A New Collection By Gaetano Perrone For The Russian Shoe Brand CORSOCOMO

May 24, 2013 by The CoF

The italian Gaetano Perrone is the chief designer for shoes and accessories for Alexander McQueen, He also collaborated with brands like Dior, Emanuel Ungaro, Sergio Rossi, Salvatore Ferragamo and others. This capsule collection for CORSOCOMO that Gaetano does it’s not the first one. But all of them are focus on qualities that Gaetano values ​​in women most : strength , sensuality and sophistication. His latest collection for CORSOCOMO turned feminine, modern and seductive, provocative. The designer has built it on […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, CORSOCOMO, Footwear, Gaetano Perrone, Russia, shoes, Shopping

Parsons Chose Candidates For The Title Of “Designer Of The Year”

May 24, 2013 by The CoF

Parsons has published the photographs of the collections of the candidates for the title of “Designer of the Year.” Some of the candidates are also nominated for the competition, organized by Kering “Support for the imagination” (Empowering Imagination). The winners will get the opportunity to pass a two-month internship at one of the brands of the conglomerate, as well as displaying their collection in the windows at Barneys New York. It is worth noting that the candidates for the title of “Designer […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, Barneys New York, Designer Of The Year, Harin Yang, Joseph Singh, Kering, Parsons, Photography, Rene Lariviere

Bernard Villemot Vintage Advertising

May 14, 2013 by The CoF

Vintage posters for Bally, Perrier and others by Bernard Villemot.   All images copyright the artist.  

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, Bally, Bernard Villemot, illustration, Perrier, Prints and Posters

From Chaos to Couture At Bergdorf Goodman ,Celebrating the Costume Institute

May 13, 2013 by The CoF

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, Bergdorf Goodman, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Shopping

Louis Vuitton Objects Nomades Collection At Salone Internazionale del Mobile

April 15, 2013 by The CoF

Louis Vuitton presents Nomades Objets: 13 designers reinvent the art of travel by Louis Vuitton creating a series of folding furniture and travel accessories that pay homage to the tradition of the Special Orders of the House. The series of Objets Nomades currently includes 16 items (but the collection is expected to grow). A mixture of pieces of folding furniture and travel accessories, all in noble materials (Nomade leather, leather Haute Maroquinerie, metal and precious woods used for the workshops from Louis […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, Louis Vuitton, Milan Furniture Fair, Salone del Mobile, Travel

Alexandre Reza by Vivienne Becker

April 10, 2013 by The CoF

You may not have heard of him but the tale of Alexandre Reza is well worth reading. Arguably the most powerful diamond dealer of the 1970′s,he spent the next few decades as one of most exclusive jewelers in the world conquering New York, Cannes , Monte Carlo and beyond with his exceptional designs. The book is beautifully bound in suede and stuffed with photos and sketches of rare pieces. I have to admit that the first thing that attract me at this […]

Categories: Book, Design, Fashion • Tags: Alexandre Reza, books, Jewellery designer, Jewelry, Luxury good, Vivienne Becker

GIVEAWAY : Celebrating YOU At The CoF !

April 8, 2013 by The CoF

Click on for : Details Enter Sweepstakes Invite Friends About Official Rules Privacy                         Celebrating You At The CoF Enter Sweepstakes   Invite Friends Prize Details Celebrate yourself with A Fashionable 200€ Gift Card at theoutnet.com , netaporter.com , asos.com or yoox.com ! The celebrated will choose one of the options. Sweepstakes Starts April 08, 2013 @ 12:00 am (BST) Sweepstakes Ends April 22, 2013 @ 11:55 pm (BST) Some of […]

Categories: Architecture, Beauty, Design, Fashion, News • Tags: Blog, Contests and Sweepstakes, Events, Facebook, Gift card, Google+, Health, Life, Lifestyle, Personal, Pinterest, Twitter

Designer Spotlight: Richard Braqo

March 22, 2013 by The CoF

Richard Braqo was the first ever recipient of the Cesare Paciotti Accessories Award for shoe design at Parsons School of Design in 2009 after which he went on to collaborate with Paciotti on a collection that sold in New York to Saks and Barney’s launching at Vogues Fashion Night Out. Since then, Brako has gone on to work with the likes of Ikram Goldman, Glamour Magazine’s Suze Yalof Schwartz and Acne studios with previous stints at Helmut Lang and Zegna. Brako’s […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Footwear, luxury, Luxury good, Parsons The New School for Design, Richard Braqo, shoes

