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photography

Iconic Photography Of Herb Ritts

Herb Ritts died in 2002, but his stunning portraiture and fashion photos continue to keep audiences rapt. His photography captures the unique time of the 80s and 90s, but began his photographic career in the late 70s and gained a reputation as a master of art and commercial photography. In addition to producing portraits and editorial fashion for Vogue, Vanity Fair, Interview, and Rolling Stone, Ritts also created successful advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Donna Karan, Gap, Gianfranco Ferré, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Levi’s, Pirelli, Polo Ralph Lauren, and...

fashion

First Woman Creative Director at Dior?

First of all this really exciting news is not confirmed by any of two great fashion houses, but maybe the long wait for a new creative director is over. Maria Grazia Chiuri is half of the designing team at Valentino and now it's possible that she is taking over the house of Dior. Until this moment her name was combined with Pierpaolo Piccioli, her partner in crime with who she is working for over 20 years now. After  Valentino Garavani resign those two took over the lead in this great...

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20 Fall’s Best Bags

Handbag...can you imagine life without it? History of handbags dates back to even the sixteenth century and for centuries resembled a simple bag. The changes came along with second half of the nineteenth century and there are strictly related to change in the Women social status. We became more bolder, we travelled more often and we were more aware of our needs. In a response to those needs, the two biggest brand Louis Vuitton and Hermes are creating a special line. From this time on we can observe experimentation with...

fashion

Red Valentino – spring/summer pre collection 2014

Little bit too sweet, little bit naive but retaining the timeless and elegant essence of Valentino.Great Fashion House by creating Red Valentino line is trying to attract a more youthful and contemporary audience. I'm not really sure if that is a look of 21st-century girl - like I have read in some of a collection reviews - but maybe because look of baby doll is not really my thing. However I have to admit that besides pastels that we can see in almost every spring collection, Valentino Red captures the subtle beauty...

artfashion

Tony Viramontes and his incredible world of fashion illustrations

Tony Viramontes is an icon of the 80's. He was born in 1956 in Los Angeles and started his adventure with art in New York at FIT and Parsons. Before switching to fashion and beauty illustration he studied fine art and photography. His debut in the late 1970's showed high contrast between his work and the prevailing soft pastel school of fashion illustration. In the same time he scored  an immediate success and acquiring the kind of prestigious editorial commissions like: Per Lui in Italy, Vogue in the USA, the...

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VALENTINO spring / summer 2014

It is romantic, exotic and ethnic. New spring summer Valentino collection created by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli is truly breathtaking. That was one of this incredible fashion moments. ok to be honest 73 moments and  each more beautiful than the next. Designers said that the place that triggered their imagination was the Rome Opera. That kind of a great opulance become a base to create those elegant lines. Now you can enjoy suede pieces, the fringed poncho, cape, or the slip-on coat with tasselled seams. For me the...