« 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.
« 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.
Spring Summer 2012 AD Campaign Featuring Gisèle Bundchen
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.
A COUPLE ON STAGE AND IN EVERYDAY LIFE, NICOLE AND MICHAEL COLOVOS CONSTITUTE THE CREATIVE DUO IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE OF HELMUT LANG. AFTER 5 YEARS, THEIR FIRST CATWALK PRESENTATION REMAINS LOYAL TO THE CORE VALUES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE BRAND. SIMPLICITY AND PRECISION MOLD THE UNIQUE COLLECTIONS THAT FOLLOW WITH CONSTANT PRESENCE OF LEATHER, ASYMETRIC CUTS AND PRINTS.
Helmut Lang Spring/Summer 2012 Collection and Ad
BOHEMIAN + MANHATTAN + WORLDELLIOT MANN RESIDES IN THE EAST VILLAGE OF MANHATTAN. THIS NEW YORK NEIGHBORHOOD IS A HEAVY INFLUENCE ON THE BRAND’S SIGNATURE DESIGN, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR IT’S CLEAN CUTS AND USE OF BEAUTIFUL RECLAIMED VINTAGE FABRICS GATHERED FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ELLIOT’S MANN’S ACCESSORIES ARE PERFECTLY IN TUNE WITH THE BRAND’S DOWNTOWN BOHEMIAN STYLE.
PALMATA CARLUDOVICA ARE FIBRES MADE FROM ECUADORIAN TOQUILLA PALM TREES SINCE THE 17TH CENTURY. PANAMA HATS ARE CONVENIENTLY FLEXIBLE AND CAN BE FOLDED OR ROLLED UP.
