This is truly amazing! No designer involved but it’s all about design, nevertheless!
Eliphante was created near Sedona, inover 28 years by Michael Kahn and his wife, Leda Livant. The Residence that drew my attention through its originality was built until a progressive brain disease killed Mr. Kahn this December (71years old).
Eliphante, The Handmade Home has [...]
February 5th, 2008 by kpriss — Art & Deco
Why all this fascination around fur coats? Can it be reminiscence from our “savage” years? A way to show our hunting prizes without the mess of the actual hunt?
I always found myself on the other side of the barricade when natural fur involved: never understood why women (especially after a certain age) fall for those [...]
February 5th, 2008 by kpriss — Celebrities, Coats
The world wide renowned French retailer Groupe Galeries Lafayette is one of the most important fighters in the internationalization trend war. Tendency criticized in France as invasive and stealing away French individualism. But France itself pales in comparison to the ambitious Lafayette Groupe.
Whether it’s about les Galeries Lafayette, les Monoprix, the Groupe had a fabulous [...]
February 4th, 2008 by kpriss — Luxury
Fin January, the Marketing department over at Donna Karan New York decided to take the streets by two wheels. The New York City Department of Transportation and DKNY partnered in trying to promote biking as alternative mode of transportation.
Spotted in New York were the chained orange bikes with DKNY.com logos on. The locals reaction was, [...]
February 4th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Issues, Sports
A good deed must never go unmarked! This (and let’s face it, the love of art too) is the reason I’m writing an article about a Sothebys auction.
“Art has many definitions and many definers…who would be reckless enough to try? But the prophetic utterance is a large part of the reason why I am [...]
February 3rd, 2008 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Celebrities
Fashion’s got a conscience lately. The trends are strongly into recycling. Handbags made from used truck and tractor tire inner tubes or plain used car parts.
Maybe that doesn’t sound convincing to you, but when big screen names turn to designing (ugly) vegan shoes, we could anticipate by taking this new green wave! (damn! And think [...]
January 14th, 2008 by kpriss — Accessories, Art & Deco, Bags, Designers, Trends
