Paris Couture Fashion Week

Cord Chair by Jacques Guillon re-issued

The Cord Chair was originally designed by Canadian designer Jacques Guillon in 1953 and has been out of production for 40 years. Now Avenue Road, a Toronto based manufacturer, has announced that in August, they will be re-issuing the chair.

The chair is composed of a solid maple wood frame and finished (either walnut wood veneer or black lacquer). The seat and back are fully strung in either white or black 8-strand braided cord.



Available at Avenue Road.

Dior F/W 2009 Couture Collection

The Fall/Winter 2009 Christian Dior by John Galliano couture show was the first major couture show of the season. Similar to past couture collections, Galliano adds a twist to Dior's iconic New Look, turning pant-less designs into complete looks with garters and lace.



Many of the looks seemed repetitive of past Dior couture, ready-to-wear, and even resort shows, especially given the color palette.



None the less - the stunning floral embroidery and intricate shaping, combined with Galliano's unique flair of theatricality was nothing short of spectacular.

Mentally preparing for P4K 09

Pitchfork Music Festival is just around the corner - I'm pretty excited to see all the artists, but I think these I'm the most pumped for! You going?

M83
Tortoise
Yeasayer
Cymbols Eat Guitars
Mew

YAY.

speaking of shoes...

—Manolo Blahnik discussing his taste for hats and gloves — oh, and shoes.

omg, shoes.

My favorite fall/winter shoes so far, available at Colette:

Brian Atwood € 640.00 Balmain € 1595.00 Tabitha Simmons € 1160.00

Tabitha Simmons € 845.00 YSL € 595.00 Repetto € 205.00

what's your fav?

stop and smell the roses.

Dutch designers Ilona Huvenaars and Willem Derks have co-designed these beautiful Knitted Vases. From their site:

The Knitted Vase will adapt to the single beautiful rose or a bunch of wildowers instead of the other way around. The flowers determine the shape and the flexible neck will seamlessly wrap itself around them. Just like the snug fit of a finely knitted sweater.

Bluepoint Residences, Thailand.

From Paul Raff Studio:

Serving as the sales pavilion for the Bluepoint Residences in Phuket, Thailand, this project provides an ideal lounge setting for potential clients to enjoy spectacular views while reviewing development plans and observing construction progress. The pavilion’s expression responds to the powerful contextual site conditions. A deep terrace and continuous wrapping wood canopy extend outward toward a look-out point, framing a spectacular panoramic vista.

The form is inspired by the region’s first known inhabitants: nomadic fisherman who worked and lived on their boats. Today, Thai fishermen continue to construct simple vessels by curving lengths of timber over a gunnel framework. Their beautiful flowing forms exist as an iconic regional aesthetic. Using an innovative wood product combined with the traditional geometric techniques of ship building, the pavilion generates a unique dynamic configuration.

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) recently gave this design honorable mention for Innovation in Architecture.

JT knows wassup.

Justin Timberlake's ready to wear brand "William Rast" has hit Colette, the super chic paris boutique. Their collection consists essentially of denim and leather pieces for a style determinedly biker & rock. Is there anything he can't do? Personally I think most of the collection is too country for Colette... but it is JT!

Fall / winter collection 2009-2010

365.00

805.00
150.00

415.00

Sitscape, by Heckenbroich Architects.

Hackenbroich Architects have created the wonderful furniture design, Sitscape, in an effort to provide everyone a comfortable position on the couchthrough an architectural approach. They say:

Sitscape is a seating zone with a length of six meters. The form transforms the usual use of a couch. The design is based on specific seating positions and smooth transformations between them. Based on the preferred relaxing positions of the client we generated six basic positions and formed a perfect fit for them in the “Sitscape”. Consequently, the “Sitscape” provides familiar possibilities for relaxing. The transitional areas between these positions are undetermined in their use. They provide new and unexpected possibilities, which have to be discovered by the clients. The “Sitscape” is a „customized mass product” that can fulfil different demands and forms with the same structural principle. The main structural elements are the sections, which are digitally cut out of laminated wood. The connecting structure is a steel and aluminium construction, which is minimally visible. The prototype will be finalized with white leather upholstery, laminated wood with white finish for the sections and polished aluminium connections.

New 'Ye.

Kanye West - Street Lights [OFFICIAL VIDEO] from Burnocchio Story. on Vimeo.

Sequins=Good

GET OUT OF MY FACE YOU WONDERFUL SHOE.

Jimmy Choo - Black studed leather boots - € 995.00
Fall-winter pre-collection 2009-2010


The pre-collection Jimmy Choo sticks perfectly on the tendencies of this season. It is by turns; rock with studded court- shoes, biker or fringes boots, savage thanks to zebras, leopard printed matters and finally "Glitter" with sequins with abundance.