01|07|2013
“Only great minds can afford a simple style.”
Stendhal
TRENDS
TREND OF THE MONTH
FURY FURY
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TRENDS
ACCESSORIES
TRILL BLACK
Acne Trill are bold block heeld boots with graphic twill fur front.
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FASHION SHOWS
THEMES
FUR
Themes from Fall | Winter 2013 | 2014 Collections
Calvin Klein
Altuzarra
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SHOPPING
THE BOOK
KATE: THE KATE MOSS BOOK
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MUSE
KATE MOSS
Is an English model who rose to fame in the early-1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. She is known for her waifish figure, and role in size zero fashion. She is also noted for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. In 2007, TIME magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2012, she came in second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $9.2 million in one year. Aside from modeling, Moss has embarked on numerous ventures, both fashion related and non-fashion related, which include her own clothing line and involvement in musical projects.
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BEAUTY
FRAGRANCE
TOM FORD: BLACK ORCHID
The custom grown Tom Ford Black Orchid is the show-stopping note in this incredibly luxurious scent. While sultry woods and rich fruit accords help to bring out the skin’s natural perfume, the jet-black, art-deco inspired bottle adds to the fragrances overall glamour.
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NEWS
CARINE ROITFELD DEBUTS DESIGNS FOR MERCEDES BENZ
In all the roles Carine Roitfeld has played on the fashion stage–editor-in-chief, stylist, author, style icon –we’ve never seen her try her hand at designing. Until now.
In between producing issues of her biannual glossy, CR Fashion Book, and acting as global fashion director at Harper’s Bazaar, the former Vogue Paris Editor-in-Chief has somehow also found time for the roles of creative director, stylist, and designer for the high-fashion giant… Mercedes-Benz.
A new commercial–which the car company is pretending is not a commercial by calling it “Vision Accomplished: Fashion Film Spring/Summer 2014″–features model Sui He wearing a billowing, cape-like black dress designed by Roitfeld herself. Amidst a swelling soundtrack punctured by robotic, vaguely Daft Punk-esque beats, the commercial has Sui He sauntering towards a Mercedes-Benz S-Class “in a visual story of seduction between two unlikely aficionados.” Once you get past the weird machine-human sexual tension, the commercial’s visuals are sleek and pretty surrealist. Our only wish is that the dress got a little more of the focus, but it is a commercial for the car, after all.
Roitfeld had an all-star cast working with her on the project. In addition to He, whom Roitfeld included in the second issue of CR Fashion Book, V Magazine founder and long-time pal Stephen Gan, and photographers Max von Gumppenberg and Patrick Bienert also lent their expertise to the film.
Image: Mercedes Benz