After the launch of groundbreaking partnerships with the artists KAWS, Hajime Sorayama and Raymond Pettibon, Dior Homme creative director Kim Jones engaged in artistic conversation with the American, Daniel Arsham, for his series of men's Summer 2020: an encounter inspired by the House's history weaving itself into the future like an odyssey, radiating across all the creative fields, from silhouettes and accessories to the scenography. 

The multidisciplinary of Arsham combines art, architecture and performance. Arsham was born in Miami, Florida; he was just twelve when Andrew Hurricane devastated his house. This traumatic part of the artist's biography continues to be a theme of his work. Arsham graduated from the Design and Architecture High School and received a full scholarship from the New York City Cooper Union. In 2003, he won the Gelman Trust Fellowship Award. 

Arsham moved back to Miami after graduating from school, and opened up an exhibition space named "The House" with several artist fellows. It was in 2004 that Daniel met Emmanuel Perrotin through The House. By 2005, Daniel Arsham's work has been shown at the Gallerie Perrotin in Paris. 

Shortly afterward Arsham was invited to create stage design and tour with the Dance Company of choreographer Merce Cunningham leading to continuing stage design practice and continued partnership with choreographer and former Cunningham's dancer, Jonah Boaker. 

In 2007 Arsham and his partner Alex Mustonen have founded Snarkitecture. The partnership in architecture has included work with fashion companies, interior and architectural design, and a full line of practical object design. 

In 2014 Arsham founded Films of the Future. This production company synthesizes all the creative output Arsham has produced over the last ten years and creates a visual system in which his otherworldly and futuristic artwork might exist. His debut series, Future Relic, was being made for two years, and consists of nine short films portraying a potential world before and after Earth is experiencing significant ecological changes. Arsham often includes in his shows sculptures of petrified media artifacts of the twentieth century made to look like artifacts rotting from obsolescence. 

Arsham's Hourglass is a trilogy of Adidas shoes-sponsored films that represent the past, present, and future following Daniel as he journeys through time wearing the Adidas Originals x himself collaboration shoes.

Recently, he was named to the HB100 list by HypeBeast for their top 100 industry influencers. 

Daniel Arsham x Dior SS20 includes clothing, jewelry, accessories, and shoes inspired by Arsham's artwork and sculptures.

It is through working with choreographer Merce Cunningham that Daniel Arsham learned the importance of collaborations. Before moving on to assist another master of performing arts, Bob Wilson, he created a number of set designs for this groundbreaking contemporary dance icon, even landing himself projects for the "Rules of the Game" ballet with musician Pharrell Williams and choreographer Jonah Bokaer. 

Although color blind, it is only in recent years - thanks to specially designed glasses - that he has moved into color, an endeavor that has often led him to experiment with monochrome colors, like a shadow painter. His plays lie at the crossroads of the arts: painting, design and sculpture. 

Daniel Arsham performs an artistic meditation on time like a potential archaeologist. The concept of eroded vestiges inspires casts of everyday objects, transfigured into a geologically evocative material. Crystal or volcanic ash crack and widen like familiar traces of a bygone era, or signs of a future horizon. Arsham converses with what is not yet, by spinning an allure of the past on our present. 

He mined the House's archives alongside the artistic director Kim Jones for his Summer 2020 men's collection. Magnified by the deterioration of time, his reinterpretation of the logo on the Saddle bag, shaped like an antique, or Dior's famous "newspapers" print made for the couture show Spring-Summer 2000, are enthralling. 

Daniel Arsham's way of applying himself to the creation of other pieces and his show scenography – a sparkling pink and white collection that takes us into a oneiric universe – allowed this latest creative partnership an endless exploration of the cosmos and temporalities.

Year 2020 is indeed a new era of collaborations. Feeling thrilled to find out who is going to be the next "victim" or Rick Owens, Alexander Wang, or Boris Bidjan Saberi's after the end of the pandemic.

Arsham was just twelve when Andrew Hurricane devastated his house. This traumatic part of the artist's biography continues to be a theme of his work.

DIOR X DANIEL ARSHAM: EXCELLENCE IN SAVOIR-FAIRE

Art, fashion and architecture came together at the Institut du monde Arabe this past summer, when Dior and Rimowa unveiled their first series of collaborative capsules on the runway of Dior's Men's Summer 2020 in Paris modeled by contemporary artist Daniel Arsham. Arsham's runway idea put the line in accordance with his aesthetic universe, continuing to explore notions of temporality. 

The Dior and Rimowa capsule luggage collection, created together with Kim Jones, Artistic Director Dior Men's, is a great combo of the vintage and modern, tradition and a keen sense of what's around the corner. Featuring a new take on a few of the most sought after designs from Rimowa, the range honors both the brand's legacy and the future. 

