Armani’s residential debut in Miami

August 24, 2014 by The CoF

Residences by Armani/Casa in Miami marks the residential debut in United States of the iconic Italian brand Giorgio Armani, the king of the high fashion of Made ​​in Italy, fresh from the celebration of his 80th anniversary, has entered into a partnership with the prestigious Dezer Development and The Related Group for the construction of a luxury residential project in Miami. César Pelli, the Argentine architect known for Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, has designed a 60-story […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion, Lifestyle • Tags: Giorgio Armani, Miami

Louvre Abu Dhabi will open in December 2015

November 21, 2013 by The CoF

Now it’s official : the Louvre Abu Dhabi will be open for visitors December 2, 2015 ! The date was announced this week by the Minister of Culture of France Aurélie Filippetti at the opening Abu Dhabi Art exhibition, as reported by the newspaper The Art Newspaper. In the UAE capital Filippetti flew together with the director of the Louvre Jean-Luc Martinez and not less than 11 directors of French museums . The contract was signed with the Louvre for the next […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Abu Dhabi, December 2015, Jean Nouvel, Louvre, louvre abu dhabi, Saadiyat Island, United Arab Emirates

Cavalli Restaurant & Lounge to open in Miami

November 8, 2013 by The CoF

Text by ROBERTO CAVALLI  Cavalli Restaurant & Lounge, reflects all my passion for beauty and sensuality… Miami Beach has always fascinated me for its Art Deco architecture and the Latin-Caribbean-Cosmopolitan atmosphere that makes it so unique and interesting… The colors and scents of Miami Beach are unmistakable and are a continuous source of inspiration… I wanted to contribute with my fashion and create a Restaurant & Lounge in Miami Beach where you can enjoy good company in an elegant, sophisticated atmosphere […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Cavalli Restaurant & Lounge, Miami, Miami Beach, Roberto Cavalli

The opening of the new Emilio Pucci boutique in Paris

September 30, 2013 by The CoF

The number of brand-name boutiques on Avenue Montaigne in was supplemented by another one. Emilio Pucci opened its flagship store on the main street of the city of lights,Paris, France. “Historically, Paris is one of our biggest markets, together with the U.S., and this boutique is symbolic for us,” said Alessandra Carra, president and chief executive officer. At the party to celebrate the opening of the new, two-floor Paris store, 1,296 square feet, a  concept which was developed by creative […]

Categories: Architecture, Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Avenue Montaigne, Elena Perminova, Emilio Pucci, Giovanna Battaglia, miroslava duma, Paris, Peter dundas

Cinema and Shopping : Fendi is making dreams come true

September 21, 2013 by The CoF

  On the ground floor is the Amphitheatre zone, where visitors can watch the film created especially for the exhibition, shot at Cinecittà Studios   For the opening of a new flagship boutique in Milan(designed by Gwenaël Nicolas) Fendi timed another significant event – an exhibition dedicated to the long and passionate relationship of the brand with cinema which is impossible not to be proud of. A two-storey boutique, designed in golden tones and eclectic style has opened its doors on Via Montenapoleone,too. […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Cara Delevigne, Catherine Deneuve, Cinema, Event, Fendi, Making Dreams: Fendi and the Cinema, Milan, Via Montenapoleone

Four Season Milan celebrates fashion week with “Chic”olate Room

September 20, 2013 by The CoF

Opened in 1993, as a second property in Europe, the Four Seasons Hotel Milano celebrated its first twenty years on September 12. In the historic cloister of Via Gesu  for the occasion magnificently staged by Vincenzo Dascanio playing on the theme of the four seasons, in honor of the name of the brand, the general manager Finizzola Vincent and the hotel manager Carlo Stragiotto, with all the staff of the hotel , welcomed guests, friends and many familiar faces, including […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Chocolate Room, food, Four season, Hotel, Italy, Milan, Patricia Urquiola, Travel

The opening of the Stuart Weitzman’s boutique in Milan designed by Zaha Hadid

September 20, 2013 by The CoF

In the afternoon in Milan designers present their new collections at Fashion Week, and in the evening the city never ceases to boil life. So last night American shoe brand Stuart Weitzman has arranged a cocktail in honor of the new flagship store on the street Via Sant’Andrea. The new boutique is remarkable that architect designer Stuart Weitzman invited the brilliant Zaha Hadid, known for her futuristic projects. “This is a major new initiative that will help achieve the next phase of […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Fashion week, Kate Moss, Milan, Olivia Palermo, Stuart Weitzman, Via Sant'Andrea, Zaha Hadid

