Twelve Calendar

Berlin Fashion Week is starting today, so i suppose we are all anticipating for the great avant-garde capital city to reveal its new gems for next winter.

One of the week's hottest projects is the Twelve Calendar, a collaboration between Derzeit Magazine and photographer Lena Emery, showcasing 12 of the best new models and labels from Berlin.

Enjoy the exciting and colourful video:

Born Sleepy by J.W. Anderson

J.W. Anderson's menswear collection for next fall is called Born Sleepy, and has big retro vibe with amazing knits, graphic prints, flared pants made out of tech materials and a bright colour palette.
I just love the brand's spooky, ironic campaign, shot by Alex Sainsbury, featuring model Oliver Greenall from Elite London.

Taste.IT

 Milan's Men Fashion Week is ending today. Have a look at its coolest boys posing for Luca Finotti's camera during the castings.





Enjoy the video:

Taste.IT / The Boys of Milan Fashion Week from models.com on Vimeo.

The Empire of Death

For three years Dr Paul Koudounaris, a specialist in Baroque culture and lector at major universities in Los Angeles, travelled the world to document various religious shrines decorated with human bones, crypts and remains from the sixteenth and seventienth centuries.

He visited about seventy different glorious locations in four continents, most of them not open to public and never been photographed before. All these amazing images that offered various unusual experiences to the author, the attendance of an exorcism, the attack of a monk and his arrest by the Austrian police among them, are gathered in his latest book titled The Empire of Death, published by Thames & Hudson. In 224 pages, the richly illustrated edition uncovers a full essay on architecture masterpieces, impressive chandeliers made by human bones and jewel-encrusted mummies, during an era that death was not considered a taboo.

Bring On the Storm

Mercedes Benz and Calvin Klein collection teamed with film artist Alex Prager and Dutch supermodel Lara Stone for the Key Visual of the upcoming F/W 2012 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week season. The result is an outstanding short film with inspirations from Hitchcock films and the Wizard of Oz making a flashy combination of the car's dynamism with the timelessness of the Calvin Klein House aesthetics.



Enjoy:

Schatje Design

Schatje Design brand was created by Sachico Suzuki and her design team in 2008. The Japanese avant-garde design brand offers a great range of artistic objects, from homeware to furniture and jewellery, along with various art direction projects. Playing with various materials like glass, metal and plastic, the Shatje Design team creates trompe l' oeil items mixing kitsch style with japanese heritage. Exclusively sold at Novelax.

Andrea Pompilio New Performer @ Pitti Uomo 81

Winner of the 2011 edition of Who Is On Next? Uomo, Andrea Pompilio held a preview showing of his F/W 2012-13 menswear collection as one of the New Performers at Pitti Uomo 81, on January the 12th at the striking venue of the Spazio Alcatraz at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence. Describing his look as an American Sportswear, Andrea drew his inspiration from men's real life and original style to create a cozy, versatile and eclectic collection rich in prints and with a very interesting colour palette. The collection features 30 outfits with an important group of jackets, suits and coats in revisited classic materials and shapes, teamed with outstanding hats, oversized scarves, shoes and bags. Andrea Pompilio has also created a video in collaboration with the thecorner.com previewed at the Pitti Uomo and on the net.