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

Let’s try the new macaron from Yazbukey “BLACK CHERRY” for Valentine’s day.

Only at la Durée . Enjoy

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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

“Wonderland” is the perfect fantasy for the SS 10 season.   Inspiration flows from the pages of Lewis Carol’s Alice in Wonderland, from the exquisite illustrations of John Tenniel depicting the fantastical world beyond the rabbit hole, and is recast in a modern light as a collection of digitally printed silk scarves.  Each design has been meticulously rendered by hand, and serves as an extension of Coco’s work as a highly coveted fashion illustrator.

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

Animals can entertain, protect or comfort you; they can also hold a mirror up to your face. Sufficient reason for seeking their company. Represented on jewellery, they are always close at hand.

Since antiquity men has used animals in jewels as metaphor or decoration. Contemporary jewellers still make animal-jewellery, but their intentions have become much more diverse. The technical solutions are no longer limited to working in metal: nowadays animals are drawn, crocheted, sculpted or blown in glass. Some artists carefree use printed images or apply plastic animals made for toys or model making. Even actual animalparts can be detected in some pieces.

Galerie Rob Koudijs from Amsterdam made a selection from the surprisingly diverse, international supply of animal-jewellery. Though expression and content are dominant in autonomous jewellery, nearly all the pieces in the exhibition are a joy to wear. The very few pieces which are only meant as objects, still employ a jewellery-vernacular. The cooperation between CODA and the gallery gives the opportunity, unusual in a museum, to buy the works which are on display.

Ward Schrijver

Participating artists:
Alexander Blank, David Bielander, Helen Britton, Sebastian Buescher, Gemma Draper, Jantje Fleischhut, Xavier Ines Monclús, Felieke van der Leest, Sari Liimatta, Felix Lindner, Hiroki Masuzaki, Ted Noten, Karen Pontoppidan, Katja Prins, Roos van Soest, Nelli Tanner, Francis Willemstijn.

Fashion Jewellery: Catwalk and Couture by Maia Adams

Fashion jewellery is created with the catwalk and couture in mind, characterized by its creativity and originality. It is arguably the most exciting field in fashion today. Arranged by designer, this is the first book to showcase contemporary catwalk and couture jewellery, profiling 33 international fashion jewellers who combine traditional techniques and ultra-modern methods to create this new style of jewellery. Among the stunning images of work shown are collaborations with leading fashion designers and brands such as Lanvin, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Comme des Garçons, as well as collections for directional fashion stores such as Colette and 10 Corso Como.
Fashion Jewellery will provide inspiration for designers, jewellers and students of fashion, offering a unique insight into the working methods and inspirations of a new generation of jewellers. Showcasing skilled craftsmanship, unusual materials and an often limited-edition approach Fashion Jewellery harnesses the spirit of couture for the 21st century.

Since graduating from Central Saint Martins, freelance writer and editor Maia Adams has contributed fashion and lifestyle articles to publications including British Vogue, Elle, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Wallpaper*. Based in London, Maia is also a visiting lecturer on the fashion degree courses at Barcelona’s Design Institute and the University of the Creative Arts in the UK.

Charlotte Gainsbourg knows how to surround herself with the best for her musical adventures; after Air, it’s the musical super genius Beck who has composed, produced and co-authored the songs on this brand new album. IRM is a beautiful album of pop where you’ll catch a hint of the Beatles. colette offers the basic version of the CD and, for the true fans, this super limited collector’s set containing 1 CD, 1 DVD, the album in a range including 3 25cm vinyls, a 25cm vinyl containing 4 unreleased remixes and 4 large photographs of Charlotte Gainsbourg by Nick Knight.

But it’s still a Charlotte Gainsbourg LP– a fact that becomes clear after listening to the title track, now available as a free download on her website.

“I had to do so many [MRIs] and every time I was in that tube I was thinking it would make great music,” she says, referencing the song’s stuttering, machine-like rhythm. The lyrics chronicle her trips to the brain-buster with acute detail: “Following the x-ray eye from the cortex to medulla,” she sings in a Beck-y, spoken-word cadence. Fact: MRIs have never been as cool as they are right now.

PAPER PLANES INVITES YOU TO THE ISSUE #02 FALL/WINTER 2009 PRESENTATION.
MUSIC, FRIENDS AND TANQUERAY GIN TONICS.
NEXT THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER AT HAMPTONS SHOP.

Photo: Vincent et Tania for Yazbukey

This is the story. When we fall back into childhood everything comes out, remembrance materializes and takes the rooted shape of symbols equally superficial and important for the future. Yazbukey’s enchanted roundabout has taken in its memory the souvenir of a Paris when her father ambassador took along mother and daughters in the capital of pleasure and luxury. It’s  a stopover to Paris, in a fantasy city with the sweetened colors of An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli. A 3D postcard of the life of a little girl with great big souvenirs! And everything is mixed ! Here’s the list: Daddy’s diplomatic pouch, chocolate chunks crunched during a picnic in Vincennes, soap bubbles in the golden bath of a four star hotel, Vogue magazine laid on the pale pink tweed divan, stamps-Ah! Not to forget, letters to send to granny. The wonderful moments when the parents were receiving guests at the Turkish Embassy, the champagne flutes, the cigars brought back from a trip in Cuba, a fashion face, Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel’s 80’s period etc. Clichéd images of a reception of “Monsieur l’Ambassadeur ». An advertisement that entertained the little girls: Ferrero Rocher. In that golden descent towards childhood, real-life truth can merge into a distorted time-line to embellish the elusiveness of a given moment. Never mind. Just like the Plexiglas jewelry which diffuses the fragrances of a past happiness. But the souvenir box is reopened. Yazbukey’s creations haven’t forgotten anything of that life. Stardust memories.

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