Chanel 2014/15 Cruise Collection
The Chanel 2014/15 Cruise Collection presented in Dubai last week channeled the luxury of bygone empires with modern coolness !
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Upcoming Event – WANTEDDESIGN 2014
Upcoming Event – WANTEDDesign 2014
WANTEDDesign, the inspirational and energetic platform for the design community, students, the media, design institutions, and design lovers alike, takes place May 16th-19th in NYC.
Adding fresh direction to this year’s show, programs will follow the daily themes of Design Around the World, Designing, Making, Transforming, and What’s Next in the U.S.A.?, with each day featuring supporting conversations.
Beyond the talks, set to take place in Grimshaw’s Conversation Room, and the show’s nearly 60+ exhibitors, attendees can preview prototype products in the Launch Pad and check out the visionary outcomes from the Design Schools Workskhop – “The Future of Paper”– that includes participating schools from around the world.
Part of NYCxDESIGN, WANTEDDesign will officially open on Friday, May 16th, to press, bloggers, interior designers, and VIPs. All programs take place during the three days from May 17th to May 19th at the Terminal Stores – The Tunnel, 269 11th Avenue, between 27th and 28th streets in New York City.
The event is free to the trade (registration required); general public ($20 online, $25 at the door).
Visitors’ information – at a glance:
Friday, May 16
• Starting 12pm — Bloggers “First Look”
• Starting 2pm — Press preview
• Starting 4pm — VIP Interior designers preview
• 7am–10pm — VIP opening night celebration (by invitation only)Saturday/Sunday, May 17/18
• 10–7pm (trade and general public)Monday, May 19
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Upcoming Event – Art Basel Hong Kong
Upcoming Event – Art Basel Hong Kong
May 15-18, 2014The newest Art Basel Show, Art Basel Hong Kong, is on target for being one of the hottest art events in the world.
Image Courtesy Doug Aitken/303 Gallery/Art Basel Hong Kong Galleries 2014 About Art Basel in Hong Kong
The second edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong, Lead Partner UBS, will take place from May 15 to 18, 2014 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The show will present 245 of the leading galleries from Asia, Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world and more than 3,000 artists, ranging from young emerging artists to the Modern masters from both Asia and the West. 50 percent of galleries presented at the show have exhibition spaces in Asia and the Asia-Pacific region, showcasing a strong combination of high-quality works from the East and
the West and underscoring Art Basel’s commitment to the region.
Image Courtesy Adrian Wong/Rhona Hoffman Gallery/Art Basel Hong Kong The main sector, Galleries, presents premier established galleries from across the world, while Insights is dedicated to presenting precise contextual and thematic presentations by artists from across the art scenes in Asia and the Asia-Pacific. The Discoveries sector provides a platform for younger galleries and Encounters shows large-scale sculptural installations by leading artists from around the
world. The show will include for the first time a Film sector, curated by Li Zhenhua, and hosted in collaboration with the Hong Kong Arts Centre.The show will be accompanied by strong public programming, including Art Basel’s popular talks programs, Conversations and Salon.Additionally, collaborations with local and international partners will ensure a diverse range of arts programming, with hundreds of cultural events hosted across the city throughout the week like the Pearl Lam Galleries Exhibition at the Pedder Building space, curated by Paul Moorhouse of London’s National Portrait Gallery, which will feature lacquer sculptural abstract paintings by Chinese artist Su Xioabai.
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Metropolitan Museum – Charles James: Beyond Fashion Exhibition
1. Charles James Ball Gowns, 1948 Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Photograph by Cecil Beaton / Vogue / Condé Nast Archive. Copyright © Condé Nast
Metropolitan Museum – Charles James: Beyond Fashion Exhibition
The ultra-glamorous Charles James: Beyond Fashion Exhibition is set to open next week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Anna Wintour Costume Center but social media is all agog over the Met Gala that will be taking place this upcoming Monday, May 5th prior to it’s official opening on Thursday, May 8th.
Unlike last year, the 2014 Met Gala has a dress code and seeing how many guests actually abide by the rules will be keeping a multitude of fashion critics, commentators, pundits, bloggers and curious observers, like me, glued online Monday evening ☺
However, I digress… Charles James, the Anglo-American couturier created masterpieces and this glorious exhibition is dedicated to exploring his legendary and forwarding thinking designs.
2. Charles James with Model, 1948 Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Cecil Beaton, Beaton / Vogue / Condé Nast Archive. Copyright © Condé Nast As the Met synopsis of the exhibit states:
“…His fascination with complex cut and seaming led to the creation of key design elements that he updated throughout his career: wrap-over trousers, figure-eight skirts, body-hugging sheaths, ribbon capes and dresses, spiral-cut garments, and poufs. These, along with his iconic ball gowns from the late 1940s and early 1950s—the “Four-Leaf Clover,” “Butterfly,” “Tree,” “Swan,” and “Diamond”…”
3. Nancy James in Charles James Swan Gown, 1955 Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Cecil Beaton, The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s 
4. Charles James Butterfly Gown, 1954 Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Cecil Beaton, The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s More than seventy of Charles James’s extraordinary designs will be presented in the new Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery in the Anna Wintour Costume Center as well as special exhibition galleries on the Met’s first floor.
For the Met’s full social media coverage information details click here.
5. Austine Hearst in Charles James Clover Leaf Gown, ca. 1953 Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographer Unknown, © Bettmann/CORBIS Also, here is a VIDEOFASHION! clip from the 1982 Brooklyn Museum’s retrospective of James’s work with comments from his former assistant Halston…
You can also watch this video about the complexity of a Charles James creation here as well as read about his mercurial temperament here in this article from Vogue.
Definitely, this exhibition should be on your “must-see” list before it closes on August 10, 2014.
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Vogue Festival 2014 – Valentino
Vogue Festival 2014 – Valentino : The King of Glamour
Valentino Garavani talks to Alexandra Shulman about how he built a business, lifestyle and empire.
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Business of Fashion x Michael Kors
Business of Fashion x Michael Kors
Watch the live broadcast here of The Business of Fashion and Michael Kors conversation from Shanghai, on Thursday 8 May at 9AM EST, 2PM BST, 9PM Shanghai Time.
You can submit your questions for Michael Kors on Twitter using #BoFLive and #MKShanghai.
A definite must see !
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Fashion News Interview – Carol Lim and Humberto Leon
Fashion News Interview – Carol Lim and Humberto Leon
Listen and learn from the amazing team behind Opening Ceremony and Kenzo the this exclusive face-to-face meeting with Carol Lim and Humberto Leon via Paris Modes TV.