Milla's bag for Marella

It was a sad day for the fashion world when Jovovich-Hawk ceased operations in 2008, but far from leaving the fashion industry, Milla Jovovich has been working in some projects as an independent designer for other brands as well as becoming the face of others.

Milla for Marella with Milla handbag

Milla's bag Milla

After some small collaboration with Marella, creating some clothes, last year her creativity found a new use, designing handbags for the Italian label. This joint project under the name ‘Milla’s bag’ allows the Ukrainian-born actress to create a capsule collection where she could express who she is as an artist.

Milla's bag Lagoon

If her Autumn/Winter 2013, where she presented four different handbags inspired by her four most well-known roles – Alice from the Resident Evil saga, Eloise from The Million Dollar Hotel, Leeloo from The Fifth Element and Milady from The Three Musketeers -, was not brilliant enough, she is back with a new mini collection.

Milla's bag A/W 13
(In order: Alice, Eloise, Milady & Leeloo)

This time ‘Milla’s bag’ is a Spring/Summer collection where brightness and happiness are the key. Presenting it as “an It-Bag in evolution created by a woman who does not like to be obvious. In art, as in her style”, Milla Jovovich creates three bags: The Tropic, a faux-leather bag with a mall handle, a patchwork effect with three different types of faux leather - smooth, coconut and ostrich effect -  in a popping pink or blue tones; the Lagoon, also a faux leather bag with a small handle and with the same characteristics as the Tropic, only larger; and the Milla, an elegant bag made of leather with a reptile effect printed flap, metal fastening a a chain detail on the handle. These three designs represent the Summer, they represent the Marella woman , but above all, they represent Milla Jovovich.

Milla's bag Tropic

For more Marella visit: http://www.marella.com/

Marion Cotillard for Dior

As Marion Cotillard floats into the air, we find out that the French actress will star once again as the face for Lady Dior, the French brand’s most iconic handbag, as she has been doing since 2008.

Ms Cotillard floating in a silver pleated gown and a magenta Lady Dior bag in one hand.

In the images, taken against a grey background, we find a more natural Marion Cotillard - away from the too-photoshop-involved former campaigns - defying gravity in a classic Dior silhouette from the pre-fall 2014 collection of the label while some versions of the famous handbag matching the garments are clutched in her hands. 

Marion Cotillard in a pink skirt and long-sleeved blouse. In her hand is the handbag in white with a pink floral design.

Photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino captured perfectly the delicacy of Cotillard’s jump as her hair drifts upwards and her toes point down, giving her the effortless aspect of a dancing ballerina.

The original Lady Dior bag was created in 1995 as just simply the “new Dior bag”. Little did the company know that when France’s First Lady at that time, Bernadette Chirac, gave this bag to Lady Diana as a present, it will soon become an international iconic handbag “for princesses”.

As Princess Diana fell in love with the bag, an order arrived to Dior’s headquarters: the Princess of Wales wanted the designer purse in every style available. The popularity of the bag increased in the following months, for Lady Diana was the most photographed woman In the world, and later on, according to CR Fashion Book, “Dior sought her permission to name the bag in her honor, and the Lady Dior has been gracing the most discerning elbows ever since”.

Although John Galliano’s design seemed simple, it was soon linked with royalty and elegance, as Dior clothing had been before, creating a new fashion icon. 

In the behind-the-scenes video of the shoot we can see the actress jumpin up and down on a trampoline to gracefully strike angelic and elegant poses.  According to Dior’s press release, the bag represents 'an extension of who she is: timelessly elegant, it's forever renewing itself in surprising and creative ways.'

Making-Of:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wQ2sWcxoEjY

The campaign will make its first print appearance in Vogue Brazil on Friday, and will debut on April 2 in the U.S. version of Vanity Fair.

For more Dior visit: http://www.dior.com/

What’s Left for Old Fashioned Barber Shops in this Modern World?