WATER FOR LIFE

March 22, 2013 by The CoF

An increasing demand 85% of the world population lives in the driest half of the planet. 783 million people do not have access to clean water and almost 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. 6 to 8 million people die annually from the consequences of disasters and water-related diseases. Various estimates indicate that, based on business as usual, ~3.5 planets Earth would be needed to sustain a global population achieving the current lifestyle of the average European […]

Categories: Beauty, Design, Fashion • Tags: education, food, Health, Life, Lifestyle, Water resources

Diana Vreeland’s Apartment : The Garden From Hell

March 12, 2013 by The CoF

“ There are several things about the apartment that accord well enough with anybody’s expectations. Of course the “garden in hell” turns out to be neither remotely hellish nor particularly horticultural. But quite aside from the flamboyant scarlet-flowered cotton of the walls and curtains of the living room, there is undeniably an abundance of the color red: red carpets, red-lacquered doors, closet linings, and picture frames. True to form, when Vreeland consented to have her rooms photographed for the present article, […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Alexander Liberman, Architectural Digest, Art, Christian Bérard, Diana Vreeland, Home and Garden, New York

Yves Saint Laurent’s Timeless Left Bank Apartment

March 12, 2013 by The CoF

“Saint Laurent’s Paris apartment on the Left Bank was originally designed by Bérard’s friend and sometime collaborator—the icon of Art Déco design—Jean-Michel Frank. Frank and Bérard’s interiors were madly dapper and stylish yet at the same time modern classics. The pair were celebrated not only in France but also in America, where they designed one of New York’s greatest Déco interiors: the Nelson Rockefeller apartment on Fifth Avenue. Yves Saint Laurent’s apartment was also originally designed for an American, which […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Art, Art Deco, Home and Garden, left bank, Paris, Yves Saint Laurent

Reed Krakoff : New York Townhouse

March 12, 2013 by The CoF

Let’s go inside interior designer Delphine Krakoff’s sophisticated New York townhouse that she shares with her designer husband, Reed Krakoff, and their children. Reed Krakoff in the living room, in front of Alexander Calder’s 1971 wall mobileTwo Black Discs and Six Others. In the living room, Joris Laarman’s 2006 translucent chaise sits on a c. 1940 Cogolin rug designed by Henri Gonse. Robert Motherwell’s 1968Open No. 16 surveys the living room’s design-scape. The Claude Lalanne bronze crocodile chair sits next to […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Art, delphine krakoff, Fashion, Home and Garden, New York City, Reed Krakoff

Most Expensive Bags

March 10, 2013 by The CoF

 The Mouawad’s 1001 Nights Diamond Purse – $3.8 million Officially certified by Guinness World Records the Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse is now the most expensive designer handbag in the world at $3.8 million. The heart-shaped purse is handcrafted from 18kt gold and has 4,517 diamonds (4,356 colorless, 105 yellow, 56 pink) with a total weight of 381.92 carats. It was made by ten artisans who worked on it for a total of 8,800 hours.  Bag created by Japanese designer […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Chanel, Handbags and Purses, Hermès, Judith Leiber, Lana Marks, Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse

Gabrielle Coco Chanel’s Apartment

March 10, 2013 by The CoF

 source vogue.com.au

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Coco Chanel, Fashion, Home and Garden, Paris

Valentino Garavani’s Asian-Inspired Château

February 27, 2013 by The CoF

Château de Wideville celebrates the haute couturier’s passion for all things Chinese, from Qing-dynasty ancestor portraits to European chinoiserie. Joined by one of his pugs, couturier Valentino Garavani stands before a hand-painted fireplace on the ground floor of the former dovecote, orpigeonnier, at Château de Wideville; the 19th-century Italian mirror reflects a Qing-dynasty ancestor portrait and the staircase’s polychrome metal banister The pigeonnier at the French estate has been transformed into a Chinese-themed retreat. Sofas on the ground level are covered in custom-embroidered […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Fashion, Home and Garden, Jacques Sarazin, Qing Dynasty, style, Valentino Garavani

