Hyperlife
It should not be said that the year 2009 is going to be an easy year to face. The Media adds to this mood with its endless reminders of global problems such as economic recession, job losses, environmental issues, and episodes of war. History teaches us that major social changes are often the result of conflicts, revolutions, and social struggles. We know that there is light at the end of every tunnel, and that crises of the past have lead to change for the better- generational evolution and economic booms. "Change we need", as Barack Obama was quoted throughout his election campaign, but we must go further. We need to free up the rigidity of the past, and the rules that no longer reflect the needs of a society in transformation. Hyperlife is a term we coined to convey the concept of contemporary life- total, excessive, wonderful and tragic, global and local, large and small, complex and sim ple, virtual and tangible……….
Paola De Luca
Editor in Chief
It should not be said that the year 2009 is going to be an easy year to face. The Media adds to this mood with its endless reminders of global problems such as economic recession, job losses, environmental issues, and episodes of war. History teaches us that major social changes are often the result of conflicts, revolutions, and social struggles. We know that there is light at the end of every tunnel, and that crises of the past have lead to change for the better- generational evolution and economic booms. "Change we need", as Barack Obama was quoted throughout his election campaign, but we must go further. We need to free up the rigidity of the past, and the rules that no longer reflect the needs of a society in transformation. Hyperlife is a term we coined to convey the concept of contemporary life- total, excessive, wonderful and tragic, global and local, large and small, complex and sim ple, virtual and tangible……….
Paola De Luca
Editor in Chief
Fashion Models,
Muses of the 20th Century
In a special exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum is celebrating the work of top models who were not only trend-setters, but who also changed the history of fashion.
BY Roberta Olcese
The twentieth century, considered to be "the century of inventions", created the role of "fashion model", and turned them into legends. ?The Metropolitan Museum is celebrating fashion icons in a special exhibition entitled The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, which will run from May 6 through August 9 in New York. For the first time, an observer can retrace a hundred years of history through clothing, photos, and videos being exhibited simultaneously……
Muses of the 20th Century
In a special exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum is celebrating the work of top models who were not only trend-setters, but who also changed the history of fashion.
BY Roberta Olcese
The twentieth century, considered to be "the century of inventions", created the role of "fashion model", and turned them into legends. ?The Metropolitan Museum is celebrating fashion icons in a special exhibition entitled The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, which will run from May 6 through August 9 in New York. For the first time, an observer can retrace a hundred years of history through clothing, photos, and videos being exhibited simultaneously……
Demand holds up well for custom-made luxury
Strong orders for rare or bespoke items
By James Tennant
LONDON – At the height of the financial crisis, a British banker walks into luxury goods boutique William & Son in fashionable Mount Street, Mayfair, and spends 14,000 euros on a watch.
A German lady spends a similar sum when she orders a custom-made backgammon set in a sleek black design that matches the interior of her husband’s super-yacht.
Five minutes walk away, at Van Cleef & Arpels on Bond Street, another London financier spends 300,000 euros on a necklace.
"Very established brands give you confidence – they can stay with you and help you live through the crisis," said Van Cleef & Arpel’s UK Brand Director, Geoffrey Medinger……
Strong orders for rare or bespoke items
By James Tennant
LONDON – At the height of the financial crisis, a British banker walks into luxury goods boutique William & Son in fashionable Mount Street, Mayfair, and spends 14,000 euros on a watch.
A German lady spends a similar sum when she orders a custom-made backgammon set in a sleek black design that matches the interior of her husband’s super-yacht.
Five minutes walk away, at Van Cleef & Arpels on Bond Street, another London financier spends 300,000 euros on a necklace.
"Very established brands give you confidence – they can stay with you and help you live through the crisis," said Van Cleef & Arpel’s UK Brand Director, Geoffrey Medinger……
Dresses with the Roots
Emotional resonances, ethnic fusions, and exploratory
forms dominate the creative universe of the Sardinian designer
BY Paolo Briscese
Antonio Marras is a great innovator, and a free spirit in today’s fashion world- he is a creator and a sorcerer, who has the ability to shape matter, as if he were a sculptor. The deconstruction of form, the notion of travel, and the use of ornament as a symbolic element, are the three main style codes for this cosmopolitan nomad: when he creates, he brings together the history of costume, with its references to contemporary art, and the emotional resonances of both folktales and formal literature alike, so that his creativity knows no cultural or intellectual hierarchy…..
Emotional resonances, ethnic fusions, and exploratory
forms dominate the creative universe of the Sardinian designer
BY Paolo Briscese
Antonio Marras is a great innovator, and a free spirit in today’s fashion world- he is a creator and a sorcerer, who has the ability to shape matter, as if he were a sculptor. The deconstruction of form, the notion of travel, and the use of ornament as a symbolic element, are the three main style codes for this cosmopolitan nomad: when he creates, he brings together the history of costume, with its references to contemporary art, and the emotional resonances of both folktales and formal literature alike, so that his creativity knows no cultural or intellectual hierarchy…..
The Failed Robbery
Photographs Sabine Villard
Stylist Uli Semmeler
Pearls Necklace
H. Stern
Photographs Sabine Villard
Stylist Uli Semmeler
Pearls Necklace
H. Stern
