Bejeweled Hats and the extravagant work of Louis Mariette
The "Deep Blue Sea" is the name of one of the most expensive hats to be brought to auction. Created by Australian milliner Ann Maree Willett, this very elaborate hat is crafted in hand-blocked felt, embellished with bright feathers and carrying 26 opals weighting around 1,447 carats. The Deep Blue Sea is estimated at between $150.000 and $200.000.
The record for the most expensive hat in the world is currently held by the "Chapeau d'Amour - Hat of Love,"created by designer Louis Mariette. Crafted in woven platinum and studded with diamonds, the hat is valued at $2.7 million.
The auction "The Nature of Opals" will take place at Bonhams&Butterfields in San Francisco on November 10.
The record for the most expensive hat in the world is currently held by the "Chapeau d'Amour - Hat of Love,"created by designer Louis Mariette. Crafted in woven platinum and studded with diamonds, the hat is valued at $2.7 million.
The auction "The Nature of Opals" will take place at Bonhams&Butterfields in San Francisco on November 10.
Deep Blue Sea
A look at the designer milliner Louis Mariette' exotic world, his extravagant couture hats, bejeweled headpieces and more....
Chapeau d'Amour
Source Luxist
Kenzo, the book
In honor of "Paris Fashion Week,"an introduction to Kenzo, the first exhaustive book ever published to present forty years of the Paris-based fashion house, founded by Japanese designer Kenzo Takada and now revitalized under artistic director Antonio Marras. Established in 1970, Kenzo is one of the great French houses that transformed global fashion in the latter half of the twentieth century.
This lavish volume comes in a real fabric cover, available in three different patterns, and with a pop-up that evokes the romantic textiles, envelopes, and paper craft for which the house's fashion collection are known.
This book is truly an art object in and of itself.
This lavish volume comes in a real fabric cover, available in three different patterns, and with a pop-up that evokes the romantic textiles, envelopes, and paper craft for which the house's fashion collection are known.
This book is truly an art object in and of itself.
Silk scarf
Some excepts from the book
Autumn Winter 1983 - Ad campaign
Photo: Hans Feurer
Autumn Winter 1985 - Ad campaign
Photo: Peter Lindbergh
Collection S/S 2008 by Antonio Marras
Fall-Winter 2010-2011 Ad Campaign
Photo: Mario Sorrenti
Credit Rizzoli
Kenzo will be released in November 2010.
Room with a view at Palazzina Grassi
A former aristocratic fifteenth-century palazzo on the Grand Canal is the canvas for French designer Philippe Starck's first Italian design hotel. The designer's mark is apparent throughout the hotel: baroque couches, a nod to Fornasetti, multicolored hallways, dripping chandeliers. More dazzling are the 26 white minimalist guest rooms and suites, with their huge mirrors and table lamps decorated with venetian masks. The Palazzina Grassi is a showplace with its superb collection of flamboyant glass sculptures and lamps by Murano artist Aristide Najean, its unique artworks and antique pieces.
Aldo Lanzini's Knitted Tribal Masks
Aldo Lanzini is the artist who designed these amazing knitted masks for Angela Missoni at her fashion show on Sunday, September 26th, in Milan. At the entrance of the Missoni show, a group of individuals were wearing crocheted masks from Aldo's series "The eyes are there where they see, the things are there where they are seen."
Aldo Lanzini has had several solo exhibitions in various art galleries and museums, the Today Art Museum in Beijing among them. His latest show "The Drop," is currently on view at Le Case D'Arte in Milan.
Aldo Lanzini has had several solo exhibitions in various art galleries and museums, the Today Art Museum in Beijing among them. His latest show "The Drop," is currently on view at Le Case D'Arte in Milan.
At the entrance of Missoni
Images at the Missoni show, courtesy Another Magazine
Series of Masks from Lanzini's portofolio
Anne Curtis, Georgina Wilson and Bea Soriano for Look Magazine Anniversary Special Issue
PH: Mark Nicdao
Styling: Kat Cruz
Makeup: Kusie Ho for Kiehl's Stylist Series (Bea), Robbie Piñera (Anne), and Gela Laurel-Stehmeier (Georgina)
Hair: Borge Aloba (Bea and Georgina) and Raymond Santiago (Anne) for L'Oreal Professionnel
Nails: Celebrity Nails
