Marni | Der Stuhl zum Label
Das Label der italienischen Designerin Consuelo Castiglioni scheint sich dieses Jahr auf der Überholspur eingerichtet zu haben und das dieser Tage mit der verstärkten Betonung auf “eingerichtet”. Nach einer erfolgreichen Kollaboration mit H&M kann man sich Marni jetzt auch als Sitzmöbel ins Haus holen. Damit tut man nicht nur seinem ästhetischen, sondern auch dem moralischen [...]
Designer Pugs | Balmain for Unicef
Cute as a button and fully designer dressed pugs are the latest smart collab between Unicef in a campaign called ‘Pug Dogs for Happy Kids’ . Industry pioneers such as Balmain’s Christophe Decarnin, the new design duo behind Valentino and London’s latest graphic genius Mary Katrantzou have all taken part. While we love the idea [...]
A.F. Vandevorst’s Sensual Short | Selfridges Celebrates A Woman’s Spirit
UK luxury department store Selfridges celebrates the opening of their Womens Designer Galleries in London by commissioning fashion film makers to capture the essence of high fashion labels such as A.F. Vandevorst, Dries van Noten, Gareth Pugh and Rick Owens. While these British and Belgian designers have an eclectic and sometimes quite dark aesthetic to [...]
Aurelien Juner’s Cover Art | Under The Magazine Surface
With a brand new Vogue Netherlands in our hands (the very first edition came out this March) and an international creative scene buzzing with talent, there are times when fashion magazine covers simply don’t live up to expectations and become a little, flat. Which is why Barcelona based artist Aurelien Juner likes to put his [...]
NCA | Berliner Kopfsache
Früher, also als alles noch besser war, trug Dame Hut – Heute findet man sie fast nur noch auf den Köpfen von Royals und berühmten Modejournalistinnen. Was für ein Jammer, beweist ein Hut doch nicht nur Mut, sondern kann viel mehr: von der Masse absetzen, den Träger vom Mädchen zur Lady werden lassen und zeigen, [...]
Play & Presents | Glossybox Beauty
Everyone likes to receive boxes of goodies in the mail. Glossybox have taken the idea of every girls wish and turned it into and online subscription of the most glamourous proportions. Teaming up with luxury brands like Yves Saint Laurent or cult label Arbonne, by subscribing to Glossybox service, you get a monthly fix of [...]
Arian Behzadi | Reflective Art
With all the stunning fashion photography we get to see every day in magazines and through blogs, it’s also very refreshing to encounter graphic art that’s experimental and a bit cheeky. All the more fun is the fact that the visuals were made by a Biological Science student, Arian Behzadi who, in his spare time [...]
Curated Craft | Luna & Curious
With so many marvelous offline boutiques taking a beat, here’s one eccentric and fun store in Shoreditch, London. Luna & Curious is a spirited collective that offers carefully selected objects, from exquisite jewelry to funny hats and lovely trinkets for decoration, that embrace crafmanship and a pure sense of beauty. Rheana Lingham, one third of [...]
Beautiful Rebels | Edun’s Fashion In Motion
While print magazines are predicted to be going the way of the Toucan, most of us fashion and art lovers hang on to our favourite issues (say for example Style & the Family Tunes). We may adore the tangible and authentic feel that paper gives us, yet online does have an intruiging story to tell [...]
Reed + Rader | Digital Wonder
Art duo (Pamela)Reed+(Matthew)Rader are quite the essentric couple. The art duo work purely to feed the fashion loving eyeball like the recent mind-boggling video story for Muse magazine or animated editorials. Based in Brooklyn, New York, they believe the digital world to be their home. “We like to push boundaries and therefore leave old and [...]
Desigual inspired by CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
Die beiden Strassenkünstler Guy Lalibertè und Daniel Gatter gründeten 1984 den Cirque du Soleil. Der Name, französisch für Zirkus der Sonne zeigt eine moderne Form aus Artistik, Theaterkunst und Livemusik von Zirkus. Das aus Montreal, Kanada stammende Zirkusunternehmen inspirierte die Kollektion des spanischen Kultlabels Desigual. Die farbenfrohe Kollektion zeigt durch Ihre bedruckten Kleider und Shorts [...]
Merveilleuses de Ladurée | Sugar Kick
While fashion is getting all pretty and proper for Spring 2012, here’s a scoop that will fully sooth your sweet(tooth) craving. Ladurée is one infamous patisserie, originally from the city of Paris, that has even managed to take the world of style by storm. Just think of their collaboration with UK designer Matthew Williamson that [...]
