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He who had lately been able to make the blazer seems inevitable break away gradually from its product fetish, in favor of a more sportswear wardrobe. In fact, the recent collaboration between Alexander Wang and Gap – which plunged in the heart of the creative roots of America’s casual – it certainly makes you want to go further. For next summer, Wang has decided to pay tribute to U.S. National sport: American football….

A few days before his parade, Alexander Wang did not hesitate to declare that its collection would be timeless and classic. It was then difficult to imagine that he was preparing us replay the Titans by Gregory Allen Howard…

Do not seek pleated trousers and suits, you’d come back empty-handed. Indeed, under the eye of the fashion hype gratin (Lauren Santo Domingo, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld or Giovanna Battaglia) is indeed an army of cheerleaders sexy-like quarterbacks – and not small female models – which began pacing the catwalk.

For summer 2010, Alexander Wang seems to have plunged in the heart of lockers American football teams, to give details for any piece of equipment. Once the lexicon equates sporty, young designer then began to combine the dress code for players in fashion ready-to-wear. Apparent enthusiasm for her idea, nothing has forbidden: the recasting of the oval ball in pocket at the use of leggings as a leitmotif through the red and white stripes in the colors U.S., everything has been exploited.

However, if these quotes are not as extensive as those of Alexander McQueen fashion show during its spring / summer 2005, Wang is close but the first degree, sometimes forgetting to turn the year in true style presentation ready-to-wear. Thus, khaki jackets with knotted skirts, cotton batting his stiffening few total looks, its too basic lifejackets and jogging three bands, the designer is clearly not far enough. Read the rest of this entry »

Since its beginnings, the Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf has continued to highlight the vitality of his inexhaustible imagination. With more or less successfully, the two designers have thus defy the laws of gravity, the most daring concepts stills and repeatedly crossed the border – if there are boundary – between fashion and theatricality. These days, the magazine Dazed & Confused tribute to their most recent collection, which proves to be a subtle blend between poetry and modernity….

Passes between Russian doll silhouettes of scaffolding and harnessed collectibles to 3D registration challenges, the duo Viktor & Rolf seems to like to question the accepted standards of aesthetics. And if it happens that the result is sometimes destabilizing, it is often spellbinding. Generated by dreams of misty tulle – Pocketing laser – for princesses neo-punk-cabaret feerico atmosphere emanating from the album Spring / Summer 2010 has raised a delicious frisson of excitement in the audience…

Then one can not but welcome the decision taken by Dazed & Confused to devote a series photo has these extreme toilet. Mesmerized by the intense subversive poetry emerging from the cliches of Josh Olins, we savor the full extension of the unlooked parade…

Reframes the notion of glamor (not hesitating to heckle corsets, crinolines and petticoats), the two men offer designers and photographers the opportunity to make interesting cliches, in which the quickdraw sculptural models appears intensely slight . Read the rest of this entry »

But Israel should be judged by the same standards that apply to all nations and other democracies. Sometimes I think there is a triple standard: one standard for dictatorships, a second standard for democracies and a third standard designed to Israel. We should be tried in the same way, and the allegations against the State of Israel must be based on facts..

In my office, I have a signet lent to me by the Israeli Department of Antiquities. This ring was found near the western wall, it goes back to 2800 years, two hundred years after King David declared Jerusalem as its capital is our people. This ring is a seal that belonged to a Jewish official, and his name is inscribed on it in Hebrew. The name of the official Jewish Netanyahu. Netanyahu Ben Joash. This is my family name.

My first name Benjamin, there is 1000 of that, a son of Jacob’s name was Benjamin. A brother of Benjamin named Shimon, surname which also happens to be the first name of my good friend, Shimon Peres, President of Israel. There 4000, Benjamin, Shimon and ten brothers roamed the hills of Judea. Read the rest of this entry »

Think fashion differently… Since its debut, the Italian Miuccia Prada struggles to make fun of the rules, reduce until the minute the barriers between art and fashion, but also to make his speech more and more intense and complex. In this enterprise cons of current trends, the grande dame deeds hoping fortunately not alone: the architect Rem Koolhaas at his side since day soon 3 years, building the brand image by designing boutiques, fashion shows and look books….

If the majority of players in fashion, look book is often a press nth catalog allows buyers and journalists to easily view the uniforms of the season at Prada it often takes on the appearance of artistic manifesto.

Far from being treated casually, images Prada in fact benefit from the same attention as any piece out of the shoe shops. Because in the world of Miuccia, history is being written around each of its collections must also be polished and taken to the extreme as possible…

To do this, it has delegated the creative part and iconography has a master in the matter: the architect Rem Koolhaas (Pritzker Prize in 2000). With his agency AMO, it revolves around the locker room Prada multiple tracks leading to a thorough body of exquisite pieces scratched.

In addition, handling both shows that subsequent monitoring of the collection, AMO was able to keep a real consistency throughout the creative process, allowing him to never lose the thread and expand a little bit more the theme of the season. In the end, look books and Prada are worth the detour alone has, as they bring the collection has an unexpected dimension, between poetry, fantasy and surrealism arty. Read the rest of this entry »