The Dior and Rimowa series, created with craftsmanship, experience and technical creativity, includes the seasonal colors of Dior and the emblematic Dior Oblique, a signature motif of the iconic house dating back to 1967. The exclusive luggage line is ably and distinctly distinctive in its look and feel. Vibrant pigments are etched directly into the aluminum surface of the product using an creative combination of anodising techniques, giving the brand a vibrant and reflective appearance that embraces the aluminum spirit as the building block of the collection. 

The entire set of Dior and Rimowa capsules debuted to the public at the end of October last your with a sparkling stage inside the new Champs-Elysées Dior boutique. Unique down to a cockpit designed in gray and blue aluminum and decorated with the same Dior Oblique motif, the grandiose installation invited visitors to dream of travel renewing the art of movement and a love of travel that Kim Jones and Rimowa share with each other.

We can not wait for Rick Owens x Rimowa collaborative collection to be released. We can try to picturize it: can it please be titanium suitcases covered in distorted leather with sterling silver corners/studs and handles made of horn? We'll see.

The Dior and Rimowa capsule luggage collection, created together with Kim Jones, Artistic Director Dior Men's, is a great combo of the vintage and modern, tradition and a keen sense of what's around the corner.

Hedi Slimane, creative director of Celine, is releasing a bunch of short films through Instagram, showcasing visual artists and musicians that Slimane himself has personally curated. The series acts as a follow-up to the partnership between Celine and the subscription-based streaming service MUBI, which allowed free access to 10 classic feature films also curated by Slimane. These initiatives trigger a compelling dialog about the role of art directors at the helm of huge maisons like Celine, and the multi-faceted approach needed. Brand production is only a portion of the thought leadership needed to successfully direct these gigantic fashion houses, and Celine beautifully extends beyond the insular world of fashion the proactive approach of Slimane to artisanal curating of all things. 

To completely occupy a high-profile leadership position at a large design house, creatives like Slimane need to think about themselves in a wider context. Slimane does this in an innovative manner by confidently curating artwork and events by other influencers, who inspired him as an influencer at the top. The resulting short films are unique collaborations which function in their own right as self-promotions, as well as small works of video art. Not only does Slimane curate these artists and musicians; he catches them in repeatable moments of time, doing what they do best: producing sounds and images in which they can personally communicate with audiences, in the same way that these artists interact with Slimane himself. This meta-process creates a subconscious feeling of triangulation in a way that is visceral, escapist and at times emotionally moving between Slimane, his followers and the highlighted artists. In addition, these easily digestible delights arrive at a time characterized by self-isolation, which is precisely when Slimane's audience is probably most in need of diversion. 

It would be wise to take note of other house creatives and fashion marketers: this is how to lead a big-name brand with impact, and check all the boxes in a unique and satisfying way. Creating Content? Leadership of Thought? Partnership? Pleasant without a hitch? Check. Also the important fantasy wish-fulfillment category is implicitly but explicitly checked off the list, for what Celine Instagram follower did not (at some point) harbor a hidden fantasy of becoming a rock star or a popular artist? 

Taking a moment and remembering the artists and musicians who are the real stars behind this digital campaign seems significant. Those are James Bagshaw, Josh Homme, Joan Jett, Shawn Kuruneru, Lucia and the Best Children, Carlos Valencia, plus Alexandra Savoir and the Oracle Sisters in alphabetical order. Without being captured so sensitively by their insecure artistic moments, this multimedia initiative would not exist or rather may have taken a completely different shape. 

Ironically, Slimane's selected artists and performers are a combination of proven icons such as Joan Jett, mixed with relative newcomers such as Lucia and the Best Boys. Slimane's curations include moments of pure imagination and inspiration, whether revisiting a legendary artist or discovering someone new. So take a few moments to let it all sink in, and then maybe think about the best ways to share those things that offer personal inspiration in your own life. When you can find out how to express them in a personal and common way, then you will be praised and admired by your followers. 

This game is crucial to survival in fashion business when the big players such as Hedi Slimane or Rick Owens curate and support younger up-and-coming artist. Michele Lamy, the muse and partner of Rick Owens, shares responsibility for the growth of the Owens brand and that of their protege Gareth Pugh. She also designs jewelry with Loree Rodkin and has appeared in music videos for FKA twigs and Black Asteroid. Lamy and her daughter Scarlett Rouge formed the band Lavascar with the artist Nico Vascellari.

