DOLCE & GABBANA. RED4EVER. SEXY RED LACE AND RUBY RED CRYSTALS DECORATE FOR SENSATIONAL RED FINALE. A.W. 2013/2014. MILAN FASHION WEEK. PHOTOS AP PHOTO/ GIUSEPPE ARESU

DOLCE & GABBANA. A/W.2013/2014. GOLDEN MOSAICS & STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN JEWELL COLOURS FROM MEDIEVAL ITALY’S HERITAGE, ROMANTIC INSPIRATION FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION. MILAN FASHION WEEK. PHOTOS AP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE ARESU

DOLCE & GABBANA. AUTUMN/WINTER 2013/2014. ITALY’S HERITAGE OF GOLDEN MEDIEVAL MOSAICS & BASILICAS FROM CATHEDRAL MONREALE IN SICILY TO SAN VITALE IN RAVENNA HAVE  INSPIRED LOVERS OF ITALY.  A ROMANTIC COLLECTION INSPIRED BY MONREALE, D & G PRODUCED A BREATH TAKING, EXQUISITE, COLLECTION.THIS IS MORE THAN BLING IT IS CREATION.MILAN FASHION WEEK. PHOTOS  AP PHOTO/GIUSEPPE ARESU

DOLCE & GABBANA.  GLORIOUSLY EXTRAVAGANT JEWELLED, SO SEXY,  RED LACE DRESSES. MILAN FASHION WEEK AUTUMN/WINTER 2013/2014. AP PHOTO/ GIUSEPPE ARESU.

DOLCE & GABBANA FALL 2013. BLACK/WHITE HERRINGBONE TWEED, TEAMED WITH RED ACCESSORIES.  ITALIAN CHICISSIMA REMINISCENT, OF A GRACE KELLY 1950’s LOOK. MILAN FASHION WEEK. AP PHOTO/GIUSEPPE ARESU.

GENERAL MOTORS REVEAL A NEW CONVERTIBLE CORVETTE STINGRAY AT GENEVA MOTOR SHOW 7-17TH MARCH 2013 .WE FEATURE A 1960’s VERSION. CORVETTE’s LEGACY WAS FORGED 60 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED AT THE GENERAL MOTORS MOTORAMA SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY.(STILL RETAINS 33% OF MARKET SEGMENT)  ALL NEW G.M. CORVETTE STINGRAYS ROLL INTO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS LATER THIS YEAR.

TOM FORD’s SPARKLING COLLECTION FOR WINTER 2013/14 MIXED HI GLAMOUR WITH ETHNIC INSPIRATIONS. LONDON FASHION WEEK. PHOTO EAMONN McCORMACK/GETTY IMAGES.

FORD MUSTANG BOSS 2013. LAS VEGAS, 2013, WINNING DESIGN OF SEMA MUSTANG BUILD POWERED BY WOMEN – “HIGH GEAR”-           IN ADDITION TO THE CUSTOMISATION BY AN ALL WOMEN TEAM, MANY OF THE PRODUCTS DONATED FROM COMPANIES OWNED BY WOMEN

GSTAAD ALPINA HOTEL SWITZERLAND. JUST OPENED. LOVELY FOR A COSY WHITE WEEKEND

LIVIN PROOF(BLUE LINES) 2012 BY YOOOOX. 49.1/2X57.1/2.X2. SPRAY PAINT ON METAL ON BOARD. BERLIN BASED CONTEMPORARY ARTIST. RECENT WORKS IN THE GEORGE KOLB MUSEUM, & KW INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART , BOTH IN BERLIN. EXHIBITION 21/02- 30/03. DE BUCK GALLERY 511 W.25th STREET, NEW YORK

THE DE BUCK GALLERY IN NEW YORK, A SERIES OF WORKS BY YOOOOX.FEATURED HERE IS “REWIND  POTSDAM.2012 SPRAY PAINT ON METAL, ON BOARD.43X32.1/2X2inches.  YOOOOX BERLIN BASED CONTEMPORARY ARTIST  WHO HAS RECENT WORKS IN THE GEORG KOLB MUSEUM, & THE KW INSTITUT OF CONTEMPORARY ART ,BOTH IN BERLIN. DE BUCK GALLERY,511 W.25TH STREET. SUITE 502 NEW YORK.