Special edition of watches for the new Fendi Boutique in Milan

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

A light installation by Nucleo in homage to the cobblestones of Rome, the screening of a video inspired by the Dolce Vita signed Patrick Jean, carpets of the American artist  Haynes Robinson. These are some of the elements of the new concept of the Fendi boutique, housed in Palazzo Carcassola-Grandi, which will open today, September 19 on Via Montenapoleone 3. The niches carved into the travertine, material witness of the Roman roots of the Maison, will also host the collections […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Boutique, Fendi, Jewelry, Milan, shop, Shopping, Watches

Miami’s Versace mansion sold for $ 41,5 million

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

Auction house Fisher Auction Company held an auction for the sell of Gianni Versace’s  mansion ,Casa Casuarina, bought by the designer in 1992. The winning bidder was the company VM South Beach,who own the Hotel Victor next door on Ocean Drive, and got the villa for the sum of $ 41,500,000 (the initial value of the lot was $ 25.5 million). At the end of the auction company representative said that the villa in the future will become a hotel under […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, News • Tags: auction, Casa Casuarina, Gianni Versace, Hotel, Hotel Victor, Miami, Ocean Drive, Travel, Versace

The London Edition Hotel : Unexpected, Refreshing, Personal

September 19, 2013 by The CoF

The London EDITION Hotel was launched officially last Saturday during London Fashion Week in the heart of London. The known hotelier Ian Schrager and Marriot International Group have been selected the central London’s Fitzrovia. A historic building with 173 rooms, including suites and a penthouse, designed by Schrager  and architectural studio Yabu Pushelberg. With 173 rooms, a restaurant, two bars, an event space, meeting rooms and an inviting lobby, the hotel offers a dynamic social hub where guests and visitors […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Fitzrovia, Hotel, Ian Schrager, LONDON, Marriott International, The London Edition, Travel, Yabu Pushelberg

Beauty is a Beach :6 of the world’s most unusual beaches

August 21, 2013 by The CoF

In the middle of the week when temperatures are still high in the thermometers there is one place where everyone would like to be : the beach. I selected six of the most unusual of them, so you can enjoy a comfortable, if not, then at least a pretty gallery of pictures. 1. Panjin Red Beach , China Sand is probably the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about beach. However, this is not the case with the Panjin Red Beach […]

Categories: Architecture, Fashion • Tags: Asturias, Beach, Bermuda, Hidden Beach, Mexico, Nature, Photography, Scala dei Turchi, Travel

Chanel Boutique In St. Tropez

May 8, 2013 by The CoF

The Maison Chanel knows not to change a winning project: in fact, it opened its boutique éphémere at the Hôtel La Mistralée in Saint-Tropez for the fourth year in a row. The French fashion house’s temporary store will house the women’s Spring Summer 2013 and accessories collections, and the Métiers d’Art 2012-2013 Paris-Edimbourg collection. source vogue.it

Categories: Architecture, Fashion • Tags: Chanel, Design, Photography, Ready-to-wear, Saint-Tropez, Shopping, Travel

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

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

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

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

Stefano Pilati’s Eclectic Paris Duplex

February 22, 2013 by The CoF

The fashion designer brings iconoclastic panache to his duplex in the heart of Paris Architect Bruno Caron renovated the Paris duplex of Ermenegildo Zegna creative director Stefano Pilati. Pilati’s white boxer, Bepi, reclines in the living room, which features a wall of artworks by Giorgio de Chirico, Henry Moore, Rosemarie Trockel, and Sonia Delaunay. The ceiling fixture is composed of Charlotte Perriand sconces; the African low table (center) and Brazilian stool (right) were purchased in California, and the Frank Lloyd Wright chairs […]

Categories: Architecture • Tags: Art, Design, Designer, Fashion, Paris, Stefano Pilati

The Rise Of The Closet

February 20, 2013 by The CoF

The latest trend for men and women alike, it seems, is not just owning the latest in style and fashion but also having an equally chic and luxurious space to store them in. Thus rises the trend of $100,000 closets, as an increasing number of people are looking at having specially designed walk-in, high end closets which resemble plush designer boutiques. These are replete with the likes of clothing and handbags in glass display cases like sculptures; custom-designed couches, expensive […]

Categories: Architecture • Tags: Closet, clothes, Design, Fashion, luxury, wardrobe

JWAnderson For Topshop Spring/Summer 2013 Collection

February 1, 2013 by The CoF

The provoking style of JW Anderson is back at Topshop for the second time with a spring/summer collection. “This collection was more about youth cultural groups,” said Anderson. “The girl has evolved. It’s about carrying over the idea of iconic pieces that can be worn over and over and re-working staple looks from the JW Anderson wardrobe.” The collection arrives in stores on February 15. 

