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.
BORN IN ROME TO AN ITALIAN FAMILY WITH STRONG AFRICAN ROOTS, LUCA GNECCHI RUSCONE SPENT MOST OF HIS CHILDHOOD GROWING UP BETWEEN BOTH WORLDS. HE LATER DECIDED TO BEGIN HIS OWN LINE OF EYEWEAR INSPIRED BY HIS GRANDFATHER’S OLD OPTICAL STORE GLASS MODELS, AFRICAN ADVENTURES AND RIVIERA GLAMOUR.
BEFORE THE 2005 GIVENCHY PROMOTION, RICCARDO TISCI GRADUATED WITH AN ART AND FESIGN MAJOR FROM LONDON’S SAINT MARTIN’S SCHOOL IN 1999. THE SUCCESS OF HIS FIRST MILAN SHOW SHOOTS HIM UP TO THE TOP OF THE PARISIAN FASHION HOUSE, WHICH HE SUCCESSFULLY RE-INVENTED WITH HIS SULFUROUSGOTHICISM. HE CONTINUES HIS ASCENSION WITH HIS LOYAL ENTOURAGE THAT INCLUDES MARIA CARLA BOSCONO, CARINE ROITFELD, LEA T AND MARINA ABRAMOVIC.
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AUTODIDACT + SUCCESS + SHOESPHILIPPE MODEL BEGAN TO DESIGN HATS AS AN AUTODIDACT, LATER HE SUCCEEDED IN WORKING AS MILLINER AT THE FAMOUS MADAME PAULETTE. IN 1981 HE LAUNCHED HIS GRIFFE AND STYLISTS SUCH AS GAULTIER, MUGLER, MIYAKE AND MONTANA WERE VERY ANTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIM. THE SUCCESS OF PHILIPPE MODEL’S SHOES IS INDOUBTEDLY DUE TO THE REFINED AND ELEGANT STYLE, TO THE WASHED LEATHERS AND TO THE GREAT VALUE REPRESENTED BY THE ARTISAN TRADITION THAT CHARACTERIZES THE PRODUCT. ANY IMPERFECTIONS ON THE SHOES ARE PURPOSELY DONE TO CREATE A UNIQUE, VINTAGE LOOK TO EACH PIECES.
ACCORDING TO ANTOINE MAISONDIEU & ANTOINE LIE, THEIR PERFUME EPONYMOUS OF THE JAPONESE BRAND COMME DES GARÇONS EVOKES A « SCOTCH FLOWER ». THE NOTES OF BLOOMED FLOWERS AND ALDEHYDES CONFERS THIS PERFUME A « METALLIC » SCENT. THE FRAGRANCE’S BACKBONE IS COMPOSED OF LILACS, HAWTHORNS AND SAFRALINE, ALLTOGETHER FLIRTING WITH ITS TRAIL THAT REVEALS A HARMONIOUS MIXTURE OF INDUSTRIAL GLUE AND SCOTCH-TAPE WITH STYRAX AND WHITE MUSK.
T BY ALEXANDER WANG : BASICS BASICS BASICS. PERFECT CUTS, QUALITY TISSUE, AND PLAYFUL TRANSPARENCY REFLECT THIS PRE-COLLECTION. THE THOUGHT-THOUGHT PRECISION MAKES US IMPATIENT TO SEE THE SEASON’S FULL COLLECTION.
FLORAL, BAROQUE AND WILDCAT PATTERING : THE RESULT IS STICKING ! THE GERMAN SCARF BRAND PLOMO O PLATA MIXES PRINTS IN WHAT WE CAN CALL BOLDNESS AND AUDACITY.