Alice Temperley And Her Country Estate In Somerset

February 27, 2013 by The CoF

Temperley, using her dining-room table as a makeshift studio, designs paper patterns for bespoke bridal dresses that she prefers to work on in the peace and quiet of the countryside. The designer contrasts the classic English style of her Cricket Court estate with bold-colored accents, such as the ornate fuchsia couch pillows in the house’s piano room. The working stand displays Temperley’s paper and textile patterns in the dining room. The figurative antique bronze lamp in the dining room was […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Alice Temperley, Fashion, Home and Garden, LONDON, Somerset House

Heaven Tanudiredja : Heavenly Jeweles

February 26, 2013 by The CoF

HEAVEN TANUDIREDJA was born in Bali. His fashion life started when he was 15 years old, working as an assistant designer in Indonesia. He then studied and graduated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp in Belgium. While he was still in his second year in this institution, the designer has received a Dries Van Noten Award. Under Steven Robinson, John Galliano’s right hand at the time, he then pursued his carreer at Christian Dior Haute Couture.He has […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: bags, Belgium, clutches, collection, Heaven Tanudiredja, Jewelry, spring/summer

Iris Apfel’s Exuberant Apartment

February 26, 2013 by The CoF

The style icon takes us inside her bold Manhattan home: In the library, a Dutch painting is displayed above a Louis XVI daybed covered in fabric Apfel reproduced from a 17th-century French document.   In the entry, an 18th-century English gilt chinoiserie mirror and an Italian console. An Italian tole chandelier above a Maison Jansen table draped in a woven paisley throw. The first painting Apfel ever bought—a portrait of the Infanta Margarita she picked up 60 years ago at […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Art, Fashion, Home and Garden, Iris Apfel, New York City, style

Elie Saab At Home

February 23, 2013 by The CoF

“Symmetry is the ultimate goal,” architect Chakib Richani says of the apartment he conceived for fashion designer Elie Saab in Paris. Above: The living room. The low table and sofas Richani created were “inspired by the cube,” he says. Sahco sofa leather. An Empire-style chandelier and rows of candles illuminate the dining room. The custom stainless-steel Wing table “is a contemporary touch to a classical room,” says Richani, who designed it. Mirrored screens line a wall in the master bedroom. […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Chakib Richani, Elie Saab, Fashion, Home and Garden, Paris

Coca-Cola And Fashion : An Illustrated Guide

February 18, 2013 by The CoF

 pictures from highsnobiety  

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Coca-Cola, food, gianfranco ferre, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Roberto Cavalli

Cage My Body!

February 1, 2013 by The CoF

What’s up with our fascination for putting things in a cage? Cages are oppressive,still we’re fascinated by them. It is just how our complicated minds work! Body cages are a bridge between armor/self-protection and underwear/exhibitionism. This strange interplay is an important theme for our times, and was reflected previously by the ever-popular S&M trends of recent seasons (latex, tough shoes, body-con, corsets etc.) Now all those trends have started to seem tired, but the ideas behind them remain relevant. A […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: body, cage, Elie Saab, Gaultier, Haute couture, Jean Paul Gaultier, Paris, Shopping, Yohji Yamamoto

Mario Salvucci – Incredible Creatures

February 1, 2013 by The CoF

Searching the internet for more information on the multi-talented artist Marion Salvucci I found this piece on Vogue Italia, where Mario himself narrates in short his love for “incredible creatures” of nature, the iconic Diane Pernet and art: ” It is equally easy for him to design a lamp or a pair of earrings, shifting from macro to micro proportions. A life spent between the dazzling lights of New York and the silence surrounding the Umbrian countryside, multi-talented creative artist Mario Salvucci loves […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Diane Pernet, India, Jewellery, Mario Salvucci, Neiman Marcus, New York, Vogue Italia

Krisztianna’s Muertitas

January 31, 2013 by The CoF

I think because of the weather outside today I’m in the mood for skulls and flowers… And what a lucky day finding these great artists that I feel oblige to share them work with you because what is art without being shared?!… Muertitas….These mixed media wall pieces that explores the cycles of nature – Birth,Death and Rebirth –  are made of wood, Styrofoam, twine, wire, glue, tape, paper maché, clay, synthetic flowers, freeze-dried leaves and plants, acrylic paint, acrylic sealants, and […]

