French street artists Supakitch and Koralie are filmed creating a wall art mural, titled “Euphorie.” I am reading elsewhere as I work on this post that the two are romantic partners as well and it seems they have often been filmed doing murals together. It’s quite amazing how they combine their vision.
See the finished product on the next page via Flickr.
Barney’s gives Christian Louboutin his props with a set of store windows dedicated to the red-soled brand, on display now in its Madison Avenue New York, store. Barney’s creative director, Dennis Freedman, was interviewed by Fashionetc (accompanying images shot by Julia Chesky) about the project and had this to say on working with Louboutin:
“Christian has an extraordinary imagination. You see that in his work, but also when you’re with him. He’s a very rare person; it goes well beyond the design of his shoes. The idea of working with someone like that is very exciting. We wanted not just to display the shoes, but reinterpret the shoes—to create a sculpture. That intensified and magnified the design of the shoe. So everything begins with his shoe and creative vision and ends with making it ours. It’s been an incredibly exciting experience.”
Freedman also chats about the upcoming window collaboration with Lady Gaga and says, “I think I won’t be exaggerating to say that’s it’s an incredibly ambitious project on all levels. It will be a big gift to New York City, one that I really believe will be fun and exciting and bring all of her spirit and energy to the store.”
The Iris Apfel jewellery collection featuring dame Apfel’s personal, original and show-stopping pieces, as well as newly designed ready to wear and couture pieces made from sustainable materials is now available on Yoox. The earrings above render us speacheless…Take a look at more jewels on the flip and buy here.
Last night the good people at @Vansgirls hosted a quaint dinner at the the Ace Hotel’s Liberty Hall to celebrate their bad ass collection with musician and muse Jesse Jo,which you can see here. We had a chance to enjoy not only food and goodies but also a great musical set by Jesse accompanied by our cool table mate guitarist extraordinaire Kirk Hellie . Needless to say the Snobettes were over the moon! On the next page a little peek at the ambiance. Collection launches November 1st.
Images of the complete H&M x Versace have finally arrived, making up a collection that includes dresses, skirts, top, accessories (including leather choker necklaces!), scarves and even a couple of throw pillows. The items we posted here represent the standouts–the Versace skirt whose print speaks to the over-the-top Italian extravagence that is this brand’s signature and the Asian-inspired-design-on-black fabric that reflects the label’s talent for creating amazing prints with searing color combinations. Both of these items recall Gianni and what more could you ask for than that. Also worthy of note, the leather dress with studded details that’s already been shown quite a bit in magazine editorials and even worn by Anna Dello Russo.
See the collection styled on Abbey Lee Kershaw here. See the rest of the items on the next page.
We posted up the Vans x Jesse Jo lookbook earlier, and now actual product images. There’s a lot of regular stuff like denim jackets and crop tops, but I don’t know, something about these girly-boy undies makes me smile.
These newly-arrived embroidered sequin trousers by Rodarte x Opening Ceremony are visual stunners, but at $1,440 given the label we must admit to finding the pricing for this item and others in the collabo to be a bit baffling, especially if you scroll down the page and see that last season’s collection is in many cases slashed more than 50 percent off.
And you know us, dear readers, as committed Snobs generally we don’t obsess over dollar amounts.
In an effort to promote greater sustainability in fashion, Hurley and Nike collaborated with Otis College on a student-designed collection whose themes were based on the Nike considered index tool, which, according to press includes three themes:
The first, regenerative, is a focus on reusing, recycling or repurposing materials, garments or found objects to create new apparel expressions. The second, heirloom, challenges students to create classic, timelessly valuable designs that improve with age and use. And the third, sustainable sesign, is a modern approach to design solutions, teaching students to consider low impact, environmentally positive supply chains and defy traditional approaches to apparel design through creative use of construction, materials and process.
The 18-look capsule collection debuted in Spring 2011 via a live runway show at The Beverly Hilton, and will be presented at Hurley’s H Space Gallery, kicking off with a VIP reception this Thursday, October 20th until December 16th. It then heads to Beaverton, where it will be displayed at Nike’s headquarters.
See more images from the collection on the next page.
Artist Terrence Koh collaborates with Italian sneaker brand Forfex and Opening Ceremony on these fuzzy white high tops, which have been deemed “Bunny Boots.” On the OC blog, Forfex’s Gio Forbice interviews Koh and here is what he had to say about the shoes:
GF: Do you remember how bunny boots started?
TK: yes we were in the park in istanbul and we were both looking at the full moon and thought we should make all white boots about bunnys that live inside the moon.
On the next page, see the white moon boots that are part of the same collabo.
