Valentino for GAP

There are few reasons to sleep on a London pavement in November .

To roll out the bed down outside Gap's flagship store in Oxford Street on Friday 4th Nov night to be first in line for the arrival of Valentino's capsule collection on Saturday. The chance to invest in limited-edition Valentino at high-street prices doesn't come often, but Valentino has created a collection to celebrate the arrival of Gap in Italy.

Oh how i wish i was in London now.....*sigh*

Latest Lust: Chanel

I fell in love with this bag from the Fall-Winter 2010/11 Chanel collection.
I love the black paint dodge effect in the bottom, its a pop of new to the classic chanel bags but still in black n white, essentially chanel.
Although I think I would've preferred it if it was the other way round, a black bag with white paint....
What do u think?

Interior Heaven

Colour coordinated books........perfection:))))

Green Porno

This is Isabella Rossellini's series of little videos made for The Sundance Channel.

Its a bizarre and hilarious look at sex in the natural world as she explores the mating habits different animals out there.

Its creepy & delightful at the same time.

I loved them all!:)

Galaxy Galore

This fabulous collection is by Setareh Mohtarez. A graduate from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Mohtarez seeks inspiration from the vast and infinite space system. Her designs, each one resembling a snapshot of the star-spangled galaxy, architecturally molded into a garment. It’s coincidental that the designer’s name is Setareh (which is an Iranian name) actually means ‘star’ in farsi.

I completely LOVE these!! Each outfit looks like a little part of the night sky.Talk about making an entrance, or a statement, or knocking everyones shoes off!!

Once again WOW!

Fashion Faces

Fashion Faces are flicks for Yalook.com by Vienna born, New York based photographer Bela Borsodi. Borsodi's work has appeared in publications such as V Magazine, Vogue and Wallpaper Magazine. He has worked with fashion brands such as Uniqlo, Baume et Mercier Watches, Hermes, and Selfridges. I just love these shots.

Bourjwah!

I attended the "Luxury for a Cause" Event last week at The Fairmont Nile City.
There were a couple of new emerging designers which i want to cover...

Heres my first one...

Bourjwah is a male clothing line created & designed by Moustafa Tonbol based in Toronto.
It is devoted to reinventing the image of the 1940’s and 1950’s vintage Parisian lifestyle. A line of luxury, the designs are exclusive as they are hand-made and created only in limited quantities. With only six new designs a season, Bourjwah is always current and fresh.

It is extremely refreshing to find someone creating a male fashion line. I personally loved the T-shirts with their vintage yet modern Parisian preppy chicness.
I got a volunteer to model my favorite T-shirt for me:)

Post It Art

Illegal Art is a collaboration of artists based in NY, whose goal is to create interactive public art to inspire self-reflection, thought and human connection.

Each piece is then presented or distributed in a method in which participation is simple and encouraged.

To Do Art Installation is one of the many projects of ILLEGALART.ORG.

Where passers by are free to write their to- do lists, commands, reminders or mantras on a post it

Here are some of my favorite post its :)

I Want Lanvin-Not Diamonds :)

Ok so here it is, the full video by Lanvin for H&M.

I absolutely love the video.

I love the assortment of models with different ages & body types.

I also love the different takes on the same dresses.

Lots of beautiful garments to lust for.

Now all we can do is wait for Nov 20th.

Question:Does anyone know if these things will be available in our Egypt H&M??

Here are my favorite looks from their lookbook...

Battle of the Gap

Looking at these beautiful pictures of Georgia May Jagger by Hedi Slimane for the November 2010 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, I noticed I’ve been seeing a lot of models with this cute little teeth gap recently.

Not to mention Brigit Bardot, Venessa Paradis & of coarse Madonna which i consider three of the most beautiful influential women in the industry have gapped teeth too.

Here are the top 3 new faces in modeling world which have been taking it by storm.

Which gapped toothed beauty do u prefer?

Georgia May Jagger

or

Lara Stone

or

Abbey Lee Kershaw

Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

While I was in Amsterdam in late August, I made sure to visit the FOAM Gallery. Its main Gallery staged a retrospective "Pretty Much Everything – photographs 1985-2010" featuring over 300 photographs spanning Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin’s 25 year career together.

Inez & Vinoodh are a Dutch couple who have been taking outstanding photographs since 1985.

Honestly Ive known just a little about them before going to FOAM, but little did i know that almost all the ad campaigns, editorials or magazine covers that have left an impact on me were by this duo.

From YSL, Cavalli, Versace, Herve Leger, Balenciaga, Isabel Marant, Gucci & Moschino to name a few to Bjork's new album cover, their bold & innovative approach is consistent. They have also created ground-breaking editorial shots for American, French, and Italian Vogue, V and many portraits forThe New York Times Magazine.

Check out some of my favorite works of theirs....

also check out the video of the duo talking about their work.

FOAM gallery from the banks

Inside the exhibition

Narciso Rodriguez Campaign 2007

Kate Moss Vogue France Oct 2009

Lanvin men s/s 2010 (self portraits by inez and vinoodh kissing)

YSL 2009

YSL S/S 2010

Chloe 2010

Vogue Paris August 2009

Vogue Paris August 2009

Chloe Fall 2004