Prada is challenging its fans to design their own Prada shoes. A new service is enabling customers to create a customised model based on the Made To Order Décolleté collection. Nine shoe styles and five different heel heights are available in a diverse palette of shades, textures, and materials (suede, satin, kid, patent or saffiano-leather printed … Read more
Forget the no pain, no gain attitude this coming season. The living is definitely easy in loose shapes and flat shoes
. As fashion statement, fetish object, instrument of power, and outlet of artistic expression for both the designer and the wearer, throughout the ages the high-heeled shoe has gone through many shifts in style and symbolism. The Brooklyn Museum’s upcoming exhibition Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe explores fashion’s most provocative accessory. From … Read more
Powerful paintings by Rauli Mard. If the engines could ask for a portrait, definitely they will ask for one made by Rauli Mard. Motorcycles, cars, aeroplanes, everything with a Herculean engine you will find in this art universe of artworks populated with gigantic and high-powered paintings. Above and under clouds a forceful god of the … Read more
Everyone knows the song and many know the words of this popular hit from 1949 but not many are familiar with its history. “Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend” was first sung on stage in the musical, Gentlemen Prefer Blonds by Carrol Channing. The composers, Leo Robin and Jule Styne, song writers of many compositions … Read more
The day is rising on a new Dior woman. A woman who had taken control – of the city, of men, of herself. A woman running in hybrid shoes, pumps on a sport sole. The French fashion house paid tribute to the energetic modern woman with Raf Simons’ most powerful collection to date. The … Read more