The competition of designers in a crisis was tightened. Fashion is ahead of the advance and fear of losing the client at the same time makes it dodge and try to attract attention in all available ways. Pre-collections-this is the attempt. We have already written about the pre-collection of Chanel , Alexander Wang, Narciso Rodriguez and Zac Posen .

Everyone is saying now, they say, niche brands are the future of the fashion industry. Critics write that due to the chase of trends, third lines and other things, the boundaries between Laxury brands began to be washed off, and the legend for so long stood began to disappear. A crisis appeared. But the owners of these same “Niche Brands” live happily and do not think about fashion weeks, advertising, season and other nonsense. They represent their clothes when and where they want.

It seems that an overwhelming burden in the person of the purchase of Jil Sander and Fendi did not pass for Prada without a trace. The head of Prada Group Patricius Bertelli and, in fact, Miuccia Prada announced that they were ready to sell part of the shares of the company. The title of potential financial partner Prada was attributed to the Swiss conglomerate Richmont, which owns Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels.

The English artist Bekki Ridsdel is trying to show people that behind every white facade, whether it be porcelain or someone’s soul, is hiding a strange reality, a limitless spring that will amaze us with its bright colors. Bekka’s love of ceramics from childhood - her mother was also a porcelain artist. At ten years, she could already distinguish excellent English porcelain from other varieties.

Thomas Meylander is a French photographer, director and artist who works in the aesthetics of Vice magazine. His works are on the verge of kitsch, grotesque and vulgarity. In May 2008, he made a donation in the form of 3,000 toilet paper rolls at the Marseille branch of the French charitable organization Les Restos du Coeur for the dining room intended for stray people. For this wide gesture, he received great gratitude from the director of the organization.

Korean designers decided to surprise everyone again: this time “clothes for a chair”. The Maezm design studio, consisting of two young Korean designers, SHO EUN WHAN and Shin Tai Ho, who became famous in 2008 for the “Best of the Best” on Reddot Desigh Award for their “dishwasher-Tarnish tablecloth”, surprised us with the next interesting innovation.

ICON VS. site ICON published official information about the soundtrack to the picture of Tim Barton "Alice in Wonderland". The album " Almost Alice" will be released on the Buena Vista label and will appear in stores on March 2, and the first video on the title single “Alice (Underground)” , performed by Avril Lavin, will be released in early February.

The thing of the day is not just a piece of fabric, but an associative symbol; The thing of the day can be anything - Jersey trousers reminiscent of vacation, referring to the 40s, an enamel bracelet or talking about everything at once an ordinary gray T -shirt. The thing of the day is a story is not quite about consumerism, although to think that someone will come to the purchase, joyfully.

I was inspired by the post about the poster ( http://www.lookatme.ru/flows/eto-ya-sam/posts/81717-vybiraem-oblozhki-zhurnala-fisha ), I decided to slag a little and do the same with the covers Art+AUCTION Russia, Fortunately, they are all handsome, as for selection)) I don’t know how to do voting on all sorts of cunning sites, so I propose to discuss the old fashioned way in the comments) I personally like the cover with Muraki most of all!

Here is a video review of the new Apple product.

An interesting thing was invented by Moving Color designers: glass that changes its color depending on temperature. This tile changes its color, shimmers like the northern lights, changing all the shades of the rainbow, you only have to heat them a little. Moving Color represents many ways to please itself with this miracle, for example, to renew your shower or decorate a fireplace.

"Lord of the Storm": pacifism in half with bloodthirstiness. The film about American sappers in Iraq collects an unimaginable reward of awards: the film critics of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Boston and Austin have already called the Bury of 2009 the best film of 2009. I am sure that on January 17, he will receive his own from the Golden Globe Association of a foreign press, accredited in Hollywood, and on March 7 will not be left without an Oscar.

Jaap Scheren , who graduated Academy visual arts and design Saint Yosta in the Dutch city of Breda, annually arranges exhibitions and publishes books with its photos. In his work, he tries to embody what he thinks about, while doing several projects, does not allow himself to get hung up and blur to his eyes. As he himself says, he likes to be what he feels, but cannot behave the same, since a person knows and changes every day.

It is unlikely that when creating his company more than twenty years ago, Martin Mardwell could have imagined that it would be engaged in the release of spirits. As you know, the designer himself officially has nothing to do with his own fashion house, so the decision to launch perfume was most likely made without his participation.

The holiday holidays behind, the new working year smiles from all the windows and invites to changes. So let's go about them! We suggest starting with the main and simple - the situation around you, because it is she who forms our mood day after day, you just need to wake up and open our eyes. As you know, the details create the whole, and it is they who form the mood and spirit of your home.