÇONS’S FRAGRANCE INVITES US TO DISCOVER THE ANCESTRAL RITUALS THAT MAKE-UP THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF THE CITY. IN CHERRY BLOSSOM SHADES, THE RELAXING SCENTS OF CYPRESS TREES MINGLED WITH CEDAR RECONCILE THE HEART AND MIND.
CATHERINE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED JEWELRY DESIGNER WHO COMBINES THIS GIFT WITH HER CONNECTIVITY TO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. TRAINED AT THE ART & METIERS INSTITUTE IN BRUSSELS, SHE STUDIED GEMOLOGY AND DIAMONDS GRADING AT THE PRESTIGIOUS HIGH COUNCIL FOR DIAMONDS IN ANTWERP. HER NOMADIC TRAVELS AND FREEDOM OF SPIRIT ARE PRESENT IN ALL OF HER WORKS. EACH PIECE SYMBOLIZES HER EXPERIENCE AND INTENTION. ALSO REIKI MASTER, CATHERINE’S CREATIONS TRANSCEND BOTH JEWELRY AND ART. THEY CARRY AS SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS SHARED BY THOSE WHO WEAR THEM AND CONNECT WITH HER VISION AND AESTHETIC.
THE YOUNGSTER ILAN PARIENTE IS THE MASTERMIND OF THE « MISTER WHO » CONCEPT. HIS IDEA: PROPOSE A VARIETY OF SCREEN-PRINTED T-SHIRTS WITH THE UNIVERSAL SIGN LANGUAGE.
OUARZAZATE, OR THE « DESERT GATE », WAS ONCE INHABITED BY A STRONG BERBER COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAJOR VISUAL ATTRACTION OF THE CITY – THE KASBAH. FOR THE SIMILARLY NAMED FRAGRANCE, COMME DES GARÇONS DRAGS US INTO THE MAROCCAN CITY CENTER, WHERE AN APPEALING BREEZE WITH SCENTS OF SPICES FLOOD THE CITY ALLEYS.
HALF VIETNAMESE AND HALF FRENCH, BARBARA BUI ENTERED THE FASHION WORLD WITH THE OPENING OF THE KABUKI BOUTIQUE RUE DE TURBIGO IN THE VERY PARISIAN ETIENNE MARCEL NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE PROGRESSIVELY TURNS HER DESIGNING SKILLS TOWARDS A BRAND OF HER OWN THAT BECOMES A SUCCESS STORY WITH THE OPENING OF BOUTIQUES IN NYC, PARIS, AND MILAN. WITH TIME, SHE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES HER BRAND WITH SECONDARY LINES IN ADDITION TO A UNIQUE SCENT. THE PERFECT BALANCE OF ELEGANCE AND PARISIAN SOPHISTICATION IN BEHIND THE BARBARA BUI STYLE THAT CONTINUES TO SEDUCE THE CONTEMPORARY WOMAN.
JAISALMER IS AN INDIAN CITY ERECTED ON THE TOP OF A CREST & LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE THAR DESERT IN RAJASTHAN. CROWNED WITH PALACES AND JAINIST TEMPLES, THIS CITY OWES IT’S OTHER TITLE -CITY OF GOLD- TO THE YELLOWSTONE THAT BUILDS UP THE CITY FACADES. FOR THE PERFUME, COMME DES GARÇONS INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE SOFT LIGHT OF A SUNSET AT A TIME WHEN THE HOT ROCKS RELEASE SCENTS OF SPICES AND EBONY.
REI KAWAKUBO IS A KEY FIGURE IN FASHION. SINCE THE CREATION OF COMME DES GARÇONS IN 1973 IN JAPAN, THE BRAND HAS CONTINUED TO GAIN MORE NOTORIETY AND RESPECT FROM CUSTOMERS BUT ALSO THE WORLD OF FASHION AND ART. INDEED, THANKS TO HER STUDIES IN LITTERATURE AND FINE ARTS, REI KAWAKUBO HAS A VERY PARTICULAR APPROACH TO THE WAY SHE DESIGNS HER COLLECTIONS. IN ADDITION TO CREATING NEW PROPORTIONS AND TEST ATYPICAL MATERIALS EACH SEASONS, SHE QUESTIONS THE WESTERN IDEALS SUCH AS THE STANDARDS OF THE BODY, SEXISM, ANDROGYNY AND COLOR CODES. RESTRUCTURING THE BODY IT CHANGES, COMPLICATED GESTURES, MAGNIFYING MATERIALS IN THE CLEVER ASSEMBLIES. HER CLOTHES BUILT AS WORKS OF ART REVEAL THE MODERNITY AND THE POETRY OF THEIR CREATOR. KNOWN FOR ITS CONCEPTUAL AND INTELLECTUAL RIGOR, REI KAWAKUBO HAS SUCCESSFULLY BUILT AN INDEPENDENT EMPIRE WITH A STRONG IDENTITY.
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LOCATED IN MOSCOW’S GOLDEN RING, ZAGORSK HAS BEEN RENAMED BACK TO SERGIEV POSAD AFTER THE FALL OF THE SOVIET RULE. IT’S KNOWN FOR ITS ARCHITECTURALLY FASCINATING ORTHODOX MONASTERY -THE TRINITY LAVRA- ESTABLISHED BY ST SERGIUS OF RADONEZH AND PRESENT ON THE UNESCO LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE AS OF 1993. COMME DES GARÇONS’S PERFUME WITH THE SAME NAME TAKES US INTO SNOWY WOODS, DIVING INTO THE DARK SHADOWS OF A CHURCH WHERE A COLD STONE RUBS WITH INCENSE. AN IDOLIZATION OF THE « TZAR » RUSSIA, THIS PERFUME TETHERS BEAUTY AND MELANCHOLY.
