Last year at this time, I was preparing to take a trip to Andalusia, Spain. When suddenly I came across a blog talking about the spiritual importance of water in the Islamic architecture of the Alhambra. In the same blog, I saw a picture that made a huge emotional impact on me.
I saved the link and left for Spain. On my way back, I would contact the artist, he certainly lived in Europe I thought and on my way back I ‘ll find more about him. On my arrival to New York, for some reasons my hard drive got burnt and ended up loosing all my information including that particular link. One year later, at a dinner in New York with artist Mattia Biagi and some friends, Yasmina Alaoui and Marco Guerra were right there in front of me. Read more »
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| May 9th, 2008 | by Joelle | | 
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I like to read about people’s opinions on life, fashion and style. Today while organizing my thoughts about glamour wishes and trends I came across this post. I could not resist it!
” Well, maybe not the constipated expression. And the cigarette, well, let’s just say it’s a prop, a la Sean Penn. (This is Sam Fogarino, the well-presented drummer of New York-based band Interpol. More on him later).The point is, it would be nice if more men had style. Meaning, REAL style, the kind that comes from within. Read more »
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New York | May 9th, 2008 | by Joelle | |
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” Clothes make a woman or a woman makes the clothes ?” Stefano Tonghi
“A woman wears clothes to achieve something in life!”
Donatella Versace
Last Sunday I spent the day to the yearly Sunday with the Magazine , the first to be held in the new Times Center designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano.
The event consisted of a Sunday series of TimesTalks with the editors and writers of the New York Times Magazine and some of today’s most compelling talents & thinkers. Subjects ranged from sports and politics to fashion.
On the fashion Donatella Versace was the selected feature guests. Donatella’s TimesTalk, titled “The Way We Dress,” was interviewed by T Magazine editor the very charming Stefano Tonchi. Read more »
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New York | May 9th, 2008 | by Joelle | |
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Since Batik has been gaining more exposure followed by ethnic tribal trend safari chic look, several designers are using Ikat print in their 2008 Spring Summer collection.
Indonesia has been blessed with a diversity of arts and crafts. Each of every island archipelago has their own cultural characteristics, their own architectures, handicrafts, music, dialects, foods, and last ,their very own traditional textiles, like Songket, Ulos, Ikat, and many others that aren’t widely known yet.
Ikat print has been seen on the catwalks since Fall 07 which has continued to reappear on the Spring 08 runways. From Armani, Balenciaga, Just Cavalli, Jenny Kayne, Missoni, Tory Burch to Oscar de la Renta and major retailers like Zara and Topshop have been carrying Ikat print into their collection. Read more »
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New York | May 8th, 2008 | by Joelle | |
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Madonna still has a ton of blond ambition. Cover of Vanity Fair Green Issue and Elle Magazine Madonnarama is reaching a bewildering aphoteosis and this season on Elle there is a question of her having made the transition from diva to deity.
Her trajectory and desire for glamour and self-expression have inspired and awed the world for more that two decades.Her discipline, her drive, her lack of self-destructive tendencies is exact what we love in her.
As she nears 50, Madonna’s narrative is shifting. Yes, there’s another new super-pop album, her eleventh, Hard Candy, with Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams. The Queen of Pop has been crowned number 1 in both the singles and album charts with the track “4 Minutes”featuring the vocals of Justin Timberlake and new album “Hard Candy” Read more »
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New York | May 7th, 2008 | by Joelle | |
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” When I was a child, I always wanted to know how fashion could transform you..”
Simon Doonan
I love Simon Doonan . I really do. He is a creative genius, high spirited, writes humorously and wikedly well. But, I am sorry, his latest book Eccentric Glamour is a guide for- American -women-only.
Glamorous eccentrics are irresistible people. They are irreverent, occasionally impertinent, a tad mysterious, charming, often self-invented, good at applying eyeliner, and above all nonconformist. They are a fabulous confection of style, self-empowerment, and black patent sling backs. Everyone wants to be one, but how? The ubiquitous Simon Doonan style guru has the answer. Read more »
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| May 6th, 2008 | by Joelle | |
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“We often say we are what we eat, or we are what we wear?” —Dana Thomas
McDonalds continues to surprise - and impress - us with its shameless and opportunistic ideas above its station…
Traditional luxury brand strategy depends on brands knowing their place, but increasingly the grammar of luxury brands is being used by brands far outside the luxury universe. Nobody is working harder than McDonalds to investigate opportunities here… Read more »
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New York | May 6th, 2008 | by Joelle | |
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