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of grooming tips. Even though the times when a man had to go to barber shop every day in order to look respectable are long gone, we still are worried about our appearance in a world where first impressions are as important as ever and cannot be changed.

A man can create his style through his choice of clothes, but grooming goes one step beyond that. It refines any style you can think of, making it truly impeccable – and as funny as it may sound, even if you are looking for rugged features, a quite broad spectrum of products are available to recreate this look. Girls are not the only ones who take care of their skin, and as guys; we do have skin problems; we do suffer from acne; we do shave; and sometimes it is really hard to talk about these topics with other men.

Youtube is broadly known for providing society with a large amount of videos of cats, but did you know that it also is a great source for (you’ll never guess) men’s grooming tips? Yes lads, we are not forgotten on the web!

My personal favorite is vlogger Jim Chapman. In his YouTube channel you can find a variety of topics, from gooming tips to purely comical videos; and although his career has turned more to the popular humourous vlogs, a good amount of his videos rely on his own experiences trying hairstyles or skincare routines, which can be very helpful.  Beauty is not longer an only-girls-allowed area and most definitely not a field men should be afraid of. 

For more Jim Chapman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfbshD56lsI6cM-TjTVQ-3A

(as published in Redbrick Newspaper)

http://issuu.com/redbrickonline/docs/cbe001_210314_issue1448/12?e=1031349/7169842

We Are Where We Sit

Someone please explain...!

It was a quiet Tuesday afternoon when the world found out about the outrageous event that was happening at Paris Fashion Week: Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue since the days of shoulder pads, had been relocated from her usual first row seat, to SECOND ROW at Valentino’s show.

With seats for American publications cut down, one possibility is that the ‘devil who wears Prada’ decided to leave her beneficial position for Sarah Mower, who was reviewing the show for Vogue.

Nevertheless, recently Armani’s declarations calling Wintour ‘unprofessional’ may open the possibility that Valentino has also grown tired of her attitude towards designers.

(as published in Redbrick Newspaper) 

http://www.redbrick.me/2014/03/we-are-where-we-sit/

Jonathan Saunders Review

Nowadays, the world of menswear skews more conservatively than its female counterpart. And this is why a designer like Jonathan Saunders, who cultivates both sides of the coin, is a breath of fresh air to menswear. Although, in this particular fashion case, Saunder’s starting point was menswear, an equal inspiration between men’s and women’s garments is clear; voluminous looks for women and tight tailoring for men.

London based designer Jonathan Saunders (Glasgow, 1977) has been one of the most important menswear designers to appear on the fashion scene in the past few years. His background as a print designer makes the garments he creates quite daring in the world of menswear; therefore highlighting the use architectural and clean prints as well as bold colours such as dazzling red matched with satin green. Also, materials like glitter and vinyl help to create a kitsch aura within his collections, taking them to the verge of bizarre but ending up being impeccable.

His Spring Collection is full of light, a grey foreground where splashes of blue, yellow, green and red feature to make an easy, smart and chic series of clothing. He also presented his Fall Collection in London this year, which, inspired by the 80’s fashion, was full of low V-neck tops, dotty trousers and a crazy mix of prints. This shows a new model of menswear less worried about looking “manly” and inclined to be more daring when suiting up. And away from the classical inverted triangle silhouette for menswear, Saunders wagers for fitted clothes that narrow the shoulders and create a more streamlined silhouette.

His vibrant designs are not to be worn by everyone. Only those brave enough to explore the new world menswear that is about to come will be able to embrace the femininity and edginess of Saunders’ collections. And here lies the magic of Jonathan Saunders, his ability to turn transgressive ideas into playful, yet smart separate pieces to make colour pop into the classic boring men’s style. 

See more Jonathan Saunders at: http://www.jonathan-saunders.com/



(As published in Redbrick Newspaper)
http://issuu.com/redbrickonline/docs/cbe001_140314_issue1447_e018847da21942/14?e=1031349/7082689