Sunday Readings – 3 Books That Will Change Your Life Perception

February 18, 2018 by Raluca Stoica

There are so many ways to enlarge our world and I believe that – along with travelling which I am addicted to, for it connects you instantly to the culture of the places and people’s customs – reading adds up a new value to our lives. What can be best than people sharing their life experiences with the  solid purpose of opening new perspectives and new doors towards our evolution? Always have been a reading lover and today I bring […]

Categories: books, thoughts • Tags: books, eck, eckhart tolle, personal development, rich dad poor dad, robert kiyosaki, the power of intention, wayne dyer

Gisele’s Coffee Table Book Coming Soon – Expensive?

September 25, 2015 by Raluca Stoica

The highest earning model in the world, Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen, is about to release a book about herself, celebrating 20 years of her career in the fashion industry. This limited Collector’s Edition is curated by the supermodel herself, all the over 300 photos were carefully chosen by Gisele, as well as the legendary nude, taken by Irvin Penn, which makes the cover of the book. Inside the book’s pages are Gisele’s most inner thoughts, tributes from fashion figures, friends […]

Categories: fashion, people • Tags: books, Brazil, Coffee table book, forbes, gisele bundchen, Irving Penn, news

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

Notre Chanel – A New Biography on Mademoiselle by Jean Lebrun

August 12, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Gabrielle Chanel, a source of endless inspiration due to her powerful personality and  her ability to continuously reinvent herself, has, since April 2014 when the book was released, a new biography on stands, written by journalist and historian Jean Lebrun –  a man who, aside his now defunct partner, Bernard Costa, lost to AIDS in 1990, investigated her life nearly a quarter century ago, and was determined to complete the work they started together. The book presents a different kind of […]

Categories: books, fashion • Tags: art, books, fashion history, Gabrielle Chanel, Jean Lebrun, Notre Chanel

Louis Vuitton Photographie et Mode – A New Deluxe Fashion Book by Rizzoli

July 24, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

A new fashion book is about to be released, by Rizzoli, a journey into the last 60 years of Louis Vuitton‘s history, with more than 200 photos to scroll through, taken by legendary names of the fashion photography like David Bailey and Helmut Newton, Mario Testino, Annie Leibovitz, Karl Lagerfeld and Patrick Demarchelier – and these are just some of the world-famous photographers that often worked on the legend of the French fashion house. The story behind each photograph is told by the […]

Categories: books • Tags: art, books, fashion, louis vuitton, Mario Testino, news

La Dolce Vita – ” Valentino: At The Emperor’s Table” New Book Release

July 22, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Valentino created an empire, with his long-term partner Giancarlo Giammetti, when back in 1959 they founded the legendary label and created for the high society, like Jackie Onasis‘ wedding gown when she married Aristote Onasis. At The Emperor’s Table is an invitation into the five houses that Valentino owns – in London, New York, at Gstaad in Switzerland, and Paris at Chateau de Wideville – as well as on his yacht, a glimpse of the refined world in which he lives, […]

Categories: books • Tags: André Leon Talley, books, fashion, Giancarlo Giammetti, news, valentino

10 Coffee Table Books – All About Fashion

April 10, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Veruschka: From Vera to Veruschka She was one of the biggest faces of the 1960s. Actress and muse to photographer Franco Rubbartelli, Vera von Lendhorff became Veruschka over the course of her a career that still holds us in thrall today. A beautiful new tome from Rizzoli – by photographer Johnny Moncada, who shot her several times for Italian Vogue – presents a 300-strong edit of thousands of recently discovered and previously unpublished pictures of the German model. From Rome to Capri, via the white sand […]

Categories: books, fashion • Tags: annie leibovitz, art, books, culture, Dior: Images en Légende, fashion, history, inspiration, Oscar de la Renta, photography, style, todd selby, veruschka

Emerald – A New Thames & Hudson Published Book

March 10, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Emerald – a new book that sees through the history of this precious gem published by Thames & Hudson and having Franca Sozzani to write the preface. The experts Joanna Hardy and Jonathan Self  take us in a  fascinating journey through the history of this stone, passing through countries like Columbia, Zambia and India. The hypnotic green emerald was and still is an inspiration for houses like Cartier, a lover of Elizabeth Taylor alongside the Catherine the Great of Russia […]

Categories: accessories, books • Tags: art, beauty, books, cartier, Catherine the Great of Russia, columbia, Elizabeth Taylor, franza sozzani, green emerald, india, inspiration, Thames & Hudson, zambia

Mila Kunis – The New 2014 Face and Global Ambassador of Gemfields

February 5, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Monday evening a crowd of gemstone lovers showed up to celebrate Gemfields‘ new tabletop book, “Emerald” and the new advertising campaign showing actress Mila Kunis. She had spent seven days in Zambia earlier last year as she had been chosen global ambassador of Gemfields. “It’s really a luxury to own jewellery and gemstones. If you’re in a position to do so, you’re fortunate. Given that, I think it’s important to pay attention to what you’re wearing and where it came from.” […]

Categories: books, people • Tags: Africa, art, books, culture, Emerald, gemfields, global ambassador, Jewellery, mila kunis, Peter Lindbergh, precious gemstones