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PAUL & SHARK – Voyage en Bretagne.

Paul & Shark announces AW20 campaign: Voyage en Bretagne.

The new Paul&Shark campaign is a tribute to the brand dna: a direct and sincere bond with the sea, the wind and the sails that tame the elements.

Since its origins, Paul & Shark has always signified authenticity, performance, spirit of adventure. The new Paul&Shark Autumn Winter 2020 campaign expresses the brand’s most authentic spirit:

the loyalty to the key element of its imagination, the sea, through an ecosustainable collection, aimed at respecting the environment and reducing the impact on the planet thanks to advanced technologies, innovative green materials of the highest quality and a highly contemporary design, that guarantee unparalleled performance.

 

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Chanel – Coco Mademoiselle l’Eau Privée, with Keira Knightley

Chanel releases Coco Mademoiselle l’Eau Privée, a night scent; Keira Knightley fronts campaig

  

      

  
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Brioni introduces its Autumn-Winter 2020 ‘Tailoring Legends’

Brioni introduces its Autumn-Winter 2020 ‘Tailoring Legends’

Brioni introduces its Autumn/Winter 2020 ‘Tailoring Legends’ advertising campaign featuring brand ambassador Brad Pitt.

Lensed in Los Angeles by photographer Mikael Jansson, Pitt is portrayed in black and white images, capturing his laidback and effortless appeal.

The series of portraits stand out with an intimate atmosphere that contrasts with Pitt’s strong personality and brings his iconic sense of style to a selection of Brioni’s finest ready-to-wear and eveningwear options from the Autumn/Winter 2020 Collection.

“I’ve always admired 
Brioni’s elegant and timeless designs. 
The brand embodies creativity, 
quality and excellence.”

– Brad Pitt

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Carolina Herrera – Make Up Products So Pretty They Double as Accessories?

HERRERA BEAUTY

Introducing the Carolina Herrera Make Up Collection, the very first line of ready-to-wear makeup : lipsticks, powder, mattifier and highlighter. Blurring the line between makeup and jewelry, this collection was designed to be shown off, not hidden. But the fun doesn’t stop there. Fully customizable, with a wide selection of shades and colours, and made to be worn on-the-go, each piece becomes a custom-designed accessory that speaks volumes about your personal style.

Makeup Products So Pretty They Double as Accessories?

Carolina Herrera - Make Up Products So Pretty They Double as Accessories?

Carolina Herrera – Make Up Products So Pretty They Double as Accessories?

Carolina Herrera’s first foray into makeup proves. This isn’t just makeup, it’s mini works of art.

We’re talking customizable creations that double up as ready-to-wear accessories and statement jewelry pieces. Choose your print, add charms, tassels, or letters et voilà – your lipstick becomes a chic keychain or trendy earrings. In the words of the Carolina A. Herrera, the brand’s Beauty Creative Director,

“Traditionally, makeup is something that you keep out of sight, whether on your bathroom shelf or in your vanity pouch. But it’s such a personal form of expression, why shouldn’t you wear it? Literally! We wanted to give women an opportunity to wear their makeup like a piece of fabulous jewelry.”

 

And if that wasn’t enough, leading celebrity and editorial makeup artist Lauren Parsons joined as Global Makeup Consultant to bring her beauty expertise to the creation of each product.

THE LIPSTICK

Enjoy a subtle dash of timeless color with Carolina Herrera Lipsticks. Choose from eight shades and hydrate your lips with the Sheer Lipstick; twelve shades for lips that look soft and smooth with the Satin Lipstick; or sixteen shades for vibrant color with the Matte Lipstick. Choose from ten prints, cap it off with the bangle and the letters, charms and tassels you love.

THE COMPACT

Illuminate your skin with the glow-enhancing, skin-perfecting Carolina Herrera Face Powder, Sculpt, lift and dazzle your skin with the buildable radiance of the Highlighter, and with the lightweight mattifier keep your skin perfectly matte without caking for long-lasting and comfortable coverage. Choose your perfect finish and don’t forget your patterned cases. Add the beetle ring to further accessorize your case with charms you desire.

