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In the winter torpor of New York Fashion Week, two under-the-radar designers – Tomo Koizumi and Sies Marjan – got themselves noticed with collections boasting flamboyant colour palettes. A genuine ode to creativity in a transatlantic fashion landscape regularly accused of faint-heartedness. Continue reading “In New York, colourful young up-and-coming designers”
Created by the influencer duo Jeanette Madsen and Thora Valdimars, the brand Rotate creates bold and colourful pieces inspired by the disco years. A closer look at the new Danish brand to discover right away!
The leading expert in quilted materials, for 30 years Trapuntatura’s Italians have been developing fabrics acclaimed by sportswear labels and brands. A must-know benchmark.
While awaiting its announced collaboration with the rapper Kekra, which will be released in 2019, the legendary streetwear brand Homecore has opened a colourful graphic pop-up store on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Designed by the studio Malka Architecture, the venue showcases solid blocks of colour that reference graffiti and the brand’s street roots, as well as its values extolling a fun and joyful attitude.
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Chic and contemporary, Cecilie Bahnsen’s neo-romantic style is now available in over 60 points of sale worldwide, including the famous Selfridges at the heart of London and Dover Street Market, a New York fashion mecca.
An electric phenomenon of the unisex movement, Alejandro Gómez Palomo’s label is winning over the general public and celebrities alike with its looks of Iberian descent with a whimsical androgyny.
Continue reading “Alejandro Gómez Palomo, Spanish-style genderless fashion!”
Checked prints are coming back into fashion, making the most of new technologies and modernising their aesthetic and manufacturing methods alike.
Continue reading ““Tech check” fabrics: new-generation checks”
Culdesac’s designers have created an ultra-graphic and above all very “Instagrammable” space for the concept store for the Pewter brand, which specialises in selling sports equipment. This new space right at the heart of Valencia, entirely decorated in neon lights, with a concrete floor and visible pipes, seems to be an extension of the urban landscape and hopes to appeal to connected young people from the millennial generation.
Continue reading “The highly Instagrammable concept store designed by Pewter X Culdesac”
What if technology were to surpass the laws of nature? As mentioned in the “Quantum Alchemy” concept – Multiverse Theme in the SS20 Influences Trendbook (from page 86), this dreaded phenomenon could be on the verge of becoming a reality. The reason: engineers from Columbia University have achieved the feat of creating blocks of wood with an ultra-realistic effect using a 3D printer.
Continue reading “When 3D printing lets you produce incredibly realistic wood”
After designing the Milan flagship store in 2016, Kengo Kuma has just finished renovating a new Camper retail outlet in Barcelona. Located opposite the famous “Plaza Catalonia”, the store pays tribute to Catalan architecture with its numerous vaults reminiscent of Gaudi’s work.
