Karl Lagerfeld designed The Dying Swan’s most impressive costume from different feathers (3 women and over 100 hours of work into that unique Chanel tutu) The dress hits the stage at Sadler’s Wells, London June 16th and the Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona September (besides Elena Glurdjidze exclusive performance for Lagerfeld in Chanel’s Haute Couture [...]
May 27th, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Designers, Dresses, Events, Quick Links
Herman Miller’s Alexander Girard will be soon available on sale chez Urban Outfitters. Alexander Girard’s iconic style can add a touch of high class design to any interior, thus making the bedding collections, cushions with various original Girard prints, shower curtains, drapes very coveted by the amateur interior designer out there. It’s pop, it’s classy [...]
May 27th, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco
Just the other day we talked about her famous Paris Vogue mom, today it’s Julia Roitfeld’s turn to turn our heads with some style advice. Brought by ways of photography, Julia Restoin Roitfeld’s New York home is really not a style/fashion dictionary. It’s a spoiled kid’s nest. A spoiled kid who has the looks and [...]
May 14th, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Bags, Celebrities, Cosmetics, Magazines, Motherhood, Shoes
My visions on architecture and fashion go as far as the new Prada Transformer. Being a highly praised mix of fashion, architecture and art, the new Prada Transformer actually makes me think about Chanel and Zaha Hadid’s Bag-Art Pavilion with undissimulated nostalgia and appreciation. The Prada Transformer was conceived by Rem Koolhaas as a four-in-one [...]
May 3rd, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Designers, Events, Featured
Barnaby Barford’s aesthetics could look traditional but will change the way you think about ceramic figurines forever. I always had the feeling that ceramic figurines had something innocent and pure in their static form. Always perfectly shaped, irreproachably curved, the china display is so démodé but so untouchable. British artist Barnaby Barford added a modern [...]
April 28th, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco
If Lagerfeld’s Chanel golden/silver anniversary edition coin looked inappropriately loud, you’ll love the discrete way Bvlgari fetes its 125th anniversary! Bvlgari teamed with the Poste Italiane and brought us the Made in Italy Bvlgari stamp. Worth $0,77 (0,60 euros), this special edition Bvlgari stamp shows the image of a dazzling necklace from 1965 made from [...]
April 28th, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Jewellery
Visionaire’s issues bring art closer with every cover. For their 56 issue, a special collaboration with Calvin Klein Collection gives a solar factor to their art experience. A limited edition of 3,000 copies has brought together artists like John Baldessari, Olaf Breuning, Richard Burbridge, Ryan McGinley, Roe Ethridge, Peter Lindbergh, Glen Luchford, Alex Katz, M/M, [...]
April 27th, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Featured, Magazines
Normally, it’s LVMH the one who’s suing around, but something has changed. Louis Vuitton was sued by Clint Arthur, an art collector who bought limited-edition prints for $12,000 (in 2007) but later found out that the print fabric was also used for the Louis Vuitton Murakami bags (selling around $1,000). While Louis Vuitton’s defense is [...]
April 27th, 2009 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Bags, Issues, Luxury
