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Louis Vuitton Showcases Resort Collection May 6 In Palm Springs
It’s difficult to believe that this hulking 1973 John Lautner-designed, Palm Springs spaceship-like estate was once the private home of legendary comedian Bob Hope. Still on the real-estate market and at half its original 2013 asking price of $25M, Louis Vuitton will unveil its upcoming cruise show at the location on May 6.
Victoria’s Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo is fiercely feminine in a new campaign from Raw Spirit Fragrances, part of Russell James’ Nomad Two Worlds initiative. The Namibian model continues her goddess presence captured by James most recently in the February 2015 ‘Seminole Spirit’ exhibit at NYC’s Stephen Weiss Gallery.
The ‘Seminole Spirit’ fine art collection has moved on to the CAMERA WORK Gallery in Berlin from April 25-June 6, 2015.
Behati Prinsloo In ‘Seminole Spirit’ By Russell James Opens Feb 17 At NYC Stephan Weiss Gallery AOC Sensual Art & Fashion
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is a naked goddess for the May 2015 cover story for Vogue Brazil. The blonde mega-star poses for Inez & Vinoodh in an iconic black and white image that celebrates her 20th year of modeling and the 40th anniversary of Vogue Brazil.
In her interview (translated from Portuguese), Gisele says, ‘When the idea to do something special with Vogue to celebrate my 20-year career and 40th of the magazine, I knew I did not want to do something that was just fashion. I wanted to show something else, something that was part of my essence.’
Designer and master marketer of the ‘sex sells’ retail reality, Tom Ford introduces the fourth installment in his Neroli Portofino collection Tom Ford Private Blend ‘Fleur de Portofino’. The scent is an enticing blend of Sicilian lemon, white acacia, jasmine, and honey.
Last week AOC did a deep dive on Tom Ford. If you missed it, read on.
Eye | Tom Ford On Gucci, Feminism, Nudity & Close Friend Julianne Moore
DesignTrackerV&A Talks Luxury
Open now at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum is ‘What Is Luxury’, closing on Sept. 27, 2015. Running concurrently with the blockbuster exhibition ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty’, open through July 31, the collection of 100 objects set out to define luxury while predicting its future.
‘We wanted to show that no matter how gorgeous an object may be, it always exists within a larger context of ecology, economy, politics and culture,”’explains co-curator Leanne Wierzba. ‘Take Studio Swine’s ‘Hair Highway,’ (photo below) which sets human hair in natural resin, fashioning a dressing table, comb set and trinket boxes that look for all intents and purposes like wood. It’s all part of a commentary on the Chinese hair trade that highlights the material’s latent possibilities as a self-sustaining resource — one beautiful enough to put an end to the use of coral and tortoiseshell.’
The curators recognize that the future of luxury lies not with material goods but with discovery and exploration — or with time itself. Luxury has a historic and intrinsic link with craft, a relationship that will be supported and explored with the first London Craft Week, launching May 6, 2015. via
“Hair Highway” combs by Studio Swine, 2014. Studio SwineLondon Craft Week
May 6-10 London Craft Week
London has long had a Fashion Week and a Design Festival. From 2015, it will have the equivalent for the craft sector: London Craft Week, featuring the artistic flair, painstaking skills and raw talent of exceptional craftsmanship and, as a result, attracting an ever - increasing quality and volume of collectors and customers.’ says founder and chairman, Guy Salter.
Founded on the ethos of making, London Craft Week aims to introduce the talent, people and techniques behind beautifully made things to a wider audience. They will be able to experience craft not just as static branded objects in smart shops but understand the context of how they were made, why they are special and even have a try themselves.
Lagerfeld Exhibition in Bonn
Karl Lagerfeld in Bonn through September 30, 2015.
From Germany’s Bundeskunsthalle Bonn museum exhibition website:
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