Shimmery nail polishes are found in plenty during this time of year, in glitter-filled bottles, metallic versions of every color imaginable, paints that come with glitzy powder to dust on top.
But for a more artistic take try considering Guerlain’s L’Oiseau de Feu top coat. The limited-edition bottle, called “firebird,” is in actual fact gold leaf for your fingertips with layers of sparkling texture.
Availibility – Online
Price – $25
Lucia Pica the Italian Make-up Artist, brings her creativity, her distinctive color expertise and her modern interpretation of Beauty to Chanel, as its new Global Creative Make-up and Color Designer.
A freelance Make-up Artist since 2008, Lucia Pica is a prominent member of a new generation of Image Makers that are taking Beauty and Fashion into the future. Lucia perfected her craft by working with independent style magazines and key international publications where she collaborates with a group of leading photographers for setting innovative agendas in modern Beauty and Fashion.
Marc Jacobs spring ’15 campaign features top models, Anja Rubik, Karlie Kloss, Adriana Lima, Joan Smalls, Kendall Jenner, Natasha Poly, Anna Ewers, Aya Jones and Jessica Stam, inspired from his runway look of military uniform with a messy bob wig.
The campaign is styled by Katie Grand and shot by David Sims, with hair by Guido Palau and makeup by Diane Kendal.
Veteran Actress Asha Parekh looked simple yet elegant in a deep coral, off white thread Bakhiya
Lately, the boldest and most creative facial hair that best enhances their overall appearance, style and personality of men were honored at the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Portland, Oregon.
More than 300 contestants representing nine countries competed in the event, which isn’t just about bigger and better facial hair, but rather moustaches and beards that enhance, “appearance, style and personality.”
Bonhams announced the inaugural auction of a carefully curated selection of important works by the world’s masters of fashion photography to take place in the Madison Avenue galleries of Bonhams New York on December 17.
The auction is divided into three sections: Editorial Fashion Photography, Celebrities & Style Icons, and Nudes which range from $1,500 – 60,000.
The Art of Fashion Photography offers an exciting selection of contemporary fashion images from the early 20th century to the present, and includes works by both established artists – including Miles Aldridge, Bob Colacello, and Annie Leibovitz – and emerging artists .
Vintage photographs, well represented includes three stunning Irving Penn gelatin silver prints. Penn’s iconic 1950 photograph, Women at Wartime (Dorian and Evelyn Tripp), which captures the empowered, liberated attitude of two of his favorite models, will be a particular highlight and has a pre-sale estimate of $40,000 – 60,000
Penn’s image also beautifully showcases the clothing and footwear of the American designer, Clare McCardell, now credited as the creator of the ‘American Look’.
Another exciting highlight is the large, unabashedly seductive color photograph, Deluge (2011), by Marilyn Minter. The work comprises a tightly-cropped close-up of stiletto heels, adorned with decadent diamond anklets. They are worn an anonymous female figure who struts through deep puddles of liquid gold, which is splattered across her feet and legs.
‘The auction is tailored to suit collectors of all tastes and levels, and includes iconic images that are rarely offered at auction,’ said Heather Russell, Director of Prints & Photographs at Bonhams New York.
Luxury fashion label Gauri & Nainika launched their Home line marking their foray in Interiors & Décor, at their first Flagship store in Lado Sarai. The store will bring alive the label’s inspiration of European fashion history, old Hollywood and red carpet glamour through a mix of Home products and signature collection pieces.
Apart from family the do had Delhi’s fashion fraternity in attendance, from Farah Ali Khan & DJ Aqeel, Malini Ramani, Leena Singh, AD Singh & Sabina Singh, Amol Vadehra, Vikrum Baidyanath amongst many others.
Recognising the Art & Business in Hairdressing, after four successful years of the Colour Trophy, L’Oréal Professionnel brings the Indian Hairdressing Awards to Delhi.
The Indian Hairdressing Awards 2014-15 witnessed exemplary talent and outstanding creativity with hairdressers across the country send in their entries with photographs of the looks they created.The live competitions kick-started in the SOUTH, followed by the WEST, the EAST to finally culminate in the NORTH. The judges included Michel Claire – Director Professional Development L’Oréal Professional Products Division, photographer Anushka Menon, hair and makeup artist Bianca Hartkopf, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine Nandini Bhalla and designer Rahul Mishra.
The evening saw the main models proudly showing off their looks in Gavin Miguel ensembles, created by 6 hairstylists handpicked by L’Oréal Professionnel team from across the country, with a live hair-show themed – ‘Tribes’.
For the first time industry’s most famous black models, Naomi Campbell and Jourdan Dunn will front Burberry spring 2015 campaign. Shot together by Mario Testino, the campaign has Dunn with her arm slung around Campbell’s shoulder, while another shot has Campbell hugging Dunn.
While the spring campaign marks Dunn’s fourth for Burberry since 2011, it’s the first time Campbell has been in a Burberry campaign since 2001, shot in trenchcoats, in bold shades of pink and turquoise, printed with painterly illustrations of vintage book covers and British flora and fauna, along with styles in teal and lilac suede, and Bee bag for women, a boxy style that contrasts colorful leathers with the house check.
Burberry chief creative and CEO Christopher Bailey said of the campaign: ‘Naomi and Jourdan – two great British icons, two strong, beautiful women and the two perfect faces for our new campaign. It is, as always, a real privilege to work with them.’
As the creative director of luxury label Bottega Veneta, Tomas Maier has time and again sought to protect the brand’s heritage of craftsmanship. Together with the brand he collaborates with Casa Brutus to preserve Japanese landmarks.
A new initiative to raise awareness numerous significant Modernist buildings in Japan due to economics, politics and the preparation for the 2020 Olympics need restructuring. Maier, being a lifelong architecture enthusiast, became interested in Japanese Modernism in the mid-1980s when he first visited the Hotel Okura, a 1962 landmark designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi. In the video below, Maier discusses the campaign and explores the hotel’s unique features, which continue to inspire his work. “It would be a great loss for the next generation to be unable to embrace the beauty of these icons for themselves,” he says.
