“It’s just too good to be true,” Thordordottir told for Vogue. “I can’t quite believe it. In my mind when I was designing this, I thought ‘it really would be great if Lady Gaga wore this.’ She looked so good in it – exactly how I would have wanted.”

Gaga wore a piece from the designer’s final graduate collection which explored the idea of how frost affects the elements, using wire, Swarovski crystals, fish and sheep leather.

“I originally sourced pictures of cracked stones, ice that forms in puddles and the northern lights,” she said. “I then played with different textiles and materials and found silicon a very interesting material to work with. I combined it with silver wires and Swarovski crystals to make a frosty- looking textile that is soft and could be sculptured around the body. The northern lights inspired the colours of the collection.”

Source: www.vogue.co.uk

The emotional and sexual life of Carrie Bradshaw and her friends in New York is transformed into that of a whole Neapolitan Carrie. And instead of Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda arrive Vera, Francesca and Sabrina.

Sex stories, thoughts, tears and smiles, to the shadow of Mount Vesuvius in Naples then … a new location for adventure, seasoned with a touch of glamor that comes off the tips of the Neapolitan designer Dana.

Mariagrazia Poggiagliolmi describes with simplicity and a touch of irony in eros bittersweet journey, a journey that brings us all together. Between pages check a cupid ready to hurl his arrows on men and women increasingly eager to please, to travel, be independent … Among the advice: do not settle for no reason at all, eros live with a smile and not never confuse love with the double karma.

Another, almost transcendent quality unites them in that both companies have always insisted that their creations possess an elegance, a form that respects the function. Have there ever been any other sports cars as beautifully proportioned as the Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 or the 8C? So, too, do Montegrappa pens exhibit the Italianate blending of form and function.

The first fruit of this new partnership is an elegant set of pens that embody the essence of Alfa Romeo’s history and prestige. The series created by the Bassano master craftsmen for this important anniversary comprises twelve different pens (three versions of fountain, ballpoint and roller ball pens and mechanical pencils) to celebrate and honour the glorious car manufacturer in each and every design detail.

The date on which the Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili was founded – 24th June 1910 – is referred to by the number of pens produced in this limited edition series.

Montegrappa has crafted a total of 1910 items: 246 (24-6, i.e. June) celluloid and carbon fibre fountain, ballpoint and roller ball pens; 246 celluloid and silver fountain, ballpoint and roller ball pens, plus 167 of each of the respective mechanical pencils and 25 of each of the four series in celluloid and solid 18K gold.

On the first model, traditional celluloid is used for the cap and a technologically advanced material such as carbon fibre is used for the body. This choice of materials represents an ideal bridge between the past and present, to acknowledge the dynamics of the prestigious automobile company, which remains faithful to its historical roots while striving towards the future, with meticulous care and attention to technological and stylistic innovation and research.

The exquisite artistic designs etched in low-relief on the body of the silver and gold versions in the Montegrappa collection are inspired by the stylistic elements on the evocative Alfa Romeo logo (the Visconti snake, badge and vintage logo). The brand also appears in relief on the top of the cap, while the classic Alfa four-leaf clover is etched on the 18K two-tone gold nib of the fountain pen, which is partially rhodium-plated. The nib feeder is made from ebonite, proving that even the parts hidden from the eye are selected and crafted with the utmost attention to detail.

Even the packaging confirms the elegance and sophistication of these unique writing instruments, which have such a refined, distinctive design. Each pen comes with its own exclusive eco-leather case, with a pen pouch and an international guarantee certifying the research, passion and pure brilliance of the craftsmen who have produced this commemorative line for Alfa Romeo.

Reviewing the little black dress looking for new ways of construction and shape. 8 little black dresses in black silk with different textures, realized with drapery techniques which allow geometrical forms to be designed in order to reach the desired volumes and silhouettes. One jacket and one trench coat complete the collection. The materials chart includes silk, cotton, cotton/silk and linen.

After a stage at Vivienne Westwood in Milan she started her own brand in 2008. The use of noble materials in her collection derives from her esteem for the 50’s modern movement and the way in which she constructs her clothes witnesses her training as an architect and her desire for aesthetics and sensuality.

www.carolinagalan.com

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The most important event for experts to take stock of where we are, how we are evolving and what will be the future models. Two days of professional fashion designers, innovators, bloggers, big brands, fashion lovers  who can meet, share, teach and discuss the future of fashion in a horizontal way.

The FashionCamp is planned as a BarCamp or non-conference and is therefore an open meeting in which the actions arose from the desire to share and learn in an open environment.

But talking is not the only thing in the camp: Participants will be involved in a series of workshops and events organized for the occasion. It will be fun and excited.