MASTERPIECE 1962.                                         FROM THE ROY LICHTENSTEIN RETROSPECTIVE AT TATE MODERN.          DOTTY COMIC STRIP                                SPONSOR                                                             BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH

WHAM 1963.                                     IN A GALLERY DEVOTED TO A SERIES OF LARGE CANVASES  IN PRIMARY COLOURS RED/YELLOW/BLACK/WHITE-   WE ARE SURROUNDED BY DESOLATE HEROINES,  GORGEOUS BLONDES & THE STAR TREKKER HUNKS. WAR & ROMANCE. BASED ON COMIC BOOKS SUCH AS “ALL AMERICAN MEN OF WAR” & “GIRLS’ ROMANCES”.  WE ARE TRANSPORTED  TO THE WORLD OF POP ART THAT SUDDENLY EXPLODED IN  THE EARLY 1960’s.   INSPIRED BY INDUSTRIAL PRINTING &  DRIVEN BY  ADVERTISING IMAGERY & COMIC STRIPS.  THESE ICONIC POP PAINTINGS BECAME AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS.                             ROY LICHTENSTEIN, ONE OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES OF AMERICAN POP ART,                       A TIME WHEN THE VIETNAM WAR WAS DOMINATING MAJOR NEWS.   ROY LICHTENSTEIN’s,  INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE, UBIQUITOUS COMIC STRIP STYLE MAY  ALSO HAVE HAD A SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE.           WHAM  ACQUIRED BY THE TATE IN THE 1960’s. EPITOMISES THE EPOCH.

Halcyon Gallery exhibits @ Art Stage Singapore Presenting one of Andy Warhol’s most sort after & valuable pieces of art. Liz Taylor’s  silver portrait.   Created in the summer of 1963.The portrait captures & amplifies Elizabeth Taylor’s intensity & unique charisma. Warhol’s vivid silkscreen portraiture was inspired by magazine & newspaper cuttings.   ”Silver” was the Future. “Spacy”.  Astronauts wore silver suits. Silver was also the past, silver screen  film stars. Silver backed mirrors reflected the narcism, of the period.         In 2013 Halcyon announces opening of their new Art Gallery in Shanghai. A location that symbolises Halcyon Gallery’s longterm commitment to Asia. & allows them to propose a core of international & local artists to a part of the World that is witnessing dramatic shifts in its Cultural Agenda.   Halcyon Gallery, Bond Street, Mayfair, London.W1.

LONDON FASHION WEEK @ SOMERSET HOUSE.        STANDING OUT PARTICULARLY WAS THE PRESENTATION OF PIERS ATKINSON’S HATS.  STUNNING & INVENTIVE TRUE “STATEMENT” PIECES. BLACK, RED AND SHADES OF WHITE……WE FEATURE A LASER CUT LILY “KOKOSHNIK” HEADDRESS WITH SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL. PIERS ATKINSON’s HATS ARE WORN BY MANY PRETTY WOMEN.                          WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE FETCHING RED HAT WORN BY H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, ON THE JUBILEE LAUNCH, WAS MADE BY PIERS.

London Fashion Week @ Somerset House. Charming Yang Du is showing one of her delightful & colourful cosy knit wool dresses from a good selection, for Winter 2013/14. Yang Du is based in London W. 12.  

LONDON FASHION WEEK @ SOMERSET HOUSE. FUN SATCHELS IN LEATHER BY YANG DU. IDEAL SIZE FOR THE IPAD. LOVE THEM- SUCH FUN.

LONDON FASHION WEEK @ SOMERSET HOUSE. MAVI CLUTCH PURSES, IN GLORIOUS COLOURS & ELABORATELY DECORATED.  A SHIMMERING “BIJOUX” ACCESSORY  TO GLAMOURISE A WEDDING OR “UBER” OUTFIT TO GO TO ASCOT IN. WHY NOT ?

LONDON FASHION WEEK @ SOMERSET HOUSE. Worn on the Moors of Europe, low key glamour for jewel coloured Pheasant tails that trim Fedoras from Pachacuti. From a choice of  Hats, hand blocked in Ecuador. Pachacuti World’s 1st Certified Fair Trade co. by WFTO.  Currently piloting the new WFTO Fair Trade Guarantee System, alongside People Tree in the UK, & 7 other Fair Trade Orgs around the World, new label should be launched Summer 2013.

London Fashion Week @ Somerset House.
Mich Dulce, Titfers for occasions for pretty young women. Handmade made from Abaca,natural banana fibres, in The Philipines. Social Enterprise endeavour.

 “GOSSIP GIRLS” STAR, BLAKE LIVELY WEARS JEWELLERY DESIGNED BY SHOUROUK IN PARIS. ALSO WORN BY SARAH JESSICA PARKER, ANNA DELLA RUSSO, & RUSSIAN FASHION EDITOR MIROS LAVA DUMA. CHOSEN FROM A WIDE SELECTION OF  “RED CARPET” JEWELLERY & GLAMOUROUS PURSES. PRESENTED BY VALERY DEMURE SHOWROOM LONDON FASHION WEEK @ SOMERSET HOUSE.