CURATED BY HEDI SLIMANE

FILMED AT THE BAND’S HOMES IN FLORIDA, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
APRIL 1st 2020

@JOANJETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS PERFORM THEIR CLASSIC SINGLE "CRIMSON AND CLOVER”. JOAN JETT IS AN ORIGINATOR, AN INNOVATOR AND A VISIONARY. SHE IS THE LEADER OF ICONIC ROCK BAND JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS AND FOUNDER OF ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING INDIE RECORD LABELS, BLACKHEART RECORDS.

ALONGSIDE GOING DOWN IN HISTORY IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, JETT HAS ACTED IN MOVIES, TELEVISION AND MUSICALS AND HAS PRODUCED ALBUMS FOR A VARIETY OF INFLUENTIAL BANDS.
HER MUSIC HAS BECOME A PERMANENT FORCE IN MAINSTREAM CULTURE.

HEDI SLIMANE DESIGNED THE STAGEWEAR FOR JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEART'S MOST RECENT TOUR.

PROJECT COURTESY OF HEDI SLIMANE

#JOANJETT
#CURATEDBYHEDISLIMANE
#CELINEBYHEDISLIMANE

CURATED BY HEDI SLIMANE

CAP FERRET
MARCH 27th 2020

@ORACLESISTERS, BASED IN PARIS, WAS FORMED BY LONG TIME FRIENDS LEWIS LAZAR AND CHRISTOPHER WILLATT AND RECENTLY JOINED BY DRUMMER AND SONGWRITER JULIA JOHANSEN.

THE BAND HAS BEEN PART OF CELINE’S PORTRAIT OF A PERFORMER SERIES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2019.

THEIR LATEST RELEASE “MOST OF ALL” IS A BLEND OF ASTRO POP, COUNTRY MUSIC AND LILTING MELODIES. THEIR DEBUT EP “PARIS I” IS DUE FOR RELEASE IN JUNE 2020.

PROJECT COURTESY OF HEDI SLIMANE

#ORACLESISTERS
#CURATEDBYHEDISLIMANE
#CELINEBYHEDISLIMANE

CURATED BY HEDI SLIMANE

SHAWN’S BROOKLYN STUDIO 
MARCH 27th 2020

@SHAWNKURUNERU, BASED IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK, MAKES PAINTINGS THAT ARE INSPIRED BY TRADITIONAL CHINESE LANDSCAPE ARTISTS WHO VALUED SPONTANEITY IN THEIR APPROACH TO PAINTING.

SHAWN KURUNERU’S SERIES OF INK PAINTINGS UNTITLED (5 PANEL), 2018 CAN BE FOUND AT CELINE’S PARIS GRENELLE STORE AND PARIS MONTAIGNE STORE. THE INK PAINTINGS PRESENTED AT CELINE BRING TOGETHER MODERNIST GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION AND CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY.

PROJECT COURTESY OF HEDI SLIMANE

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#CURATEDBYHEDISLIMANE
#CELINEBYHEDISLIMANE

To completely occupy a high-profile leadership position at a large design house, creatives like Slimane need to think about themselves in a wider context.

PORTRAIT: HEDI SLIMANE'S DIGITAL SERIES FOR CELINE

Gareth Pugh wakes up his dormant fashion brand, takes full control of his trademark and plots a comeback as soon as this fall. 

Recently, the London based designer bought back the 49 percent of his trademark which he quietly sold to Rick Owens and Owens's Italian production partner Olmar and Mirta SpA in 2006. For a long time, Owens and his partner, Michèle Lamy, were devoted cheerleaders of Pugh's inimitable brand of gritty, goth-tinged glamour. 

Financial terms have not been released, and the split is believed to have been amicable and both parties remain close. 

"I'm really excited to get a new chapter started," Pugh reported. "We are at a time when everyone is invited to invent the future, so it is more important for me now than ever to be part of that cultural conversation." 

Asked about the development, Owens said: "Every designer should have his own name and I'm delighted that when he needed us, we could be of any kind of help. Gareth and [his husband, Carson McColl] are our family members and I love we've all been married for a minute. Yet we will always be. 

Pugh said in September he aims to present a collection in some newfangled fashion, with the format and manufacturing set-up still a work in progress. 

A consummate showman, Pugh is known for thrilling runway shows — mostly with a futuristic, dystopian bent — and as a pioneer of similarly intense fashion films. One, which was shown on Europe's largest screen at an IMAX theater in 2017, mixed fashion, choreography and clay in both grotesque and glamorous ways. 

Coming from the coastal city of Sunderland in northern England, Pugh studied fashion design at London's Central Saint Martins, graduating in 2003 with his sculptural, otherworldly designs and gaining acclaim from the fashion community. 

During an internship at Revillon (the furrier that took Owens to Paris) Pugh encountered Owens and Lamy. In 2006, Gareth Pugh launched his signature brand at London Fashion Week, having participated the year before in the group show Fashion East. 

