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 Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass at The Museum of Fine ArtsThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Cartier design viewed by Ettore Sottsass. Cartier Design viewed by Ettore Sottsass presents for the first time a special selection of objects from The Cartier Collection, displayed in individual showcases created by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass.Cartier, one of the world's most renowned creators of jewelry, has been making brilliantly crafted, luxurious designs since 1847. Although its main focus has been providing jewelry and accessories to their clientele, the firm has also maintained a private collection of outstanding works from the 19th and 20th centuries. Numbering 1200 objects, the collection also includes drawings and watercolors as well as other related materials. The collection is not accessible to the public, and is not in a museum environment. Many of the pieces were acquired by Cartier on the open market, and are one-of-a-kind. In 2000, Cartier invited Ettore Sottsass, the legendary avant-garde Italian architect and designer, to curate an exhibition from the firm's private collection. Although portions of the collection had been on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the Hermitage previously, this was the first time that Cartier ceded complete control of the curatorial process. Sottsass chose the 200 works for the exhibition based on more www.art... (349) added by Levent OZLER |
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 Cameron Diaz to Take Fashion Design LessonsCameron Diaz is to take lessons from a native American fashion designer, in how to create traditional designs, according to the Teen Hollywood website.Diaz has apparently bought at least 20 bags from David Jet Black Horse, and is apparently so desperate for the lessons that she is flying out to China, where David is visiting. David told the website, "Cameron is really excited. She has a bag designed in her head but this time, instead of me making it, she wants to work with leather and sew in the traditional Native American way. "She will fly out and meet me in Beijing next month." more www.dig... (210) added by Levent OZLER |
 Japanese Designer Takaaki Sakaguchi on Japan TVFootage of Takaaki Sakaguchi’s Air New Zealand Fashion Week preparation and show was broadcast on national Japanese television last night during prime time viewing.Shown on TVS, one of Japan’s leading television networks,the 30 minute footage featured work and lifestyle elements of a rising star of a new generation of Japanese professionals who are achieving success overseas. Takaaki acknowledges that he received many emails and phone calls today, including one from his former employer, Ayako Koshino, managing director of the multi billion dollar Japanese fashion house, Koshino. Takaaki worked as the chief designer for Koshino for eight years showing twice-yearly in the Paris Fashion Collections. “She commented that she cried when she saw me on the show and that she could still see the concentration and dedication expressed on my face - this gave me great pride.” more www.thr... (306) added by Levent OZLER |
 Hideaki Lim: Cyber Fashion DesignerFrom staging spectacular fashion shows in China to organising charity sales to support nature conservation, Hideaki Lim (top, in blue) has had a very busy year. Add to that his recent appointment as a skin care (Cecedile) and men’s spa ambassador. Clearly, this multi-tasking Sagittarian, who calls himself a cyber fashion designer, is hitting it big after more than a decade in the fashion industry.Ever since he opened his boutique in a Kuala Lumpur hotel in 1991, the 30-something designer has consistently concocted futuristic twists on fashion that delight and shock the Malaysian market. Lim is the first to admit that not many people can accept his creations. “I am perhaps way ahead of my time,” chuckled the graduate of the Parsons School of Design, Hong Kong. But just as there are detractors, there are as many fans, going by the number of beauty queens and celebrities who embrace his out-of-this-world apparel. Lim added another feather to his cap when he won the International Designer Award for Fashion Beyond 2000 in 1998. Lim’s collection was also featured in KL Fashion Week. After making his mark on the local fashion scene, Lim was ready to show off his creativity to the rest of the world. At the 14th International Exhibition on Shoes & Leather Industry 2004 at the Guangzhou International Convention and more thestar... (442) added by Levent OZLER |
 London fashion is all the Rage at New ExhibitionFrom Teds in Trafalgar Square to Punks in Piccadilly London has always had an array of fashion trends which are celebrated in a new exhibition.The London Look at the Museum of London is the first to celebrate the capital's "distinct fashion identity". Organisers have pulled together over 200 exhibits by more than 70 designers spanning the past 200 years. Catwalk designs sit beside high street and thrift shop clothes in what curator Edwina Ehrman described as a show which "Captures the unique look fashion conscious Londoners have". The exhibition highlights four defining characteristics of the London Look'; Innovation, Tradition, Alternative and Fusion. It presents London fashion through sound recordings, photographs and archive footage of fashion shows and designers at work. Photographers, models and make-up artists talk about their work alongside a rare screening of a 1963 Mary Quant fashion show. Fashion photography is represented by work including Terence Donovan, Sarah Moon and Nick Knight. Ms Ehrman and her team hope the exhibition will appeal to a range of people. more www.thi... (52) added by Levent OZLER |
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