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The Giorgio Armani 10 Corso Como: An iconic compendium of a timeless gender-fluid style in everlasting black and white

November 23, 2021 by Editorial Team

Giorgio Armani and 10 Corso Como: two pillars of fashion that speak the same stylistic language. Giorgio Armani presents an exclusive collection where the contemporary essence of 10 Corso Como combines with Giorgio Armani’s signature delicate sophistication. Giorgio Armani and 10 Corso Como are giving life to a new, one-of-a-kind collaboration. This exclusive collection … Read more

Reimaginings: Dior’s Medallion Chairs debut in the US

November 23, 2021 by Editorial Team

Dior Presents the Dior Medallion Chair Exhibition at Superblue Miami.

Ma Yansong’s reinterpretation of Dior Medallion Chair ©Ken Ngan

Dior Maison invited seventeen artists to reinterpret one of its iconic emblems: the Medallion Chair. A symbol of Louis XVI style that fashion designer Christian Dior chose as soon as he founded his luxury fashion House, in order to seat guests at his fashion shows in a “sober, simple and above all classic and Parisian” décor, as he recounted in his memoirs. The essential oval surmounted by a fontanges bow became one of the major codes of 30 Avenue Montaigne, the beating heart of Dior. Today, Sam Baron, Nacho Carbonell, Pierre Charpin, Dimorestudio, Khaled El Mays, Martino Gamper, Constance Guisset, India Mahdavi, nendo, Joy de Rohan Chabot, Linde Freya Tangelder, Atang Tshikare, Seungjin Yang, Ma Yansong, Jinyeong Yeon, Tokujin Yoshioka and Pierre Yovanovitch offer their visions and artistic and cultural sensibilities to reconceive this object of desire with boundless creativity.

On the occasion of Design Miami and Art Basel, legendary fashion house Dior makes a splash with the US debut of its Medallion Chair Exhibition, featuring reinterpretations of the chair.

The exhibition takes place in Superblue, Miami’s lauded new experiential art venue—which is, notably, the same space in which Dior presented its Pre-Fall 2020 men’s collection, prior to Superblue’s opening. The US debut is the follow-up to the exhibition’s launch during Milan Design Week earlier this year, which was staged in a mist-filled interior room and garden of the 18th century Palazzo Citterio in Brera.

The designers’ reimaginings are wonderfully eclectic: Ma Yansong designed his windswept-looking chairs to appear as though they are “traveling through time;” Sam Baron, meanwhile, reinterpreted the chair as an outdoor swing, a rocking chair, and a bench, resulting in “piece[s] that celebrate gathering and conviviality.”

India Mahdavi’s pattern-rich designs were envisioned as a family or tribe of sorts, and produced using Indian textile techniques from Kashmir, while Atang Tskhikare’s chair was handmade in collaboration with Xhosa craftswomen and features intricate beadwork.

Linde Freya Tangelder of Destroyers/Builders found inspiration in the original chair’s soft curves, which “remind me of sanded glass, shaped by the sea;” her elegant, aluminum “Sage” chair—which is first CNC-milled, then assembled and welded before being hand-brushed by the designer—intends to“explore silver in all its subtleties.” And Seungjin Yan’s delightful “Blowing Series” chairs were molded over balloons using epoxy resin.

Khaled El Mays’ reinterpretation of the Medallion Chair. Photo ©Tanya Traboulsi | Nendo’s reinterpretation of the Medallion Chair. Photo © Yuto Kudo

Joy de Rohan Chabot’s handcrafted reinterpretation of the Medallion Chair. Photos © Marion Berrin

Sam Baron’s reinterpretation of the Medallion Chair. Photo © Marion Berrin

Seungjin Yang. Image courtesy: Sungmin Kim

Pierre Yovanovitch reinterpretation of Dior Medallion Chair 2021. Image courtesy: Marion Berrin

New Bottega Veneta Creative Director to present first collection in February 2022

November 22, 2021 by Editorial Team

Matthieu Blazy entrusted with the creative helm of the Bottega Veneta luxury house. Bottega Veneta appoints Matthieu Blazy as creative director On November 10, Kering-owned Bottega Veneta and Daniel Lee announced their joint decision to end their creative collaboration. Fashion designer Daniel Lee has been at the creative helm of the luxury fashion House … Read more

Tous Au Parfum 2022: The First International Meeting of Perfume Professions

November 22, 2021 by Editorial Team

Tuesday February 22, 2022 in Paris, France The First International Meeting of Perfume Professions Tous Au Parfum, All Concerned! “In Ancient Greece, ‘Aller Au Parfum’ meant getting together (like when in France we say ‘Going to the Café’). There they discussed everything and even state affairs. Today, in everyday French language “Tous au Parfum” means … Read more

YSL Beauty’s Abuse Is Not Love Program Rolls Out Its Next Phase of Global Expansion

November 19, 2021 by Editorial Team

YSL Beauty is educating over 100,000 young people about abusive relationships.

@Yves Saint Laurent Beauty Abuse Is Not Love Program

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) remains one of the most common forms of violence against women, with nearly 1 in 3 women globally experiencing IPV and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime.1 To continue to address this issue, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty plans to further expand the Abuse Is Not Love Program in 2022 and through to 2030. This sustained momentum will only bring the brand closer to its 2030 goal of training 2 million people worldwide on the signs of abuse; research shows that IPV comes with key warning signs and if these warning signs can be detected earlier, individuals may be able to better recognize abusive behaviors and seek or offer help.

