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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By now you should be familiar with André aka Mr.A or André Saraiva, the artist/club owner/socialite and now film director, just released this viral video in co-production with French fashion magazine L’Officiel Hommes and his production Company André tout va bien.

Featuring fishermen from Montauk dressed in a very fashionable fisherman way and a beautiful mermaid (undressed), the video(...) Read More about Deadliest Catch by André Saraiva (19 words)

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Whenever Sofia Coppola (and her team) film something you can be sure that the quality will be great. From the lighting to the beautiful set in Marrakesh everything is there to make a nice commercial for Sofia’s first project in fashion. Watch the commercial below as well as the behind the scenes/interview video

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Live fast. Die young. That’s M.I.A.‘s motto. For the small percent of Americans who missed the bad girl’s middle finger to the FCC during yesterday’s NFL Super Bowl, this babe does not mind stirring up mass-televised controversy. (...) Read More about M.I.A.: Bad Girls (135 words)

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For the launch of the Karl Lagerfeld collection for Net-A-Porter, the online luxury shopping site released this funny ‘Self-Interview’ of the Kaiser asking and answering questions to himself. It was the first time for Karl and the last one he said. Presenting the fashion icon as you’ve never seen him before. Watch the video now to find out what one of the world’s most famous designers really thinks about himself, his muses and more…

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Think of it like Grease, but without the raucous T-Birds boys—and a lot, LOT more glamorous. We’ve seen the images of Prada’s Steven Meisel-shot Spring 2012 campaign, but the newly released motion picture that goes along with it still takes my breath away. Prim and oh-so proper models, pastel perfect vintage cars, and twisting close-up shot angles really bring the brand’s pieces to life.

And the location itself—an anywhere-USA gas station set to a yummy blue sky—is the perfect setting to the 50s Americana fantasy film.

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Featuring the beautiful Ashley Smith, the short film “Une fille comme les autres” was directed by Matthew Frost and Co-written by Fabien Prade and Matthew for French fashion magazine Jalouse. Creating a scene of a day in the life of a girl, Ashley Smith, a girl like the others, or almost. Ashley has a secret which could leave the other girls, ‘Jalouse’.

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It’s not the first time we review the work of London based Illustrator, animator, film maker Quentin Jones. Here is a full review of some of her latest work.(...) Read More about Quentin Jones Mixed Media Collages (5 words)

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In this video Bally’s Creative Director Graeme Fidler & Manager of development and production for shoes Erhard Gysin talks about the unique qualities of the Scribe Made-To-Order shoes. Fidler’s explains how Scribe is designed to deliver the most beautiful pair of shoes that is instantly recognizable since 1951, when the first ever Scribe was created. Watch video below

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