In 2008, he received the prestigious ANDAM Fashion Prize, and later has been showing his collections in Paris, London and New York. 

After his spring-summer 2019 show in London, Pugh took a hiatus off fashion to focus on Hard+Shiny, a creative studio he founded in 2018 with McColl. Apart from working with artists such as Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, Gareth has worked with the New York City Ballet, the Paris Opéra Garnier, the Dutch National Opera, and the London Royal Opera House. 

Pugh and McColl directed their first feature-length documentary last year — titled "Soul of a Movement" and dedicated it to queer resistance in the UK.

A consummate showman, Pugh is known for thrilling runway shows — mostly with a futuristic, dystopian bent — and as a pioneer of similarly intense fashion films.

The tower is the brainchild of the Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde who looked out at his Beijing hotel window and realized the smog was so thick that he couldn't see the city. In Beijing, eight-year-olds are being diagnosed with lung cancer, and the filthy air reduced the life expectancy of residents by 15–16 years. "This is not the promising future we're hoping to see," says Roosegaarde. "This is terrifying." 

Roosegaarde and his team decided to build the world's largest air purifier: the Smog Free Tower. The tower they built, which was used in Rotterdam, Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian, sucks up to 30,000 cbm of polluted air per hour, cleans it at nano level — the particles of PM2.5, PM10 — and then releases the clean air back into town. (The tower boasts solar power.) 

The air surrounding the tower is 55 to 75 per cent cleaner than the rest of the city. 

Even when the gnarly, sooty particles are washed out of the air, they don't just vanish — they need to go somewhere. "In our studio, we had buckets of that disgusting material," Roosegaarde says. His team planned to throw it out when they had a eureka moment — they realized 42 per cent of the particles they collected were made of carbon. And what do you get when the carbon is compressed? Of course you get diamonds. 

The tower filtered smog particles are compressed for 30 minutes, and transformed into black, boxy gems. The stones are then being used for rings and cufflinks, each with a pollution of 1,000 cubic metres. Roosegaarde states that some have used a smog ring as a ring for marriage. They are the ultimate conversion of waste to wonders: toxic pollution that has been turned into gemstones. 

But Beijing is not the only filthy city out there. Roosegaarde heads to India. He plans to build the Nation-wide Smog Free Towers to help Delhi and other municipalities turn their dirty air into treasure objects. 

He also partners with NGOs, states, students and tech firms to develop other approaches to help reduce air pollution in our cities. "The point is to connect new technology with creative thinking," Roosegaarde says. "If you start thinking about that, you can create so much more."

For their past jewelry collections, Rick Owens and Michele Lamy have been using carbon compressed diamonds. Rumors say that the designer has proposed to his future wife with a recycled diamond sterling silver ring.

And what do you get when the carbon is compressed? Of course you get diamonds. 

ROOSEGAARDE'S TOWER: CONVERTING SMOG INTO DIAMONDS

Niki Pauls and 032c have been working together for many years. She was a fixture of the Société de 032c and a fashion contributor to the magazine 032c, she also curated the music program for the legendary 032c Bar Nights. Niki is mostly based in Berlin, when she is not styling or consulting in Paris or internationally. Niki Pauls is one of the founders of German Broken Hearts Club and French Cicciolina, two scene-defining parties in which her hosting prowess crystallized a world nexus of art-fashion-music. Niki's personal going out style – you might call it dark wave disco eclecticism – is famously on target, but even when the dance floors are closed, she knows how to put a look together. For this shoot she took the new LoveSexDreams 032c Apparel collection – a favorite quarantine – for a spin at home (paired, sometimes, with some Personal Protective Equipment). 

032c LoveSexDreams collection is a reclamation of minimalism. Designers are bringing it down from the heights of modernism and spiking it, spliffing it, taking it out of class and redefining it for its natural habitat: brutal reality. Truant minimalism is not slick, scholarly, linear, or monochrome, but direct, exposed, unpredictable, unprocessed. It exists outside of narrative continuity, graphic purity, and institutional anything, and that's how we like it, because that's where potential and promise also live. Truant minimalism can get weird and abrasive, and yes, it 's probably flirting with you. If you get caught, it's better unplanned. Why drop out when you can ditch? 

The 032c Apparel LoveSexDreams collection belongs to 1990s West Coast sprawl and West Berlin's Love, Sex and Dreams. It's part jock, stoner, sleaze, hacker, tech bro, country club, strip club, dog-punk; it's in a clique, it's a loner, it's psychic. Acid washes, waxed fabrics, silk-lined terry cloth, intarsia knits, embroidery, neoprene, leather, varsity letters, oversized t-shirts, heavyweight workwear blends, denim, thermal waffles, and bouclé are your daily sampling. Around truant minimalism, stuff just gets lost, discovered, and "borrowed" – messed up or exchanged in the spaces between "yours" and "mine," "out" and "in." Love, dream, but don't get attached, because nothing is a given and everything is up for grabs.

