November 2015 - Page 15 of 16

Moscow’s Crazy Toilet Cafe features seats made from lavatories and cocktails served in mini urinals.

Located on Arbat Street, it will probably draw one-time novelty visitors rather than repeat clients. “We think people will walk past, think ‘What on Earth is that?’ and then come in to check it out,” said general manager Inga Yaroslavskaya. “It’s not everywhere you can eat good food from a toilet bowl and drink from a urinal at very reasonable prices.”

The restaurant’s Crazy Lunch menu costs 500 roubles (£5) and features three dubious courses each with a lavatorial theme: a brown and creamy mushroom soup served in a toilet bowl, followed by a swirled sausage served with three piles of steaming mashed potato. If visitors have not lost their appetite by this point, they can finish it off with a bowl of whipped chocolate ice cream.

There is no escaping the toilet theme on the drinks menu either.

“We have a great range of hot cocktails served in mini urinals,” said Yaroslavskaya. Even boring old green tea came served in a tiny toilet bowl, in which it took on a disturbing yellowish hue.

The walls are decorated with faeces-themed cartoons, but guests who need to use the toilet for real must use one of the three cubicles at the back of the restaurant. The toilet bowls used as restaurant seating have been sealed shut to prevent any over-excitable patrons taking things a bit too far.

It isn’t, however, the first toilet-themed restaurant in the world: there is a whole chain of loo-themed Modern Toilet cafes in Taiwan, but Yaroslavskaya believes Crazy Toilet Cafe is the first in Europe. (Courtesy: the guardian.com)

Able Made will continue to donate proceeds from each pair of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer custom socks to FTBC while supplies last. Excited to launch her Able Made collection that will support healthy and active lifestyles by providing soccer and health education to city youth, Suzanne McKenzie look forward to designing special projects for nonprofits and engaging the fashion community in partnership projects.

Able Made was founded after I lost my husband in 2009 of sudden cardiac arrest, she says. During the most difficult challenge of my life, design lifted me through this dark period with the light of hope and inspiration. It was at this time, I knew I had to start a conversation through design to help others.

The design community rallied around me and contributed to a poster calendar I designed to spotlight soccer. The calendar led me to create an athletic line with the proceeds going toward the establishment of a foundation to honor my late husband, Ucal Mckenzie. The proceeds from Able Made support the foundation and inspire the fashion community to support causes they care deeply about. We’ve worked with leading designers such as Public School, Pamela Love, Loomstate, Melissa Joy Manning and more in the CFDA community to raise awareness for great causes and funding to support the Breakaway Foundation, Pencils of Promise, VH1 Save the Music Foundation, CFDA Foundation, EarthWorks, and more.”

For the first time in its 12-year history, there were three designers to take home the top prize: Aurora James of Brother Vellies, Jonathan Simkhai and Rio Uribe of Gypsy Sport were announced as equal winners of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund at a gala dinner at Spring Studios. The trio will take home $300,000 and a year’s mentoring.

Earlier in the evening, CFDA Chairman Diane von Furstenberg thanked her fellow Selection Committee members, and made a special callout to the Fashion Fund alumni in her remarks. “It is always so touching and wonderful when you come back each year to support the new group,” von Furstenberg said. “We watch you continue to grow and we are proud of your success.”

The high level of talent in the room was palpable. “In its twelfth year, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund continues to highlight the best of emerging talent in American fashion,” said CFDA President and CEO Steven Kolb. “For the first time in the Fashion Fund’s twelve-year history, we decided to award three equal winners because of the strength and diversity of this year’s finalists.”

Athletic wear brand O’Neill and Parley for the Oceans has partnered to help end ocean plastic and educate consumers to the need for immediate action.

As a part of the collaboration, O’Neil will make garments using organic eco-threads from spring 2016. The threads will be manufactured by Bionic Yarn that contains plastic collected from the oceans. O’Neill will also support the partnership through grassroots efforts, Team O’Neill athlete activation and ongoing communications with the global surf and snow communities.

British luxury brand, Burberry will be unveiling new latest men’s perfume Mr. Burberry, in April 2016. The new perfume is masculine edition of My Burberry.

Created by new perfume Francis Kurkdjian, the perfume opens with notes of zesty grapefruit, tarragon and cardamom which leads to the heart of birch leaf, nutmeg oil and cedarwood. The base includes accords of sandalwood, vetiver and guaiac wood. The ingredients are inspired by the heritage of British male perfumery, Cattaneo. The neck of the bottle is tied with the same gabardine material Burberry uses to make its storied trenchcoats.

The scent will be available as 50-, 100- and 150- ml. A grooming line featuring beard oil, moisturizer, deodorant, shower gel and aftershave will also be launched.

Luxury brand Dior is bringing a new fashion exhibition titled Le Théâtre Dior at the Fashion Catwalk Atrium of The Dubai Mall.

Running from November 9 to 24, the exposition will explore the world of couture. On display will be 60 couture dresses, including designs by Christian Dior himself dating back to the ‘New Look’ era of the 1940s and pieces designed by his successors Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano, and Raf Simons, to name a few.

Divided into a series of 12 elaborate sets, the exhibition will also features sketches, photographs, Dior’s inspirations, collaborations with celebrities. Dior’s legendary first collection, Corelle, will be displayed on a set of moving mannequins that travel through a reimagined salon, capturing the experience of a catwalk show of the day.

Celebrated jewelry house Tiffany & co. has collaborated with Dover Street Market to launch the first “Out of Retirement” capsule collection.

The limited edition collection is comprised of 18 pieces: eight jewelry designs and ten gift items, each based on a design from the Tiffany archives and created to put an unexpected twist on holiday gift giving. Tiffany design director Francesca took inspiration from the iconic Tiffany Blue Book for this new blast-from-past collection.

The collection includes 18 karat gold statement pieces from the early 1970s, including a trio of sculptural rings and bold bracelets. The Diamond Hinged Bracelet from 1973, gold, diamond and earrings modeled on cufflinks from the 1971 Blue Book are also making a comeback.

The gift items feature a silver fish flask, an haute trouser leg clip, a desk, a trio of cheeky money clips in 18 karat gold and a silver party horn and party hat. To mark the collaboration the pieces will be packed in the classic Tiffany Blue Box but instead of the signature white ribbon, it will be tied with a black ribbon.

The limited edition collection will launch at all three Dover Street Market stores in New York, London and Tokyo in November 2015 and will be available until January 2016.

The countdown to Christmas started today at the Oxford Street Christmas Lights Switch On Event at Pandora, an anticipated event which is broadcast and seen by millions around the globe.

Global superstar Kylie Minogue took to the stage for the 56thannual switch-on moment, illuminating Oxford Street in silver light and 445 gleaming gold baubles marks the onset of the Christmas shopping season.
Over the next six weeks Oxford Street and the West End are set to take £2.3bn through the tills, with tourists around the globe set to get into the festive spirit for their Christmas shopping in style.

To make Khadi fashionable again, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), presented the second edition of its unique initiative titled ‘Huts to High Street’, at IIM Ahmedabad in association with the Gujarat State Khadi & Village Industries Board (GSKVIB).

India’sleading designers from Rohit Bal, to the ingenious Rajesh Pratap Singh, Pero by Aneeth Arora and 11.11/Eleven Eleven showcased their collections with an innovative modern twists to hand spun and woven ensembles.