Photo: Courtesy of Carolina Herrera

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DIOR – Autumn Winter 2020-2021 Haute Couture Collection

Art will always triumph in the end, even during these unprecedented times. Defying the Covid-19 pandemic, Maison Dior presented its haute couture collection for Fall-Winter 2020-2021 in an exclusive film broadcast live on its digital channels. Drawing inspiration from female surrealists, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Creative Director of Dior women’s collections, seized the opportunity to express alternative visions of femininity through the prism of the fashion doll.

Autumn Winter 2020-2021 Haute Couture Collection

“Surrealist images manage to make visible what is in itself invisible. I am interested in mystery and magic, which are also a way of exorcising uncertainty about the future,” says Maria Grazia Chiuri of her Fall-Winter 2020-2021 haute couture collection for Maison Dior. Taking inspiration from the work of artists like Lee Miller, Dora Maar and Jacqueline Lamba, the Italian designer champions less conventional versions of femininity. In their work, these artists transcended the role of “muse”, going beyond its merely aesthetic dimension.

The collection is embarking on a world tour in a magic trunk replicating Maison Dior’s historic address at 30, avenue Montaigne. The pieces are presented on miniature mannequins, a poetic emblem at the heart of the couture universe, which has previously been appropriated by artists such as Cindy Sherman, who featured this near-magical object in one of her first video projects. The fashion doll is also a reference to the Théâtre de la Mode, a roving exhibition of miniature designs by the greatest couturiers of the day, which toured Europe and America just after the Second World War.

This daring presentation represented a challenge for the Dior ateliers, which had to create flawlessly executed pieces on a miniature scale. Every handmade pleat and fold celebrates the beauty of an elegant, precise gesture, which is the very essence of couture.

Many pieces from the Fall-Winter 2020-2021 haute couture collection were inspired by nature, such as those displaying spectacular gradations of red, like a coral reef swaying in the glimmer of the ocean. The luminous, dreamlike hues of paintings by Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning come to life on the designs of Maria Grazia Chiuri. The finale is equally dazzling, with a sumptuous wedding gown reviving one of fashion’s forgotten traditions.

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Kendall Jenner in Burberry’s new summer campaign.

Capturing the journey of reality to fantasy is Burberry’s new TB Summer Monogram collection designed by Chief Creative Officer Riccardo Tisci. Starring supermodel Kendall Jenner, the campaign blends dreamlike CGI with geometric worlds inspired by skate parks and swimming pools. Shot at home by Kendall on her computer, the campaign embodies the free-spirited collection and the optimism of summer.

Kendall Jenner in Burberry’s new summer campaign.

To introduce the new collection, Riccardo Tisci has called upon a cast of iconic British creatives – British photographer Nick Knight, art director Peter Saville and stylist Katy England – to realise his vision for the TB Summer Monogram campaign, starring Kendall.

A journey from reality to fantasy, the campaign blends real-life capture with a dreamlike digital world inspired by geometric skateparks and swimming pools, in which Kendall brings to life four distinctive characters through our summer capsule of womenswear and menswear pieces. The CGI film is juxtaposed with a series of raw self-portraits captured at home by Kendall.

The summer-inspired collection features luxury quilted Lola bags made from an environmentally conscious material primarily made using renewable resources. Bumbags, totes and a limited edition monogram surfboard also feature in the collection.

Riccardo Tisci paid tribute to fashion house founder, Thomas Burberry with bold interlocking TB initials printed in cobalt blue with orange accents. Speaking on the new collection, Kendall Jenner said, “Riccardo wanted to collaborate closely with me to bring this collection to life in a number of ways – he encouraged me to interpret the campaign myself, which was such an exciting opportunity! I loved being able to add my own personal touch to the campaign as I captured the collection through a series of self-portraits that I took at home.”

The Chief Creative Officer also spoke on the collection stating, “‘This is my second monogram collection at Burberry and for me, the collection is all about celebrating the strength of the duality of feminine and masculine energy, blurring the lines and exploring this notion of youthful expression.”

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JimmyChoo - Iconic supermodel Kate Moss is the epitome of Bohemian Glamour - PRE-FALL 2020
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JimmyChoo – Iconic supermodel Kate Moss is the epitome of Bohemian Glamour – PRE-FALL 2020

Iconic supermodel Kate Moss is the epitome of ‘Bohemian Glamour’, the inspiration behind our Pre-Fall 2020 collection.