Check out Mykita collection on Cruvoir, we definitely have a range of sunglasses that go along with 032c 1990s West Coast style and West Berlin's Love, Sex and Dreams. You are invited.

032c LoveSexDreams collection is a reclamation of minimalism. Designers are bringing it down from the heights of modernism and spiking it, spliffing it, taking it out of class and redefining it for its natural habitat: brutal reality. 

Christie's has recently unveiled a new series of online-only thematic auctions from the Department of Post-War and Contemporary Art. 

The sales are identified by Christie's as reflecting the two opposing sides of human nature, respectively entitled "Vice" and "Virtue" 

In its section, "Vice" captures the myriad ways of worldly escape, reflecting the humanistic tendency of chasing pleasure, while "Virtue" turns inward, featuring art that indicates hope, wisdom, happiness and warmth from both real and imagined worlds. 

Open for bidding until May 27, "Vice" features masterpieces by Barbara Kruger, sharp jokester Richard Prince, consumerism commentator KAWS and more. 

Highlights of the sale include "Untitled (de Kooning)" by Richard Prince, which is expected to be sold between $600,000 and $800,000; as well as "Kawsbob (Open Mouth), Package Painting Series" by KAWS, which is expected to realize up to $150,000. 

Amongst other artworks, there is a unique ceramic sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein, entitled "Ceramic Sculpture 13", estimated to be going under the hammer between $300,000 and $500,000. 

Also on offer, there are two works by Andy Warhol which are hitting the auction block as part of "Vice". "Work Boots (Positive)" is projected to be sold for between $250,000 and $350,000, while "Electric Chair (Retrospective Series)" is predicted to be worth $50,000 or more. 

Chris Evert's silkscreen portrait, entitled "Chris Evert [Sixteen Works]," is estimated to fetch between $300,000 and $500,000 (as part of "Virtue").

Open for bidding from 29th of May through 12th of June, the "Virtue" online auction will concentrate on the notion of virtue as a imaginative escape. 

"Virtue" will include a range of works dealing with visual iterations of subjects such as prudence, courage, temperance, justice, faith, hope and love. 

In the coming weeks the entire digital auction collection will be released on Christie's website, where meanwhile there is a viewing room for "Vice + Virtue."

Victoria Beckham often participates in auction-related events in London and NYC. In 2018, the designer organized a collaborative exhibition with  Master Paintings Evening Sale. The Female Triumphant, a bash of the life and work of groundbreaking female artists, which later bridged three auctions in New York, were on view at Victoria Beckham’s Dover Street Boutique in Mayfair.

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We're excited to announce the launch of VICE and VIRTUE, a series of thematic online sales of Post-War and Contemporary Art that speak to our collective reality during this time of global interruption.⠀
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Beginning with VICE from 12-27 May and continuing with VIRTUE from 29 May 29-12 June. ⠀
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Celebrating the human desire for escapism, VICE provides a reprieve from our new reality with offerings by Barbara Kruger, Richard Prince, KAWS, and other artists who capture the essence of hedonistic pursuits.⠀
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Whereas VIRTUE focuses on the idea of virtue as a creative escape with work that plays with visual iterations of the seven virtues (prudence, fortitude, temperance, justice, faith, hope, and love). ⠀
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VICE — 12-27 May, online.⠀
VIRTUE — 29 May-12 June, online.⠀
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#art #artist #vice #virtue #onlineauction #postwarart #contemporaryart #artcanhelp

ANDY WARHOL AT CHRISTIE'S VICE AND VIRTUE SALES

Innovative and eco-friendly science company Pangaia is commemorating World Bee Day on May 20th in partnership with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, with a collaborative collection. Simultaneously launching the Bee the Change Fund in conjunction with Milkywire, which is aimed at protecting and preserving threatened and endangered bee species worldwide, Pangaia embarks on a philanthropic fashion initiative that closely aligns with their brand mission. 

The upcoming Takashi Murakami x Pangaia capsule collection will feature two celebratory t-shirts and two equally festive hoodies with exclusive artwork by Murakami. Made of 100% Gots certified organic cotton, t-shirts will come in an off-white color with a flower and bee print or saffron yellow showing a ball of flowers and bee print. On the other hand, hoodies find vibrancy in the same respective prints in cobalt blue and orchid purple. The price of each collaborative t-shirt is $95, and both colorful hoodies are priced at $220.

