Come and dive into the 18th century at the Hôtel de la Marine. The restored Hotel de la Marine Paris to reopen to the public. The Hôtel de la Marine is a historic building on Place de la Concorde in Paris, to the east of rue Royale. It was built between 1757 and 1774 on … Read more
Gagosian Fact Paintings and Fact Sculptures is an exhibition of rarely seen works by Damien Hirst created between 1993 and 2021. The exhibition marks the first phase of Hirst’s yearlong takeover of the Britannia Street gallery, and is his first in the space since The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011 in 2012. Fact Paintings and … Read more
Vacheron Constantin new limited edition watches are paying homage to the Portuguese sailors Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral. Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer Vacheron Constantin explores an exhilarating page of history with the Métiers d’Art Tribute to great explorers’ watch collection, available in a series of three ten-piece limited … Read more
Swiss luxury watchmaker Zenith continues to push the limits of performance and design to the extreme for the trailblazers who forge their own path and leave a mark on time with the DEFY EXTREME, an all-terrain 1/100th of a second chronograph. Zenith is also continuing to express the notion of high-frequency precision through light, colours and motion across the DEFY watch collection with a number of new highly chromatic creations.
After coming together to drape the Zenith luxury Manufacture in Le Locle with a unique work of art, Zenith and Argentinian-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone have collaborated in creating an object that is at once a feat exceptional watchmaking prowess and a piece of wearable kinetic art: the DEFY 21 Felipe Pantone.
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Using the DEFY 21 1/100th of a second chronograph as his canvas, world-renowned contemporary artist Felipe
Pantone reinterpreted it to incorporate his strikingly colourful aesthetic while playing with frequencies – visually and mechanically. To achieve his “visible spectrum concept”, where all the detectable frequencies of light and its refracted colours come into play with the highest-frequency chronograph in production, Zenith sought new solutions and technologies to make it a reality. This includes the “rainbow” PVD silicon coating applied for the very first time on a movement’s bridges, the intentionally distorted lightning-bolt central hour and minute hands filled with the same rainbow PVD treatment as the movement, and a moiré optical effect produced by fine alternating white and black bands using precise laser-engraving and lacquering techniques.
Limited to 100 pieces and sold out within 24 hours of its commercial release, Zenith DEFY 21 Felipe Pantone timepiece comes with a second iridescent rainbow-effect strap, as well as an artwork and certificate signed by the artist himself.
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Leather craftsmanship meets Haute Horlogerie to create a unique pocket watch, featuring the T-Rex from the Aaaaargh! silk scarf designed by Alice Shirley. The new Hermès pocket watch was unveiled during Watches and Wonders 2021 alongside SLIM D’HERMÈS C’est la fête, Hermès H08 and the Faubourg Polka watch for ladies. Beating to the rhythm … Read more
“These are much more than simply fashion and décor items, they embody the tenacity that transforms beauty into esteem, esteem into hope, and hope into a future,” – Inès Mesmar, La Fabrique NOMADE director.
On March 23, La Fabrique NOMADE, a non-profit that helps talented artisans who have sought refuge in France use their skills as a path to integration, presented the Traits d’Union 5 collection of new clothes, jewelry and objets d’art by refugee artisans on their website. LVMH has since 2019 actively supported La Fabrique NOMADE.
LVMH, the biggest luxury group in the high-end segment, is once again supporting the collection this year, in particular through the engagement of designers, artisans and experts from Celine, Chaumet and Louis Vuitton who are working with the craftspeople supported by the charity.
This year La Fabrique NOMADE asked Guerlain ambassador Sonia Rolland to act as godmother of the event. Filmmaker, actress and activist, notably in support of refugees, Sonia Rolland is particularly attuned to the difficult journeys of the artisans sponsored by the workshop.
Collaboration between Artak Tadevosyan, Armenian jeweler and Amira Sliman, jeweler; photography @La Fabrique NOMADE; / @lafabriquenomade.com/
Founded five years ago by Inès Mesmar, La Fabrique NOMADE promotes the skills of refugee artisans by presenting
collections created with support from volunteer designers and stylists. Its new Traits d’Union 5 collection will be launched online on March 23 at 7 pm (Paris time), featuring creations around the evocative theme of “Le Renouveau” (Renewal), proposed by creative directors Pauline Ricard-André and José Lévy. Clothes by talented couturiers from Azerbaijan, Côte d’Ivoire, Iraq and Senegal will be shown alongside jewelry by artisans from Armenia, Cameroon, Morocco and Peru. Iranian, Ivorian and Turkish artisans all found inspiration in their native cultures for the objets d’art in the collection.
“I discovered above all an exceptional crossroads of cultural exchange that promotes sharing of savoir-faire and facilitates the integration of these craftswomen and craftsmen into French culture and the French economy. This is a virtuous, intelligent and human model of integration.” – Sonia Rolland, the godmother of La Fabrique NOMADE’s latest collection.
Chaumet and Patou luxury brands, for example, have taken on artisans as interns this year, while Dior hired a couturière at its workshop last year.
The collection “Le Renouveau” is available from La Fabrique NOMADE’s e-shop as well as its store at the Viaduc des
Arts, 1 bis avenue Daumesnil in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
“I am delighted that our Maisons have welcomed these artisans to visit their workshops and encouraged their contribution to joint projects. Sharing experience is a two-way process that’s extremely enriching for everyone involved. This partnership has also brought talented people together and resulted in very concrete achievements in terms of professional integration.” – LVMH’s Antoine Arnault.
@La Fabrique NOMADE; / @lafabriquenomade.comLa Fabrique NOMADE – Collaboration between Macoumba Tall, Senegalese designer and Kaisa kinnunen, stylist; @La Fabrique NOMADE; / @lafabriquenomade.com@La Fabrique NOMADE; / @lafabriquenomade.comCollaboration between Ismaila Ibrahim Awal, Ivorian jeweler and Clemence Valade, designer; @La Fabrique NOMADE; / @lafabriquenomade.com/Collaboration between Samira Mokarrami, singing and marquetry, Iran and Rémi Nguyen, designer; @La Fabrique NOMADE; / @lafabriquenomade.com/Collaboration between Yaya Sangare, Ivorian carpenter and Alba Diaz Strum, designer; @La Fabrique NOMADE; / @lafabriquenomade.com/
