Category Archives: BREAKING MODE
NARCISO RODRIGUEZ NY 2017
One of the foremost American designers during the last two decades, Narciso Rodriguez plays a singular role in global fashion. As Anna Wintour, editor in chief of American Vogue has said, “No one but Narciso has ever made a simple line look more stunning.”
In 1996, Rodriguez received international acclaim when he designed the bias-cut sheath wedding dress that his close friend Carolyn Bessette wore when she married John Kennedy, Jr.
On November 4, 2008, Narciso Rodriguez became part of a monumental event in American history. To celebrate her husband Barack Obama’s triumphant victory as the first African American president of The United States, Michelle Obama chose to wear a dress from the designer’s Spring 2009 Collection. Continue reading
OSCAR DE LA RENTA NEW YORK 2017
TOME AND FAIRY
“We always talk about our woman feeling empowered and strong, and as a young brand you get pushed around a lot through a system that’s very specific about what it wants you to do and how it wants you to do it,”
Based in New York, TOME sees Martin & Lobo’s collective experience expressed in a range that is practical and straightforward clear cut, essential dressing.
Purity is the cornerstone of this ‘every woman’ brand. Form follows function and every piece in the collection is infinitely wearable.
Gispy and burberryan, for exclusive women who want to be chic. Continue reading
CHRISTIAN SIRIANO SPRING SUMMER N.Y 2017
MICHAEL COSTELLO NEW YORK 2017
TOM FORD WINTER 2016 NEW YORK
Unveiled during an intimate dinner in the iconic and newly acquired Seagram Building, in front of an array of dazzling guest such as Julianne Moore, Uma Thurman, Alicia Keys, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Tom Ford’s Fall/Winter 2016 menswear & ready-to-wear collections followed the See Now Buy Now movement by becoming available for Continue reading
INTERPARFUMS PAS DE CARTIER
Interparfums reported on Wednesday that its net income is down 7% in the first six months of the fiscal year, at €13 million, due to a €1.8 million tax provision following a tax audit on the 2012/-2015 fiscal years.
The company, specialised in the design and distribution of licensed fragrances, did not provide any explanation about this tax adjustment in its press release. EBIT has actually improved by 1%, up to €21.6 million in the first six months, while operating margin reached 13.3%, compared to 14.6% a year earlier.
In the first six months of 2015, this margin had reached “a remarkably high level, owing to the dollar’s robust appreciation and limited launch costs, in the absence of major marketing initiatives,” stated the group in the press release. Continue reading
LEA SEYDOUX AND VUITTON
Léa Seydoux is the official face of Louis Vuitton’s new perfume collection. I feel extremely proud at the thought of representing such a strong symbol of French elegance, an iconic brand whose initials are known all over the world. I deeply admire Nicolas’ work, especially his newness. His incessant search for novelty is also highly impressive“. Léa Seydoux
The campaign — shot in the natural surrounds of South Africa by Patrick Demarchelier — will be launched globally in September 15.
“Louis Vuitton is a house I feel good with, it being French, and me being French … It’s not just fashion,” said Sedoux, in a statement.
“Les Parfums”, the new collection is the first foray into fragrance for the French Maison in nearly a century. It boasts seven women’s scents created by in-house master perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud. Continue reading
LAGERSHOES
Overland’s licensed footwear businesses include such brands as Paul Smith, G-Star Raw, Frye, Merrell, Wolverine, CAT, Vilebrequin and Bass & Co.
To be manufactured mainly in Italy using premium leathers and other materials, the shoes will feature design details from Karl Lagerfeld’s ready-to-wear and accessories collections.
No word yet if Choupette, Lagerfeld’s pampered pet cat, might figure in the range.
Karl Lagerfeld Group BV markets collections including ready-to-wear for women, men and children, accessories, bags, watches and eyewear, in addition to the casual men’s wear line Lagerfeld and premium fragrances. Continue reading
KENZO THE VISION
KENZO entrusted the composition of its new fragrance to the exceptional perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. This avant-garde creator does not hesitate to mix… Genres, styles and materials. He takes perfume off the beaten path, shakes the classical dust off of flowers, and dares to go to extremes… This fragrance is an unprecedented blend of peony, jasmine and the sparkling crystals of ambroxan®. An unexpected, astonishing and addictive floral bouquet.
The flask like the eye-catching bottle is crafted in black rubber, pink gold-tone metal and opaline. The gommato cap is inspired by the iconic KENZO Kalifornia bags and the precious accent in pink gold-tone metal evokes the “THE EYE” jewellery collection, while the sandblasted glass texture enhances the beauty of this radical approach by creating an unexpected visual contrast. Continue reading
A. McQUEEN AND ISABELLA BLOW
Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow’s friendship is being made into a film. A new film is coming out recalling the story of Alexander McQueen and his fashion muse, Isabella Blow.
Darkly titled “The Ripper”, the film will be a drama produced by Maven Pictures and explore the pair’s relationship. It was the Central Saint Martins MA Grad show where Blow was first introduced to McQueen’s designs. As history tells it, she was so blown away by his Jack the Ripper collection that she bought the whole collection for £5,000.