Pangaia group has spent several years working on ideas for sustainable apparel. The result is a stylish selection of wardrobe necessities. The collection uses bio-based, recycled fibres and fabrics made from recycled plastic bottles. Pangaia combine natural botanical dyes made from natural sources such as plants, with revolutionary antibacterial peppermint to remain fresh for longer. Pangaia do use NFC technology for full supply chain transparency. With Pangaia you can make smart choices without compromising on style.

Pangaia is a direct-to-consumer material research organization taking revolutionary textile technologies and inventions into the world through daily lifestyle products. Each technology they work with aims to solve an environmental issue of the fashion/apparel & nature industry. 

Pangaia hope to push these approaches forward by making innovations and resources accessible to businesses across various industries. By introducing these innovations, they design materials, products and experiences for everyday and everyone.

The most recent collaboration of Rick Owens with Moncler is not what you probably expected. Moncler created a tour bus for Rick Owens and his wife Michèle Lamy. This a standalone partnership, as Owens admitted he took advantage of the moment to ask Moncler to do something different.

The upcoming Takashi Murakami x Pangaia capsule collection will feature two celebratory t-shirts and two equally festive hoodies with exclusive artwork by Murakami.

WORLD BEE DAY: PANGAIA X TAKASHI MURAKAMI COLLECTION

Revenge, a 2017 French rape-and-revenge action horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, and starring Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, despite its disarmingly unimaginative title is the action film that is bitingly smart, unpologetically provocative, and a true example of feminist cinema in the 21st century. 

We see Jen, our heroine (played by Matilda Lutz) prancing around in short shorts and crop tops, sucking on a lollipop suggestively. Her husband, Richard, a square-jawed yuppie cheating on his wife, took Jen to his secluded home in the desert, thirsty for some time alone. Although, his two friends, who arrive early for the hunting trip they'd been planning, rudely interrupt their getaway. 

A hunt will be performed soon enough but not in the manner expected by either of the characters. Jen dances with Stan, the most disgustingly grotesque of Richard's two friends, after a night of heavy drinking and partying. Stan sees Jen's transparency as an invitation, using the same argument that we've seen some of our own ministers sput out. When Richard gets away on an errand the next morning Stan rapes Jen. 

Richard is aghast about what happened at first. But right away it's obvious he's not as good as he seems. He starts scolding Stan, and Dimitri, the third friend who looked the other way when he heard Jen's screams — nearly as a mother does when her baby drops an expensive vase when she turns around. He decides Jen's return to the city could create certain difficulties for him, an important businessman. So he drags her down to a cliff along with the two monsters and pushes her over the edge. 

They watch Jen being impaled by a dead tree stump, and are convinced that no one was able to survive the fall, then they are back. Jen eventually survives, she is in one of the most skin-crawlingly painful sequences you will see this year, she pries herself off the stump and crawls into a cave, where she performs graphical surgery on herself and emerges, literally, like a phoenix. And then, by breaching them, she tracks down the men who betrayed her — with bullets and knives and pure brute force. 

Revenge has a lot of symbolism and a lot of it is very much on the nose. 

First-time feature film director Coralie Fargeat knows what she's doing and she's got to pull you in, to prove her case. She has to confuse you like a magician and when she has your attention where she wants it, that's when she's making her revelation. This 180-degree turn of style is helped by a blindsiding change of the viewpoint — the film starts as a sick portrayal of the male gaze — Jen is very much an object in those early scenes, only waiting to be devoured, but by the end, transforms into a snapshot of the world through female eyes — always on the brink, burning with rage and always the underdog. 

What Fargeat has done in Revenge is similar to what Julia Ducournau did with her "Raw" cannibal feminist film last year. By combining French arthouse storytelling with American exploitation, both directors used the language of horror cinema to convey ideas that were specific to women. 

They would surely make a rough double bill, but these are the movies intended for experienced horror fans, not casual passers-by. 

Apart from the achievements in their main industry, most fashion designers are famous for their roles in cinema. Alexander Wang is well-known for his work with The Fashion Fund. Established by legendary Anna Wintour, The Fashion Fund is a documentary-style TV show showcasing behind-the-scenes action for emerging designers from the American Council of Fashion Designers and the Vogue Competition.

By combining French arthouse storytelling with American exploitation, Coralie Fargeat uses the language of horror cinema to convey ideas that were specific to women. 

REVENGE: THE MOST PROVOCATIVE FEMINIST HORROR FILM OF 2018

The Infinity Wall in Nexen's latest Seoul R&D Center, "Nexen UniverCity" connects with viewers by telling the tale of the core value of Nexen Tire and its management philosophy through the "plot mode," exchanging emotions, creating a highly emotionally charged environment beyond construction and interior through the "mood mode." Climate, time, and news are delivered creatively and intuitively through the "Text mode" in real time. 

