In honor of the scarf’s 10 birthday Hirst is designing 30 new scarves with “Pulsing with punchy colors and kaleidoscopic patterns.” The scarves collection was released today and is predicted to sell out, unlike Hirst’s last collaboration, the infamous $50 thousand The Row backpack. The scarves retail from $515-$1,175
Sarah-Louise Moss
Friday, November 15, 2013
Damien Hirst X Alexander McQueen
In honor of the scarf’s 10 birthday Hirst is designing 30 new scarves with “Pulsing with punchy colors and kaleidoscopic patterns.” The scarves collection was released today and is predicted to sell out, unlike Hirst’s last collaboration, the infamous $50 thousand The Row backpack. The scarves retail from $515-$1,175
Thursday, November 7, 2013
HOW TO GET FULLER LOOKING BROWS
Cara Delevigne |
Models like Cara Delevingne
have made thick brows one of the hottest beauty trends. Many people think that
in order to have full brows you have to be born with them, but that could not
be further from the truth. In just a few easy steps your able to achieve the
perfect pair!
1. Start with clean, dry brows
2. Place a brush
along the side of your nose to find where your brows should ideally start
3. Angle the brush
from the outside of your nose to the outer corner of your eye to find where
your brows should ideally end
4. Brush brows up
with a spoolie brush
5. Using short dash-like
strokes to mimic your natural hairs, softly fill in any sparse areas with a
pencil
6. Use an angled
brush and a similarly colored pressed powder to define the shape of your brows
even more
7. Brush through
brows again with a spoolie to blend out the color and soften any harsh lines
8. To set the look
and hold the hairs in place, comb through brows with a colored gel
9. Dip a fluffy
brush in translucent powder and trace around the perimeter of the brows
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Cruciani Bracelets
Italian lace-making house
Cruciani is offering an ultra-chic update to a
childhood favorite, friendship bracelets.
Beyoncé's Cruciani Bracelets |
“The label realized a demand for these macramé pieces after there were
lines out the door at its Forte dei Marmi boutique. The shoppers were hunting
for a four-leaf clover bracelet that the brand created for the 150th
anniversary of Italy's unification back in March 2011.” Shortly after, Cruciani
developed a large collection of the bracelets in various colors and styles, and
eventually they popped on the wrists of trendsetters and style icons, including
Rita Ora, Bar Refaeli, Heidi Klum,
Anna Dello Russo.
“The absolute confirmation of the trend happened about one month ago
when Beyoncé Instagrammed a picture
of her wrist full of our bracelets that she bought in the Capri boutique,” said
Cruciani founder, Luca Caprai.
You can find at the label’s newly opened boutique in the Time Warner
Center, at Barneys New York, or online at braccialetticruciani.net.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Meet The Artist Who Is Using Designer Handbags As A Canvas
Goyard St Louis Tote |
Boyarde Messenger |
Boyarde Messenger is a 32-year-old British pop
artist known for "painting on everything but
paper." Messenger started by painting the female body but rose to fame six
months ago when she ventured into painting accessories. This move was prompted
when she collaborated with her friend Charlotte Della, the designer for popular
shoe brand Charlotte Olympia. Della commissioned Messenger to paint 100 shoes
for her label, which were exclusively sold at Neiman Marcus, and earned
Messenger, mentions in American fashion tomes like Vogue and
ELLE.
Hèrmes Birkin Bag |
Messenger channeled her new confidence and set out
to develop methods for painting luxury bags. She explained, “It took me quite a
while to learn,” the process. “Before I started, I experimented on vintage bags
and learned to understand how leathers are all different. They breathe
differently; you really have to understand the canvas you are working on.”
Louis Vuitton Neverfull |
Messengers customizes Goyard, as well as Hermès,
Louis Vuitton, and Balenciaga bags with “feminist-tinged” work for private
clients who pay up to $3,000 to have their already-pricey goods upgraded by
Messengers’s lofty hand. Messenger has developed specific painting processes
for each type of bag material. They all begin by tracing the shape of her
custom illustration onto the bags. But even though Messenger is has a lot of
expirence painting high end goods it does not make the expirence any less
stressful “I’m very confident with what I’m doing, but the process of painting
on such an expensive bag is petrifying” and that the most nerve-wracking of all
her commissions are Hermès leather bags.
Although Messenger has been very successful and is
in high demand she is looking to break out from the custom-commission mold. She
says that one day she ‘would love to do a collaboration with a fashion brand,’
to follow up her inaugural fashion experience with Charlotte Olympia.
Friday, October 4, 2013
The End of an Era
Marc Jacobs taking his final bow |
After
16 years as the designer of the prestigious French label, Louis Vuitton, Marc
Jacobs is leaving Louis Vuitton. Jacobs
is leaving the Paris fashion house to focus on his self-titled label based in
New York.
So
on May 2nd Jacobs debuted his final collection for Louis Vuitton.
Some thought the all-black décor and clothes had mournful implications but it
was surprisingly and up-beat occasion. “Jacobs dedicated the collection
to the many women who've touched or influenced him during his decade and a half
in Paris, including designer muses Coco Chanel, Rei Kawakubo, and Miuccia
Prada. You saw bits and pieces of their work in this collection, in addition to
callbacks to his own greatest hits. To the showgirl in all of us,"
The
Louis Vuitton show is always the highlight of Paris week. All the clothes were
elaborately ornamented with combinations of jet beads, crystals, and glossy
feathers for a showgirl inspired collection. Each model wore an extravagant
headpiece with ostrich feathers designed by Stephen Jones. Even though this was
such an ornate collection there were still elements of street style, which are
always seen in Marc Jacobs New York shows. “Jacobs seemed to be making a point
with those all-Americanisms, and a timely one at that, given his imminent
refocusing on his own New York-born brand. It was perhaps no surprise that the
American press led the standing ovation.”
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