This romantic vision is inspired by Art Nouveau for the Spring/Summer 2022 collection. Luxurious couture techniques were used to create artistic nature motifs, celebrating how life and love endures and overcomes circumstance, wrapping the bride in abundance and femininity. With nature’s garden as Choo’s inspiration his brides are as bright and captivating as those precious blossoms found in botanical gardens, with gowns in rose petal reds, peony oranges and even the fluidity of water has been magic-ed into the collection. Each unique dress seems to be channeling a fairy princess that surely lives in this Mid Summer’s Night Dream of…
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Misha Wallpaper recently showcased their new collection of hand painted wallpaper, called Tour des Voyages during the Maison & Objet International Fair. Their incredible attention to detail, artistic talent, and an eye for setting the scene create an intoxicating atmosphere where the provocative seeds of wanderlust are sure to take place as they turn empty walls into the magical pages of a story book, inspired by the greatest explorers in history, Marco Polo and Matteo Ricci. They also showcased The Spice Route, which travels the path of the Portuguese from Latin America to South Africa and onward to India and Indonesia. The design,…
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Galerie Dumonteil, known as one of the preeminent forces in the art market of the twentieth century’s figurative sculpture is presenting the exhibition Gaston Suisse: Master of Lacquer, as the second part of Magnificence of Art Deco, devoted to the oeuvres of seminal Art Deco French artist Gaston Suisse (1896-1988) for the first time in China, until January 10, 2018. The exhibition is now presenting thirty-eight important selections from his lacquered paintings and drawings in the theme of animal life, abstract to geometric style, which won the artist international recognition in the 1930s World’s Fair and International Exhibition of 1937. His…
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The haute horologerie Maison Jaeger-LeCoultre has been an active supporter of film from Shanghai to San Sebastian, and most recently at the 74th Venice International Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice as the official sponsor and payed tribute to the creative talent of filmmakers by annually awarding the Glory to the Filmmaker Award. Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing” movie opened this year’s Venice International Film Festival. On this occasion, the American filmmaker chose to wear a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon watch in steel. Jaeger-LeCoultre Deputy CEO Geoffroy Lefebvre walked the red carpet arm in arm with actress…
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DINOSAURS IN WONDERLAND The contemporary and modern art gallery, Galerie Dumonteil, in New York, is once again creating an incredible exhibition. Known for their specialty of curating works with a perspective on the animal kingdom for over 30 years, they have played a major role in the discovery and rediscovery of the amazing figurative artists from the 20th Century. Showcasing the talents of those whose greatest inspiration is nature herself, from Bugatti to Giacometti, Guyot, Pompon to Artus, along with many more. This special exhibition features the animal kingdom from long ago. Nothing is extinct to the artist’s eye and…