The transformation of a flat LED display into a new three-dimensional space was possible thanks to D'strict's well-planned and innovative design, together with intuitive video production ability. D'strict announced the re-creation of the lobby space of Nexen UniverCity into a public media room that could be the talk of the town. 

Public media demand to attract more attention is increasing, especially where a number of people are gathering, such as hotels, resorts, casinos, and office buildings. Overflowing imagination, D'strict turns public spaces into enticing digital media sites. 

D'strict is a design company that uses digital media technologies to develop creative space based user interfaces (UX) through content creation. D'strict, which has changed its flagship business since their creation in 2004 in response to developments in various digital media technologies, has launched a world's first digital theme park, "Live Park" in 2012, and has a new content-based entertainment model (IP) on a similar theme. We are running the "Virtual Theme Park" business that realizes space, and the "Virtual eXperience Development" business that provides high-end real estate and brands with creative spatial experiences.

Digital showrooms are also immersive experiences in fashion that bring consumers to a 100% digital world, enabling them to take tours of any kind of exhibition space and engage with all sorts of items from a full catalog of fashion garments to sculpture or even art pieces. We expect that in a few years time the major revolutionary brands like Celine, Balenciaga, Rick Owens, or Yohji Yamamoto will start displaying their latest collections in digital showrooms.

NEXEN UNIVERCITY "THE INFINITY WALL" Knock

Overflowing imagination, D'strict turns public spaces into enticing digital media sites. 

This week, Fredrik Tjaerandsen, a visual artist and designer from Bodo, Norway who has just graduated from Central Saint Martins with a Bachelor's degree in Womenswear, sent models down the runway in dresses that looked like someone blowed up a piece of bubblegum or Willy Wonka's Violet as she is blowing up like a blueberry.

When his models made their way down the runway at the graduate showcase, they let the air out of the rubber bubbles in which they were wrapped, deflating into colorful clothes. The colorful ensembles were rather avant-garde and slightly lumpy. As to the inspiration behind the series, Fredrik says, "My series are inspired by an almost indefinable moment when the self-awareness of a person becomes active and receptive, I have endeavored to develop a process of experimental practice and creation through which I could respond and build my own interpretation of this moment and the experience of being in that moment." 

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To build the looks, Fredrik used rubber from a Sri Lankan company where local rubber growers buy their material. Explaining the dresses construction, the designer said "I built these pieces with an air pressure system that allows the wearer to control the air-flow. Each time the wearer needs to deflate [the outfit] they open a latch inside to remove the inverted portion of the bubble and then dive out of the bubble." - Brilliant. 

In addition, the designer also made a point of streamlining the design of the dresses, saying, "It was very important to me that everything in the garment is linked. The garment inside and the bubble is all in one piece and I've designed it to get as few seams as possible. When the dress deflates it will still drape differently depending on what's going on at this moment. 

Fredrik's design was what a runway show was meant to be: imaginative, dramatic and gave insight into the inspiration behind the clothes. Central Saint Martins appears to agree, because Fredrik has won the Central Saint Martins L'Oreal Young Talent Award. Fashion should be fun at the end of the day, and make you smile.

Central Saint Martins (London, England), is a public tertiary art school. This is a constituent college of the London University of the Arts. It offers full-time courses through foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as a variety of short and summer classes. 

It was previously known as the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, and as the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, before that. 

We spoke to @bafcsm’s most talked about graduate of this year, and winner of the L’Oréal Professionnel Young Talent Award @fredriktjaerandsen about his balloon creations. “I designed ‘bubble’ in the shape of a torus. The inner part of the torus is where the garment is constructed and inverts out to the bubble. The rubber I use is sourced from a company that has its rubber production in Sri Lanka, where they support and buy their rubber from local rubber growers. I have constructed these pieces with an air pressure system that lets the wearer control the air-flow. Whenever the wearer wants to deflate it, they open a latch inside to release the inverted bubble part and then that dives out of the deflating bubble.” Read more up on thelovemagazine.co.uk where Tjaerandsen talks about his process, the hours of trial and error it look to produce his collection and what he’s planning next.

The Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design was created in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Central School of Art and Design, founded in 1896, and the School of Art, founded in 1854. Both schools have been part of the London Institute since 1986, formed by the Inner London Education Authority to bring together seven London schools of art , design, fashion, and media. 

Among the school's alumni you will find Laure Prouvost, the Turner Prize winner, Jarvis Cocker, the singer, and several famous fashion designers including Sarah Burton, John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Zac Posen, and Riccardo Tisci. English designer Gareth Pugh has also graduated form Central Saint Martins and later became a protege and part of Rick Owens and his wife Michele Lamy's "family".

