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Rimmel 180 anniversary

Rimmel celebrates its 180’s anniversary in London

October 15, 2013 by The CoF

If a beauty brand beauty celebrates 180 years and still has the reputation and recognition of one of the names on the crest of the wave in terms of make-up there is a reason .The British brand Rimmel  just celebrated its 180’s anniversary with a select elite of experts and industry insiders with a very stylish event that was held in London and it its muses Kate Moss and Georgia May Jagger,and last but not least the singer Rita Ora , new entry in […]

Categories: Beauty, News • Tags: Anniversary, Georgia May Jagger, History, Kate Moss, LONDON, Rimmel, Rita Ora, Royal Opera House, Savoy Hotel

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Coca-Cola- Film, Music, Sports by Assouline Publishing

Assouline Publishing celebrates Coca-Cola with a special project

October 9, 2013 by The CoF

For the past 121 years  “Coca-Cola” is one of the most recognizable brand in the world and one of the most successful projects . Bottles and cans containing the drink need no introduction and have become synonymous with quality, despite the numerous rumors about its secret composition. This month the luxury publishing house,Assouline Publishing bring us a new book about the iconic brand : Coca-Cola: Film, Music, Sports  an edition limited to only 1000 copies ,a visual history and evidences […]

Categories: Beauty, Design, Fashion • Tags: Assouline Publishing, Coca-Cola, Collecting, Film, History, Marketing, Music, Sports

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1937 - Coco Chanel

CHANEL N° 5 , A visual history

September 10, 2013 by The CoF

  1957 – Suzy Parker by Richard Avedon       source: glossynewsstand.com and youtube.com

Categories: Beauty, Fashion, Video • Tags: advertising, Brad Pitt, Carole Bouquet, Catherine Deneuve, Chanel, Coco Chanel, History, Nicole Kidman, Photography

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Iconic Loewe's Bags

Archives : Iconic Loewe’s Bags

September 3, 2013 by The CoF

The first question: how to say Loewe? The answer is “low-ay-ve”, the name of a company whose founding date is the year 1846,when a collective of Madrid-based leather artisans began crafting custom-made tobacco pouches, coin purses and bags to the whims of the local aristocracy,, marks it out as one of the oldest purveyors of luxury leather goods in the world ( often labelled Spain’s answer to Hermès ). By the early 20th century, the King and Queen of Spain had granted […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Amazona Bag, bags, Handbags and Purses, Heritage, History, Leather, Loewe, Madrid, Stuart Vevers

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Vintage Fashion & Couture: from Poiret to McQueen by Kerry Taylor

Vintage Fashion & Couture: from Poiret to McQueen by Kerry Taylor

July 14, 2013 by The CoF

Finding a book on the history of fashion today is no big deal, this subject is meticulously study by authors around the world, and readers, willingly buy new “works”. By the way, if you’re one of these readers, you might be interested in a new book by Carrie Taylor called Vintage Fashion & Couture:  from  Poiret to McQueen, which goes on sale October 7, 2013.  Vintage Fashion & Couture:  from  Poiret to McQueen is another attempt to trace the evolution of fashion with stops at each […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, History, Kerry Taylor, Ossie Clark, Paul Poiret, Vintage clothing

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CoSTUME NATIONAL

10 years of CoSTUME NATIONAL

July 8, 2013 by The CoF

Ennio Capasa is the fashion artist that represented a generation of change in the 90’s, creating a brand that it was against everything that  fashion designer held dear in the 80’s. Ennio is the stylist and art-director for CoSTUME NATIONAL, CoSTUME NATIONAL HOMME, and C’N’C CoSTUME NATIONAL – the line’s brand for young people. At the 1986 Milan fashion shows Capasa launched his first CoSTUME NATIONAL collection of women’s ready-to-wear.Ten years later,in 1996, The New York Times said about him :“His style has influenced heavyweight labels like Calvin Klein and Gucci. […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Costume National, designers, ennio capasa, History, Milan, Photography

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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

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Missoni : The Story In Pictures

May 9, 2013 by The CoF

Categories: Contact, Fashion • Tags: ad campaign, camilla akrans, Giovanni Gastel, History, illustration, Mert & Marcus, Missoni, Models, Photography

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Vogue : An Illustrated Guide (part 2)

May 1, 2013 by The CoF

Vogue is a unique modern record of a century and beyond . The archives of Vogue are the very definition of illustrations to modern photography. Here you’ll find a fascinating photographic memoir as seen through to the unrivalled eye of the world’s definitive fashion magazine.

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Art, Design, Fashion photography, History, Models, Photography, Vintage, Vogue, Women

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Vogue : An illustrated Guide (part 1)

May 1, 2013 by The CoF

Vogue is a unique modern record of a century and beyond . The archives of Vogue are the very definition of illustrations to modern photography. Here you’ll find a fascinating photographic memoir as seen through to the unrivalled eye of the world’s definitive fashion magazine.   images : Vogue Archive And Condé Nast Archive

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Arts, Design, History, Photography, Vogue, Women

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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

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Twilight of the Romanovs: A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia

April 2, 2013 by The CoF

The fascination with Russia’s Romanov dynasty — that of its last czars — has never decreased.The new book, “Twilight of the Romanovs: A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia” by historians Philipp Blom and Veronica Buckley features the vast panorama of the Russian empire, before and at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution , in a collection of never seen before photos. The arresting photos, some of the best in color, were taken from 1855 to 1918. That’s right, color — not […]

Categories: Book • Tags: Art, History, House of Romanov, Leonid Andreyev, Philipp Blom, Russian Empire, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Veronica Buckley

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The Princess Dresses

March 21, 2013 by The CoF

Ten dresses belonging to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, fetched over £800,000 at a Kerry Taylor auction in London two days ago. “Bidders today were able to buy a unique slice of British history,” said auctioneer Kerry Taylor. “We attracted bidders from across the world including Asia, America, Austria, Australia and of course, the UK, including three important museums so we are hopeful that now people will actually get to see some of the dresses that belonged to the people’s […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Art, auction, Bruce Oldfield, Catherine Walker, Diana Princess of Wales, History, LONDON, Zandra Rhodes

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Victoria and Albert Museum Collaborates With High Street Store

March 18, 2013 by The CoF

“The Victoria and Albert Museum has teamed up with high street store Coast to create a capsule line of six dresses, inspired by last year’s Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 exhibition.The brand used the museum’s rich archives to create styles that exude the glamour of the past 100 years.” – vogue.co.uk source vogue.co.uk

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950, Coast, History, LONDON, Victoria & Albert Museum

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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

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