An MDF bookcase for £12,000? The jolting genius of design superstudio Memphis

The high-voltage style, comic-strip colours and eye-watering price tags of this Italian collective changed the world of design – what better place for an exhibition than modernist Milton Keynes?

The Qilin highly symbolic creature deploys fantastic powers at the heart of Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon

  The Qilin’s appearance betokens a happy omen. Fine line and pounced ornament engraving carve the face of time. Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon timepiece is a masterful staging of the path of time, under the benevolent gaze of two Qilin, noble fantasy creatures from Asian mythology. Under the favourable auspices of this fabled creature reproduced … Read more

Lanvin x Alcantara Special Capsule Collection with exclusive metallic printed material

 

 

@Lanvin x @Alcantara fashion collaboration

Lanvin Collection and Lanvin en Bleu, licensed brands with leading French fashion brand Lanvin, released a new interpretation of Alcantara material through a Special Capsule Collection for Autumn/Winter 2020-2021 made in collaboration with the Italian luxury brand.

Lanvin and Alcantara present a Special Capsule Collection.

The new fashions include 30 different looks featuring “Made in Italy” luxury material from Alcantara. Yukihiro Takahashi, a highly regarded Japanese musician, and Tomoki Sukezane, a Japanese fashion editor and stylist, played roles in the collection’s runway-show introduction. Lanvin Maison has released a total of 30 looks which include the signature of the 2 different outerwear, and 28 looks of both men’s and ladies.

The premium Italian Company created for this fashion collaboration an exclusive metallic printed material with the Lanvin’s brand logo and beautiful dyed off-white material used for a frilled dress. Over coats, suits and pants play the central role of this capsule collection.

@Lanvin x @Alcantara fashion collaboration
@Lanvin x @Alcantara fashion collaboration

“We are very pleased to collaborate with Lanvin for the realization of the Autumn/Winter 2020/21 capsule collection. An extraordinary opportunity to celebrate the versatility of Alcantara, able to combine tradition and innovation with the Italian lifestyle. The values of the tailor-made and of the global lifestyle, which have always inspired the strategy of our brand, emerge even more in the garments of the collection. However, this is only a step, Alcantara never stops to attract the world.” commented Andrea Boragno, Chairman and CEO of Alcantara S.p.A.

The Capsule Collection is available at Lanvin en Bleu and Lanvin Collection stores in Japan.

@Lanvin x @Alcantara fashion collaboration

@Lanvin x @Alcantara fashion collaboration 2020/ 2021

 

The new RM 71-02 Automatic Tourbillon Talisman erupts in coloured stones

    1970s culture with its throbbing beat of a hit single, the theatrical interiors of Studio 54, glittering lamé and sequin- strewn fashions inspired the new Richard Mille RM 71-02 Automatic Tourbillon Talisman watch. For this new watchmaking creation for ladies, Richard Mille‘s Director of Creation and Development Cécile Guenat was inspired by the … Read more

Why should girls learn coding?

  It’s long been known that there are far more men and boys who love coding, and the lack of women and girls in computer science is a well-documented problem. Let’s face it, technology is all around us and the demand for engineers and developers will only continue to grow. Whether its in the classroom, … Read more