FIRST LOOK – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and The Catholic Imagination Exhibition – Metropolitan Museum Of Art

May 7, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

The long-awaited exhibition of the Costume Institute in the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens on this Thursday, May 10. For those of you who are now in New York this is not an event to miss. The exhibition was organized in cooperation with the Vatican, so visitors will be able to take a look, for the first time in history, at the papal wardrobe, which until now has never left Vatican. “As a curator, you are always interested in what drives […]

Categories: art, fashion, news • Tags: 2018, Andrew Bolton, curator, exhibition, Fashion and The Catholic Imagination Exhibition, heavenly bodies, Metropolitan Museum of Art

‘Ladyland’ Exhibiton at Opera Gallery in London Dedicated to Ellen Von Unwerth

April 27, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

For more than 30 years, Ellen von Unwerth has made her name in fashion photography with her sensual vision of women’s bodies. So, in the honour of her fabulous work, the Opera Gallery in London organized an exhibition dedicated to von Unwerth called “Ladyland.” The spotlight goes on Supermodels – Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer Nadja Auermann – on the iconic cliche from famous fashion magazines and Frivolities – where the photographer lets her imagination go wild and expresses herself. […]

Categories: art, fashion, news • Tags: 2018, ellen von unwerth, exhibition, ladyland, london, Opera Gallery, photography

Floraland – Sara Grace Wallerstedt by Solve Sundsbo for Vogue China May 2018

April 23, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

Model: Sara Grace Wallerstedt; Photographed bySolve Sundsbo; Stylist: Katie Shillingford; Hair: Martin Cullen; Makeup: Hiromi Ueda.

Categories: art, fashion • Tags: Sara Grace Wallerstedt, Solve Sundsbo, vogue china

Next Destination – Tulum – Pablo Escobar’s Home Turned Into a Luxury Resort

March 3, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

The villa that once belonged to the Colombian king of cocaine, Pablo Escobar, has turned into a luxury resort thanks to Lio Malca, a New York art dealer, who bought it -back in 2003- restored it and embellished the mansion with contemporary art, frescoes, paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Persian rugs and velvet armchairs. Located on the white-sand beach of Tulum, Mexico, along the crystal clear water of the Caribbean see, Casa Malca boutique hotel offers 41 rooms and suits, two restaurants, […]

Categories: art, news, travel • Tags: art dealer, beach resort, boutique hotel, casa malca, Lio Malca, luxury resort, mexico, Pablo Escobar, tulum

This is Not a F*cking Street Style Book by Adam Katz Sinding

February 28, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

Born in San Francisco but based in Copenhagen, Adam Kats Sinding is a cult fashion week photographer, on the move 300 days per year, working with magazines like Vogue and W, gathering the material that now makes the subject of his book – This is Not a F*cking Street Style Book. The title is pretty succint – “Generally, street style is a lie yet people eat that shit up, believing that they are seeing something organic. But then we have the likes […]

Categories: art, books, fashion • Tags: adam katz sinding, fashion book, news, photography, street style, This is Not a F*cking Street Style Book

Gucci’s 3rd Eye – Behind The Scenes of Surreal Gucci Show F/W 2018

February 23, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

With Alessandro Michele at helm, Gucci became a fairy land where the unchained imagination of the creative designer is running wild, blowing up the fashion scene at Milan’s Fashion Week, Fall-Winter 2018/2019, with his surreal looks, making out of Gucci’s show THE show you’re sorry you couldn’t attend – for it was like a movie, with a very cool script, written out of the inspiration dragged from movies like “The Legend of the Baby Dragon in a Jar” and “The Tale […]

Categories: art, fashion, news • Tags: alessandro michele, art, fall winter 2018, fashion show, gucci, milan fashion week, surreal

The 20’s ultra luxurious items – 6 Precious Cigarette Cases on Show in Paris

February 19, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

Paris comes to our attention for the most original exhibition – personalized minaudières, watches, cigarette cases in gold and precious stones – which takes place for the entire month of April, almost,  so plenty of time to discover the treasure and feast your eyes with the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan. The School of Jewelery Arts, supported by Van Clef & Arpels,  presents their ultra excentric items from the 20’s, for the first time in France. Enjoy and […]

Categories: accessories, art, news • Tags: cigarette case, exhibition, jewelery, luxury, paris, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

Art Has No Limits – Food Couture by Gretchen Röehrs

February 17, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

Meet Gretchen Röehrs, amazing artist and designer who’s illustrations become the subject of a book, and a quite interesting one –  “A Fashion Feast for the Eyes, From Banana Peel Jumpsuits to Kale Frocks”. Her work has been featured in famous publications like The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, among others. Here is a sneak peak from her book, released on 13th of February 2018. Harper’s Bazaar Interview: What’s the story behind using food in your fashion illustrations? Gretchen Roehrs: It all […]

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Manolo Blahnik’s New Coffee Table Book – Fleeting Gestures and Obsessions

September 10, 2015 by Raluca Stoica

488 pages of history trapped in one amazing book – Manolo Blahnik: Fleeting Gestures and Obsessions – a complete book about inspiration and creativity, whose texts Blahnik wrote himself, a dialogue the designer has with Sofia Coppola, Pedro Almodovar, Andre Leon Telly and many other prominent figures which inspired him along the way.  Four decades of life and perfect shoes, 250 pictures of the best models in the history of Manolo Blahnik, saw the light thanks to the publishing house, Rizzoli […]

Categories: accessories, art, fashion • Tags: books, culture, Manolo Blahnik: Fleeting Gestures and Obsessions, Pedro Almodóvar, sofia coppola