May 20, 2012
Like all models produced by the Genevan watchmaker ROGER DUBUIS The Pulsion Skeleton Flying Tourbillon model in titanium complies with all the latest requirements for the “Poinçon de Genève”.
Technical Details
Case: 44mm titanium / Sapphire glass screwed / Arabic numerals engraved under the glass + white SLN
Dial: Skeleton / Black flange / White ROGER DUBUIS and minute – circle transfers / White index transfers
Water resistance: 10 BAR (100 m)
Strap: Black rubber / Alternance of satin and polish finishes
Clasp: Titanium / steel adjustable folding buckle
Certifications: Poinçon de Genève – Certification COSC
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Specific features: Flying tourbillon at 7.30 / Hours and minutes
Number of parts: 165
Thickness: 5.70 mm
Frequency: 3 Hz (21 600 vph)
Power reserve: 60 hours
Production: No limitation
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Before I sign off for the night, I had to bring you Blake Lively.
The “Gossip Girl” actress opted to go short at the Costume Institute Gala tonight.
This is exactly what I expected from her, short, sexy and sassy.
She look stunning wearing a Marchesa Fall 2010 peacock draped chiffon strapless dress with ruffled paisley detail.
Often some complain that she has both her boobs and legs out all the time, but this time it’s legs and one boob.
Blake teamed her dress with runway Christian Louboutin Lili Marlene pumps and a hint of pink on the lips.
Easily one of my favourites of the night.
Credit: Style.com & Getty
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What do New York’s most in-demand party photographers do when they aren’t taking photos? Party, of course! In truth, Billy Farrell Agency had good reason to celebrate last night on the Gramercy Park Hotel’s rooftop terrace. It’s been exactly a year since the quartet of talented defectors from rival agency Patrick McMullan, including Billy Farrell, David X. Prutting, Neil Rasmus, and Joe Schildhorn, launched the fledgling outfit, and already they seem to be shooting everything in town—186 events during the upcoming New York fashion week alone.“When we started, all we wanted was to make sure we were paying the bills,” Farrell told Style.com. “We didn’t even necessarily want to grow, but now we’re being forced to.” They’ve even gotten a wardrobe upgrade: In an inspired marketing move, Banana Republic has kitted out the agency’s young and ubiquitous founders in looks from its recent Mad Men collection. (Less glamorously, said founders keep a supply of air mattresses in their Chelsea office for early-morning cat naps.) At the Gramercy, Farrell & co. had set up a computer station so that eager partygoers could print out free photos of themselves from the BFA site. If, as they say, image is everything, the notable queue for printouts was ample proof. “Unfortunately there’s only one printer,” Farrell explained. “I think at our second anniversary, we’ll have at least two.”—Darrell Hartman
Photo: Billy Farrell/ BFAnyc.com
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May 19, 2012
This afternoon the Alberta Feretti’s Spring 2011 presentation transported me to a meadow on a hazy sunny day.
Think the opening sequence on ‘Little House of the Prairie’ or the Timotei and Cadbury’s flake ads.
Models in gladiator flats walked the runway in a selection of summery pieces we could wear right now on a very hot day in Milan.
We’ve seen a lot of flats this season. It’s about time they came back into fashion.
The romantic collection presented us with chiffon ruffled dresses, floral maxi dresses, shorts, cool blazers and blouses with large embroidered sleeves.
There were many crochet pieces included bloomers, sweaters and bralets.
The neutral colour palette was warmed with some delicious caramel pieces, plus forest green and mustard yellow also featured.
Apart from the gladiator flats, the other key accessory was the wide brim straw hat.
The models sported tousled hair as if they had been rolling around in that meadow I was dreaming about.
Favourites: Mustard maxi dress over the crochet two-piece and anyone of the dreamy floral dresses
Who I See Wearing This Collection: Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Christina Hendricks, Thandie Newton Ellen Pompeo, Anna Hathaway, Lea Michele, Michelle Yeoh and Jessica Biel
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Christine Centenera is the Fashion Editor for Harper’s Bazaar Australia and Lara Bingle’s stylist.
