by ParisModesen
Incredible, dazzling, “French Punk Couture” at its best! Jean-Paul Gaultier blew away his audience! With exclusive interviews from Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ariel Dombasle, Pedro Almodovar, Catherine Deneuve and Farida Khelfa
Intensity is the theme chosen this year by the MAISON&OBJET Observatory. It is a relevant description of this new and eventful edition. More than a business platform, MAISON&OBJET crystallises the energy of home-style that now lives at almost the same pace as fashion.
To grasp all the key points, the exhibition proposes its inspiration trends book and a range of events in the event through its trend areas. Times for thinking and projecting that give MAISON&OBJET all its intensity!
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MAISON&OBJET did not wait for the French gastronomic meal to enter the world immaterial heritage list to celebrate culinary creativity. For the third time, the Paris des Chefs event pays tribute to gastronomic creation with an even more elaborate edition. In three days, twenty chefs from all over the world enter centre stage, dialogue with twenty personalities all from the creative environment. The originality of this cross-cutting insight invites us to think about creative processes that are mutually enriching and define the future of the domestic landscape. More than ever, we are what we eat!
With the Guzzini Food Design, exhibition, it is possible to add: what we eat influences everyday objects. For the past four years, the Italian brand offers designers from different countries the chance to imagine projects based on a list of meals.
After Italy, Germany, Japan, it is now the turn of French designers and architects to interpret a list of foods ranging from condiments to pastries in an object. With these two events, MAISON&OBJET helps to nourish the inspiration of visitors. Gastronomy is a good means of approaching conviviality, the return to local values and the breakthrough of concepts that introduce exceptional food products that may be found in the Histoire de Goûts sector into the world of décor through the guiding thread of the La Table sector.
From craft to now! design à vivre, MAISON&OBJET expresses the whole range of home design, which, from low tech to high tech, embodies the variety of the home today. Two exhibitions summarise this 360° vision. Artytube by the NellyRodi agency has, for several sessions, show us the best in arts and crafts and Tech now ! at now design à vivre! For the second edition of this event, it explores image in January after having proposed its insight on sound in September 2010.
by Bryan , Kirby at TopSpeed
In the world of supercars you have many different players. Ferrari is the technological wonder child, while Lamborghini is that school bully that developed a bit of common sense with age. Aston Martin is the sophisticated gentlemen spy that can charm any living thing with a single word. Then, you come to Pagani, the new boy. These cars don’t feature any sophistication or old world charm. Yet, their radical designs and outrageous performance have placed them in the top tier of the supercar tree and now, we have a new version, the C9.
In the world of follow-ups, this one is massive. Sort of like the Godfather II following the Godfather. The Zonda was the car that made Pagani into the company you see today. Automotive journalists loved it and the base version spawned many different special editions and one-offs like the Zonda F and Cinque. It was like nothing ever seen before. The Zonda’s development was evolutionary, but the C9 that will replace it will be revolutionary.
bonus video : New Pagani Huayra revealed – evo Magazine
By Elizabeth Zelesny in Luxury Daily
Luxury brands around the world are adopting unique marketing strategies to bounce back after the spending slump of the recession.
A study by Millward Brown titled “Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2010” ranked the world’s most powerful luxury brands from an economic perspective.
“Brands that leverage digital and emerging media to deliver a personalized brand experience will find great success,” said Pierre Dupreelle, vice president of Millward Brown Optimor, New York.
“The most successful brands will differentiate themselves by pursuing opportunities to deliver online services,” he said. Millward Brown is a global brand strategy and financial consultancy firm.
1. Louis Vuitton - Considered the most valuable luxury brand over the last five years, Louis Vuitton continued to position itself as timeless and authentic. The brand increased prices, invested in creativity and heightened the focus on quality rather than compromising its brand value during the recession. Louis Vuitton’s overall brand value went up 2 percent to $19.78 billion.
Christian Dior Haute Couture Collection spring summer 2011 by John Galliano Part 2/2 Paris, Musée Rodin
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Bold red lips, perfectly coiffed hair and voluminous silhouettes inspired by the illustrations of René Gruau were seen on the Christian Dior SS 2011 Haute Couture runway.
