Talking about feathers at this 80th edition of the Annual Academy Award, I thought I should also bring you the “good”, not only the “bad”.
Pretty round mum-to-be Jessica Alba made a very good choice for the big night – a purple strapless dress signed Marchesa for the Fall 2008 Ready to Wear Collection. Pretty purple, [...]
February 25th, 2008 by kpriss — Celebrities, Designers, Dresses, Events
Birkenstock will soon sell some of the most beautiful casual sandals I’ve ever seen.
I bet they’re all comfy and would do wonders with a pair of jeans or shorts and a white tank! When I first saw these sandals I so wanted so I imagine that I’ll be thinking about them for few days!
There [...]
February 23rd, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Shoes
“WHAT IS AMERICA?
It’s Monopoly and Mickey Mouse; it’s Barbed Wire and the Can Opener.
It’s the Declaration of Independence and Bob Dylan and Groucho Marx.
Alfred E. Newman and Muhammad Ali, Dr. Spock and Dr. Strangelove,
the Edsel and our landing on the moon.”
Oh dear, almost make me want to cry. What is America through the eyes [...]
February 21st, 2008 by kpriss — Designers
Everybody’s getting ready for the big Red Carpet Event. Now that the strike’s off, people want to really make this Oscar night a celebration.
Swarovski teamed up with Rodarte, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Libertine, Jovovich-Hawk, Alabama Chanin to make one-of-a-kind dresses embroided with selected diamonds. The results were exhibited from Tuesday at Chateau Marmont (bungalow one) and [...]
February 21st, 2008 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Designers, Diamonds, Events, Jewellery, Luxury
Olivier Theyskens drew this sketch the first days spent at Nina Ricci wanting to create a spiral sensation, like the dress would take off on its own. The dress was presented as part of the Spring-Summer 2007 Collection.
Said to be inspired by the very bottle of “L’Air du Temps”, this dress hits me like an [...]
February 19th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Dresses
If you’d ask me how I put up with all that let it bling over me, I’d say it’s just entertainment. Some people like watching stand up comedy, I like watching the latest most-bling-iest products issued.
Of course I have nothing against stand up comedy, au contraire! But looking at all these new sparkling things [...]
February 18th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Luxury, Stylish Gadgets
Flashnews – The return of Vivienne Westwood to London Fashion Week was most appreciated and thus most talked about.
This season’s Westwood traditional political involvement was all about Guantanamo Bay. Different sources, different points of view and because I wasn’t there to tell you the story as seen with my own eyes, I’m just telling [...]
February 16th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Lingerie
This is an update for the previous posting about Diane Von Furstenberg’s 2008 Ad Campaign. Just to tell you that this beautiful campaign is now online also.
DVFProjects.com is the virtual gallery where you can see all the advertising posters as well as scenes from the studio or a film with the campaign. The site [...]
February 16th, 2008 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Designers