Categories: Design • Tags: Acrylic paint, Art, Fashion, Mixed media, muertitas, Paint, Sculpture, Shopping, Visual art

Jacky Tsai – Floral Skullptures

January 31, 2013 by The CoF

Born in Shanghai, in 1984, Jacky Tsai came to London after completing a BA at the China Academy of Art to study at Central St Martins, quickly making an impact on the fashion world with his iconic Floral Skull design made for Alexander McQueen. His time at McQueen, where he worked in pattern design for the brand, created a fascination with fashion and textiles. Printing his striking images on silk, rather than paper, saw his floral skull image achieve critical […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Fashion design, Flower, Jacky Tsai, LONDON, Skull

Hermès And Christian Lacroix Designer Tableware Unveiled

January 28, 2013 by The CoF

The designers are all set to visit your table as Hermès and Christian Lacroix unveil new tableware collection. We have already seen fashion houses like Versace, Calvin Klein and Hermès dress up the tables for meal time with their exclusive collection of tableware. To celebrate the new year, Hermès has rolled out a new collection that sports “A Sporting Life” theme. Designed by carré silk scarf designer Benoit-Pierre Emery, this vintage-style chinaware takes cues from iconic Chaine d’ancre link style of Hermès’ leather collection. The […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Benoit-Pierre Emery, Christian Lacroix, Hermès, Tableware

The Button. Arte E Moda

January 24, 2013 by The CoF

The buttons of Chanel, Versace, Elsa Schiaparelli and of the greatest couturiers on show at the Musei Mazzucchelli. Pavese tells us their story If in everyday life some details can be considered negligible, in the world of fashion detail is everything. “The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit”said Christian Dior. This is why the famous couturiers paid great attention to the buttons. “It was back in 1967. My father went to Paris to present a […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Balenciaga, buttons, Christian Dior, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jean Patou, made in italy, Mazzano, Moschino, Paul Poiret

Inside Oscar De La Renta’s Debut London Store

January 23, 2013 by The CoF

OSCAR DE LA RENTA has opened his first London store . The 3,000-square-foot boutique is located in Mayfair at 130 Mount Street, near to Marc Jacobs, Christian Louboutin and Balenciaga. The expansive space spans three floors, selling accessories, beauty, home décor and childrenswear, in addition to its ready-to-wear and bridal lines. With interiors designed by New York-based firm Meyer Davis Studio, Inc (a favourite of the brand), the shop features Dominican coral stone and high-gloss white anigré wood to give an […]

Categories: Design • Tags: Fashion, LONDON, Mayfair, Oscar de la Renta, shop, store

Shoes… By Kobi Levi

January 23, 2013 by The CoF

Israel footwear designer Kobi Levi courageously blends the boundaries between fashion and art while creating every pair of shoes. Each pair is a complete sculpture. He invented a “bilateral” boots, flip-flops from the peel of bananas, sandals-slingshot and shoes-dog. If you’ll decide to wear such shoes you’ll not be unnoticed! It’s a truly amazing shoes! source beautuifullife.com

Categories: Design • Tags: clothing, Flip-flops, Footwear, Israel, kobi levi, Shoe, Shopping, style, Women

Woo-Hoo! Juergen Teller Opens At The ICA

January 23, 2013 by The CoF

Artist, photographer, and all-around troublemaker Juergen Teller’s latest exhibition, Woo,opens at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts tomorrow. And, as always with Teller’s work, it promises to be a visual and conceptual feast. Covering the photographer’s extensive career, which spans over twenty years, the show will include some of his most iconic fashion and pop-culture works, like images of Vivienne Westwood (above), Kurt Cobain, Lily Cole, and Kate Moss (below), as well as shots from his innovative and sometimes shocking Marc Jacobs campaigns (remember […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Institute of Contemporary Arts, Juergen Teller, Kate Moss, Lily Cole, LONDON, Vivienne Westwood

The Best Of Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (part 1)

