Since it is that time to shine that light on Scandinavia, with the Fashion Weeks in rotation I came across these great looks from talented young designer Carin Wester’s. Though this is not her S/S 2012 collection, I couldn’t help but share it with you since all these looks are on sale on her site right now. I especially love all the mens looks. Don’t miss out on spicying up your wardrobe with a bit of Swedish style. Shop MEN’S, WOMEN’S here. READ MORE

Antony Micallef is mostly known for his charcoal and oil paintings in which he transforms iconic logos, symbols and motifs into striking commentaries on the witless nature of today’s consumerist society. I fell in love the other day with Micallef’s amazing bronze and nickel plated sculptures that I saw at the Post No Bills gallery in Venice, CA (unfortunately not within my budget, at $50K).

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Italian graphic artist Nicola Felaco likes to paint vectors on canvases – big, blown up vectors. Using different kind of vectors each time, he paints abstract faces. I especially like his Super Mario painting.  Pretty similar to Jonathan Puckey & Kazuki Takamatsu’s art but with a different kind of rendering.

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Whether it is in runway format or a presentation, as it was this time at Copenhagen Fashion Week SS 2o12, we can always expect to teleport into some abstract fantasy of Henrik Vibskov’s mind to view his latest collection. I especially liked all of Vibskov’s knitwear for SS 2012. It reminded me a lot of Missoni, but naturally so as they own the fashion of knitwear as we know it. READ MORE

Copenhagen Fashion Week just ended and Anne-Sofie Madsen’s SS 2012 Collection was definitely the highlight for me. Her experiences with Peclers-Parisian trend agency, John Galliano, and as junior designer at Alexander McQueen have really helped to make her a smart and well-rounded designer. Though her instinct seems to lie in couture she does a beautiful job translating couture ideas READ MORE

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Here is a tour de force brought by Australian multi-instrumental musician Wouter De Backer. You can call him, Gotye. The fragment of indie-pop band, The Basics has stepped into single hood and is mingling with one of the strongest vocalists currently putting out tunes, Kimbra. The picked guitar and tip toeing xylophone lead into piercing vocals comparable to Sting, and overlapping harmonies that makes hair rise.
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