22 Ways to Say Black Dresses

A Little Black Dress Auction Event

Swarovski Elements has commissioned 22 of fashion's most notable known names and talented newcomers to design one-of-a-kind little black dresses for the event. Names like Diane Von Furstenberg, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier are among the chosen designers. On September 20, at the gallery Phillips de Pury and Company in New York City, under the hight-patronage of Carla Bruni-Sarkozi, the one-of-a-kind dresses will be auctioned off by Simon de Pury, with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit the American Cancer Society and La Ligue nationale contre le cancer in France.

Throughout New York Fashion Week, beginning September 7 until September 20, visitors to the NY Meatpacking District outpost of Phillips de Pury, can admire these fabulous dresses which will be on display prior to the auction.

Diane Von Furstenberg

Jean Paul Gaultier

Alberta Ferretti

Catherine Malandrino

Fendi

Gianfranco Ferre

Images courtesy of Swarovski Elements

Monday, September 30, 2010

I just want to add this beautiful video that I just received today from the team.

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Graffiti Prints the trend

Designs, lettering, layering and splashes of color to wear in celebration of street art and graffiti-art. Graffiti writing first appeared on Philadelphia trains in the late sixties. Then the trend expanded in New York in the seventies and reached maturity in the eighties. Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and John Matos "CRASH" were it's great exponents.

Photo by Steven Meisel

Jean Charles de Castelbajac

Marni

Cesare Paciotti

Tsumori Chisato

Diane Von Furstenberg

Furla

Vivianne Westwood

Wunderkind

Moschino

Indoor Desert, Ghost Towns

In 1908, the town of Kolmanskop in southern Namibia  had become a profitable gold mine. Once the resources were exhausted, it was abandoned in 1954 and homes, hospitals, theaters, and factory buildings were left at the mercy of the Namib desert. Since then, the winds have filled the rooms of these deserted buildings with sand. Here is a series of haunting photographs of abandoned Namibian diamond towns by Spanish photographer Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes with a post-apocalytic feel, the desert appears to be swallowing the houses.

Images courtesy of Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes

World Famous Opera Houses

La Scala, le Palais Garnier, the Metropolitan Opera and many more.... Rediscover these magnificent Opera Houses with the beautiful series of photographs by David Leventi. Titled "Bjoerling's Larynx", Leventi's current project records the interiors of world-famous opera houses. The large prints historically document these national landmarks, capturing rows of velvet seats, ornate private boxes, chandeliers and gift decorations in incredible detail.


The project is titled after Jussi Björling, a Swedish operatic tenor and arguably the best singer of the century – known for his technique, feeling and the range of his voice. Bjoerling debuted at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and eventually became a principal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

La Scala, Milan

Palais Garnier, Paris

The Metropolitan Opera, New York

Romanian Antheneum, Bucharest

Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Magravial Opera House, Bayreuth

Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Stockholm

Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

This exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger Gallery from August 7 to September 11, 2010.
Images courtesy of Arthur Roger Gallery