01|08|2014
“A woman’s chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
TRENDS
TREND OF THE MONTH
CABAN
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TRENDS
ACCESSORIES
GUCCI: LEOPARD-PRINT CALF HAIR SNEAKERS
Add pattern and texture to off-duty looks with Gucci’s leopard-print calf hair sneakers. This comfortable pair has been constructed in Italy and trimmed with black leather.
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FASHION SHOWS
THEMES
CABAN
Themes from Fall | Winter 2014 | 2015 Collections
Alexander Wang
Gucci
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SHOPPING
THE BOOK
JOURDAN DUNN: MISS VOGUE APRIL 2014
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MUSE
JOURDAN DUNN
Jourdan Dunn (born 3 August 1990) is a British fashion model. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006 and signed to Storm Model Management in London shortly thereafter. In 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade. She has attracted attention because of the paucity of black models in the fashion modelling industry. In April 2014, it was announced that Dunn was signed as the new face of Maybelline New York. As of July 2014, she was declared an icon by models.com
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BEAUTY
FRAGRANCE
GUCCI: GUCCI PREMIERE EAU DE TOILETTE
Gucci Premiere Eau de Parfum was launched in 2012. Its Eau de Toilette version comes out in the summer of 2014 as a lighter and more delicate reinterpretation. The original fragrance is supposed to be used on special occasions such as red carpet events, while the new fragrance is more suitable for everyday events.
The composition opens with accords of bergamot and orange blossom that evoke the smell of vintage champagne. The heart offers an intensive bouquet of freesia, Bulgarian rose and jasmine embroidered with musk. Smoky leather, creamy woods and patchouli form the base of the perfume.
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NEWS
THE PERFORATED LIGHT BOX PHOTOGRAPHS OF DANIELE BUETTI
Daniele Buetti is a Swiss artist who, during his impressive career, has experimented with a variety of artistic forms, from photography and drawing to video, sculpture and installation. His creations blend popular culture references, newspaper and magazine headlines, commercial fashion photography and a certain dose of existentialism, all with a remarkable sophistication and sensitivity. His most famous series to date is called “Dreams result in more dreams” and is a collection of perforated light box photographs, based on fashion and beauty magazine images. The enlarged photos are further adorned with speech bubbles that address psychological and philosophical issues such as “Is life really worth living?”, “Does it damage us psychologically when we destroy something we find beautiful?”, “Which role does desire play in art?” or “Is there a ‘true’ nature?”. By taking the photographs away from their original context, the artist speaks about the emotional relationship between appearance and reality and reveals the omnipotence of the media in our society, as well as the vulnerability of human nature.
Buetti uses light to magnetize the viewer in the same way that the mass media use beauty. “Light, no doubt, is the most seductive and the most magical of all the media. Flashing, colorfully sparkling spots enthrall us like moths drawn to the light. This simple, indeed crude trick allows me to lead the observers very close to the work. To seduce, to bewitch them, in order then to, almost imperceptibly, confront them with sentences and questions, swirling as speech bubbles around the models,” explains the artist. Standing somewhere the kitsch and the surreal, his creations raise important existential questions about the relationship between the seducer and the seduced, the mass media and our personal identity, and challenge our perception of reality with their hypnotic allure and otherworldly beauty.
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