Produced by Maven Pictures, the fashion drama titled The Ripper will showcase the British pair’s often tumultuous relationship. Continue reading
MAGIELAGALLIANO’S
If you want to understand what “fashion revolution” means, take a look at John Galliano’s latest prestation for the Fall/Winter 2016 season of Margiela Artisanal. Today, he proves that it’s not only about the rioting attitude of the “Now Generation,” in fact, he is teaching us that you have to expand the learning rather than replace it. He therefore plays with his own signature style references opulence and eclecticism and mingles it with Martin Margiela’s heritage deconstructivism and subversiveness.
SUPREME IN PARIS
Supreme has opened a shop in Paris. This time it’s official, the New-York based brand inaugurated its store at 20 rue Barbette in the Marais district. Located close to the ‘Rue Vieille du Temple’, the exterior is very basic: a black front, with two windows and no signs or labels.
In April 1994, Supreme opened its doors on Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan and became the home of New York City skate culture. At its core was the gang of rebellious young New York skaters and artists who became the store’s staff, crew and customers.
Supreme grew to be the embodiment of the downtown culture, playing an integral part in its constant regeneration. Skaters, punks, hip-hop heads – the young counter culture at large – all gravitated towards Supreme. Continue reading
INDIA FASHION WEEK SOON
India Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 and Autumn-Winter 2017, in association with Maybelline New York will be held in October 2016 and March 2017, respectively, by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). The most expected designers will present at the fashion week.
The Spring-Summer 2017 edition will be held from October 12-16, 2016 in New Delhi and will celebrate ‘India Modern’, without losing focus of tradition and paying homage to handlooms and textiles. According to FDCI, the Autumn Winter 2017 edition will be held from March 15-19, 2017 in New Delhi will show the transition between modernity and tradition. Continue reading
SONIA COUTURE
She died the same day as Friedrich Nietzsche, the 25 August, a coincidence? Certainly not for the intellectuals of Fashion. The French designer who revolutionized the face of fashion with her never-seen-before knitwear designs. whether cropped or long, tight or fluid, colorful or striped, the audacious pieces quickly became the house’s staple, seducing people like Audrey Hepburn, Sylvie Vartan and Françoise Hardy.
Sonia Rykiel was a muse chic but not bourgeois, a Parisien by essence, smoking a cigarette on the terrace of a chic Parisian café in Saint-Germain-des-Près. Sonia Rykiel incarnated liberation and individualism in female fashion, inspired by punk spirit of May 68. Continue reading
ETHIOPIAN HAUTE COUTURE
In the Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia, the Surma and Mursi people don’t have glue guns, sewing machines, sequins or Sharpies to accessorise with. Inspired by the tools and textiles provided by nature alone, these ancient African tribes manage to create their own unique fashion that could easily rival and certainly influence the avant garde looks of Haute Couture Fashion Weeks around the world.
This most unique and remote tribal people in the world were captured by German-born artist Hans Silvester. Born in 1938, with an impressive career behind him, Hans has documented everything from the ravages of deforestation in the Amazon to the lives of women in the Great Indian Desert.
For his most recent work featuring the Surma and Mursi people, the photographer immersed himself into daily tribal life to chronicle and “save…as much as possible of this truly living art.”
I AM NAOMI CAMPBELL
Supermodel Naomi Campbell partnered with Italian undergarments company Yamamay to create a lingerie line called “I Am Naomi Campbell.” Shot by famed photographer Mario Testino, the 45-year-old beauty shows off the bras, underwear, robes and bodysuits on the best canvas possible. Continue reading
KHANH EMMANUELLE
EMMANUELLE KHANH celebrates her return in the Ready-to-wear for women and signs an audacious collection of glasses.
This year, the maison EMMANUELLE KHANH opens a new chapter with the relaunching of the stitch to celebrate its return in the ready-to-wear for women.
Faithful to her influences and thanks to this wave or renewal, EMMANUELLE KHANH also reinvents her timeless collection of glasses. For this season, the house has captured the very essence of an historic spirit and mixed it with fresh visions and modern techniques. It is exclusively at the SILMO 2016 in Paris that the maison will reveal its new models.
EMMANUELLE KHANH is the partner of the festival “Les Rencontres de la Photographie” which is presenting many talents from all around the world. The eye of the photographer Louis Philippe de Gagoue is catching the Continue reading
LACROIX A FURNITURE
For his first collaboration with Roche Bobois, the creative director of Christian Lacroix Maison, Sacha Walckhoff, has designed a series of furniture items.
The collection focuses on high-quality materials such as lacquered wood and shimmering brass. It features several pieces for the living room, including a beechwood chair with legs half-finished in brass, matched with black and white striped upholstery. It’s also available in black and fuchsia, red and black or blue and black. Continue reading
CLASSIC HIPPY CHIC VAN
Are you looking for a way to get back to the good old days in one way or another? This classic hippy van is a way to do it without compromising your values over the things that are important to you. Most people understand that gas guzzlers are a thing of the past, but not everyone is ready to flow into the confined market of electric cars because there is not enough personalization to enjoy it. Now, Volkswagen is introducing a brand new model of its beloved hippy van and enjoy all of the benefits that come from enjoying a modern vehicle.
The exciting part of this van is that it maintains the authenticity of the hippy van that we all love and cherish while making sure that it has all of our modern needs in terms of fuel/power as well as things like AC and a powerful engine that will take you all over the world with no carbon footprint to speak of. Continue reading
FASHION UNIFORMS
“Back in the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s all stewardess uniforms looked alike,” The only colors used were navy blue, dark green and brown for winter uniforms and light blue, light green and beige for summer uniforms, said Muskiet… Continue reading