Tag: culture

The Unexpected Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2014 Show

September 27, 2013 by The CoF

“We’re rejecting conventional beauty, creating our own beauty,” said Rick Owens after he made a real show yesterday : collection spring/summer 2014 showed a 40 stepping ( the hybrid of step dancing, cheerleading, and military drill that is as competitive as cheerleading in African-American colleges) dancers from four American teams. They say that the designer found them on a page on YouTube. “Step teams are an American phenomenon,” he said backstage after the show. “My aesthetic has always been about […]

Categories: Fashion, News, The CoF AGAINST PRO-ANOREXIA • Tags: Body image, culture, fashion show, Models, Paris, Paris Fashion Week, Rick Owens, spring/summer 2014, Women

Julia Roberts Joins Gucci Chime For Change

September 26, 2013 by The CoF

Julia Roberts joined officially Gucci creative director Frida Giannini , the singer Beyonce and actress Salma Hayek ,at Gucci Chime for Change and their goal to help women and their issues around the world. Roberts was appointed curator of the non-profit organization Catapult, aimed at the accumulation and distribution of donations . Each participant chooses a specific direction in which the future is in fundraising. Roberts decided to focus her energy and attention on the problem of harmful cooking smoke that emanates […]

Categories: Fashion, News, People • Tags: beyonce, Chime For Change, culture, Frida Giannini, Gucci, Julia Roberts, Salma Hayek, society

The Lady Dior Bag as interpreted by Jennifer Livingston

Arturo Berned ,the first Spanish artist to reinterpret the legendary Lady Dior bag

September 10, 2013 by The CoF

In 1995 , Princess Diana was on a official trip to Paris to inaugurate an exhibition of Paul Cézanne at the Grand Palais. She did not know, but the French company had prepared a gift that will become a loyal traveling companion for her, and an icon of elegance for the rest of the universe : the Lady Dior bag . A perfect and rigid rectangular body part, the iconic quilted cannage coined in 1953 by the Couturier and the […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, Arturo Berned, Bag, culture, Hong Kong, Lady Dior, Lady Dior As Seen By, September 2013, Spain

Signs Of the Times : The New Speed of Fashion by Suzy Menkes

August 27, 2013 by The CoF

Text by SUZY MENKES for T magazine The fashion industry is broken in more ways than one: runway shows don’t match retail expectations; designers can’t keep up with demand; and customers can’t buy a coat in winter. So who’s to blame? I WAS CHATTING WITH THE HOT young London designer Jonathan Anderson, marveling at how in just three years he had matched his transgender frilly men’s wear with the addition of his intriguing women’s collections. “What’s that?” I asked, looking at a spread […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: culture, designers, Suzy Menkes, T magazine

Tim Gunn: Fashion Seems To End At A Size 12

August 26, 2013 by The CoF

From The Huffington Post | text by Ellie Krupnick As the guiding mentor of “Project Runway,” Tim Gunn oversees the show’s many design challenges. The toughest of these challenges each season seem to be the ones where contestants must design for women with “normal” — rather than model-esque — bodies. And the difficulty the “Project Runway” contestants always seem to have with this, says Gunn, points to a larger problem industry-wide. “When I’m working in the real world with real women and we’re shopping, […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: culture, Huffington Post, Plus-size clothing, Plus-size model, Tim Gunn, Women

The Anatomy of Fashion: Why We Dress the Way We Do

August 23, 2013 by The CoF

Text by ERIC WILSON TWO FAVORITE TARGETS of Colin McDowell, the senior statesman of the fashion press, a former writer for The Sunday Times of London and an occasional critic of critics in his opinion column on the Business of Fashion blog, are people who do not know what they are talking about and people who know so much that no one else knows what they are talking about. “As we all know, only academics can read other academics,” Mr. McDowell said recently. On […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: Body image, Colin McDowell, culture, Phaidon Press

Panier à coudes e corps à baleines 1770 e 1740-1760 Les Arts Décoratifs © Patricia Canino

Behind the Seams. An indiscreet look at the mechanics of Fashion

July 12, 2013 by The CoF

Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the complex designs of lingerie. More than 200 exhibits from the XIV century to the present day, will be on display in the Louvre Museum until 24 November. Crinolines, panties, bras wore by stylish and fashionable women for centuries to create the trendy silhouette of the era. In earlier times shapewear enjoyed a great popularity, especially among the bourgeoisie, it was used to emphasize their social status. At the beginning of XX century designers Nicole Groult,Paul […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Art, culture, Lingerie, Musées des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Undergarment

