segunda-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2011
Lea Michele and Natalie Portman Wear Tiffany & Co. Jewels at the SAG Awards
domingo, 30 de janeiro de 2011
sábado, 29 de janeiro de 2011
Tory Burch Opens Flagship Boutique on New Bond Street in London
Fashion house Tory Burch has opened a new boutique on New Bond Street in London.
The 4200-square-foot London flagship is located at 149 New Bond Street. The boutique resides in a 19th Century townhouse, and the interior has a corresponding residential feel. The first floor features company signatures like moss green floors, gold leaf mirrors, plum snow leopard curtains and orange lacquer details. It also includes unique residential elements like Imari vases, a regency shell chair and a George II claw foot side table.
The space has interesting structural details throughout, including a tented ceiling with a skylight. The second floor includes a living room for VIPs and special events as well as a library to relax in or to feature special collections. There are additional residential pieces upstairs including a knole sofa, raffia rug and plum and ivory diamond upholstery-all elements meant to make the customer feel at home.
Cupcake Wars Find Peace in Laguna Beach
One of the players in the cupcake battles has been Casey's Cupcakes, the brainchild of Casey Reinhardt, whose parents own the historic Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, Ca. Her first shop opened in her parents' hotel in December 2009 and she just announced that a second shop will open on Feb. 14th -- Valentine's Day -- in her home town of Laguna Beach.
sexta-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2011
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 125 Years of Automotive Excellence
The central anchor point for the celebrations is the Mercedes-Benz Museum, which in 2011 celebrates its 5th anniversary at its new home in the Mercedes-Strasse in Stuttgart. In addition to the museum's incredible collection of classics, an exhibition from the company's collection of modern andcontemporary art will be on display from May through September. Many of the works feature the history, models or design of Mercedes-Benz motor cars, such as Andy Warhol's legendary series of paintings CARS, created by the artist 25 years ago on the occasion of the marque's 100th anniversary, along with new work commissioned for this latest milestone. Along with various other events and commemorations meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz is donating and planting 125 trees in New Orleans City Park to aid in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.
quinta-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2011
Everything's Coming Up Roses on Park Avenue
The seemingly delicate roses weigh about 250 pounds each and are made of fiberglass and stainless steel. Ryman's The Roses is not a factory job as the artist shaped and painted each of the behemoth blossoms personally. The blossoms spring up from their steel stems in eight clusters of four to six rose buds. And like any garden, each cluster has a handful of green thumb headaches ---botanically correct gargantuan bugs and beetles and thorns the size of dragon's teeth.
"With these roses I wanted to do something that was larger than life and site-specific," says Ryman. "In my work I always try to combine fantasy with reality. In the case of The Roses, I tried to convey New York City's larger than life qualities through scale: creating blossoms which are imposing, humorous, and hopefully beautiful. The installation has been presented to the public by New York's Paul Kasmin Gallery in conjunction with New York City's Department of Parks & Recreation, and the Fund for the Park Avenue Sculpture Committee.
The Fashion Statement: Haute Couture's Lightness of Being
The Haute Couture Spring 2011 shows have yet to wrap up in Paris this week and, already, we know the end of the story. Designers are walking the tightrope between pale blush, pinks and nudes on the one side, and bright saturated jewel tones on the other. Similarly, styles are either soft, feminine and ethereal or dramatic and rich.
"There's a sense of lightness that we're seeing, particularly in the materials," says Joanna Manganaro, an editor specializing in womenswear at trend forecasting firm Stylesight. "Chiffon, tulle--everything is done in a light-handed way. It feels featherweight. It's something more modern, more uplifting."
That was clearly the case with Givenchy. Riccardo Tisci, a designer better known for being dark and severe, delivered a collection of gowns in pale yellows, barely-there pinks and light nudes as a tribute to Butoh dander Kazuo Ohno. In the end, he remained true to his reputation for boldness. When the models turned, they revealed the backs of the gowns that were embroidered in neon orange, chartreuse and fuchsia.
Christian Dior (pictured above) had a more traditional view of things. John Galliano paid tribute to René Gruau, an illustrator who created the house's iconic images from the '40s and '50s. Remember Dior's New Look from the '40s? Galliano (who has a new look himself--a shag haircut) reinterpreted the New Look in in electric blue, fuchsia, brown, emerald green and red taffeta and satin. One of the highlights was a flaring white skirt topped with a burnt-orange jacket with shoulders out-to-there.
Top Cartier Art/Jewelry Watches For 2011
Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.