WITH A LARGE AND PRACTICAL GUSSET THAT FITS NECESSARY ITEMS, THIS BLACK LEATHER CLUTCH MARKED BY A METALLIC CHAIN ESTABLISHES ITSELF AS A TRUE ALTERNATIVE TO CLASSIC HANDBAGS.
WITH A LARGE AND PRACTICAL GUSSET THAT FITS NECESSARY ITEMS, THIS BLACK LEATHER CLUTCH MARKED BY A METALLIC CHAIN ESTABLISHES ITSELF AS A TRUE ALTERNATIVE TO CLASSIC HANDBAGS.
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.
THE CURATOR OLIVIER SAILLARD ORGANIZES A MUST SEE INSTALLATION BY REI KAWAKUBO IN WHICH SHE DELIVERS HER LATEST COLLECTION UNDER HER BRAND NAME -COMME DES GARÇONS- AT THE CITÉ DE LA MODE ET DU DESIGN. WITH WHITE DRAMA, REI TRANSFORMS THE MONDAIN WORK BEHIND CATWALK SHOWS AND TRANSCENDS THE HAUTE COUTURE RULES. HER MONOCHROME DESIGNS HIGHLIGHT THE MAJOR EVENTS IN LIFE : BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH AND THE HEREAFTER. UNIQUE AND TALENTED, REI KAWAKUBO OFFERS A VISUAL DELIGHT WITH THE QUASI-SPIRITUALITY THAT HER CREATIONS REFLECT.
WHITE DRAMA – Musée Galliera outreach exhibition from April 1″th until October 7th 2012, Les Docks cité de la Mode et du Design 34 quai d’Austerlitz 75013 Paris www.paris-docks-en-seine.fr
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.
ACCORDING TO JOHNNY JAHANSON, THE NEW ACNE PRE-COLLECTION’S INFLUENCE RESIDES IN THE MTV GLORY YEARS. HE DESCRIBES HIS MUSE TO BE A STUDENT WHO HAS REMPLACED HER UNIFORM WITH AN OUTSPOKEN WARDROBE MADE UP OF A MIXTURE OF FLASHY COLORS AND VINTAGE PRINTS.
GIVENCHY + DJULA + BARBARA BUI + COMME DES GARÇONS+ MULBERRY 
THE QUITE HIGHLY ELABORATED MODERN VINTAGE FOOTWEAR COMBINE SOPHISTICATED DELINEATION AND SENSEFUL DETAIL. THIS ITEM DOES NOT BYPASS THE RULE-ITS BRONZE LEATHER STRAPS WITH A SILVER BUCKLE PERFECTLY MATCHES THE OAK WEDGE HEELS. CURVED FOR THE SOLE, THESE SHOES INSURE COMFORT AND STABILITY.
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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WITH SAL Y LIMON THERE IS NO LIMIT TO EXPRESS YOUR INDIVIDUALITY: THE SAL Y LIMON BRACELETS COME IN FOUR DIFFERENT SIZES AND OFFER A SENSATIONAL VARIETY OF ATTRACTIVE COLORS AND DESIGNS. THEY ARE PAINTED AND PLATED WITH REAL GOLD AND REAL SILVER.
« WEAVING SPIDER-WEBS ON DRUGS » IS HELMUT LANG’S NEW INSPIRATION START POINT FOR THE NEXT SEASON. ASYMMETRIC CUTS, KALEIDOSCOPIC PRINTS AND A VARIEGATION OF MINERALS MAKE UP THIS STRUCTURED AND MINIMALISTIC PRE-COLLECTION.
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.
