Spoiled Gal...

Vogue Russia, December 2010 issue - Barbara Palvin

D I S C O . . .

Nylon - January Issue

Photographed by Jamie Nelson’s, styling by Dani Stahl, the Disco Duo rock the frizzy hair, bold makeup and oversize jewelry . . . sooo 70s !!

Bao Bao Wan

For Bao Bao Wan, Jewelry Had Better Tell a Good Story

 The rest of China might be crazy for jewelry that’s the real thing, but Bao Bao Wan isn’t feeling it—even if she loves designing it. “I am not very emotional about it,” she says, laughing, over dinner at Capital M in Beijing Monday night, her conversation punctuated by the swishing start and stop of a pair of shoulder-sweeping sapphire fringe earrings. “I can say hello to jewelry...and I can say good-bye.” Wan has been creating her whimsical, narrative-driven, and predominantly gold and diamond pieces since 2006, after obtaining a gemology degree in Hong Kong that same year. She fell into the field after studying literature and photography in Paris, but that wasn’t a waste of time; both are featured in her designs.

Wan’s work isn’t focused on fetishizing stones; instead, she sees her use and placement of diamonds as being akin to composing a picture. And as for the literature, she likes them to tell a story or two. Her latest, Chine (above left) draws on Buddhist symbolism—that bottle pouring out teeny stones like drops of champagne is intended to represent an outpouring of charitable hopes and wishes, she says. As for those earrings that reflected and refracted the light over dinner, they came from childhood memories of growing up in the regimented enclave of Beijing’s presidential palace. “For jewelry to have soul, it has to have a story,” Wan says. “It brings jewelry to life.”

Source: Vogue

Check out her collection here

Hope

The Hope Diamond is a large, 45.52 carats deep-blue diamoned, stored in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.

The diamond has a huge history behind it and is famous for supposedly being cursed. . .read here 

Its to be given a makeover by Harry Winston to honour the 50th anniversary of its donation to the Smithsonian Institute.

In 1958, the diamond was given to the Smithsonian as a "gift to the American people" by Harry Winston himself and now the American public is being invited to vote of a new design for the 45.52 carat blue diamond.

The three designs, which symbolise hope in America, can be voted for at www.smithsonianchannel.com from August 19 to September 7 2009.

The final setting was unveiled on November 18th, 2010, designed by Harry Winston.

The design Harry Winston Settled on is ...

I much prefer the third design... !!

I have posted about Harry Winston event that unvieled the new hope...

Head Gear . . .

Statement head accessories / pieces.. give an instant glamour to an everyday look.

Check out the following designers.. who delivered amazing designs... to be flaunted.. :-)

Source: Vogue 

 Shourouk

 Shourouk

  Miriam Haskell

 Jean Paul Gaultier

 Jean Paul Gaultier

 Gripoix

Gripoix

H&M

H&M Magazine is showcasing new playful looks for the winter with layering and pops of color.

Breathtaking... !!!!!

I dont remember if i ever posted about this editorial... but if i did, i dont mind posting about it again...

its genious... !! the photography, the styling, the idea... everything about it is wonderfull... !!

Thank you Patrick Demarchelier for creating this editorial "Signes Particuliers” - for Vogue Paris :-)

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