The book is a commemorative retrospective of Pierre Cardin through 176 pages and 150 photographies. From his birth in 1922 to his involvement for Dior, to the creation of his own fashion house, this tribute relates Pierre Cardin’s work and life and his contribution to the world of couture and fashion.

The volume is directed by Jean-Pascal Hesse, who holds a degree in history and has been Director of Communications at the Cardin fashion house for close to 15 years.

Image courtesy of Patrick Demarchelier / Vogue Turkey

For this new edition, Jessica Stam, dressed by Giles and shooted by Patrick Demarchelier, graces the cover of the magazine.

The 562-page debut issue contains 252 pages of advertising and confirms the development of fashion and luxury in Turkey and especially in Istanbul. “It is definitely an emerging market”, precised Jonathan Newhouse, CEO of Condé Nast International.

The launch of this new edition was celebrated during the Paris Fashion Week at Hotel de Crillon.

To mark the launch of Fashion Jewellery: Catwalk and Couture, author Maia Adams will be signing copies of her new book at Colette during Paris Fashion Week. To accompany this event, there will be an exhibition of one-off jewellery pieces specially created for Colette by the jewellers featured in the book.

Colette will be the exclusive stockists of Fashion Jewellery: Catwalk and Couture until the book’s international release on March 22nd. This event is therefore an opportunity to see and own it before anyone else!

As the first book to explore this exciting field, Fashion Jewellery: Catwalk and Couture contains in-depth profiles of 33 international jewellers, as well as details of their collaborations with leading fashion designers including Comme des Garçons, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen.

Packed with original interviews, the book also features specially commissioned photos and never-seen-before sketches from the likes of Jordan Askill, Alexis Bittar, Erickson Beamon, Judy Blame, Bless, Lara Bohinc, Natalia Brilli, Delfina Delttrez, Florian, Husam el Odeh and Scott Wilson to name a few…

Colette and Maia have co-invited a selection of the jewellers featured in Fashion Jewellery: Catwalk and Couture to each create a single piece of jewellery to be displayed, and sold, at Colette. If you’ve ever wanted to own a truly unique piece of jewellery, this is your opportunity to get your hands on a one-off work by some of the most creative designers working today.

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To celebrate the new issue of Love magazine, Gap proposes a limited edition of tees with 8 covers.
These feature all naked : Lara Stone, Jeneil Williams, Amber Valletta, Naomi Campbell , Kristen Mcnenemy, Daria Werbowry / Kate Moss - All profits will go to support Haiti. And Kate Moss with all profits going to Great Ormond Street.

Le Printemps department store is proud to announce that, from February 1st to March 13th 2010, all its shop windows on Boulevard Haussmann will be dedicated to Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”.

For this very special occasion, fashion designers Haider Ackermann, Charles Anastase, Manish Arora, Chloé, Ann Demeulemeester, Christopher Kane, Alexander McQueen, Maison Martin Margiela & Bernhard Willhelm all designed their own vision of Alice’s Dress and Nicholas Kirkwood created a special shoe.

until saturday march 13 2010
Printemps Haussmann
Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
France

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The 2010 edition of The Design Hotels™ Book is a comprehensive overview of the most original design hotels worldwide that provides insight into trends and developments in hospitality design. In addition to presenting 170 spectacular hotels from around the world, the book showcases 10 of the people behind them. As authentic, innovative, and visionary as the spaces they have created, these individuals tell compelling behind-the-scenes stories of their work on hotels that are setting new standards in high-end hospitality. With its images of striking architecture and interior design, this 424-page hardcover brings the experience of staying in a Design Hotel property to life.

Editor: Design Hotels™

Release: January 2010
Price: € 44,00 / $ 69,00 / £ 40,00
Format: 23 × 32.5 cm
Features: 424 pages, full color, linen hardcover

13 december 2009 - 11 april 2010

The Groninger Museum presents a major solo exhibition of the work of Bernhard Willhelm and Jutta Kraus (both, 1972) on the occasion of their tenth working anniversary. In the course of these ten years, Willhelm and Kraus have realized more than 30 collections. The exhibition will offer an extensive selection from these, with both men’s and women’s wear.

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In conjunction with NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, a book with more than 500 illustrations will be published to celebrate the past ten years. The book will offer a previously unpublished overview of the work of these remarkable designers, and will contain contributions by author Ingborg Harms and fashion theorist Francesca Granata.

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The muse finds herself transported in ink into three distinct fantasy worlds, which serve as stages of what must surely be a most marvelous adventure.  In one instant she sits amongst an explosion of oversized lilies and musical notes, which swirl around bending bars of sound.  In another she stands holding a deck of cards, seemingly beckoning us past a grouping of feathers and flamingos to take a closer look.
The third is a boudoir abstraction of whirling timepieces, mechanisms, and upholstery finishings.
Strong geometric shapes and backgrounds serve as a counterpoint to elegant drawings and swirling realities, giving the sublimely feminine illustrations a stronger, modern appeal.   Each scarf design comes in 3 colour ways, in which brighter and more neutral tones are carefully considered and utilized expertly to give each composition a unique appeal.

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Despite the fashion world’s stick thin model domination, V Magazine has decided to devote an entire issue to curvier women, reports the U.K.’s Daily Mail.

“The Size Issue” includes a high-fashion photo shoot with women who are proud to flaunt their thicker thighs, fuller tummies, large breasts and even their love handles.

The voluptuous models are clad in very little throughout the spread, wearing items like a pair of Guess jeans without a top, Dolce & Gabbana lingerie, a Gucci swimsuit, or in one shot: nothing but some fire engine red lipstick.

Solve Sundsbo, the Norwegian fashion photographer who shot the spread, told the Daily Mail that he “loved the opportunity to show that you can be beautiful and sexy outside the narrow interpretations that normally define us.”

And while plenty of models will most likely turn up their noses at the issue, 2010 might be the year for the plus-sized model.

In recent months, model Lara Stone has become famous in her own right, despite her size eight figure and trademark gap-toothed smile, while Beth Ditto, lead singer of the Gossip, has found runway success with her plus-sized collection for Evans in the U.K.

V Magazine’s “Size Issue” hits newsstands on January 14.

source: nydailynews.com