Silk and leather bag, metal clasp, metal and silk strap. Collection entitled "Underman" and built around an imaginary theme, The year is 20XX, the world in which the souls of the people have been incapacitated by the forces of evil, is empty. UNDERMAN is born to restore these lost souls. The battle against sorrow wages on. Spring / Summer collection 2011. www.colette.fr
At the Rainbow House - Director's Cut
Starring Devendra Banhart and Rebecca Schwartz, the premise of the Oliver Peoples 2011 campaign is an exploration of authentic intimacy and sexuality. The love affair is explored in the one-of-a-kind masterpiece by architect John Lautner: Rainbow House. Produced with acclaimed photographer and aspiring director Lisa Eisner.
YVES SAINT LAURENT F/W 2011
Paris, Image by Olivier Zahm
Bayne of Your Existence
Pure Gold: Bevel A/W 2011
Alchemy: Melbourne Metal Collective
SHIN MURAYAMA / I Don't Like Mondays
Shin Murayama 'Shoe Face'
Online concept boutique I Don't Like Mondays' Gallery is "an evolving project focused on offering true rarities of fashion." In collaboration with artists and designers, IDLM's gallery offers "one-of-a-kind and limited edition garment art" that is exclusively available. "IDLM always aims for designers who push the boundaries of fashion, these artists go one step further and blur the lines between art and apparel." This time around IDLM has joined forces with Japanese born artist and designer Shin Murayama.
Shin Murayama 'Mandrill Nose'
Shin Murayama 'Sock Eater'
Fur: Hermés Fall 2011
Christophe Lemaire presented his first collection for Hermés 2011 ready-to-wear fall collection at Paris fashion week.
Hunted
Tucked away in a literal sliver of a store front on Divisadero Street, in San Francisco, is a mysteriously intriguing new accessories shop called Hunted. Apparently they'd been open for only a few days when I paid a visit. I walked inside where a single shelf on the right side of the boutique was draped with hypnotizing antique jewelry, pocket books, hand bags, and other collected ephemera. Hunted is a brilliantly simple one stop outpost of elegant jewelry absolutely well worth a visit. 843 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 www.huntedsf.com
Let Us Now Praise Androgyny: Clara Bow in The Wild Party
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In a publicity shot for sex symbol Clara Bow's first talkie, 'The Wild Party' (1927), she dresses in an unusually masculine style in sleeveless shirt, tie and braces (suspenders).
RODARTE: STATES OF MATTER
Rodarte: States of Matter presents recent work in fashion and costume design by Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte. Installed as a series of interrelated conceptual vignettes, both static and in motion, the installation portrays garments as charged sculptural objects. The exhibit opens today March 4 and runs until June 5. www.moca.org
Retrofit: Ferragamo Creations
The house of Salvatore Ferragamo, famous for their shoes, is bringing back some of their amazing past creations, including the above rainbow and gold sandals, designed for Judy Garland in 1938. “Ferragamo’s Creations” is an exclusive collection of limited, numbered pieces from the Ferragamo Museum’s historic shoes and the brand’s iconic bags. You can buy the above shoe here.
Luxury: Year of the Rabbit Tee
"Nestled in San Francisco's historic Jackson Square neighborhood, Carrots occupies the storied former space of Ernie's restaurant, a San Francisco landmark featured in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, which closed its doors in 1999. The 4,000 square foot luxury emporium is home to a carefully-curated selection of women's ready-to-wear, shoes and accesories....The stores name, 'Carrots,' is a wink and a nod to Grimmway Farms, the Grimm family business, which is the worlds largest grower...and shipper of carrots." Now in their third year, officially the Year of the Rabbit, Carrots' presents this kitschy-cool exclusive t-shirt designed by Oliver Maxwell Kupper. Only 15 tees are available. www.sfcarrots.com
Lanvin Spring 2011
Photographed by Steven Meisel
YSL Tribtoo
Yves Saint Laurent Tribtoo suede pumps.
Skin: PETER NITZ x CDC
This limited edition piece is made of an exclusive range of materials: crocodile skin, 24 carat gold details and a spectacular insect-shaped diamond brooch. www.peternitz.com
Wildfox Spring 2011 / 'White Label'
Wildfox Spring 2011 "Sequin Heart" Swing Back Dress Modeled by Adarsha Benjamin photographed by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Glorious & Filthy: Lady Gaga For Supreme
Shot by Terry Richardson
Totally Bananas: The Footwear Creations of Kobi Levi
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Kobi Levi's heels are "wearable sculptures" that verge on fetishistic with an ironic, seemingly dadaist, wit. If Roger Vivier, 20th century French fashion designer credited with revolutionizing the stiletto heel, is considered the "Fragonard of the shoe," than you might call Kobi Levi the the "R. Mutt of the shoe." R. Mutt is of course the name signed on Dada artist Marcel Duchamp's iconic and ridiculous 1917 ready-made sculpture entitled "the fountain" - which was simply a found urinal. Is it genius or asinine? Levi, like Duchamp, is certainly making a statement. Levi's pieces are "...humoristic with a unique point of view about footwear." Throughout the history of civilization, women's fashion has taken turns as bondage and liberation. Levi's constructions might be both, or the handiwork work of a batty sculptor with a foot fetish. From semi-blatant sexual innuendo to slingshots to banana peels, Levi's shoes are cartoonish, bombastic, and in their magical kitschyness there is a beautiful complex brilliance which makes them insanely cool. www.kobilevidesign.blogspot.com
Jewelry: Claudia Arbex
Claudia Arbex is a jewelry designer based in Brazil.