Ethical fashion, aesthetics of reuse, E-commerce, new community for new consumers, Style Surfing, artistic influences and land use, stylish & Social networks are just some of the themes that animate the non-conference of FashionCamp.

And not only, the FashionCamp will also host the four winners of the Italian Next Fashion Talents, organized to find new talents in Italian fashion, the contest will award the best designer category Evening,Pret-à-porter, StreetWear e Eco-glam that will parade with their creations during the evening Backstage @ FashionCamp.

collateral events http://www.fashioncamp.it/fashioncamp-eventi-collaterali

He moved to Dublin in the late eighties where he studied Medieval History and in 1995 he was awarded a PhD by Trinity College Dublin.

His work, satirical in humour and minimalist in style has been published and presented in international exhibition catalogues ( Offf Barcelona 2007; Semi permanent, Sidney 2008; Ink 01 International Illustration Rally, Bilbao 2008; Alfa Romeo Art, Milan 2010); magazines (3×3 Mag, New York; Shift Calendar 2010, Tokyo; The Dubliner, Dublin; Clam Magazine, Paris-NewYork; Ideafixa, Brazil; Fluro Mag, New Zeland), art websites ( Juxtapoz, Paintalicious, Yay! Monday! Evilmonito, Design Milk) and art galleries (Sexy Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Shiny Squirrel Gallery, NY; Little Paper Airplanes, Los Angeles; Umber Studios, Minneapolis; 180 Gallery Cambridge, Ontario; Wannabee and DOZ Gallery, Milan; Turn-Berlin, Germany,  Gallery Number One, Mill Street Studios, South Studios and The Loft, Dublin, Ireland)

He is a member of  the IGI (Illustrators Guild of Ireland) and AI (Associazione Illustratori Italiani) and the author of nerosunero.

LÜrzer’s Archive included Mario Sughi in their compilation “200 best illustrators worldwide 2009”.

In 2010 Mario was awarded prizes at the  30^th Annual of Italian Illustrators , 7^th 3×3 Mag Annual, and at the 29^th American Illustrators.

Upcoming solo exhibition: A new sense of emptyness, Greenroom Manchester, 8 Sept – 23 Oct. 2010, curated by Blank Media Collective.

www.nerosunero.org

It will definitely be able to maximize their capabilities and potential to reach the peak of their chosen field. And even if you are a homemaker, a housewife or a student,do you want a pair of comfortable shoes? These Manolo Blahnik shoes are suitable for all women.

Manolo Blahnik shoes are regularly updated with the latest new versions of the shoe. Here you can find out the most important, is exactly what I needed to complete your outfit.

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Their work, with an emphasis on lamps and vessels, created a warm, almost everyday environment within the special ambiance of the space – one could imagine living with the pieces. Work by undergraduates Anna Hell and Rahel Pfrommer rounded out this sense of home.

And, as has become tradition, everyday another uniquely staged aperitivo engaged the visitors in a direct and often playful manner.

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Set up in the environment of a garage where tools, machines and materials reflect the daily work life, Made in Berlin – Open Process exhibition provide a closer look at the design processes, going from the very first inspiration and
concept, beyond various testing phases to the prototypes.

NETwork 3D stitching furniture – lamp, stool, armchair and bowl series

The „NETwork 3D stitching furniture“ project combines new high technologies, applied to traditional stitching techniques, with a collection of edited textile objects.

The objects of the „NETwork 3D stitching furniture“ collection – armchairs, stools, bowls and lamps – are “plotted” onto a carrier by the means of a programmable stitching machine in order to create a “pop-up-object”, that raises from the surface as if it was extruded into its third dimension. The stitched textile honeycomb structures are resin-impregnated in order to make them rigid and constructive.

The result is a series of extremely light and transparent objects, that seem to float in the space as textile 3D-meta-network.

Lift – occasional roto mould tables

Fascinated by plastics and the possibilities offered by roto moulding technologies, Mark Braun designed Lift, an occasional table series. Each table has two areas for flexible use – for example one for a pack of books you want to read and the other for the book you are currently reading. By using pure geometric forms the design of Lift communicates the beauty of plastics in colour and surface finish, combined with the great possibilities of large roto mould plastic shapes.

e27: Pit – floor- and table light

The Pit lamp is based on a simple idea: e27 have analysed and abstracted the principle of tilting, searching for a way to integrate it into the design of a product.

As a result, the Pit lamp can easily and smoothly be swivelled in all directions. Manufacturer: Domus Licht zum Wohnen GmbH, www.domus-licht.de

OLIVERVO: Spherology – installation and design process

Spherology is made with polyethylene nets, cotton, aluminium and rubber. A prototype and a design process.