Ji Won Choi X Yoox. Designed to encourage you to think about the clothes in your closet

  JI WON CHOI X YOOX – The responsible capsule collection Focusing on primary colors and versatile silhouettes, first JI WON CHOI X YOOX sustainable capsule collection has been designed to encourage fashion customers to think about the clothes in their closets. Italian luxury fashion e-retailer YOOX launched JI WON CHOI X YOOX, the debut … Read more

The logo becomes the cornerstone of the Fendi FF Capsule Collection

  Fendi’s squared logo, updated from the original rectangular version, takes centre stage as the graphic pattern features heavily on every item of the NET-A-PORTER x FENDI FF Capsule Collection. The launch of the capsule was celebrated by special pop-up stores. The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana was recreated in inflatable form from April 19th to … Read more

Bulgari’s futuristic version of the Old Curiosity Shop

What is the meaning of Art of wonder? Italian luxury house Bulgari celebrates this intriguing art with a Curiosity Shop located next to the historic Bulgari store at No. 10 Via Condotti in Rome, Italy. The wondrous experience presents “a total immersion into the creativity of the Maison and connecting the future with Bulgari’s past.” … Read more

Mosaert trio inaugurates a fun fantasy factory in Paris

Mosaert trio’s Caspule 5 is out. Mosaert Fabrique fuses fashion, music, home accessories, video making as design graphism.

Exclusively available in limited edition, Belgian clothing brand Mosaert launches at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche their newest collection, the “Capsule n°5” and for the first time sells Home Decor items in addition to clothing. The trio has imagined the “Mosaert Fabrique ” as a fantastic factory in order to make visitors discover their universe. The scenograpgy is about showing the backstages of their production process and their creativity.

mosaert capsule 5 is out-
mosaert capsule 5; Pictures by Antoine Melis l photography & retouching l

After Iris Apfel in 2016 and Loïc Prigent in 2017, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche has invited the creative trio Mosaert to the iconic Parisian store. The Brussels-based Mosaert collective – Paul Van Haver aka Stromae, fashion designer Coralie Barbier and artistic director Luc Junior Tam – has crafted a fantastical pop-up store featuring its Capsule 5 collection. The Mosaert Fabrique is a fun fantasy factory that illustrates the production process behind a unisex capsule collection, along with home décor items.

Playing with industrial codes – factory pipes painted white with golden details, sales assistants wearing jumpsuits – the first installation on the rue de Babylone side features clothes parading on rails. The second on rue de Sèvres presents a video installation and a song created specially by Stromae for the launch of Capsule 5.

T-shirts, teddies and socks are decked out with arabesques, butterflies and plants typical of the Art Deco and Art Nouveau currents, updated with punchy colors to create graphic prints. Mosaert’s basics see the addition of several new items: shorts, a faux fur bomber jacket, a teddy bomber jacket, six T-shirts, two jogger suits and a knitted sweater.For the first time, fashion wear is joined by home décor items with linen, cushions, crockery and even an armchair. Le Bon Marché has created a collection of its own inspired by Capsule 5 with a candle, notebook, tote bag and purse, plus iconic products from La Grande Epicerie reprising Mosaert prints.

Mosaert Atelier Notify
Mosaert x Atelier Notify; images: https://store.mosaert.com

Atelier Notify, the luxury denim brand, launched a customisation area at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche in April 2016. Following a meeting between their team and Mosaert, Mosaert decided to collaborate on two types of products that would complete capsule no 5: two velvets caps and three pairs of flip-flops.

Discover the installation and the collection at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche until May 13. All clothes are unisex and produced in limited quantities, exclusively in Europe.

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mosaert capsule 5; Pictures by Antoine Melis l photography & retouching l
mosaert capsule 5
mosaert capsule 5; Pictures by Antoine Melis l photography & retouching l
mosaert capsule 5 is out
mosaert capsule 5; Pictures by Antoine Melis l photography & retouching l

Prada x MR PORTER reunited for a bowling-themed capsule collection

Rooted in nostalgia: Exclusive Bowling-Themed Capsule launched by Prada x MR PORTER.

1950s an 1980s, two eras of bowling popularity, serve as a source of inspiration for a bowling-themed capsule collection announced by Italian luxury fashion house Prada and luxury menswear online retailer Mr. Porter.

Debuting on MR PORTER on the 25th of April, the 32-piece capsule collection is anchored in ready-to wear and shoes. It draws from eras of bowling popularity – the 1950s and 1980s – and features camp-collar shirts in Hawaiian and pop-cartoon prints and madras and gingham checks, mid-century-style block-panelled stripe cardigans and stripe knit T-shirts, blouson jackets in satin and suede and two printed Tshirts with exclusive PRADA bowling logos, both referencing the eras of inspiration.

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mr.porter x prada; photo: prada

Pleated and flat-front trousers, polo shirts and a mohair bi-colour wool blazer complete the ready-to-wear offering. Loafers, creeper and cap-toe Derbies and cap-toe sneakers in nubuck and deer skin make up the exclusive offering of Prada shoes.

“We are incredibly proud to be working with Prada on this special project and to be the first men’s online retailer to partner on an exclusive collection. The retro themes of 1950s and 1980s menswear were an effortless inspiration for the campaign and content, and allowed us to easily meld the worlds of Mr Porter and Prada,” said Toby Bateman, Managing Director, MR PORTER.

“We are extremely pleased to be part of this exclusive project in collaboration with MR PORTER that we consider being the perfect partner to communicate the values of the brand. Prada’s DNA is in fact about creating products which are really breakthrough that may at times surprise customers, while bringing ideas and ideals to life. We strongly believe that this partnership with one of the major menswear luxury e-tailers is strategically relevant to our digital transformation in today’s changing scenario where we are making significant steps forward,” added Stefano Cantino, PRADA Group Strategic Marketing Director.

The partnership is culminating in a MR PORTER x PRADA hero story with video in The Journal and a MR PORTER x PRADA bowling event in New York City, both on 26 April.

This January, Prada released an exclusive sneaker for MR PORTER -a sportswear-inspired limited edition runner.

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prada x mr. porter 2018; image: mr.porter teaser video

Off-White X Sunglass Hut, plus a clear inspiration from the ’80

  Milan-based label Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh, the fashion brand founded by American fashion designer Virgil Abloh, and Sunglass Hut, the international retailer of sunglasses andsunglass accessories founded in Miami, Florida, United States, in 1971, combine their DNA to create a unique unexpected capsule collection that reflects the young exuberance of Off-Whiteand the Sunglass Hut identity, … Read more