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savvasdee: The ShardLondon

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:14:15 -0400

savvasdee:

The Shard
London

archiphile: more new york city

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:11:20 -0400

archiphile:

more new york city

nevver: ― Dr. Seuss

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:01:09 -0400

nevver:

― Dr. Seuss

Precious Summer Time

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:35:49 -0400

Luxury maisons are more and more branding themselves as lifestyle brands, from clothes to jewelry, housewares… And now hotels.

Bali for Bulgari… Missoni in Milan, Edinburgh.. Armani in Dubai..

Amazing, creative, precious… I don’t see any limit for fashion brands to expand. As long as you respect the spirit of your brand, why not extent it to offer your customers, loyal followers the best experience in any of their activity, be it daily clothes, travel accommodation…

Note: both Bulgari’s and Missoni’s hotel websites are very poorly designed and annoying to navigate. Brands still need to work on their online presence…

Live and Play

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:24:12 -0400

Live and Play

I’m going to the beach and stop paying my rent.

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:18:12 -0400

I’m going to the beach and stop paying my rent.

Let them have cake!

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:05:00 -0400

Ironically as the French have just elected a new president, a socialist president, Dior and Chanel give us a royal treat, at Versailles.

Dior walked down the Galerie des Glaces (and ironically called its video “Secret Garden”) while Chanel and Karl invaded the gardens.

Secret Gardens - Versailles

Fashion owes so much to the French monarchy. Versailles and the King’s court invented French fashion and influenced much of today’s sartorial habits. Thanks Chanel and Dior for honoring this great heritage!

Chanel cruise collection was very interesting in the sense that it is inspired by nobles’ and kings’ outfits with a very modern and urban vibe to it. It almost looks like Japanese urban style. And yet it seems so classical French.

Long live the King.

Darth Balenciaga

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:37:58 -0400

Fun fun hats by Balenciaga. This picture is from the 60s but they were recently shown on the runway by Balenciaga (can’t remember what season and too lazy to look it up… sowie).

Fun hats, star wars looking for sure. I love it when different arts (here cinema and fashion) can inspire each other. Art forms are never separated from each other. It’s one single expression of a vision over reality through various forms.

When I saw this picture, I thought right away of a very elegant...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:05:46 -0500

When I saw this picture, I thought right away of a very elegant lady, draped in a enchanting and hot dress, posing an outrageously modern building, the Guggenheim museum which could well be the outside area of a futuristic opera house.

You might think of this as a little extreme, but my point is fashion is just another form of art. Instead of projecting this smoke throughout the building, you could dress up a female body and put her in the Guggenheim. Dressing the body is not just about hiding flesh. It’s using a material support, a very interesting one since it’s alive, moving and ever changing and bringing it to another level of reality.

Photo

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:51:00 -0500

Menswear F/W 2012

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:43:41 -0500

Haven’t had the time/inspiration to fashion blog lately, been busy on other projects. And winter just isn’t as inspiring as brighter seasons.

Burberry is amazing as usual. Their comeback from a grandpa-ish old school dusty house to a stylish, digital brand is mesmerizing. For this season I particularly like the arrangement of a short coat/jacket on a longer suit jacket. Kinda awkward when you think about it, but so cool on Burberry’srunway. Definitely my dig of this season.

Second look is pretty cool too. Stylish, casual gentleman.

Finally Louis Vuitton has shown pretty good stuff too. I’m always amazed at how Louis Vuitton is always about bags, monogram prints and blingbling gear. Their clothes lines are just a promotion tool to sell even more leather goods. But it’s a damn good-looking promotion set. LVMH has never reported detailed figures for Louis Vuitton, but I’m growing very curious about how much they take home.

By the way, LVMH 2011 numbers will be out Feb 2. Looking at what others have reported, it should be another blowout. And I own a few shares from these guys.

"Why do people wear wool if they know cashmere exists?"

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:01:15 -0500

“Why do people wear wool if they know cashmere exists?”

"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain"

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:03:05 -0500

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain”

Till The World Ends

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:44:00 -0500

Rough times or what? Closing it off on a dark tone.

Extreme, but ain’t nothing we haven’t seen before.

What if you seek Amy? Up there, they got so much luckier. And they got the King of Apple back. Eve can rejoice.

My family portrait. Cuz we’re Italian and all, we laugh, we cry, we shout. Oh and we’re sexy too. But love stands the distance, and I’m dying inside to see you walk that distance. Don’t you know we still believe?

It’s been 10 years, and united we stand. Same boat for all, we almost drowned. But somehow the show has gone on.

The past is already swept away. Memories. We’re left with. So please. It’s up to you to rewrite them. We’ve been happy too. Your smile. Oh that smile. Beautiful.

Remember that white rose you got on an early morning, when the sun was shining?

We know that after every winter comes spring. No matter how bad you’ve been, it’ll get warmer. Down here, up there, and in your soul.

We dearly miss you. Time will heal. Stop freaking crying.

2011 is gone. Welcome 2012. The page is white.

"The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no..."

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:04:00 -0500

“The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.”

- Diane Von Furstenberg (via savvasdee)

Rye Rye - New Thing (Prabal Gurung Promo) Bring It On Baby!...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:00:05 -0400

Rye Rye - New Thing (Prabal Gurung Promo)

Bring It On Baby! Thanks Prabal!

Winter is just around the corner !!

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:05 -0400

Winter is just around the corner !!

My picks tend to be located on the right side. Classic.

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:02:06 -0400

My picks tend to be located on the right side. Classic.

5:30 am. New York, NY Petals across the floor. Books, magazines, clothes and food. A dirty mess...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:05:05 -0400

5:30 am.

New York, NY

Petals across the floor. Books, magazines, clothes and food. A dirty mess that’s been spreading over for too long. The weak light in the corner is casting frightful shadows over those piles of junk. A cold, dark, grey, blue atmosphere is making me sweat. Seems like we’ve entered a haunted house, our garden of evil.

A massive cleanup has been long overdue. Sirens in the back keep screaming. Soon they’ll be coming for us, for you. Hear ‘em? Now it’s too late. You won’t come clean, and I’m twisted.

The city lights illuminate your face. You can’t resist such a disturbing commotion, can you?

Let me just smash down that picture of you two. Is a late night the right time to mess it all up even further? Bring it on.

I hit your head on the wall. And once more. Now you know what this is about. I don’t know what’s wetting my hands. Might be my blood, might be your tears.

No. You don’t look away; you can’t loosen up my grid. I hold your head between my hands because I wanna see those eyes, explore them, find out what they hide, light up them with passion, embrace them, adore them. Those two slanting slits are beautiful.

A deep kiss on your perfect lips. Now you’re quiet. Yes I’ve crossed my heart for you and now it’s been crushed for too long.

Somehow we both know what’s bounded to happen. The path that seemed to have been settled on won’t hold any longer. Broken glass is covering the floor and you can’t lie anymore.

So let me phrase it clearly.

Will you marry me?

For You. You live in my dreams.

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:00:05 -0400

For You. You live in my dreams.