Christian Dior Haute Couture Collection spring summer 2011 by John Galliano Part 1/2 Paris, Musée Rodin
Paris, the Capital of Creation hosted Prêt-à-Porter for another year; the best brands Lauren Vidal, Alain Weiz, Devernois and most of the creative brands of today ( Isabel Marant Etoile, Paul&Joe, Tara Jarmon, Vanessa Bruno, Antik Batik, By Malene Birger, Blaak, Heimstone, Jerôme Dreyfuss, Save the Queen, Nathalie Garçon, …..) and references in the female market ( Derhy, Lilith, Didier Parakian, Garella, Fuego, Infinif, …) launched themselves at PRET A PORTER PARIS®
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This is Ferrari’s new FF. It’s four wheel drive, has a direct-injected 651 hp V12 and from the side looks like a cross between the Ferrari California and a BMW Z3 Coupe. The FF is slated to replace the much dated Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, a car that never garnered much respect from the automotive press. Sure it was big, and yes it was fast but it was slab-sided and bland. That’s a combination that doesn’t bode well when your a member of the most revered family in automotive history. The new FF seeks to reverse that, and as Ferrari’s new flagship, I think it accomplishes that task rather well. Its body lines are beautifully contoured and have a very organic flow, and even though the car does in fact have four seats and room for golf clubs, it doesn’t look big and chunky like its predecessor.
Jalopnik is reporting that the four-wheel drive system is said to weigh less than 50% then that of traditional units and adapts to any terrain that the car encounters. Performance numbers are what you’d expect from a car of this caliber as well: 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 208 mph. It should be interesting to see how the FF’s more youthful looks resonate with those Ferrari buyers who purchased the 612 Scaglietti.
bonus video : The new Ferrari FF (open Your audio and Enjoy!)
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by Macala Wright at Fashionably Marketing.me
Last week was a big week for my Mashable column. I launched a two-part series on the subject of branded content and the fashion industry. The original piece was over 4,000 words long and took my dear editors (Josh and Matt: I love you both) a week to sift through.
What you didn’t read there will be integrated into several posts on FMM over the course of this week, starting with the best brand blogs. On Mashable, I started with Nowness and I’m going to start with it here, as it was my top pick for best branded blogs, too.
#1: Louis Vuitton – NOWNESS
Since consumers were able to shop designer collections online, the brands that were most successful with e-commerce haven been those who have distinguished themselves with experiential stories. Those stories are crafted through packaging and signage, highly stylized display advertising photography for print, radio and television ads, translated then translated to the web, social networks and now mobile platforms.
Experiential storytellers keep their stories consistent across all medium, building upon their history while keeping a trained eye on the future. Fashion brand storytellers curating content around their brand’s story give consumers a way to participate and define themselves through the brands they chose to read and the experience they choose to participate in. In 2010, no one did this better than Louis Vuitton with the creation of NOWNESS. NOWNESS was the best piece of branded content produced by a fashion brand or retailer in 2010.
by Simona at Top Speed
Well, we just got an email in our inbox from the wonderful people over at Ferrari that started off simple enough: “Ready to take a seat?” Considering we were already sitting down, that part was easy. Now when we opened the email, things got a bit interesting. Evidently the email is a teaser image of a new Ferrari model and an invitation to “discover the new Ferrari.” Ferrari has prepared an online preview that will be aired on January 21st, 2011 at 12:00 CET making the debut of their “new” vehicle absolutely official. Yeah, that feeling you just felt was chills running up and down your back.
When we took a closer look at the teaser image on the page, we noticed that it “revealed” something from the car’s front side view that got our attention. For models like the Ferrari 458 Italia, the front wheel starts immediately after the door ends, but this car looks to have a very long bonnet. Yeah, similar to the current 612 Scaglietti.
Our conclusion? In just two days we will get to see the new generation 612 launched on the internet and we’ll bring as many details as we can at that point
bonus video : Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
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