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Perfum Mignight Oud JULIETTE HAS A GUN, Candle Champaca VOTIVO and Scarf DIESEL BLACK GOLD
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.

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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.