26 Tuesday May 2015
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Blog, Chic, Design, Designer, Fashion, Fashion Blogs, fashion designers, Jeff Koons, Lifestyle, Luxury, Martin Margiela, Matthew Barney, Style, YOOX Group
The exclusive documentary produced by YOOX Group and directed by New York filmmaker Alison Chernick. The film, selected for the 2015 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival reveals the true face of the enigmatic Belgian designer who appears here as never before.
20 Wednesday May 2015
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Name: Dries Van Noten
DOB: 12 May 1958
Place of birth: Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation: Fashion Designer
Mr. Van Noten, when your father retired, he preferred to close his company rather than sell it. Can you imagine your eponymous fashion label going on without you?
I hope that my company could live without me because I have the responsibility for people who work with us – those in the company in Antwerp and those who produce our clothes, who print our fabrics, who embroider. We have nearly three thousand people in India who embroider all our things by hand. It would be a pity if the moment I say, “I’ve had it, I’m stopping,” all those people would be kind of unemployed. And especially the knowledge that we have tried to keep alive in small villages in India or a small mill in Cornwall that’s still doing hand-woven fabrics. So, I really hope it’s possible and I’m convinced that we’re structuring things so that if something would happen, the company can live without me. As a responsible fashion designer, you have to work like that, I think. It would be a bit selfish to say, “It can be only me who can make this survive.”
20 Monday Apr 2015
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Designer, Designers, Designers talk, Fashion, Fashion Blogs, fashion designers, Fashion opinion, Italian, Italy, La Repubblica, Lifestyle, Luxury, Miuccia Prada, Prada, Style
Miuccia Prada rarely sits for interviews, but she made an exception for La Repubblica.The fashion designer chat very candidly with the Italian newspaper on fashion and politics, and we have all the deets. Miz Prada touched everything about luxury brands leaving Italy, designers brushing off Italy and the Italian Press and politicians not taking fashion seriously.
26 Friday Sep 2014
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Mr. Van Assche, as the creative director for Dior Homme you deal with beauty all the time. Do you remember the first time you recognized beauty?
No, but I do know that as a child beauty was a big part of my upbringing because my grandmother was a real aesthete and I used to be really close to her. When I was a kid she was making her own clothes and at one point started making clothes for me, so it was already a big part of it when I was like 10 or 12 years old.
What does beauty mean to you?
I don’t really differentiate beauty according to where it comes from. Making a nice table for a nice dinner is nicer than just eating food out of a plastic plate. It’s always been about that little extra effort that makes all the difference. And I think that’s true in all aspects of life.
15 Wednesday Jan 2014
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21 Thursday Nov 2013
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28 Wednesday Aug 2013
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Mr. Smith, I’ve heard that you play music in your office every morning from 6 until 8 before everyone else shows up. What did you listen to today?
This morning I was listening to a little English singer called Jake Bugg, who sounds a bit like a young Bob Dylan. He’s actually from my hometown Nottingham, so I know him and he’s a very nice lad. I love my two hours of peace in the morning. It’s heaven.
How do you pick what music to listen to?
It completely depends on my mood and how late I got to bed or what type of day I’ve got ahead of me.
28 Sunday Jul 2013
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17 Wednesday Jul 2013
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Chic, Designer, Fashion, Fashion Blogs, Handbag, New York, Paris, Style, SUPERMODELS, Venezuela, Yliana Yepez
Designer, wife, and mother of five, Parisian born Venezuelan Yliana Yepez, has had a life full of runway shows, diplomatic parties, and globetrotting. Drawing on this background Yepez moved to New York ready to take on the Big Apple and start her own line of handbags. After four years of dedication and perseverance, (and a little of America’s strange business practices) Yepez is launching a new line of handbags set to release this August. The collection merges her travels, design experience, and her busy lifestyle to create a sophisticated and functional look that is going to beg for a place in your closet.
11 Tuesday Jun 2013
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Chic, Design, Designers, Fashion, Fashion Blogs, fashion designers, FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS, Luxury, Madison Avenue, MIchael Kors, New York, Style
The award-winning American designer is set to take Europe by storm
Photo: Norman Jean Roy — Courtesy of Michael Korsby Cheryl Chu
Recipient of multiple awards, in particular the CFDA award for womenswear and menswear designer, Michael Kors has been one of the most influential American designers for over two decades. It all started in New York City where, at the age of 19, he designed and merchandised a collection for a well-known local boutique. Over the years, Kors’ vision of beautiful, luxurious American sportswear flourished and expanded to the world of women’s accessories, as well as complete menswear. Michael Kors flagship stores are in New York City’s Madison Avenue, Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive, and also in Hong Kong and Dubai. As the brand continues its expansion in Europe, Michael Kors tells that for him it has always been about the Michael Kors woman. Let’s find out.
