The other day one of my music-loving friends asked me which places I’d take Kevin Parker, leader of the band Tame Impala, if I were his guide during Primavera Sound. It was pretty clear that he wanted to test my knowledge of the city after living in Barcelona...
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I think the first time I saw something from Juniper Ridge might have been last year when I arrived to L.A. Some incense sticks on the supermarket caught my attention because the whole package and graphic image was too cool to be just ordinary incense sticks. Handmade drawings...
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Remember the photoshoot we did with that beautiful dress by Stolen? Well, I am so excited to bring you some news about the brand once again. Specially when the news are about its new campaign and -even more- specially when the campaign is this beautiful!
Singapore-based designer Elyn Wong has teamed this time with local...
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Yes, trust me, sometimes in L.A. you do need a thick knit sweater, some other times you even need a scarf and sometimes -just a few times- you even need both of them together! The funny thing is, since this is an extraordinary phenomenon that only happens in rare occasions and never more than -I...
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Ojai Rancho Inn must be, by far, one of the coolest motels I have ever stayed in. A very relaxed, cozy and warm atmosphere wraps this motel, composed of little wooden cabins, in which we spent two nights when we went to Ojai for the weekend.
It is located within a walking distance from...
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The beautiful new Miu Miu S/S13 campaign by photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin displays an intriguing, mysterious and very attractive story including a well-varied cast of beauties. Models Malgosia Bela, Bette Franke, Martha Hunt, Doutzen Kroes, Adriana Lima, Arizona Muse and Tamara Weijenberg interact in a very intimate setting while wearing soft and...
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After years of shopping bags, oversize handbags and living with your house on your shoulders, the latest proposal from Louis Vuitton sounds terribly appealing. The French maison has now launched their new bag collection named Mini Cross Body which includes versions of their iconic Alma BB, Monceau BB or Pochette Accessoires in smaller sizes....
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Last January 29th, the Hotel Berns hosted the Max Factor award which this year went to the designer Ana Hernández.
The idea behind this collection was the teenager psyche refusing the concept of adulthood. This notion led to an interesting use of forms that combined the 90’s minimalism, with sharp tailoring and the occasional volume.
The...
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Italian designer Paolo Coppolella showed last October, during the sixteenth edition of the International Fashion Show of Chinese city Ningbo, his most recent collection .Zero S/S 13, a proposal with a very graphic mood in black and white, mostly, including flashes of red and also some stripes and dots motifs.
From images by Elena...
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You may remember Singapore-based brand Stolen and the beautiful minimal dresses created by its designer Elyn Wong from this project called I Stole Paris in which I took part some months ago and for which I did this photoshoot and this other one.
As they announced on the beginning of the project...
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It must have been a conspiracy of the elements; there’s no other possible explanation for the fact that buying these amazing red suede sandals (a.k.a. the per-fect shoe) and the change in temperature have exactly happened at the same time. And now, there we are, waiting for the eternal Californian spring to come back…
The red...
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German designer Isabell de Hillerin recently showed her new collection A/W 13/14 during the latest edition of Berlin Fashion Week.
Her designs, in a color palette ranging from deep navy blue to black, with some flashes of dusty pale mauve, is named ‘quiet’ and gets inspiration from the fragments preserved on deep ice. Discreet...
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Only a few days ago my friend Tatel from Trendycrew commented on the entry about Rubenimichi’s exhibition in Barcelona that I am (being here) more in Barcelona than her (being there). It sounded kind of funny because it is actually true, somehow. Even eager to discover all the new and interesting stuff -which is a...
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If I have to be sincere, Silver Lake is not one of the handiest neighborhoods for me. For reasons like this I normally need a good excuse to get into the car and cross the city during a time frame that can oscillate between forty and ninety minutes; yes, my dear friends, traffic in...
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Not long before showing his latest Haute Couture collection for maison Dior, Belgian designer Raf Simons also showed in Paris Menswear Fashion Week his fourth collaboration with bag and accessories brand Eastpak.
In this collection, Simons has revisited Daypack, one of the brand’s classics, giving it a haute couture twist by using shinny silk jacquard...
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Although it is terribly rainy and grey today in L.A. I promise last week I was wearing this for a coffee with my friend Samira at Shutters in Santa Monica. A very glamorous coffee, indeed, but what can I say in self defense, I think I’ve been watching too much Revenge lately and all...
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Spanish actress Penélope Cruz begins the new year as the face of luxury leather goods label Loewe in the Spring/Summer 13 campaign shot by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
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La actriz española Penélope Cruz empieza el nuevo año como rostro de la marca Loewe en su última campaña para esta Primavera/Verano 13 a cargo...
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While some seem still willing to insist on the debate about Galliano’s comeback to Dior, reality is that collections are following one another without any break nor rest at French maison, now with Belgian designer Raf Simons in charge. Taking nature as the starting point of his inspiration, his latest Haute Couture Spring 2013...
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The prolific work by artist Aurèlia Muñoz well-deserves being mentioned within the Catalan contemporary textile scene. Joining a forward-looking creative will with a traditional and artisanal creative process, her pieces dilute the limits between art, design and craftsmanship, managing to insert works of textile art in space.
Through next Sunday, January 27th, Museu del Tapís...
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From all the glamour in Hollywood red carpets to chic Paris. Episode 6: Epilogue, the latest chapter in the Lady Dior documentary with Marion Cotillard follows French actress during her hectic and extraordinary life.
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Del glamour de las alfombras rojas en Hollywood al chic de París. Episode 6: Epilogue, el último capítulo del documental Lady Dior...
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