Perfection. Celine Pre-Fall’14

March 20, 2014March 20, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Aah, Phoebe. You did this again. Your Pre-Fall 2014 for Celine is perfect. And, exclusively at Design & Culture by Ed, you can see the whole collection and new bags, as it’s first here! The collection is amazingly simple about concepts- sweaters tied around the waist, masculine white shirt with a coat and the blue plisse skirt are my favourites. The checked dresses are worn with fur stoles, while shoes are style with long, black socks. And to my surprise, the bags are… perfectly same. But in different, lovely colours. The Mini Luggage and Trapeze are here, but kept in pink and bordeaux. This Pre-Fall’14 collection is really great in my opinion! Art by Cy Twombly

Monster. Comme des Garcons AW14

March 2, 2014October 29, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Rei Kawakubo herself defined the lineup in the following way: “The theme of the collection this time is MONSTER. It’s not about the typical Monster you find in sci-fi and video games. The expression of the Monsters I have made has a much deeper meaning. The craziness of humanity, the fear we all have, the feeling of going beyond common sense, the absence of ordinariness, expressed by something extremely big, by something that could be ugly or beautiful. In other words, I wanted to question the established standards of beauty.”

Serious Florals. Marni AW14

February 24, 2014February 24, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Marni AW14 was a celebration of it’s 20th Anniversary- and it’s designer Consuelo Marni surely needs to be proud. The label brings to fashion world fun and edgy Italian coolness each season! And, the recent collection was a remix of Marni’s biggest hits- florals, fur stoles, colourful layered clothing. And all the shoes are masterpieces worn with those socks… The biggest surprise were the ethnic furs- looked seriously epic. Just like the cubical robe dresses. At Marni, fashion is always ‘directly entertaining. So- Happy Birthday!

Lively. Roksanda Ilincic AW14

February 20, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Roksanda Ilincic to a surprise of mine, created a great collection. Really. The show’s colorful, popping patchworks whether it was inserts in long felt skirts or the clear plastic squares that decorated dresses to close the show. Then a added metallic, wide belts for an industrial feel, and a lovely geometrical dress with beautiful coat was created. The deconstructed silhouettes, bright with color blocking had an artistic flair, not least when furs appeared on the runway in a radiant version. With roots in evening wear and artsy attitude- Ilincic outstood herself for this season.

Victoire de Castellane’s Animal Vegetable Mineral

January 31, 2014January 6, 2024 | Design & Culture by Ed

Victoire de Castellane is the couture jewellery designer of Dior. Known for using great traditional craftsmanship with Victoire’s artistic visions of colourful life kept within the diamonds, rubies and emeralds on her mesmerizing rings and necklaces, the new exhibition called “Animal Vegetable Mineral” just opened at the Gagosian Gallery on Maifair in London. An incredible display of gem snakes and flowers rest on pools of Australian opal, reassembling micro eco-systems. The exhibition is a second solo presentation of Castellane that definitely impresses as all with it’s beauty and detailing… And here is what the designer thinks: “Well, I love to play with nature, and I love to play with family and the idea of relationships. The relation between people and nature and how we manage to live together. It’s always so complicated. It’s three worlds coming together in one world. There are three families. But in the end they are all like human beings for me, they are little human beings – my babies”. That sounds deep…