Monsieur Jean Yves "Palace disco club" collection for the Bon Marché Rive Gauche

Alligator : Black alligator lined with lamb skin, dyed edge finishing, and black silk satin

Amazonia : Python lined with lamb skin, dyed edge finishing, and black silk satin

Beau Mec : silver Swakara Astrakan and black silk satin

Cannibale : Galvanised bone and black silk satin

Feather n°1: Gold peacock feathers and black silk satin

French Disco : blue lamé velvet lined with black silk satin

Galuchattt ! : Galuchat lined with lamb skin, dyed edge finishing, and black silk satin

Gigolo : Black Swakara Astrakan and black silk satin

Lézard : Lizard lined with lamb skin, dyed edge finishing, and black silk satin

Mon Kiki : Black mink (female) lined with black silk satin

Palace : iridiscent blue lamé velvet lined with black silk satin

Peggyboy : gold lamé lined with black silk satin

Pink Boy : pink lamé lined with black silk satin

Art contemporain at Pierre Bergé & Associés (Bruxelles) - 8-9 June

Part 1 on the 8 June and Part 2 on the 9 June 2011.

Pierre Bergé & Associés

40 Place du Grand Sablon Grote Zavel

1000 Bruxelles

Swide presents: "It was like girls playing Elvis"

"It was like girls playing Elvis": this was the description of the Fall/Winter 1994‐1995 collection by Dolce&Gabbana. It could have very well been a chapter of the Dolce&Gabbana Music Book freshly released. This is the first hint for you.

The second? Do you remember Isabella Rossini in leopard last Monday? Well, she’s going to make a come‐back in this article.

Guess what type of a content will be waiting for you!

Stay tuned: on Monday May 30nd, Swide will reveal yet another glamorous story from Dolce&Gabbana’s archive.

À la Gianni

via David Motta

Daphne Guinness at Barneys New York

Daphne Guinness used the windows of Barneys New York as a dressing room before the Costume Institute gala held on May 2. Flanked by other vignettes showcasing the fashion collection of her friend Isabella Blow, Daphne paid homage to Alexander McQueen by outfitting herself in one of his creations, a pale-grey duck and ostrich feather gown.

Text: Luxury Culture

Aperlaï Fall/Winter 2011 stunning collection!

For the Fall Winter 2011 collection, Aperlaï explores the universe of geometric essentiality and the power of colour. Art is once again at the root of the inspiration: from the cubism of Picasso to the radical reduction and essential colours of Malevich and I LOVE it!



Knight, Lock, Armour, Bucklehead, Angle…some names representing Aperlaï's collection. Traits of patent leather, chromatic contrasts, warm and dark shades. The stitch, when visible, defines the shapes, creating interlocking games and asymmetrical overlaps.



Aperlaï subtly grooving the seventies with a contemporary and sharp femmininity.
Clashing the seventies: visions of Edie Sedwick wearing pastels and exotic skins.
Experimenting with colours, shapes and details, both on a strong structure and a cheeky stiletto.



In a wide range of textures: suede, python, pony, napa leather, velvet, hairnet; all are finely treated by Italian craftsmen in Florence. The collection of 50 styles goes from asymmetrical sandals to over the knee boots.



















The walk is confident, audacious. The signature is graphic, pure Aperlaï.

Diary of Cannes with Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze and Kanye West

Filmmakers Carlo Lavagna and Roberto de Paolis catch up with Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze and Kanye West on the Côte d'Azur.

What about...

"J'ai toujours dit qu'il fallait transformer les souvenirs en projet. C'est ce que nous avons fait avec cette Fondation. Ainsi se poursuit cette aventure commencée en 1962 quand nous ne savions pas que le destin allait nous faire signe." - Pierre Bergé

"The Grace Kelly Years, Princess of Monaco" exhibition in Sao Paulo

Highlights from the life of Princess Grace of Monaco may be seen in the exhibition The Grace Kelly Years, Princess of Monaco, at Museu de Arte Brasileira, FAAP, until 10th of July 2011.
Curated by Frédéric Mitterrand, the French minister of Culture, the exhibition brings together some 900 objects revisiting the life of the star who won the heart of Hollywood, the Principality of Monaco and its royalty.







Among them are photographs, films, clothes, jewelry, accessories, paintings, letters to or from friends such as Queen Elizabeth, Greta Garbo, Frank Sinatra, Alfred Hitchcock, and Jacqueline Kennedy, all conserved and organized by the Palace of the Principality.

Visitors will have an opportunity to see mementos of her childhood and youth in Philadelphia, her career as an actress, her marriage to Prince Rainier III and her destiny as a princess.

Museu de Arte Brasileira da FAAP
Rua Alagoas, 903
Higienópolis, Sao Paulo
www.faap.br/hotsites/hotsite_grace_kelly

Hermès costume Vans for Robert Verdi

Besides not an official collaboration with Hermès, designer Robert Verdi has done a partnership with Vans to create a costumized line of vintage Hermès sneakers. Here I show you my favourite ones from the six pair of sneakers that came out from this partnership. I just love it!

via sneakerfreaker.es

10 Corso Como presents the Carmina Campus' "Africa Project"

Carmina Campus presents at 10 Corso Como a collection of bags made in Africa using recycled local materials : pieces of safari or first aid tents or traditional African fabrics cuttings .

A collaboration between Carmina Campus and ITC (International Trade Centre), a ONU and World Trade Organization agency whose aim is giving professional training and job opportunities in developing countries.

From Saturday 28th May 2011 in 10 Corso Como.

www.10corsocomo.com

Trendstop.com for trend forecasting for the fashion industry

McQueen landscape

Trendstop.com, managed by the Central St Martins graduated Jaana Jätyri, is a leading online trend forecasting and analysis service for the fashion industry. Renowned for its accuracy and unique ability to forecast runway fashion trends two years in advance and consumer trends up to a decade in advance, Trendstop’s service includes vast inspirational image galleries, focused key trend reports, emerging trends and major themes, that have been very important even for Maison Chaplin blog.

Recently the Sunday Times in London listed their free TrendTracker fashion app as the 2nd best fashion app in the world and now they have launched it for the iPad with more features including some amazing in-app downloads such as the professional hair and beauty trends gallery and the high res image galleries from all the graduate shows and backstage catwalk shows.

iPad screen colour Neon Lemon catwalk

The app features professionally scouted daily fashion trends, daily fashion news, instant full video and photo coverage from the catwalks during Fashion Weeks from New York, Paris, Milan and London and a global Fashion Store Finder.

Download the free TrendTracker trend app for iPad and smartphones from your app store or by visiting http://m.trendstop.com/ from your mobile's browser.