Acne opened the doors of its second boutique in Paris hosting a glamorous party attended by several great personalities from the worlds of art, fashion and cinema. Located at 3 Rue Foissart, in a former garage, the new boutique is a spectacular architectural phenomenon where Scandinavian industrial style meets Parisian chic.Rough concrete walls are combined with blue flexi glass and natural coloured carpets, while blood-red ceilings are punctuatedby LED strip lighting. The contemporary space is completed with the marble female-form statue by artist Daniel Silver. Simple and extraordinary at the same time.
The first of six clips by Pol Ponsarnau is called Punchi Dreams in colourful Bollywood style, starring Leila Lowfire, Abbas Saberi and Punchi. You'll probably ask: what is Punchi exactly? Is it a fashion campaign, a perfume commercial or an upcoming tv series?
Enjoy the amusing video and find more about Punchi here
Photographer Alex Prager presents his latest amazing project titled Vamps, Crooks and Killers for the Hollywood issue of NY Times Magazine. The project features 13 short videos of famous screen villain characters played by some of this year's best film performers like Brad Pitt, Glenn Close, Kirsten Dunst, Gary Oldman, George Clooney and more.
Enjoy below Jessica Chastain's act as the Fire Starter and don't miss checking the full video gallery here:
From the director of the 90’s cult hit The Last Big Thing, Dan Zucovic, a modern comedy noir about love, lust, art and the power of the image in today’s culture. Dark Arc tells the story of Viscount Laris, an eccentric modern-day dandy obsessed by the power of art and visual imagery to mold the behavior and psychology of the individual. With his complicit female muse Juxta, he orchestrates an elaborate series of staged visual events for the sole purpose of subliminally influencing the life of a harmless, down-to-earth graphic designer. As Viscount’s visual manipulations escalate his experiments begin to take on the cruel and sinister overtones that will lead the film to its shocking conclusion. Definitely a must-see.
Entitled Azzedine Alaia in the 21st Century, the new exhibition of the Groninger Museum in Netherlands dedicated to the work of the famous Tunisian designer. Following the couturier's last exhibition in 1998 in the same museum, the current displays some of his most fantastic creations of the last decade.
Macro museum in Rome presents a great retrospective exhibition for the work of legendary photographer and reporter Steve McCurry. 200 of his iconic photos from his 30-year carreer are hanging in big transparent igloos, as a sort of nomadic village in a special installation, giving the chance to the visitor to enjoy several breathtaking images of the famous artist’s collection from different countries, civilizations and ethnic groups. The Kuwait oil fields, the flaming TwinTowers on the September 11th, the Sri Lanka fishers and the iconic green-eyed Afgan girl portrait from the super-famous cover of the National Geografic are some of the masterpieces exhibited along with recent, never shown before images.
Fashion filmakers are definitely evolving rapidly and the following film, awarded with the 2011 ASVOFFMK2 Grand Prix is the proof. Directed by Elisha Smith-Leverock, the film titled I Want Muscle is dealing with the traditional conception of the female body form with the surprising appearance of British bodybuilder Kizzy Vaines. Fantastic direction in a glam 70's aesthetic, gorgeous styling and a great concept.
