Carrière Frères Industrie Paris Couture Candles - A Story of Two Brothers Fascinated by Wax & Nature

Ever since I got my first bottle of Carrière Frères candle in Paris, I've falling in love with their fabulous fragrance, the minimalistic candle jar with beautiful hand drawn graphic in front of the bottle. These candles not only look and smell beautiful, but have an interesting history behind it, too!

Founded in 1884, by the inquisitive and entrepreneurial minds of two brothers, Carrière Frères Industrie is the keeper of wax craftsmanship from the XVIII century. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, obsessed with patents and new inventions, the Carrière brothers revamped wax-making.

 

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Barneys New York Electric Holiday Windows Display In Disney Magic

 

On November 14th, Barneys New York unveiled their 2012 holiday campaign, the Electric Holiday film in collaboration with Disney and will decorate its Madison Avenue flagship store windows in 3-D lights! Brought to life by the brilliant minds at the Walt Disney Company (with a helping hand from AOL, Air France and Christie MicroTiles), the film offers a peek at the high-fashion world through the eyes of the ever-stylish Minnie Mouse.

Watch as Minnie travel to the world of Haute Couture on a fantastical fashion adventure in Paris, where she was personally dressed by the head designer of Lanvin Alber Elbaz and sashay down the runway and rubs elbows with fashion-world figures like supermodel Linda Evangelista & Naomi Campbell, Heiress Daphne Guinness, pop star Lady Gaga and many more. It’s the perfect combination of wit, fantasy and style perfectly reflecting the image of Barneys New York!

Nicolas Ghesquière - Creative director for the house of Balenciaga

Alber Elbaz - Creative director for the house of Lanvin

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The Swedish Underground Art Scene & The world’s Longest Art Gallery in Stockholm Metro Subway

At 110 kilometers (68.3 miles) in length, the Stockholm Subway System is said to be the world’s longest art exhibit. Considered one of the most beautiful metro’s in Europe, the Stockholm subway system is filled with eye popping art and bright colors.

 

 

 

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Christopher Bailey & Burberry Flagship Store Opening at Taipei Taiwan with Asia’s Top Celebrities

My favorite designer Christopher Bailey has done it again! To celebrate the Burberry flagship store opening at 101 shopping center in Taipei Taiwan, Mr. Bailey& Burberry had just hosted a multi-media extravaganza with ground-breaking technology and 360 degree multi-sensory effects is hoping to animate Burberry's ties to their British heritage as well as the elements of fashion, music, and the weather. The event drew some of Taiwan's biggest celebrities with guests including Jolin Tsai, Girls Generation, and Daniel Henney among many others.

Christopher Bailey and Jolin Tsai Celebrate The Opening Of The Burberry 101 Flagship Store In Taipei on April 26th, 2012

Model Daniel Henney and Jessica Jung of K-pop group Girls' Generation

To help & adds the excitements of the incredible experience of Burberry’s flagship store opening in Taipei Taiwan, British musican Tom Odell performed with some talented orchestra of Taiwan college students.

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Celebrates the 600th Anniversary of The Prague Astronomical Clock with The Futuristic Video Light Mapping Show

One day I was surfing the web and came across this amazing video light mapping presentation by The Macula project. It was the celebrations of the Prague Astronomical Clock 600th Anniversary! The 10 minutes video / Light mapping was projected on the outside wall of the Old Town Hall on which the astronomical clock is installed.

The Prague Astronomical Clock or Prague Orloj is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third oldest astronomical clock in the world and the only one still working.

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The clock mechanism itself is composed of three main components:

The Astronomical Dial 

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The astronomical dial is a form of mechanical astrolabe, a device used in medieval astronomy. Alternatively, one may consider the Orloj to be a primitive planetarium, displaying the current state of the universe. The astronomical dial has a background that represents the standing Earth and sky, and surrounding it operate four main moving components: the zodiacal ring, an outer rotating ring, an icon representing the Sun, and an icon representing the Moon.

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Picasso Exhibition at de Young Museum San Francisco

On this beautiful summer Saturday, I've decided to go see the Picasso exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco; and I was amazed by all the beautiful paintings & sculptures!

This exhibition of 150 important paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings created by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is drawn from the permanent collection of the Musée National Picasso, Paris, the largest and most significant repository of the artist’s work in the world, and comes to the de Young as part of an international tour. The artwork is touring because the Musée is currently closed and undergoing a multi-year renovation expected to last through 2012.

Portrait of Dora Maar 1927

Le Baiser (The kiss) 1969

Balenciaga and Spain Exhibition at de Young Museum San Francisco

I’ve always admires Cristóbal Balenciaga’s visions of style that has set the fashion trends since the 50s and still influence fashion designers all over the world today. This past weekend, I had the great pleasure to visit the de Young Museum in San Francisco for the Balenciaga exhibition, needless to say, it was a magical experience. The exhibition includes top examples of the couturier’s designs, the flamenco-style gowns, the fichu stoles and matador-inspired hats, the evening dresses that seemed to follow the austere sweep of a nun’s wimple - borrowed from archives and private collectors. Let’s first watch a video about the exhibition.

Here are some photos from this beautiful exhibition.

Martini Gold by Dolce & Gabbana - Fabulous Ad Campaign Short Film by Jonas Akerlund Featuring Monica Bellucci

Since 1998, the friendship between Dolce & Gabbana & Martini Gold started by the opening of the Martini Bar inside of the Dolce & Gabbana Milan store then at the Shanghai boutique.

The Martini Bar in Milan Boutique

The Shanghai Boutique & Martini Bar, 1/F, 6 Zhongshandong Yi Lu, The Bund, Shanghai - Tel: +86.21.63390268

Here is a video of the fabulous Martini Bar inside of Dolce & Gabbana boutique

So in 2010 Dolce & Gabbana has teamed up with Martini and the result is an awesome one , a a special edition vermouth, Martini® Gold by Dolce & Gabbana. The exclusive mix, the essence: bergamot from Calabria, lemons from Sicily as well as oranges, Spanish saffron, myrrh from Ethiopia, ginger from India, and cubebe pepper from Indonesia.

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The beautiful Ad Campaign featuring the super sexy & beautiful actress Monica Bellucci, and the short film was Directed by Jonas Akerlund (shown shooting the movie below), the MARTINI® Gold short film is set in Rome, Italy - a beautiful backdrop for the visually lush story.