The Canadian expats amongst you surely know of leather goods company Roots. The friendly, green, and generally affordable brand has just paired up with Vancouver writer Douglas Coupland – best known for his cult, generation defining novel ‘Generation X’. Coupland has designed his own line of bags, t-shirts, that aims to explore with a dash [...]
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Exquisite Swedish perfume brand Byredo has teamed up with the talented French creative team M/M for a new Eau de Parfum M/Mink, a concept driven scent created upon three ideas: Asian ink, a photo of a Japanese calligrapher and an utopian concept drawn on traditional Korean paper by Mathias Augustyniak (M/M). [...] J’aime mon carré, ‘I love my scarf’. Hermès are launching an international campaign promoting their silk scarves to the young and groovy. Countries as far afield as Australia and the Czech Republic will hold special events to celebrate the who and the how of the mythical scarf. There’ll be a magazine by UK photographer [...] The cosmetic line created by make-up artist Hannah Murray for Topshop arrives in France, at Colette (where else), just a few weeks after its launch in London. Modeled after the concept of prêt-à-porter, the new cosmetic line aims to be trendy and affordable. With polka dot packaging and smart names, the range of products is [...] Colette have just established a new dedicated space to beauty (upstairs, under the gallery), where their fabulous international selection of cosmetics, perfume, skincare and haircare, for men and women, can really come into their own. Inside a fairly medical, Damien Hirst ‘Pharmacy’-esque space you’ll find a delicious selection of products from brands including Aesop (Australia), [...] As a prelude to the coming summer and its promise of music and festivals (Solidays, Rock en Seine etc), Colette presents a collection of photographs – entitled Music Loves You – that attempt to capture that unique sense of estival freedom. Showing not the festival performers, but rather their audience, this group of works tries [...] Cult blogger The Selby documents the international creative classes in their homes, atéliers, and offices, and his photos will be published in book form in April (Abrams). But you don’t have to wait that long because a few copies are already on sale chez Colette! What’s more, all this week (till Sat), the [...] Graffiti artist to the stars – Kanye West blogged about him just the other day – André is presenting some new work, produced in his off time from tagging his alter-ego Mr A around the world, or taking over Paris as a member of the city’s hip mafia La Clique (Le Baron, Hotel Amour, La [...] Giving new meaning to the term chick lit, DJ-ette and eccentric jeans égérie (she’s partly responsible for the return of gussied-up, high-waisted Mom Jeans), Olympia Le Tan makes handbags and minaudières. Her new collection comprise small, strapped cases or clutches for cosmetics and les petites affaires de mademoiselle inspired by the vintage books in her [...] The star-as-artist theme is ably curated by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the creative duo behind the L.A. label Rodarte, at Colette until November 7th. Drop in if you want to see how Kim Gordon writes (paints, rather) the word pussy, pick up a jumbo printout of Kirsten Dunst’s email, or have a look at [...] |
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