January 22, 2013 by The CoF

The world’s leading watchmakers have come together in Geneva this week, for the 22nd installment of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), the premier platform for groundbreaking timepiece design. As the houses unveil their latest innovation, pushing the boundaries of technical function and precision even further, we take a look at the first pieces to take to the stage. The Grande Reverso Lady Ultra Thin Duetto Duo watch by Jaeger-LeCoultre For the 22nd installation of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, […]

Categories: Design, News • Tags: fashion accessories, Geneva, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Rafael Nadal, Richard Mille, Sébastien Loeb, Switzerland, Yohan Blake

Raf Simons’ Home

January 19, 2013 by The CoF

Raf Simons’ mid-century Modernist two-story, open-floor-plan apartment in Antwerp has become his sanctuary. Simons’ opened his door to WSJ and we can have a peak of his wonderful art and furniture collection. In addition to a Pierre Jeanneret sofa and chairs and Mike Kelley framed flags, the living room has a Noguchi coffee table and George Nakashimi bench. “IF RAF SIMONS WEREN’T AN INFLUENTIAL FASHION DESIGNER  AND HIS OWN EPONYMOUS LINE, HE’D LIKE TO BE A CERAMICIST. “THERE’S SOMETHING SO ROMANTIC […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Christian Dior S.A., Designer, France, Jil Sander, Mike Kelley, Pierre Jeanneret, Raf Simons

Donna Karan’s New York Home

January 19, 2013 by The CoF

Set in an Art Deco building in the heart of Upper West Side with a priceless view of Central Park, this home is a true reflection of the style and lifestyle of Donna Karan. Great pictures by Richard Powers, are a great display of her interiors and the art that graces her walls, but I would have love to see more wide angle images of the place such as the Kitchen or the living room… source Trendland.com  

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: architecture, Art Deco, Arts, Central Park, Donna Karan, Fashion, History, Richard Powers, Upper West Side

Ink Fabric Editorial Illustrated by Julia Slavinska

January 19, 2013 by The CoF

It’s not easy to find a new way to present household fashion brands. Especially after you’ve just seen them in all the fashion week coverage, and multitude of collaborations and collections that pop out every day. But this inspired Ink Fabric editorial spread does so, and does it beautifully. Modeled by Myroslava Dronyuk, photographed by Andrew Ivaskiv, and illustrated by Julia Slavinska, the spread brings —Dior, Louis Vuitton, Alexander Wang, Alexander McQueen, Giambattista Valli, Givenchy, and Dolce & Gabbana—together in a work of art […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, ANDREW IVASKIV, Dolce & Gabbana, Fashion, giambattista valli, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton

Desire Obtain Cherish – Designers Drugs

January 18, 2013 by The CoF

LA-based artist Desire Obtain Cherish emergence as a street artist in the 2000s, DOC has blended the concerns and methods of street, pop, conceptual and appropriation art with popular culture to create his own unique satirical message. His work, though often controversial, is always engaging, and explores contemporary obsessions with sex, desire, drugs, gender, celebrity, media, commerce and fame. My favorite is the ‘Designers Drugs’ series made on UV Cast Resin (42 x 27), I wish he did more.   source trendland.com  

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: designer drugs, Desire Obtain Cherish, Popular culture, Street artist, United States, Visual Arts

World’s First Customized Rolex Sky-Dweller

January 18, 2013 by The CoF

The Rolex Sky-Dweller watch is highly sought after and an exclusive piece for any luxury collection. Bamford Watch Department continues to set trends in the watch customization game and is now the first to have worked on the brand new Rolex Sky-Dweller. The watch is available in the signature Black MPVD coating with Bamford Aqua and White accent colours on a black dial. Due to the highly sought after nature of the piece, the Bamford Sky-Dweller will be available in an extremely exclusive […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Annual calendar, Bamford, Rolex, Shopping, Time zone, Watch, Watches

Amalia Mattaor – Dancing Bags

January 18, 2013 by The CoF

Amalia Mattaor took an interesting approach in designing this intriguing collection of shoulder bags. Titled ‘Dancing Bags,’ these purses cling to their wearer, becoming a central and exciting part of the outfit rather than just another accessory. Made from fish leather and decorated with elegant studs and chains, these bags are beyond stunning. Amalia Mattaor’s Dancing Bags can be worn around your arms in a binding fashion. The bags are featured in different colors such as black, light brown and […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Accessories, amalia mattaor, dancing bags, Handbags and Purses, Luggage and Bags, Shopping

