new obsessions
We just got this life-sized mirrored skeleton from the French-based design collective Domestic, and I'm nuts for it. Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Belgian cult duo Studio Job are behind the 5-foot-5 laser-cut Perspex wall decoration. The influential pair have worked with ceramics heritage house Royal Tichelaar Makkum and fashion avant guardians Viktor & Rolf.
Also love the "I Love Me" hearts by graphic designers Ich&Kar. The pair have given their whimsical take on fashion, food, music, design and architecture--and now these laser-cut mirrors. It's a grouping of individual mirrors that can be configured in whatever pattern you desire.
Now if I can only figure out where to stick them all in our house!

The Charming Charms are the bonafide bijoux of summer--their $22-$40 price for 3, being part of the appeal. Dutch designer Tord Boontje and L.A. studio Artecnica collaborated on this brand new collection of charms, plated in 18-karat gold or sterling silver and dangling from a black cotton cord. Loop them on hoop earrings, off a metal chain or silk ribbon, or from your purse. Each group contains 3 charms, and there are 4 different groups to choose. I love all 12 together, and knot them individually on a cord so they can be seen better.

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June 11, 2009 11:19 PM  (go back to main view)
A Prized Pair: Casati Eyes and Esquivel Soles
Karl does Casati for Chanel Cruise 2009
No sooner had I received word from my boy Albert Yeh at Esquivel Shoes that the Vogue editors had declared George Esquivel’s natty lace-ups for women the new flats, when the next email up on my iPhone was news that Vogue editor Sarah Brown had wrapped up her bulletin on the influence of Marchesa Luisa Casati on Chanel’s Cruise 2009 by citing the new tome out this fall on the icon.
It’s always a thrill to receive promising news from friends, especially those so committed and talented at what they do. But I got goosebumps at these back to back emails.
George Esquivel and his crew put out a striking collection of shoes, cobbling old world craftsmanship right here in SoCal.
(I’m ahead of the curve on today’s posting thanks to the butter soft white leather and patent oxfords George made me that I've been strutting around in these last weeks.)
And, on the East Coast, my pals Scot Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino had the vision and patience to be guardians of Casati’s legacy and are behind this fall’s book, "The Marchesa Casati: Portraits of a Muse." Since introducing them to my Abrams editor a year ago, the pair have been on a wild ride--not in the least getting Karl Lagerfeld to contribute sketches to the project.
On either coast, couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of guys…and it’s only just begun...

Photo Credit: top, Chanel; bottom, A. Yeh
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