Fashion, Style Guides and News from luxury brands and designers
After Paris, the eagerly awaited retrospective of late French designer Yves Saint Laurent was opened at the Fundacion Mapfre (Madrid, Spain). The public will discover between October 6- January 8, 40 years of the work of the designer who changed the face of French and international fashion during the 20th century. The collection will display … Read more
QMilch: the first man-made milk fiber produced entirely without chemicals An entire dress made from 6 liter of milk Anke Domaske (28), a young fashion designer from the Germany, invented a fabric called QMilch made from high concentrations of the milk protein casein — the first fiber produced by man, entirely without chemicals. Milk fabric … Read more
Hermes launches luxury limited edition Indian saris Indian women may wear Western dress to the office during the day but for weddings and other formal occasions they often prefer to wear saris, reflecting the strong pull of tradition. Part of Hermes effort to connect to India’s culture and to the tradition of elegance of Indian … Read more
LVMH Snaps Up Crocodile Goods Firm French luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton plans to buy a controlling stake of crocodile-skin-goods business Heng Long through an initial S$160.8 million ($123.8 million) offer for the company. Heng Long is one of the five top-tier tanneries of crocodilian leather in the world, with an entrenched position … Read more
Celebrating the launch of the My Monogram service on Small Leather Goods, Louis Vuitton hosted a party at famous Paris taxidermy store Deyrolle. The place was populated with small cute creatures sculpted from the Louis Vuitton wallets, coin pouches, belts, and bag hardware. These new critters were designed by British Artist Billie Achilleos. Each animal … Read more
Jil Sander E906 handset, LG’s new Windows Phone, is a designer toy with a Jil Sander app that will contain all sorts of informations from the German fashion designer. Sander is well known for her extremely simple and minimalist, almost Kraftwerk-like approach to fashion, not dissimilar really to the Windows Phone 7 UI. She also … Read more