After last year's successful joint venture, Diane Von Furstenberg is teaming up once more with GapKids. Launching on April 27, DVF’s colorful prints make their way into a line designed for little ones ranging from newborn to tween. Inspired by international adventures, bold patterns decorate a variety of pieces while DVF's signature wrap dress is transformed into kid-friendly sizes for some
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We're a big fan of Miles Johnson from Levi's Vintage Clothing in Amsterdam and are proud to call him a denim buddy. So we were excited to see that the guys over at Mr Porter recognized Johnson's talents and made this lovely video of him, below.
The video follows Miles through his seasonal work as the design directer at LVC, from visiting
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Opened today, global affairs and culture magazine Monocle has unveiled a stylish new cafe in the heart of London.
Monocle Café will serve coffee and edibles to busy city dwellers and visitors alike, in a stylish interior devised by in-house designer Yoshitsugu Takagi.
"We wanted to create a relaxed space for a morning coffee meeting, a lengthy weekend lunch with the papers,
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Stylesight's Graphics Team recently visited Leif Podhajsky's Diverse Elements exhibition at Pertwee Anderson & Gold Gallery in Soho, London.
Leif Podhajsky is an Australian graphic designer and art director, best known for his digitized abstractions of nature, mirrored landscapes, surreal collage and vivid exploration of color. Podhajsky has collaborated with such bands as Tame Impala, Foals, The Horrors among many others.
To
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Self-appointed Leather King Mitch Alfus is making noise in SoHo with the opening of this six-week pop-up. He is the owner of Libra Leather, the biggest designer resource for leather and fur, with clients such as Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, and Alexander Wang.
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For her senior thesis at the London College of Fashion, Marla Marchant decided to give the lost art of craftsmanship a rebirth, resulting in avant garde creations of the footwear kind. After various material ideations, Marchant landed on titanium rapid prototyping (3-D printing) to actualize her vision. With a lineage of craft and a shoemaker grandfather, high heels were a natural choice
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Marc Jacobs, a man of many talents, has diversified his skill set even more. The beloved American designer makes his first acting appearance in a new thriller, Disconnect, which debuted at the last Toronto Film Festival. Jacobs plays Harvey, a webcam filmmaker, and from what we can see Jacobs conveys this dark character perfectly. The feature film, directed by Henry
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Earlier this week, Stylesight stopped by the Berns hotel in Stockholm for the press preview of a new collaborative collection between Danish menswear label Soulland and leather goods maker Adax.
Offered in three colors — black, camel and cobalt, the collection features everything from wallets and ipad sleeves to backpacks and suitcases. Merchandise will become available for purchase in August at Soulland and Adax retailers; prices points
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Stylesight's Graphics team is in Berlin this week visiting the sprawling arts spaces that make up this years Pictoplasma festival.
Made up of conference lectures, exhibitions, animation screenings, contemporary character design, art, performances and parties, this four day program showcases a collection of talented international artists and designers. From paper jam workshops through to creatively curated spaces and live character battles at
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Winners of the W Hotel Designers of the Future Award were announced yesterday in a special ceremony in Milan, held during the 52nd edition of Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Objects series by Seung-Yong Song
Designers Seung-Yong Song, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jon Stam and Royal College of Art former student Bethan Laura Wood have all scooped the prestigious award for their preliminary
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Tuesday night was a big night for the Stylesight Denim team: we held our first-ever event in our Culver City offices in Los Angeles, presenting our look-ahead at the F/W 14 season to a packed audience of local companies, indigo aficionados and personalities from the L.A. denim scene.
A perfect sunny L.A. evening was the backdrop to our first Stylesight Los
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Nothing is as elegant, as versatile, and as timeless as a little black jacket from Chanel. To honor one of the house's major contributions to fashion, Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld teamed up, styling and shooting over 100 luminaries for their must-have coffee table book, The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited.
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