January 26, 2018

ZIAD NAKAD Spring Summer 2018 Couture

January 26, 2018/ E. Vincent Martinez

"I am Demeter, revered by all, the power most useful for gods and men."

For his Spring Summer 2018 collection, Ziad Nakad decided to celebrate the "Goddess of Wheat" and "Mother of the Earth." Goddess who gathers the fruits of the earth and offers them to humanity; its cult is particularly flourishing in the countries where this wheat is found in abundance, in Sicily, in the region of Eleusis, in Crete, in Thrace and in the Peloponnese.

Like a bird flying over the harvests, perfectly free, crossing a colorful sky, resplendent and singularly geometric - the pale blue of the firmament mixes with the yellow and gold of the wheat, the green of the earth, the coral of the ocean and the bronze trees at sunset. Wheat ears dot the dresses, a tribute to the most iconic representation of the goddess Demeter. Dress after dress, Ziad Nakad plays a subtle game that celebrates life in a precise mastered know-how and silk embroidered sublimated tulles.

Ziad Nakad created this collection for the strong woman, assumed, voluntary but also and especially generous. Inspired by one of the most favorable deities to humans, as a symbol of accomplishment and peace.

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January 25, 2018

Laskaris Spring Summer 2018 Couture

January 25, 2018/ E. Vincent Martinez

She used to sleep with snakes and nurse the reptiles. The Muse of the Laskaris House for the Summer of 2018 is Olympias, the Princess of the Molossian of Epirus, the wife of Philip II, King of the Macedonians, and the mother of Alexander the Great.

The inspiration of collection is based on the travelogue of a strong woman. It begins with the birth of Olympias in Pasaronas, an ancient city of Epirus. The domesticated snakes are made of skins, embroidered with handmade enamels or depicted on clothes with dazzled Swarovski. The sandals of the collection are traditionally handmade, manufactured by Laskaris. The emblem of Epirus, an oak, gives its green color to mark the collection which is composed of ivory, pastel and bright green in Grecian style.

Olympias served in the Oracle of Dodoni where it had already been initiated into the bacchanalian mysteries. Thus, the entire collection is reminiscent of ancient Greek costumes of priestesses combined with pagan music from the Greek music band Daemonia Nymphe, which uses reconstructions of ancient instruments and lyrics in ancient Greek, with Bacchic ceremonies and invocations.

Then, the Olympias’ life journey leads us to Samothrace, where the designer Laskaris was born and where Olympias became a priestess of the Kavarion Mysteries. The legend says that Philip II had been initiated into the mysteries, where he met and fell in love with Olympias, in a mystic ritual orgy of Kavarion Mysteries.

The collection is influenced by the columns of the Temple of Samothrace, where the charismatic Great Alexander was conceived, during the ritual. The clothes are crafted by handmade meanders, destructurized columns, draped worked with real stones, beams of light, nervir and copper.

Olympias told Philip II, that one night, Zeus came to her dreams in the form of a snake and left her pregnant to Alexander the Great, which is why the Great Alexander was the son of god. Olympias then had only one mission: to make Alexander the most powerful man, as he became.

The last phase of the collection identifies Olympias as the wife of Phillip II in Pella and in Aigia – today’s Vergina - where the leather, embossed flowers in the wreaths of the collection have been influenced. A hymn to Vergina of Macedonia , Greece. May our Alexandre B. rest in peace .

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January 24, 2018

MARIA ARISTIDOU SPRING SUMMER 2018 COLLECTION

January 24, 2018/ E. Vincent Martinez

"Close your eyes and fly to the Secret Gardens of Alexander. A utopia, a fantasy land where euphoria is the only feeling of existence! A land with never ending gardens of delicate Japanese flowers, that the human eye cannot gasp in one breath! A land with human smiles that never will be forgotten and will always watching over us. One of them, close to my heart is Alexander Boulais! My agent in Paris! The person that with his instinct believed in my work. A gentle human soul, a noble man that was always calm, soft spoken with a genuine smile and loved his garden! May you be the wind and the light that crosses your Secret Gardens and always be a shining star upon us!" ~ Maria Aristidou

Maria Aristidou, a specialist in couture knit wear, created a fantasy colorful world for spring-summer daywear and eveningwear for women where romance, positive energy and freedom are the safety keys for happiness. A playground of flowered patterns with silk viscose and metallic yarns and where elaborate embroideries decorate the luxurious knit fabric creations for today's woman.

Spring Summer 2018 is a collection with carefree curves and sleek cuts, with unexpected details, and the accessories that complete the beauty of this womenswear secret garden story.

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July 20, 2017

Celine Dion in VOGUE Fashion Shoot

July 20, 2017/ E. Vincent Martinez

**Celine Dion wearing Bibhu Mohapatra.**

[In my opinion] Celine Dion has always been a fashion icon. Remember her at the 1999 Oscars in her white John Galliano backwards tuxedo? Well, this time, the iconic songstress is featured in a to-die-for-I-can't-stop-watching photo/video shoot with Vogue. Celine is captivating in Giambattista Valli, Dior, Rodarte, Maison Margiela, Valentino and of course, Chanel. The video (above) captures all the clips that were posted by Vogue Magazine today on Instagram. This. Is. What. A. Real Diva look like. Flawless.

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July 06, 2017

Viktor & Rolf Fall 2017 Couture

July 06, 2017/ E. Vincent Martinez

Viktor & Rolf Fall 2017 Couture: “We thought reality is so weird at the moment, why not show the surreal side of reality,” said Rolf Snoeren, with Viktor Horsting suggesting that “these [action dolls] are fighting for a better world” via the patchwork symbolizing unity.

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July 06, 2017

LASKARIS F/W 2017 Couture

July 06, 2017/ E. Vincent Martinez

The PRISM is the key that opens the door to the collection of the Greek designer Laskaris. A journey to a surreal world, where the dream is omnipresent, the act of creation is spontaneous and paradoxically anchored in the present.

His couture collection for autumn-winter 2017-2018 is an experience. You are invited to follow the light, its sublime anamorphoses and its multiple facets, which are, according to the designer, the meaning of life.

The main colors are black, red, white and gold. The materials are noble and powerful: linen, cashmere and leather. The enamels in the collection are hand-molded in his atelier in Athens. The purity of the lines symbolizes the different roads that each of us must choose throughout our lives and the trajectories that are personal to us. It is the past that gives us the means to move towards the future. The collection is strongly influenced by the Greek culture - from the soul of Chirico and Engonópoulos, Laskaris extracted hope and vital force. "My work is only a reflection of what I think, I feel, I try and I realize... Knowing how to see a situation with the eyes of the spirit is the best way to see it with the greatest objectivity possible. To see means to conceive, and that is the true nature of thought."

And, above all, PRISM is a celebration of light, the one that composes a painting, in opposition to obscurantism, that dwells a soul...