Mouawad – The World’s Most Expensive Handbag Worth $3.8 million

January 18, 2013 by The CoF

The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse has just received the Guinness World Record for the most expensive handbag ever created. Desiner Robert Mouawad is the brainchild behind this magnificent purse, which is handmade using 18kt gold. It took 10 artisans a total of 8,800 hours to complete this Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse. The total carat weight of the handbag is 381.92 carats, consisting of 4,356 colorless diamonds, 105 yellow diamonds and 56 pink diamonds. On top of all those […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Diamond, Guinness World Record, Handbag, Jewellery, Jewelry, Loose Stones, Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse, Shopping

Beautiful Balloon Dresses

January 17, 2013 by The CoF

This time we want to show you very unusual dresses. These dresses are made totally from balloons. “Daisy Balloon is balloon artist Rie Hosokai and art director/graphic designer Takashi Kawada. Making the world their stage, this balloon unit travels the globe to exhibit their art.” Take a look! source beautifullife.com  

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, Aviation, Balloon Artists, balloon dress, Balloon modelling, Balloon Sculpting, Crafts, Recreation

Mojito Shoe from Julian Hakes

January 17, 2013 by The CoF

The modern fashion world contains thousand of beautiful, stylish and even strange shoes’ models. Created by London architect Julian Hakes this Mojito shoe consist of a single piece of wrapped around the wearer’s foot, supporting the heel and ball with no footplate in-between.

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Arts, Design, Fashion, Julian Hakes, LONDON, Mojito, Shoe, Somerset House

Biomimicry Shoe By Marieka Ratsma and Kostika Spaho

January 17, 2013 by The CoF

A bird’s skull inspired the hollow heel of these 3D-printed shoes by Dutch fashion designer Marieka Ratsma and American architect Kostika Spaho. They used the shape of a bird’s cranium for the front of the shoe, with the tapered beak as the spike of the heel. The lightweight and efficient structure of the hollow skull allowed the shoe to be 3D-printed using less material. Take a look!   source beautifullife.com

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: biomimicry shoe

Top 9 Fashion Designer Hotels Around The Globe

January 16, 2013 by The CoF

Designer hotels are a dime a dozen these days, so how do you distinguish the authentically designer hotels? It’s easy you simply look for a luxury hotel that has actually been designed by a designer. The trend of designers lending their expertise to hotels is becoming a popular one, and as a customer I’m not complaining. The attention to detail that a designer offers cannot be matched by traditional hoteliers. Below is a list of some of the top designer […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Caribbean, Christian Lacroix, Dominican Republic, fashion hotels, Oscar de la Renta, Paris, Rome, Sea World, Versace

Blancpain Saint-Valentin 2013 Timepiece For Valentine’s Day

January 16, 2013 by The CoF

It’s never too early to start shopping for Valentine’s Day, and this Blancpain Saint-Valentin watch might be the perfect gift this year. This Blancpain Saint-Valentin watch actually has hearts on it to show the women you love how much you care. There’s only 99 of these watches made so now is the time to buy. The dial is made of mother-of-pearl as are the hearts, which gradually get bigger as they go right to left on the watch face. You […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Blancpain, Blancpain Saint-Valentin, Clock face, Nacre, Valentine, Valentine Day

Turn Your Fingernails Into A Touchscreen Stylus With Nano Nails

January 16, 2013 by The CoF

It’s a fingernail…and a stylus. LAS VEGAS–Long nails and touch screens don’t get along very well. It can take some nimble finger acrobatics to get in touch with the display. Sri Vellanki of Tech Tips had already created an over-the-fingertip stylus. It was a natural step to then figure out how to integrate it into wearable fashion nails. Nano Nails takes pretty much the same tip design as the Tech Tips and places it under the index fingernail. They will be available […]

Categories: Beauty, Design • Tags: Artificial nails, Consumer Electronics Show, Finger, Nano Nails, Tech Tips, Touchscreen

