Tag: Designer

Dazed & Confused : JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, OOH LA LA!

November 5, 2013 by The CoF

Taken from the April 2013 issue of Dazed & Confused: As a new Gaultier retrospective opens, we revisit our feature with fashion’s enfant terrible in an exclusive interview with Dazed Digital. For more than 30 years Jean Paul Gaultier has been one of the world’s most influential and inventive designers. From codpieces and skirts for men and underwear as outerwear to androgynous women on the catwalk teasing and transcending the boundaries of gender and stereotyped images of femininity and beauty, […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Dazed & Confused, Designer, Interview, Jean Paul Gaultier

Officially Nicolas Ghesquière is the artistic director of Louis Vuitton

November 4, 2013 by The CoF

After a long silence, the French fashion house, Louis Vuitton finally officially announced the name of the future artistic director of its women’s line. As expected, it is Nicolas Ghesquière . The French designer like you know very well was for 15 years the head designer at another French fashion house, Balenciaga ,after starting his career working for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler, Ghesquièrea will take immediately his position at Louis Vuitton. In a statement, Louis Vuitton said […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Designer, Louis Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquière

Evian presents its limited edition Elie Saab Bottle

October 5, 2013 by The CoF

evian® Natural Spring Water is delighted to announce its collaboration with ELIE SAAB, to create a limited edition glass bottle that is a joint celebration of both brands’ pursuit of purity in design. The partnership between evian and ELIE SAAB is the latest to follow six years of evian collaborations with international fashion brands. This year, the two brands unite with the common theme of purity. The bottle is decorated with a signature ELIE SAAB lace pattern, that recalls the feminine and […]

Categories: Design, Fashion, News • Tags: Art, Designer, Elie Saab, Evian, food, limited edition

The talented Mr. Ford : Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2014 Collection

September 17, 2013 by The CoF

Tom Ford is a designer whose name is so connected with prestige,he afford to ignore any idea of seasonality and to do the fashion that he wants , when he desires so . Remembering the designer’s collections in the 1990’s, this collection is unlikely to surprise people familiar with his work . Ford’s heroine is full of character , force, energy and sexuality. First part of the collection a “biker – rocker” hit is luxury and chic combination, hardly anyone else besides Ford, could thus […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: collection, Designer, LONDON, London Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014, Tom Ford

Tom Ford and Joan Smalls by Sølve Sundsbø for WSJ Magazine September 2013

September 6, 2013 by The CoF

“”I’m at a point in my life where I want to make the very best. That’s what interests me. If it’s not the best, I don’t want to make it.”” —Tom Ford WSJ Magazine September 2013 issue : Designer/Celeb : Tom Ford Model : Joan Smalls Photographer : Sølve Sundsbø “”I’m at a point in my life where I want to make the very best. That’s what interests me. If it’s not the best, I don’t want to make it.”” —Tom Ford Read the […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Designer, editorial, Joan smalls, Models, Photography, Sølve Sundsbø, September 2013, Tom Ford, WSJ magazine

Tod’s Creative Director Alessandra Facchinetti

Tod’s debut with its first prêt-à-porter collection designed by Alessandra Facchinetti

September 2, 2013 by The CoF

Tod’s debut in Milan with his first show of prêt-à-porter. The collection, which will be showed on September 20 at the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, in full calendar of Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2014,it is designed by Alessandra Facchinetti,the new creative director of the brand. Alessandra Facchinetti is a young Italian designer with significant experience in the fashion industry.She was the creative director of Gucci(without much successes) before Frida Giannini, Valentino and Moncler Gamme Rouge. Now we have to wait until […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: Alessandra Facchinetti, Creative director, Designer, Milan, Milan Fashion Week, spring/summer 2014, Tod's

More looks from Isabel Marant for H & M

July 11, 2013 by The CoF

The second image is here. H & M unveiled yesterday via his Twitter account the first look of the highly anticipated capsule collection by Isabel Marant designed for the Swedish giant. And now reveals the second, a sweater pattern that belongs to the male line, worn by a model and supervised by the very Marant. “I’m flattered by this collaboration. H & M works with the best designers, this invitation is a real honor. My goal is to create authentic […]

Categories: Fashion, News • Tags: collection, Designer, fall 2013, H&M, Isabel Marant, November 14, Photography

Isabel Marant and Margareta van den Bosch

Isabel Marant for H & M : Save The Date14th Of November 2013 !