The Kaftan: Between Past And Present

May 16, 2013 by The CoF

A caftan or kaftan is a long, loose garment with long sleeves, resembling a robe. Fabrics range from lightweight textiles for the summer months to richer velvets and brocades. Traditionally made with silk or cotton, caftans are frequently adorned with colorful patterns, and many individuals wear them with a coordinating belt or sash. It first appeared in Persia around 600 B.C.The Kaftan trend have re-emerged throughout the fashion history many times; in the fifties where it was first introduced to the […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Beatles, culture, Design, Diana Vreeland, History, Kaftan, Morocco, Talitha Getty, Yves Saint Laurent

Street Style At Fashion Forward Dubai By Moez Achour

May 16, 2013 by The CoF

source arabia.style.com

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Arabia, culture, Dubai, Fashion Forward Dubai, Moez Achour, street style

Wearable Foods By Korean Artist Yeonju Sung

April 27, 2013 by The CoF

Wearable Foods is an eye-catching series by Korean artist Yeonju Sung that presents a line of edible fashion. The artist explains: “I create my own world of reality by generating a completely different set of images that contradict the conventional notion of food and clothes. As time goes by, the food from my work do go through a progression of disappearance due to the nature of food and gets gradually changed into the hideous state fading its shape and color in […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, culture, food, inspiration, Photography, Yeonju Sung

Tales Of Spain

April 23, 2013 by The CoF

Stuart Vivers, Creative Director of Loewe brand,supports the Spanish national handicraft traditions that are at the roots of the brand with an accessories capsule collection “Tales of Spain” that are decorated with traditional ornamentation and characteristic of the Spanish Baroque. The capsule collection includes bright scarves with spanish motifs, bags of various shapes and sizes, straps and bracelets and stickers for manicure, sunglasses and temporary tattoos. The collection will be available in May. images via vogue.ru

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Accessories, Art, culture, Loewe, Shopping, Spain, Spanish Baroque

Adorning The Body

April 19, 2013 by The CoF

Egyptians, men and women, both rich and poor wore forms of jewelry. It served decorative, religious, and magical purposes. Some were worn as amulets, or charms, believed to help the wearer in the afterlife. Gold, semi-precious stone, and even colored glass were common.They weren’t the only ones. You may encounter the art of body adornment in other antique cultures like greeks ,chinese ,mongolians ,japanese and aztecs. In some tribes in Africa body adorning has still religious and magical purposes. Fashion […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, culture, India, Jewelry, Nitya Arora, Outhouse, Women

THE BIKINI

April 16, 2013 by The CoF

It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called BIKINI. The following year ,french couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of boring conformity, Réard dared to “undress” women’s bodies . By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear , women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was many times reinforced by […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Bikini, culture, History, Louis Réard, Photography, Swimsuit, Swimwear, Women

Off The Runway At Australian Fashion Week

April 12, 2013 by The CoF

Pictures by Diego Zuko

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Australia, Australian Fashion Week, culture, Diego Zuko, Photography, street style

French Style by Bérénice Vila Baudry

April 10, 2013 by The CoF

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only,” Coco Chanel once said. “Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” And here it is another book to celebrate the country’s best—innovations from universal human rights to the bikini, philosophical and literary luminaries from the Enlightenment to Existentialism, gastronomic delights and Nouvelle Vague cinema. With dynamic photographs juxtaposing concepts from haute couture and scientific advancements to pop stars […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Bérénice Vila Baudry, books, Coco Chanel, culture, France, French Style, Haute couture

Harper’s Bazaar Arabia : She’s Eclectic

April 6, 2013 by The CoF

Harper’s Bazaar Arabia April 2013 issue : Model: Caitlin Photographer: Tina Chang Stylist: Kirsten Doak Hair And Make-Up: Carolyn Galler

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Arabia, culture, editorial, Harper's Bazaar Arabia, Kirsten Doak, Photography, Tina Chang

The Gift : Celebrating You

April 4, 2013 by The CoF

Dear You, Soon The CITIZENS Of FASHION will be 6 months… 6 months since it saw the light of your eyes! And You helped me grow it and You made me happy. For your support I wanna thank you. And what better way to do this than with a gift ?! All I can tell You for the moment is that it will be designers goodies that can be enjoyed by both women and men. Tomorrow I’ll tell You all […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Beauty, Blog, books, culture, Design, Health, Life, Love, luxury, Magazines and E-zines, news, People, Personal, Photography, The Citizens Of Fashion, the CoF

Mikimoto : The King Of Pearls

April 3, 2013 by The CoF

Mikimoto Kokichi, the son of a noodle-shop owner, seemed unlikely to play a role in transforming the jewelry business — or influencing fashion, for that matter. From a working-class family, Kokichi dropped out of school in Toba, Japan as a teenager, and began selling vegetables in order to support his family. While working, he became fascinated with pearls as he watched pearl divers from a nearby port bringing in their daily trove. Years later, while judging a pearl exhibition in […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, culture, Japan, Jewelry, Mikimoto, Pearl