Recently Christine has become the subject of many fashion and style blog thanks to her achingly cool style achievements. Showing up to local and international fashion events has created perfect photo-ops-made for catching this on-trend lady.
Christine is a leading head in fashion and we wouldn’t expect anything less than a strong developed sense of style. With a natural edge and soft, pretty features Christine remains approachable-looking.
She mixes and matches her wardrobe and isn’t afraid to wear things more than once.
I’ve found some of the top picks of Christine’s personally styled pieces to share.
Here is Christine supporting local Australian Designer and fellow Aussie Josh Goot.
This brilliant Spring 2009 dress is a psychedelic splash of fun and vibrancy.
Layered with a serious black jacket, scarf and gloves Christine smartens the look, toughening it further with those patent to-die-for YSL’s.
Again combining two different feels- laid-back battered denims and a white tee with a sharp statement Balmain Fall 2009 jacket.
The high-end jacket says luxury but the denim and tee oppose this giving a ‘just-thrown-together’ look. This has a great feel.
She sure know how to vamp it up, though.
Christine shows us how it’s done in amazing Gucci fall 2009 platform thigh-high boots. I love the mix of slouchy and body-con. It’s comfortable yet exudes cool.
Christine is lucky enough to have a stunning piece of Prada to flaunt and here she heightens the luxe feel of a sheer Chloe shirt with a Prada costume jewellery necklace.
Green gems are natural-looking and add attention-grabbing shine to her outfit.
Proving just how shiny and special they are to her, Christine’s YSL Tributes have made regular appearances accompanying all from dresses to jeans.
They sex-up a lot of what she wears and are flawless-looking giving Christine added height and dominance as a modern working woman.
Christine is apparently ‘a self-confessed sucker for anything with studs, metal detailing or patent leather. Perferably all three at once’.
I love the rock sensibility of her look and these Givenchy Fall 2009 beauties harden a soft grey marl dress worn by Christine during Paris Fashion Week.
These shoes show who’s in charge.
Keeping it simple but daring to be different with smart fashion-forward touches are the key to Christine’s look. Her recipe for successful dressing comprises of sticking to block colours that are comfortable whilst playing with layers.
And final ingredient; a killer heel.
Credit: Style.com, Trendycrew, Gastro Chic, The Sartorialist, TheFashionSpot & AllThePrettyBirds
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May 17, 2012
I’d already been through the racks of Marni’s fall collection for men when Consuelo Castiglioni, the designer herself, popped out of a door in the wall of the showroom. “What kind of man do you imagine in these clothes?” I wondered. “Gorgeous ones,” she answered. I pushed her a bit, and she specified architects, musicians…. I was having a little trouble with that idea, because the collection itself had a resolutely undeclarative flatness. Sure, there were clever touches—like the puffa sewn inside a tweed jacket, or the jacket that reversed to a raincoat—but otherwise, it was hard to imagine Marni’s fall menswear galvanizing creative types. Then I saw the lookbook, which features U.K. model Ash Stymest, he of the extreme tatts and kickass att. He looked like an angel. Okay, fashion is alchemy, and I stand corrected on the transformative power of Marni’s new menswear.
—Tim Blanks
Photo: Courtesy of Marni
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The best thing about the Lanvin for H&M collection going on sale in the US & Canada today, is that we get to know the rules way in advance of our launch on Tuesday.
I’ve been keeping up with the tweets from across the pond and here is what I’ve figured out.
1. The first 320 people in line will be given 1 of 16 different colour coded wristbands which indicates your time slot to shop. That’s 20 people for each coloured wristband. Even Leigh Lezark waited in line to get the collection.
2. You will only be allowed to purchase 2 pieces per style so be sure of your size.
3. Go with a friend because if you leave the line to pop to the loo for example you may not be able to get back into the line.
4. Find out which stores are stocking the collection in advance and try not to go to the most obvious store that 100s of people are bound to go to. Yes TV crews and photographers will be there, but do you want to shop or do you want to be on telly? (excuse the tough love) Instead of Oxford Street try Brent Cross or High Street Kensington if they stock the collection.
5. Last night people were already selling the collection on eBay using lookbook pictures. I would strongly advise against purchasing the collection on eBay because how can sellers possibly know what to sell if they haven’t physically got it already.
