Franco-American artist and photographer Kali Vermès started making terrariums to satisfy both her green thumb and creative impulses with one activity. The microcosms she creates, under the moniker Grow Little, are carefully conceived tiny, verdant worlds. Born in Paris, Kali grew up in an apartment filled with hanging plants. Her Russian photographer grandfather grew pear [...]
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Gucci’s Guilty Pleasure, for Him
July 6, 2011 – 12:58 pm
My first recollection of male fragrance as an “alluring” entity was in junior high, in about eighth grade, when the more popular boys started soaking themselves in Drakkar Noir By Guy Laroche, an aggressive, headache-inducing scent. The less cool ones were stuck with their father’s Old Spice—such was the choice cologne of middle-aged, middle-class men [...]
Pretty Girl is Like
June 9, 2011 – 7:09 am
Makeup (Left): Giorgio Armani Lasting Silk UV Foundation, Face Fabric and Eyes to Kill. Dior Impact in Trendy Taupe. (Right) MAC Paint Pot in Blackground. Photography by Charli Ljung Makeup by Mayumi Handmade wigs by Takayuki Model: Vania at Ford Models Europe Mac Paint Pot in Blackground and Eyeshadow in Carbon. Make Up Forever Glitter [...]
Arielle de Pinto at Vicenza Oro
May 19, 2011 – 8:29 pm
26-year-old Arielle de Pinto’s chainmail silver and vermeil jewelry has an otherworldly quality. Whether it’s the at-once-elegant-and-decayed cascading necklaces and gloves from her main line or the cleverly abstracted stainless silver figurine rings from her diffusion line, ADP, the Montreal-based designer’s jewelry transports one to another time and place; a time and place more mystical, [...]
In Conversation with Olympia Le-Tan
May 18, 2011 – 7:07 am
Parisian designer Olympia Le-Tan makes felted, hand-hewn clutches—minaudières, in French—that are beloved in the fashion world. And her crafting skills will soon be grabbing the attention of the film world, thanks to a short film collaboration with Spike Jonze. Le-Tan, who is half French and half-English, melds a French appreciation of crafting with an English [...]
