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Who is the Unknown Mortal Orchestra? Unknown for not much longer, the Portland-based band is garage pop to get stuck in your head. The surf guitars, low-fi vibes, and plain ‘ole “Beatles pop harmonies”–as they put it–make for sounds that could have lived in the 60′s and 70′s just as much as bell bottoms. READ MORE
We’re used to actors and musicians doing it. But it’s not every day that a director decides to collaborate with a fashion label—unless that director is as smart and stylish as Sofia Coppola. Having already worked on a few pieces together during the Venice Film Festival last year, Sofia teams up yet again with Louis Vuitton‘s studio design director Julie De Libran, this time to produce the entire Resort 2012 line. READ MORE
The Scaffold Lights by Lanzavecchia + Wai are an extension of the concept on structure and skin. Geometric metal wire frames support and pull flexible skins into organic shapes, creating contrasts of material and form, which is further highlighted when the lamps are switched on. READ MORE
Alber Elbaz’s perfectly exaggerated silhouettes for Lanvin’s S/S 2012 collection made even the most simple of dresses look stunning. The bold, angular shoulders made the models look even more confident as they walked down the runway. The sternness of those shoulders were juxtaposed next to READ MORE
Creator, photographer, designer and editor Karl Lagerfeld likes nothing more than expanding his modes of expression. And what better way to do that than to present his first line of crystal products with Orrefors. With an insatiable curiosity, always in search of new creative experiences, this multifaceted artist has had an uncommonly rich career, during which he has developed a perfectly chiseled graphic identity.
