Yesterday, we hopped on the train and headed out to Long Island City to see what has become the talk of the Active Community in New York – The Cliffs at LIC. After three years of searching for the perfect location around New York for their second facility, the team found an ideal location at 11-11 44th Drive in Long Island City,
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Marc Jacobs’ boudoir-inspired collection for Louis Vuitton F/W 13 was a sensuous combination of menswear patterns and silhouettes offset by feminine details. Here, the masculine lines of a woolen plaid coat were softened by densely packed sequins at the hem — creating an alluring ombré effect. — Marissa Stuart
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For the inaugural S/S 13 campaign of Perry Ellis by Duckie Brown photographer Bruno Staub created “army of khaki soldiers.” The subtlest shades of golden khaki paired with ivory gives smooth dimension to this monochrome image of gorgeous tailored jackets on finely chiseled male models. The accompanying video gives an intimate look behind the making of this ad with stunning
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Raf Simons decorated his beautifully cut silhouettes at Dior, using illustrations and embellishments to add an alluring touch to sculptural suits and dresses. Ink-drawn portraits seemed borrowed from René Gruau (the long-time illustrator for the house of Dior), while embellished shoe motifs suggested Andy Warhol. — Marissa Stuart
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The Serpentine Gallery in London has announced that award-winning architect Sou Fujimoto will design the 2013 edition of its annual Pavilion.
At 41, Fujimoto is the youngest architect to accept the honor of designing the temporary Pavilion in Hyde Park, London. His project will consist of an ethereal web of 20mm steel poles creating a semi-transparent delicate structure where the surrounding
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, Giovanna Randall of Honor revealed a collection with love in mind. A cheerful bubblegum colored capelet and matching skirt were playfully adorned with decadent heart-shaped jewels, citrine teardrops and big shiny paillettes. — Marissa Stuart
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In a bold move this week, the NBA unveiled a first in recent history – an official NBA team jersey with sleeves for the Golden State Warriors.
Utilizing the Revolution 30 technology that adidas debuted last year in uniforms across the league, and reducing the overall weight of the jersey by 26% – the new jerseys are is not your Father’s uniform!
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TRAVELING CIRCUS
New York: Brooklyn-based designer Mara Hoffman has amassed a loyal following among creative girls who are charmed by her whimsical sensibility, ethnic-influenced prints, liberal use of color and appreciation of traditional craft techniques. For F/W 13, Hoffman cooked up more of her delicious treats to satiate them. “I wanted to embrace what we do best with this collection and
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ODE TO DELICATENESS
Paris: The Hollywood darling Elie Saab showed a more demure collection this season. Entitled ”Ode to delicateness", it was feather light, playing with degrees of transparency. Sparkling embroideries encrusted see-through laces and silks, to create ethereal gowns with illusion necklines that beautifully showed of this season’s focal point – the shoulders. These creations in elegant pastels and nudes
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A SINISTER HUSH
Paris: Riccardo Tisci pulled his punches with his latest collection for Givenchy, showing a rich but subdued presentation of charcoal wool suiting with sharp shoulders and tonal shirting, leather accented duffel jackets and even a touch of classic argyle. The designer’s seductive tension still simmered beneath the surface, evident in rich shimmering tweeds, zipper embellished velvet suits and
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For the second time around, Conspiração Concept invited 50 artists and creatives to elaborate works of art on a different type of blank canvas — a plain white tennis shoe.
The Shoe Art Project 2 launched yesterday in the famous shopping street district of Jardins in São Paulo and at the Reserva store in Rio de Janeiro. The project is idealized by Conspiração
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Last week was all about Nike. (And we couldn’t have been happier.) With events on both coasts, and across all parts of the brand, the Active Team was stoked to join in on the fun.
Starting off on Saturday November 10th, the brand held an event in Los Angeles, California to showcase 10 Years of Nike Skateboarding. Transforming its S&M Skate
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Stylesight’s Graphics Team brings you a selection of the most inspirational and directional visuals seen on the web recently. This week we are focusing on the revival of the common book from intricately cut out pages to ornately extracted spines. Warning: contains graphic content. (Click on images for information on the artists.)
Books cannot be judged by their covers anymore...
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ELECTRIC SENSUAL
Paris: For Anne Valérie Hash's S/S 13 collection, entitled “Electric Nude”, she used her training as a couturier to make garments that seemed almost glued to the body. The pieces — in all shades of naked with an iridescent spark — were suspended from the body with masterfully crafted corsets. "I start with a collage of fabrics and inspirations. This time I
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Cutouts have been popping up all over this season but Paris delivers sleek laser-cut edge on meticulousness designs and inventive placement. Oversized slices create ribcage-like harnesses when layered over delicate lace frocks, while geometric incisions add subtle dimension to monochromatic pencil skirts. Sophisticated suits or leggings are given a sensuous twist with complex allover designs especially when used in leather.
–Marissa Stuart
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