French label Carven successfully continues its rising path towards the revitalization of the brand created around 1945 by Carmen de Tommaso which -after some years of doubtful whereabouts- revives now full of energy as one of the essentials of the youngest and freshest Parisian chic.
Its new collection for next summer mixes neutrals like...
Read more »
Comme des Garçons presents 2, its new unisex fragrance which -with touches of magnolia, angelica root, cedar wood, amber and patchouli- plays with duality and contrasts, exploring the idea that opposites attract.
During the next five days, ten lucky ones will have the chance of winning new Eau de Parfum Comme des Garçons 2...
Read more »
Karlotalaspalas recently presented its new collection for next winter in the latest edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion with some interesting changes: Mireia Roset is now joining the creative direction of the brand, a performance substituted the classical show presentation and the number of outfits was reduced to only eight.
They tell us why, in my...
Read more »
Girlcore is a London-based female collective created with the intention of promoting creatives and talents worldwide which includes among its members artists like Aëla Labbe, Ellen Rogers or Ina Jang, among many others. An exhibition at The Orange Dot Gallery, in London, presents the first edition of Girlcore Magazine, the new collective’s art book,...
Read more »
Ironically, hectic days in real life result in not-so-hectic days in here; I really hope everything comes back to normal pretty soon, as soon as access to internet becomes easier, the (new) house will be furnished and our move (oh, yes, my friends, again & again) comes to an end or, at least, to...
Read more »
Last week there was a presentation in Diesel Store in Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona of its summer collection; the presentation also included an acoustic performance by the band Evripidis and His Tragedies. Here, some pictures of the evening.
———-
La semana pasada se presentó en la tienda de Passeig de Gràcia en Barcelona la...
Read more »
After the Siberian spell that has left all Europe shivering in polar cold, the amazing pictures by Wildfox for its new summer collection Sirène, taken by Mark Hunter -a.k.a. The Cobrasnake- in Hawaii, represent the ideal teleportation we have been needing these days around here. Californian model Charlotte Free and her beautiful and coloured...
Read more »
It previously took place in Paris, Milan, Tokyo and Mexico, but last week it arrived to Barcelona the first edition of the festival A Shaded View on Fashion Film celebrated in this city, together with the shows of 080 Barcelona Fashion.
The event, created and organized by Diane Pernet, aims to promote the audiovisual form...
Read more »
Porque nos gusta vivir así, al límite, recibimos ahora mismo quince invitaciones dobles para el Cibelespacio de la Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week que se está celebrando estos días en Madrid. ¿Quieres asistir? Solo tienes que dejar un comentario en esta entrada y nos podremos en contacto contigo ¡para enviártelas volando!
Pic via Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid...
Read more »
Having the chance of seeing one of Miriam Ponsa’s shows always seems specially interesting to me for several reasons, different, but complementary all of them. I really like her work because she seems a really authentic and sincere designer, adjectives I attribute to her because of her work, which is the only thing...
Read more »
Wool checked fabrics, denim with patches, thick knits and Vichy check; everything is possible in the latest collection by Brain & Beast -label created by designer Ángel Vilda- shown last week in 080 Barcelona Fashion. I’m taking the bandana printed shirt, though. Oh, yeah!
———-
Lanería a cuadros, denim con parches, punto grueso y cuadro vichy;...
Read more »
When it comes to talking about the recently shown collection by Montse Liarte in the latest 080 Barcelona Fashion we’d better take a walk through backstage thanks to these beautiful images by Mireia Rodríguez.
The fragility of a natural roses facing the hardness of the desert rose is the starting point of Liarte’s proposal for...
Read more »
Last week it took place a new edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion during which Catalan designer Josep Abril presented his latest menswear proposals for next winter.
Abril celebrated this season his fifteen years of career and that is why he confesses imposing to himself an introspection exercise, dedicating this collection to reflect with a trip...
Read more »
Lots -lots- of years ago, it came into my hands a video about Naomi Campbell’s career; yes, it was so detailed it even talked about her bright incursions in other fields beside the modelling one; read, the literally and the musical ones. I saw it, I saw it more than once, I must confess,...
Read more »
With a new edition of the -recently renamed- Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid about to start in a few hours, Estel Vilaseca from “it fashion and colleague in the project Absolut Mode Society shares with us a very especial interview with the designers of three of the most promising shows of this season.
In...
Read more »
The mix of earrings Lindsey Wixson’s wearing, in the latest editorial by Will Davidson for Muse magazine, makes my most teenage need of piercing my whole ear come to life again. It never happened -and, very probably, it never will- but, even today, sometimes, I am still a big fan of things like this.
———-
La...
Read more »
I may have heard to fast to Lana del Rey’s songs or maybe the thing is that the video by Yoann Lemoine does real good to Born to Die, new single from the homonym album by the latest musical sensation because, the very first time I heard it I didn’t pay that much attention...
Read more »
It it not that my repertory of gifts is specially wide, to be sincere, although if there is one I display the most is the opportunity one. Oh, yes! What a big gift, this one of mine! The one that lets me spend four months in Berlin enduring eternal rains and that, on the...
Read more »
I hate waits, uncertainty and undefined departure dates. Let’s not talk about undefined destinations, of course. It may be because of that I suddenly felt so moved by the first image of the next campaign by Danish brand Rascals’; the staring look, the restrained sigh, looking through the fence watching planes take off. And...
Read more »
When you get used to the good things -yes, those ones that are so easy to get used to- you may forget how good they are. After a month without even seeing the sun in Berlin, coming back to Barcelona and enjoying another month of sun makes me worry about our next destination. Now...
Read more »
