Karim Rashid has designed the Ottawa collection for BoConcept signature, a furniture and accessories collection including a complete dining room set with table, chairs, sideboard and cabinets to create a fully functional environment and give a refresh to your living room.(...) Read More about Ottawa Collection by Karim Rashid for BoConcept (253 words)

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You are used to see them on the runways or on your favorite glossies, but how do they look without makeup at the beginning of the career ? I would say prettier and innocent. Casting director Douglas Perrett of COACD released a book called «Wild Things» in which he unveiled Polaroid pictures from 2000 to 2010 of future models at their first castings. Watch trailer below

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Simplicity has its advantages. Less can be more, but simplicity and some light beat boxing is a whole other fantastic ball game. Exhibit A: “It’s Around You.”(...) Read More about Awesome New Republic: It’s Around You (183 words)

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What is Goodness Pop-up ? It’s a four-day pop-up restaurant featuring a different chef each day – “It’s Health and good taste for all. Providing fresh, healthy and delicious food to a wide audience, while showcasing regionally sourced seasonal cuisine created by local culinary talents.” During the four days, from 11pm to 3pm, the pop-up will feature 4 top chefs, including (...) Read More about Goodness Pop-Up Restaurant During NY Fashion Week (153 words)

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Expect some changes on the runways, here is the latest checklist of head designers from top fashion houses. From Cacharel and Balmain to Chloe and Sonia Rykiel, learn who is designing your favorite labels.

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Anne Sofie Madsen has quickly and easily become Copenhagen Fashion Week’s bright shining star. Her fascination with dark fairy tales carry each collection through a captivating narrative partially achieved through her self illustrated textiles and through the meticulous craftsmanship we have come to associate with her label. Her F/W 2012 collection is titled “Sedna”, (...) Read More about Anne Sofie Madsen F/W 2012 (117 words)

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Recent MA in Womenswear Footwear graduate, from Royal College of Art, Victoria Spruce has a truly distinct point of view when it comes to footwear. In this collection she explores the dynamic of contrast in leather and rubberized plastic. The current SS12 collection combines 3D printing with leather (...) Read More about TrendWatch : Victoria Spruce (32 words)

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From a distance, Sagaki Keita‘s work simply look like recreations of the usual, old classics. But as you step closer, you’ll see that each one is actually composed of compressed, manically-drawn doodles and iconic commercial characters. This unexpected tongue-in-cheek hybrid is the brainchild of the artist’s childhood love of comics and graffiti, and is drawn directly onto paper—without a single draft being done—with just a 0.38 mm pen.(...) Read More about Sagaki Keita’s Pen Drawings (47 words)

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This resplendent 13 foot long cape was made from the silk of more than a million female Golden Orb spiders collected from the highlands of Madagascar has been unveiled at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum in London. The hand-woven brocaded textile, which is on display at the museum till June 5, 2012, is naturally golden in color and took over four years to create.

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