Colcci Spring/Summer 2014 Collection At São Paulo Fashion Week

March 22, 2013 by The CoF

Pictures by Zé Takahashi and Marcelo Soubhia at Ag. Fotosite

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Brazil, Colcci, collection, culture, sao paulo fashion week, spring/summer 2014

Vogue Paris : L’Étoile De Lima

March 22, 2013 by The CoF

Vogue Paris april 2013 issue : Model: Kate Moss Photographer: Mario Testino Styling : Sarajane Hoare Hair: Orlando Pita Make-up: Tom Pecheux

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: culture, Editiorial, Kate Moss, Mario Testino, Models, Orlando Pita, Photography, Sarajane Hoare, Vogue Paris

Behind the Scenes of Rihanna’s Custom Diamonds Wardrobe

March 22, 2013 by The CoF

When You say Diamond you expect sparkle. And when you are a stylist working for one of the most watched singer, you take care that her looks do just that. “The most amazing thing about Rihanna is what a chameleon she is,” said stylist, Mel Ottenberg, who’s worked with Rihanna for two years. “She’s always up for something new. She’s fearless, she knows what she likes, and it’s fun to see which ideas she’ll jump for.Featuring a total of seven costumes, […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Adam Selman, Alber Elbaz, culture, Diamond, Givenchy, Music, Raf Simons, Riccardo Tisci, Rihanna

Street Style At Japan Fashion Week By HbNam Of StreetFsn

March 22, 2013 by The CoF

Photography By HbNam Of StreetFsn ; source style.com

Categories: Fashion • Tags: culture, Japan, Japan fashion Week, street style

Natalia Vodianova Footwear Collection At Net-A-Porter

February 28, 2013 by The CoF

NATALIA VODIANOVA has teamed up with Russian retailer Centro to create a footwear collection. The shoes will be sold to raise money for her charity, the Naked Heart Foundation, and will retail at £60. “I think that looking good and doing good go really well together,” said Vodianova. “I am hoping that the beautiful spring/summer 2013 footwear collection that I created for Centro will not only make every girl feel like a princess, but also provide an opportunity to change the […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Centro, culture, Footwear, Naked Heart Foundation, Natalia Vodianova, Net-a-Porter

The Swarovski Paris Haute Couture Exhibition

February 28, 2013 by The CoF

Christian Dior 1952 Christian Dior 1952, Balmain 1955, Balenciaga 1960 Lanvin 1928 Photograph from the Balenciaga archives Christian Dior heritage sketch Lanvin 1928 sketch Vionnet 1931 Yves Saint Laurent 1968, Christian Dior 1957, Lanvin 1928 Yves Saint Laurent 1967 Christian Dior 1952 “We are honoured to support the city of Paris in staging this historic exhibition, the first of its kind in the home of haute couture,” said Nadja Swarovski, member of the Swarovski Crystal Business executive board. “Ever since […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, culture, Haute couture, Paris, Swarovski

CR Fashion Book : Fantasy Footwork

February 28, 2013 by The CoF

Shoes Christian LouBoutin Shoe Brian Atwood Shoes Gianvito Rossi Shoes Manolo Blahnik Shoe Sergio Rossi Shoe AquazzuraModels : New York Giants wide receiver Ramses Barden and New York City Ballet dancer Faye Arthurs wore custom designed shoes, created exclusively for CR portraying the famous pas de deux ballerina dance form. Photographe – Paul Maffi source crfashionbook.com

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Carine Roitfeld, Christian Louboutin, CR Fashion Book, culture, Faye Arthurs, Paul Maffi, Ramses Barden

Off The Runaway At Madrid Fashion Week

February 28, 2013 by The CoF

While most eyes were on Milan last week, Madrid was hosting its own fashion week. Photo by Matti Hillig

Categories: Fashion • Tags: culture, madrid fashion week, street style, style

Vogue Italia : Multi Ethnic Gallery

February 17, 2013 by The CoF

Vogue italia january 2013 issue paolo roversi – photographer

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Beauty, culture, Paolo Roversi, Photography, Vogue Italia

LOVE + CHILDREN By Costume National

February 17, 2013 by The CoF

February 14th wasn’t just the lovers’ day but a day to celebrate LOVE ,so the perfect day to launch the charity project Love + Children. Annaluisa Capasa, actress and daughter of designer Ennio,with her mother Dragana, has indeed begun her second charity project to support Orphanaid Africa, a nonprofit association that, since 10 years ago, creates some projects in Ghana to help the orphans and the children in need. Since February 14th you could buy a limited edition printed foulard in the Milanese boutique of Costume National in […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Child, Costume National, culture, Health, Orphanaid Africa