The Textile Sculptures or Fabric Art of Emilie Faif

A huge heart, secret landscapes, some floating meadows, red flowers .... Discover the exquisite world of Emilie Faif, a world that adheres to the logic of dreams and where dreams take on the colors and contours of reality.

Body, dream, everything is there: the body in dreams, dreams in the skin, the tissue woven between the two. Emilie Faif plays with the fabric, using every inch to create these unique sculptures.

Born in 1976, Emilie Faif is a visual artist and a scenographer. In 2000, she graduated from l'ENS d'Arts Appliques Olivier de Serres et des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Her creations include installations and scenographies for l'Atelier des Enfants at Pompidou Center, Isabel Marant, Hermes, Tsumori Chisato and more...

Red, 2011, window displays for Printemps Haussman, Paris

Under the skin, 2011

@Tsumori Chisato, Paris

Rainbow scarf, 2011, window displays @ Tsumori Chisato

Paris - New York, 2010

Mamelle, 2010 @Centre Culturel de Gentilly, France

Prairie (meadow), 2009

Heart, 2010, window displays @Isabel Marant

Courtesy Emilie Faif

La Fete du Printemps, welcoming Spring!

Celebrate the joy of spring bloom with vivid blossoms and heavenly colors displayed at Printemps, the posh Parisian department store.

Photos by Romain Ricard

Courtesy Printemps, Paris

Louis Vuitton Maison vs Bergdorf Goodman

Shopping day on Fifth Avenue.....
At Louis Vuitton Maison and Bergdorf Goodman, admiring their windows that are equally gorgeous. Enjoy!!

Collectors Window at Louis Vuitton Maison

Safari theme

Images courtesy Louis Vuitton-US

Chinese New Year Windows at Bergdorf Goodman

Images via

Artsy Paper Wigs: Marie Antoinette meets 21st century

A series of fabulous pieces for my first post of the year ....  I came across Paper-Cut-Project, a new installation design element that uses expressive cutouts. A collaboration by Amy Flurry and Nikki Salk, the Atlanta-based duo began making delicate paper cuts as an antidote to the ubiquity of mass production, a return to something hands-on. They both shared a love of fashion and the fantasy in storytelling as it played out in campaigns, runway productions and fashion spreads. Together Flurry and Salk conceive the collection themes and make the graceful pieces, each taking 30 to 80 hours to complete.

Paper-Cut-Project's debut installation was an in-store installation for Jeffrey New York and Jeffrey Atlanta in January 2010. In April, Hermes commissioned a 30-piece collection of animal masks for their boutique openings in Europe and Asia. Their latest project is a series of modern interpretations of 18th century wigs, version Marie Antoinette. The expanding collection of exquisite shapes, textures and silhouettes for fashion productions are made entirely by hand using Bristol board, glue, and a utility knife.

Moving forward, we hope to collaborate with a designer, we feel our work should be at home ii the theater of runway. We're also researching how our paper cuts translate to metal for a jewelry line.

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Wigs are currently on display at The Hudson Bay Company, Toronto luxury retailer flagship store

Courtesy Paper-Cut-Project

" Noel au Chateau "

Celebrate the holiday season with " Noel au Chateau, Christmas at the Castle, " at the Printemps, the posh and trendy department store in Paris. Escape to a world of magic, dreams and enchantment with its window displays. The fairytale theme features marionettes gorgeously dressed by designer Alber Elbaz from the House of Lanvin, and artworks created by Belgian artist Thierry Poncelet.

Window Lanvin

Window Alexander McQueen

Window Lanvin

Window Balmain

Window Lanvin

Window Valentino - Saint Laurent

Window Cavalli

Window Lanvin

Window Lanvin

Window Manish Arora

Window Nina Ricci

Video of the opening hosted by Alber Elbaz and actress Kristin Scott Thomas

Inauguration des vitrines "Noël au Château" from Printemps on Vimeo.

Images courtesy Printemps Paris