JimmyChoo – Iconic supermodel Kate Moss is the epitome of Bohemian Glamour – PRE-FALL 2020

Explore sandals with unique jewelled embroidery, wedges with contemporary weaving and chic hobo handbags, all reflecting the free-spirited mood of the collection.

If you have any sort of inclination of taste for the best in luxury design, certainly you are familiar with the iconic fashion design brand, Jimmy Choo – a leading global luxury brand, with an empowered sense of glamour and a playfully daring spirit. Jimmy Choo has, throughout the years, mastered the art of perfectly blending Italian craftsmanship with its fashion design creations.

The brand traces its roots to a bespoke shoemaker named Jimmy Choo, based in the East End of London in the early 1990s, who catered to the global jet set, including Princess Diana. The Jimmy Choo company was founded in 1996, with Mr Choo’s niece, Sandra Choi, who had been heading up design in the East End atelier, coming on board as Creative Director, a position she holds to this day. Mr Choo departed the company in 2001.

Iconic supermodel Kate Moss is the epitome of ‘Bohemian Glamour’, the inspiration behind the Pre-Fall 2020 collection.

The sexy cut, fashionable design, and exceptional Italian craftsmanship struck a chord with a sophisticated clientele, and the first collection enjoyed immediate success. With a goal of creating a global luxury business, Jimmy Choo attracted outside investment and the company embarked on a significant expansion across product categories, channels and geographies.

A pioneer in the art of celebrity dressing, Jimmy Choo was among the first to bring shoes and handbags to Hollywood where the red carpet proved to be the ideal runway for the brand. Today, Jimmy Choo can be seen on style icons from celebrities to royalty, musicians to heads of state.

The brand’s reputation as a celebrity favourite helped to fuel its rapid expansion. Its iconography was further defined by the bold and dramatic advertising portraying glamorous but strong women in towering heels and luxurious handbags, captured by some of the most acclaimed fashion photographers in the world.

Retail development has been integral to the company’s strategy. The first Jimmy Choo store was opened in 1996 on Motcomb Street in London, complementing a distribution in some of the most prestigious multi-brand stores in the world. Two years later, the company expanded to the US, opening two stores in New York City and Beverly Hills. International expansion continued with Jimmy Choo securing locations in the premiere luxury shopping destinations of the world’s most prestigious cities including Sloane Street and Bond Street in London, Avenue Montaigne in Paris, Via Condotti in Rome, Madison Avenue in New York, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and Ginza in Tokyo.

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The Spring-Summer 2020 Eyewear Campaign – CHANEL

Pharrell Williams, Margaret Qualley, Angèle, and more have gathered to show off the maison’s chic new shades.What do singer Angèle, actresses Isabelle Adjani and Margaret Qualley, and musicians Pharrell Williams and Sébastien Tellier all have in common?

#CHANELEyewear #CHANELSunglasses

The Spring-Summer 2020 Eyewear Campaign — CHANEL

Belgian singer-songwriter and musician Angèle, American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams, French singer and songwriter Sébastien Tellier, American actress and model Margaret Qualley and French film actress and singer Isabelle Adjani light up Chanel Spring-Summer 2020 eyewear campaign. Photographed by Karim Sadli, each artist picked up a sunglass design from the Chanel Spring-Summer 2020 eyewear collection that matched their specific aura while displaying Chanel’s classic motifs.

Margaret Qualley has selected a butterfly frame in black metal, linked with a string of white pearls.

The oversized rectangular design in black acetate worn by Pharrell Williams is decorated with fine metal plaques engraved with a motif that evokes a woven tweed.

Angèle wears an oval design with a contrasting frame to which a necklace of grey faux pearls is attached.

Isabelle Adjani chose large square sunglasses in black acetate with the name CHANEL running along one of the temples.

An XL rectangular shield worn by Sébastien Tellier honors the tweed that swathes its frame. The double C takes shape as a patch and signs the temples.

Chanel Spring-Summer 2020 eyewear campaign spotlights five pairs of sunglasses, each of which features an intricate level of detail that expresses the captivating personalities of the respective muses while also highlighting the multifaceted yet cohesive ‘je ne sais quoi’ of the Chanel house.