YSL Beauty Accelerates Abuse Is Not Love Combatting Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in 17 Countries in Partnership with Local Non-Profit Organizations
The global beauty brand is expanding its effort to educate the public about the warning signs of abuse, with the goal of training 2 million people worldwide by 2030.

Since the launch of its Abuse Is Not Love program last year, YSL Beauty has made a significant impact in educating over 100,000 young people about abusive relationships and supporting grassroots organizations. Building upon this first year initiatives, Abuse Is Not Love is now entering its next phase of growth, most notably with the expansion of its partnerships with non-profit organizations in 17 countries across four continents. The luxury brand will also launch a new online training tool this month to provide resources and support for those in abusive relationships, as well as providing tools for those looking to become allies.

The Abuse Is Not Love program launched in 2020 with three major partnerships with non-profit organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, and France. This year, the program has expanded its reach to include grassroots partnerships in 14 additional countries, bringing the total to 17. These local partnerships are focused primarily on offering education sessions about the nine key signs of IPV, raising awareness about how to intervene when a loved one is in an abusive relationship. So far, over 100,000 people have been trained both within and by non-profit organizations (including 4,716 people within L’Oréal and Yves Saint Laurent Beauty’s teams), with the goal to train 2 million people by 2030.

“This impressive rate of expansion illustrates our brand’s unwavering commitment to combating IPV on a global scale,” states Stephan Bezy, International General Manager, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty. “At Yves Saint Laurent Beauty, we firmly believe in supporting women’s freedom and independence. In learning about the pervasive nature of IPV and about how the signs of abuse are often hidden in plain sight, our brand is more motivated than ever to continue the program’s expansion, supporting non-profit organizations worldwide.”

A significant component of the brand’s global engagement agenda is the launch of the Abuse Is Not Love website.

The website, created in partnership with leading scholar Dr. Beth Livingston (a US-based gender and diversity academic who has conducted research as part of the Abuse is Not Love program), will be accessible to all countries, providing training sessions and educational resources to victims of abusive relationships and those looking to become allies. The website’s training tool will help people understand the multifaceted nature of abusive relationships, the signs of an abusive relationship, and guidance on how to leave or help a loved one leave an abusive relationship. More information is available via the program’s site: abuseisnotlove.com, which will be released soon.

A New Educational Campaign with Ambassador Zoë Kravitz

The 2021 campaign roll-out will include an awareness video featuring YSL Beauty ambassador Zoë Kravitz, who is an important advocate for the cause and who has supported the Abuse is Not Love program since its launch last year. Along with this video, the brand will also launch a series of 9 animated videos about the nine signs of abuse, which will beshared on YSL Beauty’s platforms.

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Dior’s 3D printed Eco-structure houses a unique pop-up store

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 by Editorial Team

Christian Dior Couture teams with WASP for unique concept store.

@DIOR DUBAI x @WASP POP UP; photos: © Mohamed Somji

On Dubai’s Jumeirah Beach stands a unique Dior installation composed of two circular modules. The fascinating architectural innovation houses a Dior pop-up store. These innovative spaces were crafted from natural materials –combining clay, sand and rawfibers –using an exceptional 3D printing system designed by WASP. The Eco-pop-up shop was 3D printed in 120 hours.

In a premiere, the French luxury house has designed a habitable structure in proportions never seen before. The cannage motif, a key House code for Dior, is revealed on the walls of this ephemeral boutique. Inside, creations celebrating the gentle life –notably from the Dioriviera women’s collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri – were revealed by turn in acidic hues.

The continually reinvented Dioriviera summer capsule by Maria Grazia Chiuri is like an invitation to escape. Plays on House codes – from toile de Jouy to the Dior Oblique motif – illuminate women’s ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes and accessories with punchy chartreuse and raspberry, pop punctuations from the Fall 2021 collection.

Iconic bags, such as the Dior Book Tote and the Dior Caro, mingle with the latest additions to the Dior 2022 cruise line, such as the Lady Dior in the horizontal East-West format and the Lady Dior Wicker baskets. Also on display are Dior Maison essentials including deckchairs, parasols, cushions and bottles adorned with Dior’s iconic Toile de Jouy print. The emblematic design also features on the lounge chairs facing this audacious showcase that carries the promise of a dreamy interlude.

WASP’s 3D printed Eco-structure was made using Crane WASP The Infinity 3d printer, a modular collaborative 3D printing system. Crane WASP reinterprets the classic building cranes from a digital manufacturing point of view. It is composed of a main printer unit that can be assembled in different configurations depending on the printing area and therefore on the dimensions of the architectural structure to be calculated in 3d. The print area of the single module is 6.60 meters in diameter for a height of 3 meters.

The single module can work self-sufficiently by printing fluids of different kinds: cement, bio cement, natural dough. Once you have a single module, you can expand it by adding traverses and printer arms, thus generating an infinite digital manufacturing system.

It is not necessary to “cover” the entire area involved in the construction with the printing area of the WASP Cranes because they can be reconfigured and can advance with generative attitude depending on the growth and shape of the building. More WASP Cranes, when working together, have a potentially infinite printing area and can be set by the on-site operators following the evolution of the architectural project.

Dior concept store (80 sq.m.) on Nammos Beach, Jumeirah, Dubai is open until 22 March 2022.