Dior Homme | Memoir
Willy Vanderperre did this wonderful movie for Dior Homme and features the spring/summer collection 2012 of Headdesigner Kris van Assche in a very sensitive and dreamlike manner. Baroque details of a townhouse in the summer heat, the model dressed all in off-white Dior under a blazing sun and a garden full of mysteries give us [...]
Theatre Dejazet | Von Unwerth On Wheels
‘Ohlala’ may be what comes to mind when you stumble upon Ellen Von Unwerth’s Theatre Dejazet. A small universe the German photographer especially created for the Australian brand, Wheels & Dollbaby, set in a Paris that thrived decades ago. Quite well suited since the Aussie label by Melanie Greensmith loves a fair share of vintage [...]
Like Second Skin | Seductive Novelty
A much-coveted book from the last year has been Irreverent by the infamous and former editor in chief of French Vogue, Carine Roitfeld. Sensing Parisian style perfectly, she included a daring and sometimes slightly racy punch to the book’s pages. Now looking for a brand new read has arrived in the form of Second Skin, [...]
adidas SLVR | Flagship Store Opening
Adidas streckt seine modischen Fühler schon lange nicht mehr nur in die bekannten sportlichen Richtungen, sondern hat unlängst in eigenen Linien und Kollaborationen bewiesen, dass ihr Design sowohl funktional-sportlich und zugleich ästhetisch anspruchsvoll sein kann. Bereits seit Jahren gibt es für das Lable Y-3 in der Kollaboration mit Yohji Yamamoto einen Flaggshipstore in der Torstasse. Nun [...]
Chanel Nailpolish
Peter Philips did it again – he created amazing nailpolish colors for spring/summer 2012! After the limited edition with three shades of blue last September which we loved and still do love – he comes up now with pomegranate red, pink and peach for your nails this spring. But the mystery is not only the [...]
VON EUSERSDORFF | Beyond the Family Tree
Having grown up surrounded by beautiful fragrances and rare oils, Camille Henfling was destined to follow his family’s traditions. With a heritage handed over from a skilled family of German emigrants who wasinvolved in the world trade of rare herbs, spices and petalsHenfling - the direct heir to the Von Eusersdorff liniage -was inspired to create a new line of perfumes, in the purest sense. Following a hunch, Henfling left a career as a [...]
Tennis Club Bookstore | Game, set and read…
What with the iPad and online newsstands taking over the way we collect magazines and books the feeling that comes when first cracking the spine of a book, or smelling newly printed magazine pages will soon become a thing of the past. Not if Australian photographer and filmmaker Jack Pam has anything to do with [...]
Alyssa | Force of Nature
Elements of English countryside are forever inspiring the design mind of Alyssa Norton, one of the country’s most influential jewellery designers of this past century. Delving deep into the colours of England, Norton looks at thistles, vines and rolling hills to form a mood board of varying textures and materials. Her twisting rope ideas, leather [...]
House of Hackney | Bringing some hoo haar to the East End
London’s east end is rife with contradictions. Once a place that only the poverty stricken could afford to live, now is a haven for the city’s most influential designers and media posse who live, eat and party in it’s murky streets. Anyone who visits the East End comes out inspired to do something creative, so [...]
Rita In Palma | Fashion with Thought
Designed with oh so delicate detail and a lot of love, Rita In Palma is the label of fashion designers Ann-Kathrin Carstensen and Ana Nuria Schmidt. Working with locally sourced manufacturers, the duo have slowly built their j handcrafted crocheted accessories with fair-trade in mind. Using the skills of Berlin-based Turkish craftswomen, Rita In Palma [...]
Simeli | Granny takes a trip
Since cycling fever has hit city streets all over the world, bikes need a new way of standing out from the rest. Long gone are the ribbons that come out of handlebars, or those rubber things you stick to your wheel spokes, nowadays, bikes need a more functional way of standing out. Simeli is a [...]
Becca | Hit the road with the right stuff
Darling colours, great packaging and attention to detail have made Becca Cosmetics one of the leading makeup ranges available. With founder Rebecca Morrice Williams basing her entire philosophy on creating flawless skin, the basis of every Becca product is about refining your complexion. Their latest collection takes inspiration from a very Australian tradition – the [...]