10 finalists of the Festival of Fashion and Photography Hyeres 2014 announced by Kenzo creatives

The young fashion and photography talents at Hyeres 2014.    The yearly International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyeres, a creativity festival supported by LVMH luxury group, announced the finalists of this edition, which will take place April 25-28, 2014 at Villa Noailles in the south of France. Over the years, the Festival has … Read more

Rare blooms for spring arrangements

A native New Yorker, Alix Astir studied the art of floral design at the New York Botanical Garden and completed her training at the Ecole des Fleurs at the Hotel de Crillon. As a result, her company Trellis Fine Florals has become one of the most sought-after floral design firms in New York. This season, … Read more

Back to the roots : Re-Fire by Francesco Faccin

Was the fire stolen by Prometheus or just been discovered by mankind during the lighting storms ? Whatever the answer is, let’s go back to our roots with this  kit designed for manual fire-lighting; it has been produced using contemporary, widely-available sophisticated tools and production processes. “This project is emotionally charged and extremely physical; it … Read more

40 fashion photographs in artnet’s Focus on Fashion

  40 fabulous fashion photographs from the classic to the Contemporary are featured in Focus on Fashion, a sale on artnet Auctions. The sale includes work by early innovators in fashion photography such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Helmut Newton, as well as Contemporary masters who have pushed the boundaries of the medium, including … Read more

Sotheby’s to offer never before seen pieces. Record sales expected.

Record sales expected at Sotheby’s auction. Three months after Sotheby’s record-breaking sale of Contemporary Art in New York, the auction house is bringing to the market a number of major art works, many of which have rarely, if ever, been seen at auction before. Sotheby’s flagship Contemporary Art sale in London on Tuesday 12th February … Read more