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Splash's yearlong sensation

The first week of the brand new year is almost gone butSplash calendar came quite on time with its trend-coded 4th edition. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, Splash - the largest fashion retailer of Middle...

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Sorcha O'Raghallaigh's 'forget me not'

I have a fondness for Gaelic, the native language of Ireland,as well as for those who work to keep it alive and wheneverI hear a distinctly sounding Irish name my mind suddenly goes back to the two...

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Isupov's universal narrative

'Saint Valentine'US-based Russian sculptor Sergei Isupov skillfullypushes the narrative potential of clay through compact sculptures incorporating evocative illustrations; stunning artworks related...

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gorgeous cameos of style

Let me share the pleasure inspired by the fabulous images of beautifully patterned pieces from the 'Grand National' collection editorial by 'Cameo the Label', one of Australia's up-and-coming fashion...

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'Equinoxe' in Berlin

Here they come again! Complementing their quintessential totally black with nude tones, the French-German design duo made by Odély Teboul and Annelie Augustin - better known as'Augustin Teboul' -...

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rainy day poetry

Luckily winter has been merciful so far with temperatures highly above the season's average and even if rain is teeming down these days we can still enjoy long walks on the outskirts of town where...

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I woke up gleaming

Let's get dazzled by the latest fluorescent creations ofrenowned Bordeaux-born, East London-based hairstylist and designer Charlie Le Mindu, a fashion celebrity whosework achieved the status of 'haute...

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like a fairy in Toyland

Kiev-based photographer Tasya Kudryk signed a daydreamingeditorial for the Vienna/Berlin-based 'C-Heads' magazine that ”shows a snapshot of youth culture, bringing together only the most talented...

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form & function in the raw

”Obscur is a return to innocence and purity, fused by raw fabrics and the cleanest production treatments” as Richard Söderberg - founder, creative director and chief designer of 'Obscur'- declares...

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a field of monsters

'Field of Ponies' is the name of Julie Bérubé's latest fashionproject: born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where she graduated from Lasalle College in 2000, Julie crossedthe Atlantic...

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flower-patterned spring to come

Yesterday Lane Crawford - Hong Kong's department store group - unveiled the company's floral-inspired s/s 14 campaign - called 'Botanica' - featuring an exclusive collaboration between five-star...

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TVDB's crazilicious safari

You're about to undertake a sort of garden-adventure, an urban safari beyond the ordinary, color-soaked and introspective where you can be... naked as a jaybird.”A Naked Safari” is the rip-roaring...

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Mai-Gidah's summer frost

Life's quite strange, here comes the second post in arow about a SASK's graduate - the Stedelijke Academievoor Schone Kunsten in Sint Niklaas, Belgium - butwhile TVDB's work is a veritable explosion of...

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Van Gogh by van Bergen

The timeless appeal of Vincent Van Gogh's vibrantpaintings inspired the latest collection of upcoming Dutch designer Mattijs van Bergen who opened the official Mercedes-Benz fashion week in Amsterdam...

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the 'Decay Elite' of flowers

Still from Amsterdam where David Laport made his catwalk debut at Mercedes-Benz fashion week Amsterdam FW 2014 supported by Vodafone Firsts Fashion Lab. The gifted young Dutch designer whose graduate...

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bride-to-be beauty

Middle East women are certainly amongst the most beautiful in the world: their natural charm, made of inky hair, dark brown almond eyes and gorgeous complexion are synonym of dignified beauty. Browsing...

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Nelli Kim's jacquard therapy

Nelli Kim is the ultimate London-based ace designer, a young master of pattern making whose love for fashion originates from the cultural diversity of half the world's peoples, her considerable...

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vintage Valentine's gift

Maybe this is not the Valentine's Day gift you were waiting for but believe me, it comes straight from my heart as well as from the archival strongroom in which I keep my treasures. Gorgeous...

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surrealistically cosmopolitan

Liz Black is the Venezuelan-born designer who established her womenswear label in 2010 soonafter her graduation from Central Saint MartinsCollege to express her exuberant creativity  ”swapping a...

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cats take pride of place in our lives

Let's celebrate today cat's pride day with a gorgeous selfie taken by a young male cat I was familiar with until he ran away from my friend's house. 'Ciccio', Italian for 'Fattie', was - I wish I could...

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