French-born, Australian-based jewelry designer Estelle Dévé finds inspiration in futuristic visions from the past. Looking to ’70s sci-fi, George Orwell and ancient mythology, she fuses the natural with the supernatural, creating worn space-age relics. Jean Kemshal-Bell: When did you first realize you wanted to become a jewelry designer? Estelle Dévé: I don’t actually remember. My [...]
Tag Archives: Chanel
Paris Fashion Week – Spring 2011
October 10, 2010 – 12:15 pm
Chanel Stepping out my door the morning of the Chanel show, I was greeted by cold and rain, but no taxi. Still, I arrived at the Grand Palais on time, anxious to see how the house would outdo last season’s giant iceberg set. The puzzle was answered as soon as I stepped off the wet [...]
Chanel at Paris Fashion Week F/W10
March 16, 2010 – 5:10 am
Oh Karl, you’re such a cheeky devil! As environmentalists and PETA activists are up in arms about global warming (or “global cooling” as a skeptical Lagerfeld calls it) and the fashion industry’s indulgence in cozy yet cruel fur pelts, Karl Lagerfeld says ‘pish posh’. Lowering the Grand Palais to sub-zero temperatures, the designer garnished his [...]
Dossier in Conversation with George Esquivel
February 1, 2010 – 7:48 am
Although it seems as though George Esquivel just burst onto the scene last summer with his CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund nomination, the LA-based, self-taught shoe designer has been honing his craft for almost 20 years. The music-obsessed Esquivel got his start making one-of-a-kind shoes out of his garage for the likes of Pearl Jam, No Doubt, [...]
