DIOR FOR DEVOTED CLIENTS

DIOR1BThe Designer Kris Van Assche gets points for coming up with a rather original interpretation of the used and abused style. The introduction of Breton-esque bumble bee striped tank tops first worn like vest with the suits and then later, on their own, and paired with comfy denim jeans.

Showing suits, jeans, and blazers covered in hand written musing of Mr. Christian Dior. It was featured on short sleeve shirts, denim jackets, and most captivating on cropped sweatshirts worn over shirts that peeked out from above and below. Van Assche once again produced a surprisingly novel offering for the devoted Dior customer, very devoted indeed.

WOOYOUNGMI PARIS 2015

Wooyoungmi, Menswear Spring Summer 2015 Fashion Show in ParisBorn in Seoul, South Korea, in 1959 and growing up in a post-war country brimming with political unrest, Woo Youngmi was fortunate to find creativity close to home. Her father, the head of an architectural firm, and her mother, who taught both art and piano, did their utmost to use what they had to provide a creative environment for their five children.

In 1978 Woo Youngmi enters Sung-kyun-kwan University in Seoul to begin her fashion studies. On graduating in 1983 she wins the Osaka International Fashion award.

By 1988 Woo Youngmi has launched the menswear brand SOLID HOMME, starting out with a small boutique in Seoul. She becomes the first menswear ready-to-wear female designer in Korea.

In 1989 her younger sister Woo Janghee, having completed her studies in applied fine arts, joins Woo Youngmi at the design helm. Side-by-side they build one of the leading brands in Korea.

In 1993 Woo Youngmi and some young designer friends begin ‘New Wave’, as a platform for young designers to Continue reading

JUUN J MENSWEAR SPRING 2015

This is one of those designers who always have a vision ahead of the others. Pure white is the absolute chic. He has understood that gender is not a subject in itself, what matters is the beauty of the artistic print that gives our secular eyes, we never see the obvious. Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant …

KIRKWOOD AND LVMH

SHOESSince last year LVMH has become one of the main shareholders of the virtuoso shoemaker who has presented several innovative models to his male clientele, for whom he has been designing since 2013. It is only the third menswear collection for Maria Luisa’s darling, following a mini-capsule presented in January 2013. 

“My male client is the best friend or the boyfriend of my female client!” joked Kirkwood on Monday, June 16 during his London men presentation. “I wanted to reinterpret the classic derby Continue reading

PHILIPP PLEIN NOT EMPTY

PLEINStarting with a personal vision more than ten years ago, by now the company PHILIPP PLEIN can look back on a successful history. Based in Switzerland, he has been creating an exclusive, surprising and uncompromising brand.

Today it is a global luxury lifestyle brand, rich in variety with more than ten different categories: fashion for men, women and kids, luggage, jewellery and lunettes. The home collection includes home furniture, home accessories, garden furniture, dog accessories, lightning and kitchen.

The noble aura of the brand opened the doors to the best stores worldwide, in over 60 different countries the company distributes products, including PHILIPP PLEIN monobrand stores in: Monte Carlo, Saint Tropez, Cannes, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Kitzbühel, Continue reading

BJÖRK BODY OF PROOF

bjork-momaLast week, it seems when, MoMA announced it would acquire Björk’s Biophilia app — made in collaboration with the graphic-design duo M/M (Paris) — for its permanent collection, the first such induction of an app for the art museum, they were only getting started.

Today MoMA made the bombshell announcement that a retrospective of the Icelandic shrieker-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s career would go on view from March 7 to June 7, 2015.

” Björk is an extraordinarily innovative artist whose contributions to contemporary music, video, film, fashion, and art have had a major impact on her generation worldwide.” This highly experimental exhibition offers visitors a direct experience of her hugely collaborative body of work.

LAFAYETTE MADE IN MILANO

lafayetteThe international Galeries Lafayette development have announced that they have reached an agreement with Westfield and Gruppo Stilo – two leading international mall specialists – to open their first and wholly-owned store in Milan within Westfield Milan, the expected largest mall in Italy.

The future Galeries Lafayette « flagship » store (18,000 m2, four floors) will be one of the main attractions of Westfield Milan, expected to open in 2017/2018.

Located 20 minutes away from the centre of Milan and 10 minutes away from the airport, this prestigious Continue reading