Nina Ricci L’Air Du Temps Redesigned By Olivia Putman

These past couple of days I was reading this and that piece of news and briefly concluded that being a creative (in any field: from design to music) is like living in a closed circle. Artists look down at us, mere mortals, and think: ‘oh! poor mere mortals! They’re not like us, creative gods who have the power and the freedom of arts! They’re limited!’ But guess what?! We, who can look upward, backwards and pretty much every way we want, are not the ones who are limited! Au contraire!

We have all the freedom we want! They don’t! The mighty creative souls are eternally damned to swim in the same creative waters. Swirling together with oh-so-many other talentful individuals, also creatively blessed. So a nice, tight little creative society, borderless, nationless and utterly misfit (wink) is created by the said creative individuals. Who can’t and won’t feel free with any others except themselves. Trusting one another with artistic endeavors and creative missions, their art ends up like an over-chewed piece of meat: tasteless, shapeless and… useless (ever wondered why we keep referencing Masters of times past arts more than the contemporary artists?).

But that’s just a theory. Here’s a happy project, which is none of the above. Well.. almost: Nina Ricci’s L’Air du Temps is one of the most famous, most worn and appreciated perfumes worldwide. As such, its essence can’t be profoundly altered, but the packaging can. Not radically, but slightly. Olivia Putman, one of the most creative individuals France prides itself with momentarily put a spin on the old Air du Temps.

Nina Ricci l Air du Temps perfume 2012 makeover

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Halle Berry Returns As Storm In New XMen Days Of Future Past

If you can’t trust Twitpics, then you sure can’t trust magazines pictorials. Twitpics have a rare quality – that of being raw. Of being uncut, unprocessed, unfiltered and thus, real.

As you well know, there’s a prequel, sequel to the XMen movies we all know: XMen Days of Future Past being filmed right now. Scheduled for release in 2014, it brings together all the wonderful heroes we love so much (Wolverine, Mystique, Magneto, Rogue, Shadowcat and the implacable Storm). Talking about Storm: Halle Berry returned as Storm and, although pregnant, Bryan Singer (who directed previous episodes from the XMen saga) tweeted a picture of her looking like she traveled in time for real!

Halle Berry Storm in new XMen

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Young, Black And Misfit: Jaden Smith MSFTSrep Fashion

Talking about the young&the masked: Jaden Smith pushes his MSFTS adventure further with a fashion show. You gotta love driven people: they know they’re on to something from their early tween years and they keep on pushing it. Now lil’ Jaden Smith has his own Republic: the Misfits Republic. No, this is no joke whatsoever, MSFTSrep stands for Misfits Republic.

Talking about Jaden Smith after discussing about Justin Bieber is only natural as the two of them are friends and share the same passion for music&dancing. But also for unflattering, unfitting clothing specific for the tweens and teens (misfit) years. Here’s Jaden with his beautiful sister, Willow, showing their MSFTSrep wardrobe.

Jaden Willow Smith MSFTSrep clothing

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Justin Bieber Hides His Face Under Chanel Mask

I usually report on ink related issues but this time, my Justin Bieber story is a bit different. In a couture way, biensur.

Justin Bieber, my dahlings, released a picture of his Holy Bieberness hiding under a mask. It’s not a mask per se, biensur, but it’s just another one of those high fashion balaclavas worn by this and that celebrity in a brief ‘rebellious’ moment (it’s like being rebellious because you’re skying or something, since this is what originally the balaclava was designed for). Justin Bieber may have the means to put it on, but when it comes to spelling, he clearly spent more time on stage than in school. Hereby, my dahlings, Justin Bieber’s ‘Channel’. That’s what he said!

Justin Bieber hides face Chanel balaclava

Jennifer Lawrence’s New Hair

Isn’t she beautiful? As I’ve made no secret out of my admiration for Jennifer Lawrence, more and more proof justifying why everybody loves Jennifer Lawrence keep surfacing. This is just another one of those countless ‘awwww’ moments in JLaw’s direction.

Attending the 24th edition of the Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 20th, Jennifer Lawrence was beaming, as always, looking pretty and flawless and sporting a new haircut. Or the old haircut with a new styling. Either way, she looked lovely!

As I have not read the books myself and I’m not aware of Katniss’s evolution, I’m sure those of you who are more knowledgeable in Hunger Games than I am, would point me in that direction if Jennifer’s new hair is due to her trilogy character. I may be overreacting, seeing this cut everywhere, but, really, isn’t this just one of those infamous momhair-cuts? …just saying! I’m sure the good fash-people will not agree with me, but I’m a free soul and I like my fashion views just as diverse as sincere and just.

Jennifer Lawrence new hair

New Daft Punk And Pharrell Get Lucky Collaboration

A couple of days ago you said you were missing some quality Daft Punk tracks. And in all justice as the masked Kings of electro pop, the French duo Daft Punk were behind some pretty innovative, catchy electro tunes.

But here’s what I just discovered and couldn’t keep for myself: Daft Punk collaborated with Pharrell on a track called ‘Get Lucky’. The versions I found on YouTube count over 1Million views each (I located at least 3 versions of the Radio Edit) while the full video edit you’ll see after the jump is on the rise, but still relatively low profile. After listening to it, you may feel like replaying it, though.

Daft Punk new release with Pharrell

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Crystal Renn Wrote A Book (Hungry), Posed for Hunger Magazine

I was actually waiting for the Met Gala to see Crystal Renn next. Apparently I was spare of the unbearable suspense and got an early ‘meeting’ with Crystal, a month before the day I was mentally prepared to write about.

Hence here I am, slightly unprepared and surprised by the same old Crystal Renn and her projects. Normally, I would’ve embraced this girl as she’s travelled long and far to make her modeling dream come true. But Crystal has something that puts me off. Seriously. Each and every time. A kind of mad, unclassifiable, unsettling, unending hunger, eating everything and anything in its way. Am I really the only one feeling this way?

Here she is, in yet another crazy, artsy pictorial shot by Rankin in the name of fashion, cuddling and frolicking on the beach with some life size inflatable animals. For Hunger’s issue 4. One of those off-beat, off-mainstream magazines out there.

Crystal Renn beach Hunger Magazine pictorial

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H&M Proudly Shows The Olympian Swedish Design Spirit

I saw this story a couple of days ago and really wanted to write about it. Because, as I see it, H&M is one of the most representative brands for Sweden. Next to Ikea, they really put Sweden out on everyone’s maps. I’m always amazed at the amount of inspiration growing out of Sweden and, generally out of all Scandinavian countries. I don’t know what they’re eating, drinking or breathing there, but it surely makes people more creative!

The latest creative H&M project is sports-concentrated as they were commissioned to make the Swedish Olympic and Paralympic teams’ costumes for the 2014 and 2016 games. The collection is comprised of official garments which the teams will wear during the opening and closing ceremonies and also a complete casual range to wear while training and relaxing in the Olympic Village. I rather like the designs and find them pretty catchy. And very Swedish. I like that. And, as always, I admire the Scandinavian creativity!

H M Swedish Olympic Team Uniforms