The long awaited KARL by Karl Lagerfeld for Net-A-Porter is finally here. To celebrate the occasion, the prolific designer captures the Spring/Summer 2012 collection on five of his favorite models, Abbey Lee Kershaw (Next), Anja Rubik (Next), Arizona Muse (Next), Saskia de Brauw (DNA) and Sui He (New York Model Management) in print and on film, under the creative direction of Trey Laird with styling by Karl Templer.

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Contemporary Designer based in Paris, Dzmitry Samal was born in Belarus in 1981. In 2003 he graduated from the Belarusian Technical University. His first profession is that of automobile engineer, but Dzmitry also took great interest in automobile design and design in general. He decided to complete postgraduate courses at the Belarusian Academy of Art and, after 3 years of studying there, he won the Audi Scholarship and completed his Master’s Degree at the Scuola Politechnica di Design in Milan.

During the past 8 years of his professional activities, Dzmitry has successfully collaborated with Italian, French, Chinese, and American design companies as well as fashion designers. Collaborations include Stile Bertone, Renault, Honda, L’Avvento, Idestyle, V2 Design, Soca…

His studies and experiences abroad in places like Belarus, Italy, and France, as well as his vast experience in car design, have helped him to develop an eye for style and innovation.

Dzmitry is a finalist in a number of international design contests. He has participated in European and World Design Conferences in Paris, Minsk, and Helsinki. Dzmitry’s works are published in a wide variety of magazines worldwide, including AD, W, GQ, Elle Decoration, Designer, Marie Claire and Glamour. Currently, there are 4 published books with Dzmitry’s works.

“Oxoye Chair” designed for Soca and presented in Milan (ISalone 2011) and “Parallel World” for V2Design have received awards in competition of INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AND DESIGN AWARDS (Paris France).

Besides his creation activity, Dzmitry successfully teaches design techniques at the Scuola Politechnica di Design. He is also a jury member for a prestigious contest for young designers, organized by Audi AG and Audi Russia.

In 2011 Dzmitry has created his own eyewear’s brand “Dzmitry Samal” dzmitrysamal.com

Every object represented here is unique and represents the combination of a futuristic and retro vision of design. It is a mix of a vintage aesthetic with advanced production elements. Dzmitry thinks that the future of design lies in combining our past experience and heritage with modern technology to make new creations.

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 Lacoste, the most charming French brand with wonderful prices. Click here and be happy.

Clint Eastwood, photographed by Martin Schoeller, graces the January cover of  ’M’ Magazine by Le Monde.

Actress Emma Stone went home happy winning Favorite Movie Actress Award for “The Help” & “Crazy, Stupid, Love” at the 2012 People’s Choice Awards held at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

She styled at the event in a shiny green cropped shawl collared  jacket detailed with a gold toggle chain, a side band satin pant ($1050), and Ophelie high heel open-toe t-strap pumps all from the Gucci Spring 2012 Collection. source upscalehype

Renowned and adored by the fashion world for his exquisitely crafted shoes and dizzyingly high stilettos, Christian Louboutin is in a league of his own. Delving into the designer’s imagination, this beautiful tome – created to celebrate the brand’s 20th Anniversary – contains over 300 pages of stunning photography, inspiration, biographic detail and even some pop-up art.

Featuring a fold-out cover and with exclusive insight into his personal archives, this is a real collector’s item and will look fabulous on your coffee table or as a gift.

Details: Christian Louboutin by Christian Louboutin; foreword by John Malkovich, contribution by Eric Reinhardt, photographed by Philippe Garcia and David Lynch
Available here.

Vektr super-light, ultra-performance headphones are a groundbreaking collaboration between legendary Italian fashion designer, Diesel, and Monster. A scientifically backed assault on your senses, these Diesel Noise Division phones change the way you listen to music and even your perception of sound itself.

”There’s no other headphone on the market that captures the international flair and glistening excitement of its startling multi-planar, tri-fold design. And thanks to Monster’s advanced technological expertise, it sounds as exciting as it looks with crystal clear highs, accurate mids and stunning bass.” Available here.

Club Chair

The Club chair has a limited release of only ten and is authenticated by an engraved polished brass plaque. Based on a classic chesterfield design, the buttons have been replaced with LED light fittings and capped with a fairground bulb casing. The frame was painstakingly adapted to be able to facilitate all 85 of the light fittings, but the upholstery needed to have the same classic style as an original. The lights are also on six channel phasing unit which means they are programmed to move in the same way a fairground ride would, they can also be programmed to be still. The piece is a juxtaposition of the very formal gentleman’s favourite with end of the pier entertainment. A familiar and iconic item all of sudden becomes very surreal.

Luminaire Bérgere Chair

This original antique Bérgere chair was found in a flea market in North Paris, and brought back to London to form part of this collection. The piece was left unrestored and then adorned in turquoise neon giving it new life but without forgetting its journey. This very unique and  one-off piece has been authenticated with a brass plaque. This piece is now sold, however similar pieces can be commissioned.

Electric Louis

Part of a limited edition of twenty-five, the Electric Louis is hand carved in Mahogany, lacquered to a high gloss finish and then adorned in neon, identified by a silver plaque .

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We were quite impressed with the Cross Coupe concept that Volkswagen unveiled this year at the Tokyo Motor Show, and we’re sure you were too. Actually, the car’s success was so big, that now we hear rumors of a possible production version.

The company’s executives believe that CUVs will gain more and more popularity among customers in the future, and they are giving serious thoughts to creating at least one production version of the alluring concept.

The car is apparently a preview of Volkswagen’s future crossover range, but we believe that this is only true with respect to the car’s looks. We don’t expect the hybrid powertrain (with two electric motors) to also find room on the production lines. At least not yet. Writing by Mary / source luxedb.com

One of the most ancient symbols used in the history of mankind is shown in the most surprising and modern way in this book. Formerly an emblem of evil and mortality, the skull has been transformed into an avant-garde design element used in the most cutting-edge art, chic interiors and vanguard style of the moment.

Whether embellished on costly T-shirts, woven on limited edition chairs, and even encrusted with diamonds sold at an art auction for $100 million, the skull is no longer just a daunting memento of our frail mortality but a contemporary figure of fashion.

This 500-page book shows how this once morbid trinket of death has been reinvented into the much-desired decoration by the trendsetters of tomorrow.

Curator:

Patrice Farameh

PRIVATE LABEL COLLECTION™

limited-edition of 1,000 copies  /  Hand-painted by Peter Tunney  /  numbered and signed  / Hardcover with special box

496 pages  /  34,3 × 24,8 cm / 13.5 × 9.75 in  /  € 800,00 / $ 1.000,00 / £700,00  / SPRING 2012

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We thank the talented photographer Kristiina Wilson for having sent us this source of inspiration.