Saturday, January 26, 2008

Linda Farrow

Linda Farrow Vintage is a sunglass brand known for its unprecedented range of vintage sunglasses and exciting designer collaborations that include brands such as Dries Van Noten, Raf Simons, Luella, Sophia Kokosalaki and Veronique Branquinho. The brand was re-launched in 2003 by Simon Jablon, the son of the 70’s designer Linda, after discovering a generous stash of 70s and 80s sunglasses in the family’s warehouse.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

K By Karl Lagerfeld

K Karl Lagerfeld launches for fall 2007. Enlisting the expertise of Notify designer Maurice Ohayon and Stephen Gan, Chanel creative director Lagerfeld has created a sleek new urban wardrobe of super-cool jeans, sharp jackets and classic tees. Reminiscent of his iconic personal style, silhouettes are skinny, and black and white features heavily. The sharp graphic K logo adorns buttons, zips and rivets.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Tom Ford Sunglasses

Tom Ford has designed a simply chic line of men's and women's sunglasses that combine Italian design with a classic American style. Innovative and striking shapes, coupled with finely crafted classic styles have made Tom Ford's new line of sunglasses one of the hottest on the market.

Moncler

Today at 50, the extraordinary Moncler has never been so young. It is more than a down jacket; it is the protection against the freezing cold, the par excellence of insulation.

Founded in 1952, appreciated for the professional quality of its products, the company came into the limelight during the 1968 Grenoble Olympics, sponsoring the official uniform of the French team. The brand has also produced collaborations with Balenciaga, Junya Wantanabe, Yohji Yamamoto and Fendi.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Neil Barrett

Barrett is a leader of the deconstruction movement in menswear - surely the most influential trend of the decade - because his garments fuse classical tailoring with directional technology.
The number-one Neil Barrett style is treating fabrics as if they've been lived in; "Instinct told me to do this. Men don't want to look as if they've just walked off a runway." says Barrett.

Michel Perry

Michel Perry is a self taught Paris designer influenced by English "pop-rock" culture and humor, the decadent beauty of Venice and the libertine spirit of 18th century franc. He takes all those sources of inspirations and updates them to be the urban, built-up 21st century with a sense of humor, irony and theater.

"Mixing older elements and styles but also transporting them into the future, by using the spirit and technology of today," is how Perry explains his outlook.

Pauric Sweeney Handbags

Hailed as the 'new London look' Pauric was invited to present his first catwalk show at the Louvre during Paris fashion week in September 2000. Finding his work at the forefront of a new directional design he has since continued to create groundbreaking collection; distinctly original, forward moving but classic.
The designer has concentrated solely on the design and production of hand finished ladies and men's bags.

Jovovich-Hawk

Milla Jovovich and Carmen Hawk design clothes that encompass the belief of ‘feel good, look great, feel bad, and look great’. Jovovich Hawk makes clothes that are relevant to the lives of independent, hard working, creative funny, elegant and romantic women.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Les Hommes

The idea behind their Autumn/Winter collection is a unification of opposites and contradiction, which really starts to work once brought together. The silhouettes and architectural trashed up by opposites and forms; razor-sharp yet elegant and poetic. It’s about adding the reinvention of the classical clothing while respecting old tailoring principles.

Biba

Much more than just homage, the new Biba embraces a deeply modern aesthetic with the boldness of spirit and innovative design that characterized the label in its heyday.

With the Autumn/Winter collection, we see vibrant prints mixed against earthy tones of mauve and aubergine, pale rose and grey. Crisp aspects of tailoring against embellished transparencies create demure, desirable styles, severe but daring.

Cacharel

Cacharel’s winter collection style is all about being an eastern European outdoors chic. The fabric itself is the decorative element: techno weaves, translucence and nylon cellophane. The shapes are simple, but embellished by strange tucks and pleats; with murky color such as zinc, steal, bronze and shadowy blues. Patent accessories in chick hiking boot, travelling totes and rucksacks

Corto Moltedo's Handbags

Corto Moltedo’s FW07/08 collection enchants by making our soul fly back to a nostalgic time. Reminiscent of growing up listening to Guns n’ Roses, with a baroque look and feel to it.
The Corto N’ Roses print is in black veal, petrol velvet or gold velvet embossed with roses skulls and thorns with rose-shaped studs and Priscilla in black veal. In addition to other beautiful designs made in Napa leather.

Day Birger et Mikkelsen

DAY BIRGER et MIKKELSEN was to be a clothing brand with the main challenge to create design with personality that put a bit of party in every DAY dressing, for work or play.
The inspiration behind the lifestyle collections is a mixture of the ethnic cultures, modern classics and vintage clothes picked up at flea markets in Paris, London and New York. DAY is a sophisticated everyday styling, which demands the tension between prêt a porter and seasonal flavors which appeals to women.

Cris Barros

Barely four years in the market, Cris Barros has already become a reference for elegant women who want to dress in a distinguished, creative style. Its creations sport an apparent simplicity, but reveal a wealth of details and forms that are carefully built in special fabrics and surprising finishing.
Cris creates clothes that express her feelings and draws inspiration from experiences felt as she works on the collection. The designer also resorts to old memories and trips, people she met, and her passion for fashion and art. Her collections include several options which can be coordinated, encouraging women to compose customized, creative looks.

Blayde

The marvels of high-tech blend with the quality of hand-made in the BLAYDE clothing, especially knitwear and jersey line. Garments that are absolute feminine with rounded shapes feature mainly silks, cottons and linens in white, grey and black.

Trosman

Based on the lands of Buenos Aires, a location as exotic and non-conventional as her breakthrough designs.
Designer Jessica Trosman develops her line mixing deep avant-garde and almost rebellious pieces with a sort of antique chicness, she designs with a “plastic surgeon’s” approach combining a wide variety of materials and processes, where elements such as feathers, plants, beads and photographs are married with paint, canvas and vintage jewellery.