Categories: Architecture • Tags: Alexa Chung, JW Anderson, LONDON, London Fashion Week, Shopping, Topshop, United States

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

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

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

Tom Ford Store In Paris

January 10, 2013 by The CoF

Women of Paris, on your marks. For the first time ever, you’ll be able to buy Tom Ford womenswear in the City of Lights at the second ever Tom Ford retail store – a 5800 sq ft, three-storey behemoth flagship on the rue Saint Honoré.  

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: anne hathaway, Ford, Makes and Models, New York, Paris, Recreation, Tom Ford

Fashion and Technology

January 5, 2013 by The CoF

An exhibition in New York is celebrating high-tech style – from the 20s to Gaultier With pieces including an 1860 afternoon dress dyed with synthetic pigments, a 3D tube designed by Pierre Cardin and an evening dress created by Thierry Mugler that brings together 80s-style cuts with sci-fi inspiration, the exhibition Fashion and Technology, on at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology until May 8, examines the relationship between glamour and innovation. These two spheres are closer than ever before in today’s world, where avant-garde materials are key […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Arts, Business, Design, Fashion, Lady Gaga, Nicola Formichetti, Pierre Cardin, Thierry Mugler

Vittorio Missoni Missing

January 5, 2013 by The CoF

Still no news on the disappearance of Vittorio Missoni, the son of Ottavio and Rosita Missoni founders of the Italian fashion brand, his partner Maurizia Castiglioni, and the two friends who were travelling with them. The couple were reported missing on January 4th, when the plane they had boarded in Los Roques, Venezuela, failed to reach Maiquetia, near Caracas. The plane went off radar at 11 o’clock local time, and has been unaccounted since. Local authorities and Italy’s Ministry of Foreign affairs are actively involved. Vittorio […]

Categories: Architecture, Beauty, Design, Fashion, News, People • Tags: Caracas, Italian fashion, Italy, Los Roques archipelago, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy), Missoni, Venezuela, Vittorio Missoni

7 Strategies For Highly Effective New Year Resolutions.

December 31, 2012 by The CoF

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner.  It’s likely that at least one person will ask you what your resolutions are for the year ahead. Whether you like to make them or not, research has found that people who make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions. Yet as you know, it’s not so easy to keep your resolve as life returns to normal and your old habits of mind […]

Categories: Architecture, Beauty, Contact, Design, Fashion, News, People • Tags: Better Health, Goal, Health, healthy-living, John Wayne, New Year, New Year Resolution, Red Bull, Stanford University, Tigger

Horoscope Of The Week 31 December 2012 – 06 January 2013

December 30, 2012 by The CoF

Aries You focus on your private life this week and spend time with friends to evoke the tough and intense moments you went through. You are proud of all the decisions you made and you want to make more life changing decisions. Uranus is a strong planet that encourages Aries to take action and to make their own personal revolution. 2013 will confirm that direction, just a little calmer than 2011 and 2012. You enjoy New Year’s Eve with family. […]

Categories: Architecture, Beauty, Contact, Design, Fashion • Tags: Aries, Capricorn, Leo, New Year, Planets in astrology, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus

Merry Christmas,Joy To The World

December 24, 2012 by The CoF

Saying “Merry Christmas” is second nature to us during the holiday season. Let’s discover some other traditions and how they started. The tradition of sending Christmas cards started in 1843 in England. Before then, greetings were written by hand, and it became almost impossible to send one to everyone you knew. It started as a way to remind people about the need for taking care of the poor. The first card was illustrated by John Callcott Horsley, had the phrase, […]

Categories: Architecture, Beauty, Book, Contact, Design, Fashion, News, People, Video • Tags: Aspire: Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words, Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore, Henry Cole, John Callcott Horsley, Merry Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus

Six Last-Minute Destinations You Can Still Book for the Holidays

December 19, 2012 by The CoF

Worried that you’ve put off making New Year’s plans and now it’s too late? Not to fret, these six getaways are memorable and—perhaps more importantly—available options to book now. St. Petersburg, Russia Dr. Zhivago, Anna Karenina, snow-kissed eighteenth-century buildings, fabulous museums, extraordinary ballet and opera—St. Petersburg in winter is as romantic as it gets. And for New Year’s, two magical hotels in this Venice of the North have some great packages that are still available. At the magnificently restored, 130-year-oldGrand Hotel […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Çırağan Palace, Grand Hotel Europe, Hotel Astoria, Istanbul, Mariinsky Theatre, New Year, Puerto Rico, Travel, Turkey

