Multicolored patent “Summertime” sandals with a maxi wedge by GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI.
Simply gorgeous on, their Eighties pop overtones make them an absolute must-have accessory.
In-store now at Coccodrillo Ladies Boutique, Antwerp.
An exotic and festive dinner party. Who will take a bite of the forbidden apple : the angel or the snake???
You can always count on LANVIN to shake up the party!
Introducing the latest in a series of films commissioned by Mrs. Miuccia Prada for MIU MIU, starring the Italian actress Maya Sansa. It is set to a haunting soundtrack, written especially for the film by the electronic pop trio Au Revoir Simone.
Following The Powder Room — Zoe Cassavetes’ dreamy story of opulence and glamour, and MUTA — Lucrecia Martel’s film noir filled with mutant fashion divas — The Woman Dress is again set in an all-female world of glamour and desire. But this time fashion obsession is taken to its most extreme conclusion, in a metaphysical tale of transcendence and ritual.
A coven of elegant witches attends a bubbling cauldron, their shadowy cavern hung with the ghosts of dresses. Maya Sansa is undressed and led to a bath, and her finger pricked to draw blood. The witches — played by Heather D’Angelo, Erika Forster and Annie Hart of Au Revoir Simone — circle, chanting in strange tongues. As the smoke clears we see Maya Sansa has made the ultimate sacrifice, transforming herself into the object of her desire — a beautiful blood red dress.
The film, featuring key dresses from MIU MIU, draws on a surreal cinematic language, with its red velvet curtain, reverse-speak and dreamlike mise-en-scène.
Discover the PRADA Spring Summer 2012 campaign video, which brings to life Miuccia’s tantalisingly feminine automobile-inspired designs including Cadillac wedges and flame-tipped stilettos in retro pastel shades of racing green or lipstick pink.
Via Fantastic Man:
Lacing one’s shoe is not confined to the realm of the criss-cross. In fact, a variety of lacing methods exist to cater to a variety of different footwear types – take the ladder lace, for instance, which is worn by military paratroopers. Starting at the base, the ends are run on the outside of the shoe into the next eyelet. The ends are crossed as normal, but then fed under the vertical lace before being fed into the eyelet directly above. (A full explanation and diagram may be found here.) The method is intended for taller boots, such as the pair seen above, as it makes tightening the lower sections easier. How intriguing! They are worn with trousers by BOTTEGA VENETA.
Via Interview:
Continuing her love affair with the world of contemporary art, the fashion designer Miuccia Prada has once again joined forces with Italian multimedia artist Francesco Vezzoli, this time with a ‘pop-up’ museum in the heart of Paris. Entitled ’24-hour museum’, the temporary show has been constructed within the Palais d’Iéna, an historical French political building, and features an illuminated neon cage lining the walls constructed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas’ AMO agency. Mrs. Prada fêted the ephemeral project with a VIP dinner and champagne reception before opening the doors to the public for one day only.
Vezzoli revealed a series of ten lightbox statues for the occasion, works he simply described as “my icons turned into sculptures and placed on marble pedestals.” Referencing the classical sculpture of female goddesses Vezzoli haphazardly collaged the facial features of Hollywood starlets onto the figures, with the instantly recognisable likeness of actresses including Sharon Stone, Eva Mendes, Natalie Portman or Michelle Williams topping off the 2D sculptures. “His (Vezzoli’s) work is much more political than he likes to admit. It is about our obsession with celebrity and the way that art wants to stay in a kind of limbo,” said Prada.
Through thick velvet drapes, a mirror ball hung above the dance floor in an aptly titled ‘Salon des Refuses’ across the hall, in which cardboard cutouts of Vezzoli’s rejected icons (namely himself) were seen ‘dancing’ among the revellers as Kate Moss hit the decks to DJ the post-dinner party. Sidling in just days after the menswear shows (in a week laden with pre-fall and haute couture) it seems Prada’s unapologetic flair for innovation has created the happening on everybody’s lips. With not a stitch of clothing necessary.
Since 1946, venerable British tailor HARDY AMIES has set the mark for classic English tailoring from it’s bespoke atelier at 14 Savile Row. Having dressed Queen Elizabeth and the royal family for 50 years, the man himself passed away in 2003 leaving a rich legacy of fine craftsmanship.
Yesterday in Florence, Hardy Amies presented their Autumn Winter 2012-13 collection in Florence, Italy, on the occasion of Pitti Uomo, with a luxurious sartorial offering that revolved around the concept of the grey flannel suit.
Accompanying designer Claire Malcolm’s garments was a spectacular footwear collaboration with London’s pre-eminent shoe maestro MR. HARE, who created a silver-capped boot and oxford in polished elephant grey leather.
Via Vogue Italia:
See the Spring Summer 2012 collections of PRADA, BALENCIAGA, CHANEL and more in a cheeky “home-shopping” clip shot by Steven Meisel. Featuring Joan Smalls, Natasha Poly, Caroline Trentini, Daria Strokous, and Karlie Kloss, assisted by the darling NY socialites Michelle Harper and Camilla Staerk.