June 11, 2013 by The CoF

Today it was announced the name of the next designer who will make a capsule collection for H & M – French designer Isabelle Marant.The Isabel Marant collection for H & M, which will consist of interpretations of the iconic pieces form the french brand mixing bohemian and rock n ‘roll spirit, and it will be on November 14 in more than 250 H&M stores worldwide. It will be also the first time when the french designer ,Isabel Marant ,will […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Capsule Collection, Designer, H&M, Isabel Marant, November 2013, Paris

Miuccia Prada by Mario Sorrenti for T: The New York Times Style Magazine

May 28, 2013 by The CoF

Miuccia Prada is a fashion designer by profession, but she’s also an art curator, film producer, fledgling architect, conflicted feminist, avid consumer and unreconstructed socialist. Meet the modern woman. Read the entire article at T , The New York Times Style Magazine : http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/power-of-one-miuccia-pradas-circle-of-influence/?ref=t-magazine

Categories: Fashion, News, People • Tags: Design, Designer, Mario Sorrenti, Miuccia Prada, New York Times Style Magazine, Photography, Prada, T magazine

Ottavio Missoni Passed Away Today

May 9, 2013 by The CoF

Co-founder of Missoni fashion company, famous for zigzag-patterned knitwear, dies ‘serenely’ at home in Sumirago, Italy at aged 92. He was discharged on May 1st from the hospital Circolo in Varese, where he had been hospitalized for a heart failure, to return to his villa in Sumirago, in the province of Varese and where is also the home of the fashion house he founded. He was immediately resigned because he wanted to return home but his condition remained complicated. In […]

Categories: Fashion, News, People • Tags: Designer, Life, Missoni, Ottavio Missoni, Sumirago

Aleksander Siradekian : From Russia With Love

May 8, 2013 by The CoF

The first collection of women’s shoes by Aleksander Siradekian was called “My Way”. The russian designer expressed his idea of the ideal women’s shoes: natural beauty sought to emphasize women’s feet and decorate it as much as possible without sacrificing comfort. Alexander preferred the classical forms and traditional materials: patent leather, suede, velvet, lace .

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Aleksander Siradekian, Art, Designer, Footwear, Russia, Shoe, Shopping

Khirma Eliazov : Exotique Clutches

March 13, 2013 by The CoF

Former fashion editor and brand consultant Khirma Eliazov launched her namesake label in 2009 featuring luxurious handbags and accessories that are chic, sophisticated and classic with a modern edge. Each Khirma Eliazov bag is designed to be a true statement piece that causes a woman to be noticed. Crafted with the finest attention to detail, each bag is designed in innovative combinations of luxurious textures and materials, including exotic skins, specialty canvas, and fine italian leather. source khirmaeliazov.com

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Accessories, Designer, Handbags and Purses, Khirma Eliazov, Shopping

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

John Galliano : An Illustrated Guide

February 14, 2013 by The CoF

Photos By Rex Features , PA Photos , Splash .

Categories: People • Tags: Designer, Fashion, John Galliano, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, style, Victoria Beckham

Young Designer Project : Aina Beck Fall 2013

February 14, 2013 by The CoF

PHOTOGRAPHY Conan Thai STYLIST Jesse Selchow and Sarah Perillo MODEL Ana S. @ Wilhelmina Models HAIR Takayoshi Tsukisawa MAKEUP Tiffany Leigh Patton ASSISTANTS Ricardo Aca and Rebecca Iazar

Categories: Fashion • Tags: aina beck, collection, Designer, fall 2013, project

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

A Look At Fashion Week Berlin Fall/Winter 2013

January 17, 2013 by The CoF

A model presents a creation by designer Rebekka Ruetz during the presentation of the autumn/ winter collection as part of the Mercedes Benz fashion week in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/dapd/ Steffi Loos ) A model presents a creation by designer Leandro Cano as part of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for autumn winter 2013 in Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) A model presents a creation by Austrian designer Lena Hoschek as part […]

Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Berlin, Designer, fall 2013, Fashion week, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

Stella McCartney Launches Optical Line

January 16, 2013 by The CoF

The British designer adds eyewear to her ever-burgeoning design line-up. Stella McCartney is taking over the fashion world, one eco-friendly expansion at a time. Fresh off her Designer of the Year win at the British Fashion Awards, the designer will unveil her first collection of optical eyewear in March. Serving up a pared-back range of five ever-so-retro styles in McCartney’s signature colour palette, the collection also incorporates the same bio-acetate material – made of 54% natural sources – that McCartney […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: British Fashion Awards, Business, Designer, Eyewear, Shopping, Stella McCartney

Prada And The Loafer

January 14, 2013 by The CoF

Having already created several designs for Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada has launched a new line of loafers – this time from Prada. 2012’s must-have loafers aren’t ready to be stashed at the back of the closet yet, the casual, slipper-like flats that blend the look of moccasins and Derbies are back this season and Miuccia Prada, Creative Director of Prada and Miu Miu, has just unveiled five new designs for the Prada Spring/Summer 2013 collection. Embellished with velvet, sequins, jewels and other trimmings, […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Arts, Designer, Miuccia Prada, Neiman Marcus, Prada, Shopping, Steven Meisel, Ymre Stiekema