Chanel Redesigns Its Sydney Boutique

December 13, 2012 by The CoF

  By Vogue Australia

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Fashion, style, vogue australia

Armani/Casa-Designed Residential Project Unveiled

December 12, 2012 by The CoF

By Luisa Zargani  MILAN — The Giorgio Armani Group and leading real estate group Asta Holding/Bemes will unveil today the completion of the residential project Maçka Residences. The project is made up of three towers for a total of 78,840 square feet with a view of the Bosphorus in the Maçka area, in the heart of Istanbul. Armani/Casa has designed the residences’ common areas, the lobbies and several apartments within the towers, which total 170 residential units and 10 penthouses. Luxury […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Armani, Bosphorus, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Emaar Properties, Kempinski, United Arab Emirates

Alice Temperley Opens London Flagship

December 10, 2012 by The CoF

  By Samantha Conti                                                                                                        LONDON — Alice Temperley has opened her first flagship, in the former Juicy Couture space on Bruton Street in Mayfair, not far from Stella McCartney, Matthew […]

Categories: Architecture, Fashion • Tags: Alice Temperley, Juicy Couture, LONDON, Matthew Williamson, New York, Notting Hill, Stella McCartney, Temperley

Isabel Marant Opens In Seoul

December 7, 2012 by The CoF

text by Frances Cha  The Isabel Marant store in Seoul Photo By Courtesy Photo   SEOUL — Isabel Marant has a new home in South Korea. The French designer feted her first standalone flagship in Seoul Thursday night. Located behind the Gucci flagship in Cheongdam-dong, one of the city’s most expensive areas, the more than 2,000-square foot store is housed in a two-story building that used to be a former restaurant. It opened to the public late last month. “It’s quite a […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Asia, Bae Doona, Design, Isabel Marant, Retail, Seoul, Soo-Young, South Korea

Zadig & Voltaire Hotel Controversy

December 6, 2012 by The CoF

French fashion designer Thierry Gillier has been forced to apologise for saying the new luxury hotel he plans to open in Paris “won’t be open to Chinese tourists”                 The future location of the Zadig & Voltaire Hotel on Rue de Grenelle. Thierry Gillier, founder of label Zadig and Voltaire, sparked fury on Chinese social networking sites after making the controversial statement in an interview with magazine Women’s Wear Daily.In the original article, he […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: China, Chinese language, Design, France, Lifestyle, Paris, Tourism, Travel, Voltaire, Women's Wear Daily, Zadig

Armani Hotel Milano:Elegant Domain

November 25, 2012 by The CoF

Text by Alexandra Marshall Of the heavyweight Italian fashion houses, none have locked up Milan, the industry’s capital, like Giorgio Armani. The designer’s mega-ads for Emporio Armani and Armani Jeans have plastered the busy intersection of vias Broletto and dell’Orso since 1980; he co-owns the city’s basketball team—called, naturally, EA7 Emporio Armani; and it is also here, on Via Manzoni, that he has his flagship, a veritable department store featuring capsule lines of Armani chocolates, flowers, and books. Now comes Armani […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Armani, Broletto, Burj Khalifa, Design, Dubai, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Lifestyle, Milan, Travel, Via Manzoni

SLS South Beach Hotel

November 23, 2012 by The CoF

Something Lovely’s Started A feast for the senses. A creative cocktail of sophistication and playfulness. A hotel with style, luxury and service. From the minds of Sam Nazarian, Philippe Starck, Chef José Andrés and Lenny Kravitz, a surreal boutique luxury hotel journey through Miami, Latin America, Asia and the Mediterranean. Once you experience it, you know. This is SLS Hotel South Beach.  

Categories: Architecture • Tags: Asia, Hotel, José Andrés, Latin America, Lenny Kravitz, Miami, Philippe Starck, Sam Nazarian, Travel

Unexpectedly Real:The Kenoa Exclusive Beach Spa & Resort

November 23, 2012 by The CoF

Brazil is known for producing many beautiful wonders: Gisele, Alessandra, empanadas, and, of course, the pristine beaches of Noronha and Pernambuco to name just a few. You can add the Kenoa Exclusive Beach Spa & Resort to this delicious list.Inspired by nature’s own primitive forms and calming essences, team Kenoa and Architect Osvaldo Tenorio, joined forces to create the design & architecture of Kenoa – Exclusive Beach Spa & Resort. The project comes with its own genetic code, translated through various references, […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Architect Osvaldo Tenorio, Brazil, Design, Kenoa Exclusive Beach Spa & Resort, Kenoa Resort, Nature, Pernambuco, Resort, Spa, Travel