Barton Perreira – Visionaries

January 15, 2013 by The CoF

When internationally acclaimed accessories designer Patty Perreira met Bill Barton, President of Oliver Peoples, the stars were not only aligned, but illuminated a path where a love of design and passion for excellence came together in perfect union. Her strong aesthetic prowess—honed over time at houses like Prada, Paul Smith, Jil Sander, and Vera Wang—paired with his business acumen and technical knowledge, became the force behind Barton Perreira. In a short time the ascendant eyewear label has set itself apart […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Angelina Jolie, Chloë Sevigny, Giovanni Ribisi, Jil Sander, Oliver Peoples, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Zoe, Vera Wang

Cartoon Couture Collections

January 15, 2013 by The CoF

Though beautiful models are usually the top selection when showing off the newest collections, The StyleMonk has decided to take another route and replace the typical models with some very beloved and famous cartoon characters. Some of the fiercest, albeit unexpected ladies in the cartoon world have been sketched out to look fabulous in such prominent designers like Pierre Balmain, Balenciaga and Givenchy. Taking them out of their usual outfits, infamous characters as the Sailor Moon crew, Betty Boop and […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Balenciaga, Betty Boop, Characters, Daria, Givenchy, illustration, Jerome Lamaar, Pierre Balmain, Sailor Moon

SOCO Marketplace Humanitarian Shopping

January 14, 2013 by The CoF

SOCO Marketplace is an online shopping website based in Brooklyn, New York. The web design is easily organized so that you can either shop by product (accessories, clothing, books, paper goods, cosmetics, etc.), initiative (water, human trafficking, hunger, poverty, education, etc.) or by region. Jenny Long founded SOCO as simply a list of of businesses that were socially minded and it evolved into the online marketplace that it is. The idea first sprung because Long was volunteering internationally and recognized […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Brooklyn, Human trafficking, New York, Online shopping, SOCO Marketplace, Twitter, United States, Vimeo

Daniele Michetti – Shoes

January 13, 2013 by The CoF

He started out with interior design but then Daniele Michetti chose fashion to design something made into a whole with the image of the purchaser. He has worked for small businesses like Santoni and Raparo, and for big brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Burberry Prorsum and won the contest Who is On Next? in the accessories category. The tool for success is creating shoewear. For him ”accessories  are defining. They are the foundation of the aesthetic construction.” The Spring Summer 2013 collection is the result of […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Corridonia, Cuba, Italy, Miami, Santoni, Sergio Rossi, Yves Saint Laurent

Preziosity – Eco Friendly Jewels

January 12, 2013 by The CoF

Debora Cannas starts her adventure in February 2010 and picks the effective and simple name of Preziosity. From recycled materials to jewelry, this is the path followed. And the material leading the game is mainly plastic from bottles of various kinds: water, shampoo, bubble bath, fabric softener bottles. But also other unusual material have found their own space, like cell phone recharge cards, cleaned bolts, electric wire. It must have been the atmosphere at the IAAD– Istituto d’arte applicata e design - or the three […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Bubble bath, Etsy, Fabric softener, Jewellery, Jewelry, Preziosity, Recycling, Shopping, Turin

Paul Andrew A Name To Remember

January 12, 2013 by The CoF

“Shoes that are sexy yet sophisticated with a fantastical influence from artisan, almost couture, techniques” Academic background Berkshire College of Art & Design, England – Women’s Fashion & Footwear Design. Experience in the fashion world “I graduated from fashion design school in 1999 and won the Draper’s Record “Student Footwear Designer of the Year” award for my graduation shoe collection. The collection was bought by Yasmin Sewell and quickly sold-out at her infamous London boutique, Yasmin Cho. I was subsequently […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Calvin Klein Collection, Donna Karan, New York City, Paul andrew, Saks Fifth Avenue, shoes

Mariano Fortuny – The Creative Genius

January 11, 2013 by The CoF

Two exhibitions, one in Venice, one in New York to celebrate the creative genius of Mariano Fortuny The versatile talent of Mariano Fortuny were celebrated with an exhibition taking place in New York and in Venice. Until March 30th, the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute of New York will host the exhibition entitled Fortuny y Madrazo: An Artistic Legacy. Developed by and curated with Oscar de la Renta, it is a journey into the creativity of the Fortuny dynasty, one that builds a bridge […]

Categories: Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Art, Mariano Fortuny, New York, Oscar de la Renta, Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, Richard Wagner, Venice