Archive for Agosto, 2010

+ Faster by Mark Fast +

29 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Faster by Mark Fast +

Faster by Mark Fast, is Mark Fast’s second line, the Canadian designer author of the openwork body-con dresses that managed to put him in the spotlight for both, critics and public, since his very first show in the London Fashion Week. ———- Faster by Mark Fast, es la segunda línea de Mark Fast, diseñador canadiense artífice de los vestidos banda repletos...
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+ Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition 1973 – 2010 +

27 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition 1973 – 2010 +

If I hear Vivienne Westwood and, inmediately after , I hear shoes this is the very first image that comes to my mind. An iconic Naomi Campbell falling flat on her face*, right in the middle of the F/W 93/94 show, without being able to hold her laugh. Because these were the times when...
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+ Foals — Spanish Sahara +

26 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Foals — Spanish Sahara +

There’s something in Foals’ Spanish Sahara video that reminds me of The Water, the short film Kevin Drew and Anthony Seck made with Feist’s homonym song: it might be the snow, the mountains and obviously also the fact that in both of them something looking like a mysterious inert body is being...
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+ Current Obsession: On the tightrope +

25 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Current Obsession: On the tightrope +

Lately, ropes is all I see wherever I look at… ———- Últimamente, cuerdas es todo lo que veo, donde sea que mire… Necklace by The Vamoose // Martin Lamothe Cruise S/S 10 detail via Pixie Market // Shini from Park&Cube // More pieces by  The Vamoose // Nora Tschirner via Stil in Berlin // Martin Lamothe Cruise...
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+ Cutrina & Co. +

24 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Cutrina & Co. +

Remember Gonzalo Cutrina? Have you been wanting one of his amazing pieces since you last saw them in here? I have his Armadillo necklace and I can guarantee it is a total success everytime I wear it. The good news is wait is over, now you can buy all of his creations in his...
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+ ‘Hide and Seek’ by Louis Vuitton +

23 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ ‘Hide and Seek’ by Louis Vuitton +

Hide & Seek is the name of the short film made by the Californian film maker Zoé Cassavetes exclusively for Nowness in which, through a walk around London displays Louis Vuitton S/S 10 collection and, incidentally, the new shop the brand has just opened in Bond Street. The whole image of the video...
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+ On a steel horse I ride +

22 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ On a steel horse I ride +

I’d drive all night just to get back home // I am a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride (*) This is our last weekend in Berlin. And now it feels like it has been quite short actually, although we knew it would be this way even before we came. Next weekend we will...
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+ Kate Who? by Testino +

20 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Kate Who? by Testino +

If it seems that within your near future plans a trip to London is likely not to happen and you are already afraid you will be missing Kate Who? the exhibition by Mario Testino, divided between The Saatchi Gallery and Phillips de Pury & Company, which opening was last 21st July in London, you...
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+ Henrik Vibskov S/S11 Copenhagen FW +

18 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Henrik Vibskov S/S11 Copenhagen FW +

Since the first time Henrik Vibskov appeared in here, the Danish designer has infinitely polished his collections; he still keeps that rebel and cheeky flair that has characterized his work from his early beginnings and he also keeps the playful nature in his shows, but now his garments are suddenly more approachable, more wearable,...
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+ Rodarte by Autumn de Wilde +

18 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Rodarte by Autumn de Wilde +

All the collaborations between Autumn de Wilde and Rodarte have as a result a series of images in which the elaborated pieces by sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy manage to achieve a new preciosity grade. Obviously, it couldn’t be different in the shots for this Fall/Winter 10/11, including Marina Pérez, Sasha Pivovarova or Karen...
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+ Bows & Bandits +

16 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Bows & Bandits +

“Bows & Bandits started as a little eBay shop about two years ago, that I run with my sister Sophie. We always shared a great love for vintage clothing and could not find anything like that in Austria. We travelled to London, Barcelona, Berlin or Paris for vintage shopping several times a year, so...
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+ Sans Souci +

15 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Sans Souci +

Sans Souci (from fr.) Without a care. We took these pictures during our first days in Berlin. Sanssouci is a palace, in Potsdam, that once was the summer palace of Frederik The Great, King of Prusia. Some talk about it like the German equivalent to Versailles, due to this weird habit of trying to find...
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+ Current Obsession: In The Navy +

13 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Current Obsession: In The Navy +

It must be the homesickness of not having the sea closer. There’s no other way to explain this navy rage, suddenly appeared after discovering Riviera Noir, the lastest Txema Yeste’s editorial with Alana Zimmer for the August issue of Marie Claire Italia. ———- Debe ser la nostalgia de no tener el mar cerca. No hay otra...
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+ Into Paul Frank +

12 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Into Paul Frank +

The retro pop details in Paul Frank’s stand during the last Bread & Butter were amazing. I must admit the wooden TV is totally awesome but, if I would have to choose, it would be the mini dressing table in the bathroom, which totally stole my heart. It is really stunning how sometimes just...
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+ The Unbearable Weightlessness of the Month of August +

10 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ The Unbearable Weightlessness of the Month of August  +

What a weird feeling the weightlessness of the month of August. So stand-by time like. ——— Qué extraña sensación de ingravidez la del mes de Agosto. Como de tiempo suspendido. pics: Them Atelier S/S 11 by Eliot Lee Hazel unbearable ingravity of August Tweet This PostRelated Posts:Stolen meets Jovian Lim and Melvin Ong in Alliances Vol. 01Thick...
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+ Missoni by Kenneth Anger +

6 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Missoni by Kenneth Anger +

Missoni joins this new wave of motion presentations* and shows its latest Autumn/Winter 10/11 campaign with a video by Kenneth Anger, an octogenarian filmmaker whose liking for esoteric universe and dark practices is clearly shown in his work. Missoni’s video, very subconcious and oneiric kaleidoscope-effect like, couldn’t be different. ——— Missoni se apunta al tema del...
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+ Nils Dunkel S/S 11 +

5 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Nils Dunkel S/S 11 +

So, I told you, this was the craziest presentation ever. Nils Dunkel showed his Spring/Summer 11 collection in the Black Box Theater in Berlin during the last Fashion Week in the city and after locking us all in a dark room and throwing some smoke, himself and his friends-turned-models started dancing to the rhythm...
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+ Miuccia meets (Le Petit) Nicolas +

3 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Miuccia meets (Le Petit) Nicolas +

Le Petit Nicolas is a series of books very popular in France, written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé between 1956 and 1964. Last September the screen version was shown in the French cinemas and soon it will be shown here in Germany. ———- Le Petit Nicolas es una serie de libros...
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+ Don’t Shoot the Messengers +

2 Agosto, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Don’t Shoot the Messengers +

With black being the predominant shade and including some accents in nude as the one and only chromatic concession, Don’t Shoot the Messengers propose for this season a feminine -yet dark at the same time- collection mainly in lamb leather and silky fabrics, mixing structured and well-defined shapes with other fluid and light volumes....
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