Those of you in the US & Canada let us know how your shopping experience went.
PS. Don’t forget that the collection also goes on sale online at www.hm.com 7am GMT on Tuesday. REGISTER NOW.
UPDATE: In the UK the rules are that you can only purchase 1 item per style.
JEALOUS!!!!
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May 16, 2012
“I wanted to challenge the standard formula for luxury,” says Kristine Johannes, the designer behind Rauwolf clutches. “So much of the industry seems to have settled into a comfort zone of simple designs in exotic skins. I wanted to create something different and unexpected, focusing on innovation and use of unusual materials.”That’s exactly what she’s done, using Plexiglas and mirrors to make her highly architectural, geometric-shaped collection of bags, first launched for Spring ‘12. “Plexiglas is not a material traditionally considered as luxurious, but it’s very versatile and can be cut and molded into architectural shapes and interesting forms,” Johannes, who has a background working with couturier John Anthony, as well as at J.Crew and Devi Kroell, tells Style.com. “It works well with the geometric angles and the futuristic look I am inspired by. I was also drawn to the way Plexiglas reflects light when combined with mirrors.” For Fall, she’s continued to work those materials into a collection of eye-catching, Deco-esque shapes that could easily lend themselves to a geometry lesson. Although Johannes is wisely taking the development process of her line slowly (they are currently only sold on her Web site), her bags ($1,300 to $2,200) are sure to land in the arms of editors and the red-carpet set soon enough. Rauwolf is one to watch.—Kristin Studeman
Photo: Courtesy of Rauwolf
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EBay shoppers have been raiding Decades Two’s consignment closets for years, but despite a healthy business there—and two staffers dedicated only to online auctioneering—the L.A. based designer consignment shop, sister to the 20th century vintage dealer Decades, is shifting its focus to its own e-commerce store. (There’ll still be some eBaying, too.) Decades Two’s Christos Garkinos was in New York this morning (in a consigned Tom Ford suit, naturally) to debut the site, which brings a wide array of his finds to the Web. Wares are organized by designer (Alexander McQueen to Zac Posen), category, or, for retail voyeurs, by anonymous consignor. A selection of items from the current “featured closet” of consigner No. 2842, identified only as the wife of an influential Hollywood producer, includes selections from Chanel, Lanvin, Dior, Gucci, and Prada. For No. 2842, clearly, money is no object, but if it is yours, no need to close the window—there’s a dedicated section for items under $300, from a last-season Altuzarra coat for $190 to a pair of studded Givenchy sandals (pictured) for the better-than-clearance price of $220.
Photo: Courtesy of Decades Two
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May 15, 2012
There’s Bond Street, Madison Avenue, Rodeo Drive, and now, Avenue 32 is making a play to join the list of luxury shopping neighborhoods. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s because the e-commerce site has yet to open its virtual doors. When Avenue32.com launches November 29, the site will debut 35 “boutiques,” including Preen, Edun, and Anndra Neen, curated by each brand’s respective designers.“The initial idea behind creating boutiques for each individual designer was so that we could showcase more complete collections and customers would be able to choose from a wider selection,” Avenue 32 founder Roberta Benteler tells Style.com. “We aim to give customers a unique insight into the world of these designers and the fashion industry as a whole, creating what feels like a more personal and emotional relationship that emulates the charm of offline shopping.”For their first outing, Benteler and her co-founder, Juri von Randow, have brought in a diverse list of brands, including 3.1 Phillip Lim, Azzaro, Emilio de la Morena, Todd Lynn, and Felder Felder. They are also focused on jewelry and accessories, working with House of Waris and Carolina Bucci for the launch. But, like most luxury e-commerce sites these days, there is also an editorial element. “Some of the editorial we have created so far is a profile on Jessica and Janina Joffe—an up-and-coming actress and a talented young gallerist,” Benteler says. “We have also created profiles on folk singer Kamila Thompson and Momofuku’s pastry chef Christina Tosi, amongst others.” She plans to add an interactive stylist feature in the near future. Style.com has an exclusive video (above) to preview the launch of the site.
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