01|11|2013
“Less is more.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
TRENDS
TREND OF THE MONTH
MINIMAL
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TRENDS
ACCESSORIES
MIU MIU: SLIPPERS
Shiny calf leather slip-on shoe, brushed leather toe cap and leather sole.
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FASHION SHOWS
THEMES
JUMPSUIT
Themes from Spring | Summer 2013 | 2014 Collections
Haider Ackermann
Chloe
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SHOPPING
THE BOOK
HELMUT LANG: ALLES GLEICH SCHWER
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MUSE
HELMUT LANG
When he was five months old Lang’s parents divorced and sent him to live with his maternal grandparents in Ramsau am Dachstein in the Austrian Alps. When he was ten his father remarried and brought Lang back to Vienna to live with him and his wife. Lang moved out of his father’s house at the age of eighteen, and began to teach himself clothing design. A few years later he opened a made-to-measure shop in Vienna. In 1984 he closed the shop and two years later showed his first runway collection in Paris at Centre Georges Pompidou. In 1997 he moved to New York.
Lang used unconventional materials such as rubber, feathers and metallic fabrics and redefined the silhouette of the 1990s and early 2000s. He broke away from the runway show-as-spectacle in the height of the 1980s opulence and was the first to ever stream his collection online. As one of the most important designers of our times, his work left an undeniable imprint on contemporary culture and his influence continues to reverberate among the fashion community today.
Lang’s seamless relationship with art has included collaborations with artists Jenny Holzer and Louise Bourgeois. His recent works explore abstract sculptural forms and physical arrangements and space beyond the limitations of the human body. Lang had his first solo art exhibition ALLES GLEICH SCHWER at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hanover in 2008.
In 1999, Lang sold a 51% stake in his company to the Prada Group, with Prada running distribution and manufacturing and Lang controlling design and advertising. Afterwards, Prada developed a line of Helmut Lang acccessories such as shoes, belts and bags, and opened Helmut Lang stores in Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2005 he retired from fashion.
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BEAUTY
FRAGRANCE
FERRARI: ESSENCE MUSK
Essence Musk is packed in an attractive, milky-white flacon embellished with silver color details, offering the purest, most sophisticated combination which reflects the elegant spirit of Ferrari Gran Turismo.
Ferrari Essence Musk offers a combination that with its sophistication and luxury describes the details and strict selection of the best and most precious ingredients preferred by Ferrari. The composition is built around white musk, while accentuating the comfort of a Ferrari interior, its sensual curves and the powerful engine of the motor. Top notes provide white grapefruit as the most precious grapefruit sort, combined with sea notes and beautiful, fresh, juicy and green mandarin leaves. The most dominant notes in the heart are nutmeg, white mint, water melon and lavender, while the base incorporates vetiver bourbon, amber, cedar and fresh, sensual white musk.
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NEWS
MUUSE X VOGUE TALENTS: MATHILDE MAALOUF
A collection built upon the home of Danish design icon Finn Juhl.
Mathilde Maalouf collection was submitted to the 2013 competition of the annual MUUSE x VOGUE Talents Young Vision Award. She was part of the semi-finals, receiving 895 votes in the public vote. The collection has now been selected by Vogue Talents Editor Sara Maino to be part of the finals.
“My work reflects an appreciation of clean and minimalistic silhouettes and attention to fabrics. I will in the shaping and the choice of colours and materials interpret Finn Juhl’s home and thereby his aesthestical Universe. In the same way he did with his house, I will create an artistic unity in my collection of clothes, shoes and bags.
As a furniture designer, wood, leather and weaved furniture textiles were some of Finn Juhl’s main components. And will also be elements in my collection, which can infuse a new aesthestic into fashion.” Mathilde Maalouf
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