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PAINTED IN PRADA: PRADA WOMENSWEAR PRE-FALL 2020 ADV CAMPAIGN

The power of the hand and the impact of image; the intimacy of clothing; the power and positivity of color. And the blurring of reality with digital, something now being experienced everyday – a new idea of intimacy, a surreality reflective of these very particular times. The Pre-Fall 2020 Prada campaign is engineered to react to a changed world, reflecting a fusion of the human hand and eye with technology – each equally important, a hybrid means of communication, expression and creativity.

PAINTED IN PRADA: PRADA WOMENSWEAR PRE-FALL 2020 ADV CAMPAIGN

Conceived and created together with the Prada Fall / Winter 2020 collection of men’s clothing presented in January, in the Fall 2020 pre-collection, the color recalibrates the classic garments to give them a new topicality, a surreal atmosphere.

The campaign images and video combine hand-painted watercolors with digital art. The silhouettes of the garments are converted into “paint by numbers” layers, to make energetic explorations of color with a dozen of Prada’s characteristic shades such as light blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, etc.

Conceived and created alongside the Prada Fall/Winter 2020 menswear collection presented in January, for Pre-Fall 2020 color recalibrates classic garments, to give outfits a new actuality, a surreal ambiance. For the accompanying campaign, photographed in London on 13 February 2020 by David Sims and painted in New York during the following weeks, physicality is questioned: the collection’s vibrant colors are isolated, abstracted, pushed center stage, highlighting their material essence and their disarming simplicity. Colorful clothes become pure color, color challenges the classic form of the photographs.

The images and campaign films combine hand-painted watercolors with digital artistry. David Sims’ black and white images of Freja Beha Erichsen act as monochrome canvasses for a subsequent
intervention, creative expression via saturated color, applied with improvised spontaneity over the image. The silhouettes of the clothes, their seams and patterns, become ‘paint by numbers’ frames for energetic explorations of color – a dozen Prada-ist shades of Celeste blue, pink, yellow, orange, green and more.

The campaign films propose another twist, transforming the model into the maker: Beha Erichsen determines her own image, her own authorship, brushing color onto her clothes and accessories in a surrealist gesture, simultaneously bringing them and her to life. These films will also give life to a multi-layered narrative through digital portals and the Prada Instagram.

At a moment where our experience of society and culture is defined by the picture plane – computers, phones, television and magazine pages – with people at a remove from one another, this campaign takes inspiration from the accidental, the imperfection of handcraft and the unfinished nature of human interaction. Blurring lines between the photographic and the painterly, between technology and humanity, it is a subconscious echo of our moment. The joy of color via the joy of technology – both a means of communicating a message, immediately. Ultimately, that message is positivity – a fantasy, painted in Prada colors.

Credits: PRADA
Creative Direction by Ferdinando Verderi
Photography by David Sims
Styling by Olivier Rizzo
Films by Ferdinando Verderi

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OPTIMIST RHYTHM: PRADA MENSWEAR S / S 2020 CAMPAIGN

At a time when offering a simplified definition of oneself seems a universal ambition, Prada likes to prove otherwise. That is, in fact, more Prada. Acronyms become a playful metaphor to confidently embrace the indefinableness of Prada’s idea. They are juxtaposed with images, which amplify the challenge of a consistent or conventional notion of identity.

OPTIMIST RHYTHM: PRADA MENSWEAR S/S 2020 CAMPAIGN

To bring this to life, the Prada Spring / Summer 2020 men’s fashion campaign features a trinity of contemporary creatives, fundamental cultural personalities of the present and archetypes of the hyper-fragmented mentality of tomorrow: musician Frank Ocean, actor Austin Butler and director , screenwriter and producer Nicolas Winding Refn.

Each of these men uses words to define themselves: the lyrics of a song, the words of a script. They are a plane, a template, for life, to live, to feel. Here, words are used as a means to redefine the image, to try to define the indefinable: PRADA. Acronyms are influenced by abstract ideas, thoughts, notions: they provoke, sometimes they add context, sometimes they pose a contradiction, they always provoke thoughts.

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