BLK Denim

BLK Denim is the latest project of Johan Lindeberg, former CEO of Diesel, launching online since February 2011. The BLK Denim home is based in downtown New York in a modern flagship store and project space for creative collaborators, holding events and special exhibitions regurarly. The line is mostly about denim for men and women, inspired and designed for the contemporary independent consumer with great biker jackets, cashmere sweaters and high waisted pants along with a special accessories selection and a culture magazine called BLK Denim Gazette. Some call Lindeberg the Tom Ford of downtown New York. I think they're right.
You can find out more here

Yohualli

Yohualli by Joy Williams is an English fashion brand specializing in latex clothing. Beyond common fetish style, designer Joy Williams takes one step further with this so special material creating cutting - edge pieces with total couture feeling. Her inspirations vary from 17^th century oriental influences to Art Nouveau with lots of sculptural detailing. You can have a look at her latest collection in the following amazing video by the Progress Film Company.

Credits:
Lion Works Studios: Photography, Lighting
Katy @ Sandra Reynolds: Model/Choreographer

Xoe Kingsley: Make Up and styling

Enjoy:

Yohualli from The Progress Film Company on Vimeo.

Armani Hotel Milano

The Armani Hotel Milan has just opened its doors to public and is the second hotel to be launched within the Armani Hotels and Resorts project in collaboration with Emaar Properties PJSC. Giorgio Armani's new design vision is interpreted in an impressive and powerful building at via Manzoni 31, a world of harmony and privacy for the visitor, with 95 rooms and suites. Absolute luxury.

Joaquin Sorolla & The Glory of Spanish Dress

Joaquín Sorolla
Harvest, Jerez, 1914

Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in New York presents the rich history of Spain's regional dresses in combination with the monumental paintings of Valencial artist Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida through a beautiful exhibition curated by Oscar de la Renta and Andre Leon Talley. The exhibition will feature more than ten paintings and over thirty rare pieces of traditional spanish outfits and accesories for men and women, combined with overwhelming creations by Cristobal Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Stefano Pilati for YSL, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Marchesa, showing Spain's great influence on fashion.

From December 8, 2011 to March 10, 2012

Joaquín Sorolla
Characters from Lagartera or Lagartera Bride, 1912

Traje de luces (bullfighter’s suit) by Fermín, 1950s-1960s
Worn by Antonio Ordóñez
Capote de paseo (bullfighter’s ceremonial cape), 1940s
Worn by Carlos Arruza
Collection of Bohórquez Domecq, S.L.

Joaquín Sorolla
Couple from Salamanca, 1912

Joaquín Sorolla
Study for Before the Bullfight, ca. 1900

Joaquín Sorolla
Flamenco Dancer, 1914

Mantón de Manila (shawl), 19th century

Traje corto (riding ensemble), c. 1961

All images courtesy of Queen Sofia Spanish Institute

Marcela Gutierrez

Artist and designer Marcela Gutierrez is the person behind the recent Prada's flagship stores illustrated windows in Los Angeles and New York. Born in Florida, raised in Guatemala, currently living and working in Barcelona and New York, Marcela has a high educational level in Fashion Design, Graphic Design and Architecture and has collaborated with high-fashion names like Marc Jacobs, Luisa Beccaria, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. Her work is obviously inspired by everything that has to do with fashion, from editorials to campaigns, using bright colours and fluid silhouettes and has been widely exhibited. Apart from her collaboration with Prada, her client list counts several great brands like Swarovski, Carolina Herrera New York, Fendi, Loewe, Oysho, Pull & Bear and glossy editions like Harper's Bazaar and Metal magazine.
You can have a look at her amazing portfolio here

Garland Coo

Fashion designer Jasmin Isabel Eckerle and artist Marcel Singer, the amazing duo behind avant-garde fashion label Garland Coo draw inspiration by their South German cultural heritage and their native Black Forest landscape to create some of the best fashion collections, artistic projects and films in the current European alternative fashion scene. Their new menswear collection features neo-pagan characteristics and bondage schemes for metropolitan warriors in a wide selection of handmade oversized capes, jackets and trousers with sophisticated patterns and rich pleats, made of tough fabrics like shag, loden, handdyed cotton and leather along with linen, batiste and wool in total black. When nature and tradition are involved with huge talent, the result is guaranteed to be succesful.

Tokujin Yoshioka : Waterfall

 The Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney is currently hosting a first major solo exhibition of Japanese artist Tokujin Yoshioka, particularly his amazing installation titled Waterfall, created by 300.000 clear plastic straws. Yoshioka has an impressive bio, with a collaboration with Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, commisions by Hermes, Toyota, BMW and Swarovski and participations in major exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The exhibition will last by December 17th, 2011.

Below you can enjoy a very interesting short documentary of the making of Waterfall: