Festival des Métiers- Hermès

Have you ever wondered how your Hermès bag or your beautiful scarf has been made? I got the chance to walk behind the scene and ask all my questions to the people who actually create the products. Today I visited the Festival Des Métiers and stepped into the creative and inspiring world of Hermès. 

I watched an engraver of Hermès scarf’s- a professional French lady named Nadine Rabilloud and learned all about her artwork. She uses up to 54 different colours to make the scarf and use transparent paper layers to draw all the details by hand, which is very impressive. She has to be very careful and precise when she draws all the details and uses different pens. Please look at the picture below and see how she made the skin of a native American look real and authentic.

All in all - It will take 2 years to produce 1 blue print for a scarf. Based on my experience today I  promise you that their scarves are all the money worth.

Please look at the pictures below and discover how the creative people create scarves, bags, shirts, ties and gloves. 

Hot shoes on the red carpet

Olivia Palermo has been known to rock some hot shoes on the red carpet, and now she’s putting her fantastic taste in footwear to good use.

Palermo has created a satin strappy sandal covered with fuchsia feathers; Johansson a red, patent lace-up shoe with cut-out detailing; Panettiere a chunky, suede, ankle boot and Trachtenberg a purple snake-skin platform court.

Prices start at $425 (£258.70), and will be available from September at STUARTWEITZMAN.COM.

Michael Kors

Tommy Hilfiger is reportedly joining forces with his label's original investors Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll, to invest in Michael Kors - who is said to be selling an equity stake of 25 per cent.

Kors is hoping to raise $500 million (£313.725 million), to fund his global expansion plans. The designer is looking for a private placement, followed by a public offering. A financial source told WWD that any deals will be announced in July. Hilfiger himself has refused to comment on the rumours, although admitted the label would be a wise business acquisition.

Please read more about Michael Kors

Did you know?

David Beckham has become the latest name to sign up with H&M as part of its all-star repertoire. The footballer and fashion icon has teamed up with the Swedish high street store to launch his bodywear range for men. The partnership will be launched on February 2 2012 worldwide in time for Valentine's Day.

Lookbook from Christian Louboutin

Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippman, who first worked together a couple of years ago, have teamed up again. This time to create Louboutin’s Fall 2011 lookbook. The seven images are inspired by classic portrait paintings and features recreations of iconic works, including Whisler’s mother and Francisco De Zurbaran’s Saint Dorothy, with the new Louboutin pjeces included, of course.

Fashion trends-Obi Belts

Orient-inspired obi belts offer an Eastern promise to summer wardrobes

Versace will design for H&M his year

Expect studded leather and colourful prints for the girls; sharp tailoring and plenty of bling for the boys - and substantial queues down Regent Street in November.
Donatella Versace is sharing with us iconic designs from the archives. This is such a celebratory collaboration and is perfect for the party season.
Versace is one of the most important brands of recent times and their collection for H&M will be glamorous and flamboyant - everything Versace stands for.
Donatella will launch H&M menswear, womenswear and homeware which will go on sale on November 17 - shortly followed by a pre-spring collection that will be available online from January 19.

Prada Sees Future in Asia

"I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be first," said the president and head designer of the eponymous Italian fashion house, which is set to list in Hong Kong on June 24 in an initial public offering that could raise as much as $3 billion.

Ms. Prada, 63 years old, said in an interview that she strongly promoted the choice of Hong Kong over Milan for the IPO. In the process, the fashion icon overcame opposition within the Italian business community, including from some banks. Still, she fears that many in the Italian business elite are disappointed by her decision.

She lashed out by creating high-end fashion from mundane materials like nylon, and eschewing overt sexiness in her clothes. Over the next two decades she turned the company into a global fashion leader, helped by some cult items such as a black nylon backpack and a bowling bag.

Ms. Prada believes an IPO in Hong Kong will help the family-owned company draw upon the dynamism of Asia and expose some members of her management team to a different culture.

"The whole idea of doing this here, for me, was exciting because it is where things are happening. It's where the future is," she said.

As a designer she is increasingly drawing on Chinese influences. She noted that Chinese designers in her 60-strong team seem more curious and more excited. "This fresh mind is very relevant for me," she said.

By comparison, she said, "in Europe the world of fashion is too conservative, very eighties." Ms. Prada also said she finds Chinese women's body shapes inspiring.

Prada is opening a design center in Hong Kong, and it plans to open 10 to 12 stores a year in China, a market in which it has low penetration compared with some of its peers. It currently has 14 Prada stores on the mainland.

Alexander McQueen Exhibit In Harvey Nichols

By: Stefanie Sonne, London 


The notorius shopping destination Harvey Nicols in Knightsbridge, London, have been chosen to exhibit the remaining designs from Alexander McQueens 'Savage Beauty'. Because of the strict custom regulations in America, these pieces were not aloud to come. The collection in Harvey Nichols includes designs from spring/summer 1999 up to autumn/winter 2008. 

In New York at the Metropolitan Museum, the rest of the collection was celebrated with a giant 'Met Ball' Gala, where basically all the important designers and fashion lovers showed up to honour Alexander McQueen

please see the beautiful pictures below

  

Please visit the website "Alexander McQueen" here

The celebrities are wearing Nialaya-Are you?

Jannik Olander, the Danish-born designer is the founder of the new upcoming 

jewellery brand, Nialaya.

The company is based in Los Angeles with offices in New York City and Copenhagen in Denmark. 

What make his jewellery so special is the stones, beads, materials and other items that are handpicked personally by Jannik on his travels around the world.

The jewelleries are made of colourful pearls, gold or silver in a way that looks cool and trendy. The 

pearls not only look beautiful but they also set to have a symbolic or even spiritual effect on the person who wears them.

For example the pearl, called Blue Lapis brings out creative minds, friendships and truth. The pearl,Sterlings silver attracts and stores the positive energy of gemstones, as well as draws out negative energies. The pearl,Red jade stimulates creativity and mental agility on the one hand while also having a balancing and harmonizing effect.

If you want to know all about the interesting pearls click here

Below you see what the celebrities have chosen from Nialaya collection.

Paris Hilton

Madonna

Katy Perry

Kelis

click here to see all the celebrities