Fredrik has won the Central Saint Martins L'Oreal Young Talent Award. Fashion should be fun at the end of the day, and make you smile.

FREDRIK TJAERANDSEN: CSM GRADUATION BUBBLE COLLECTION

Winona Ryder is one of the coolest girls of the 90s, hands down — or at least one of the most mysterious ones. In her early career, Ryder distinguished herself from the rest of the 90's starlets with her predilection for portraying freaks, geeks and weirdos, while also displaying some majorly impressive acting skills in more traditional, dramatic positions. As a performer, she masterfully inhabits the middle ground between horror movie icon and acclaimed lead actress, acting in roles as varied as the nihilistic, homicidal Veronica Sawyer of Beetlejuice's goth-y Lydia Deetz and Heathers to Little Women's brainy Jo March and socialite May Welland in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence. At the height of her career — and perhaps inspired by her participation in the movie Girl, Interrupted — Winona was highly candid about her mental health problems, and unusual for an actress of her calibre. While some of these personal challenges and a highly scrutinized court case derailed her career briefly in the early 1900s, Winona re-emerged as "strange and odd" as she has ever been (and as we love her) starring in a new series of cult classics like Netflix's massively popular Stranger Things and tongue-in-cheek rom-com Destination Wedding alongside fellow 90s heartthrob (and partnering with her) Keanu Reeves. Here we map out some of Ryder's career-defining looks in memory of the perennially-iconic star.

This dress, which Ryder wore to the 1991 musical comedy-drama The Commitments premiere, is for sure one of the most famous outfits of the nineties. You've probably seen this look several times, from Tumblr-era moodboards to your current Instagram feed. The combination of an old band T-shirt, lapelled leather jacket, and light-wash mom jeans are as timeless as they come — and timelessly covetable. Case in point: Winona continues to wear this Tom Waits T-shirt alongside Keanu Reeves to this day, last wearing it during the Destination Wedding in 2018. 

Winona Ryder, with Edward Scissorhands co-star Johnny Depp, was one half of the hottest Hollywood couple of the 90s from the years 1989 to 1993. The pair had attracted huge media attention for both their A-lister status and strange reputations. Depp and Winona have been involved in her "first all" for three years, with Depp reportedly immortalizing the ink relationship. Depp changed his "Winona Forever" to "Wino Forever" following their break-up in 1993. Here, along with Johnny, Winona sports a leather jacket that is bulky and much worn. Although leather is par for the course when it comes to Winona 's wardrobe, the biker jacket looks as if it has been borrowed from Johnny.

Beverly Hills Premiere at the Backdraft, 1991 

Winona enjoyed a moment in power suit during the 90s. She was wearing a sumptuous brown suit for the 1991 premiere of Little Man Tate, this skirted number on a red carpet in the early 1990s, and who could forget her ridiculous 80s shouldering blazers like Veronica Sawyer in cult chic Heathers? Even after the 1990s, Winona is a major red carpet suiting arbiter, going as far as wearing a deconstructed blazer over a whole ballgown up to the SAG Awards in 2020. This version of the look, which she wore to the Backdraft premiere in 1991, stands out for its monochromatic palette and extreme late-80s proportions within the annals of Winona Ryder's many suits. 

She attends the premiere of Dracula, 1992 

Were you aware that Winona Ryder may actually have been married to Keanu Reeves, a fellow 90s heartthrob? Apparently, in Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, the pair may have tied the knot for real during an extremely realistically staged wedding scene — officiated by a true Romanian priest. If this tidbit — shared for their rom-com Destination Wedding during Ryder and Reeves' press junket — is truth or fiction, it's clear that Ryder's Dracula premiere look is one of her iconicest. Combining the most iconic of the 80s (Heathers shoulders and square neckline) with that of the 90s (skirt suit and Manolo pumps), Ryder 's outfit diverged for a look as romantic as the film itself from her usual achromatic get-ups.

In the fashion world, Rick Owens is known for his dark and revolutionary creations and is adored by many people who are gothic, surreal and expressive-inclined, including both Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder. If you're a fan of the fashion style of Rick Owens but don't know where to start, continue reading on our style inspirations to wear the trendy looks on the streets and make statements.

Here we map out some of Ryder's career-defining looks in memory of the perennially-iconic star.

WINONA RYDER'S FOUR ICONIC LOOKS FROM THE EARLY 90S

The Met Gala has brought us some of the most significant moments in fashion ever. Cher turns heads arriving at the Met Gala on the first Monday in May 1974 wearing one of the designs of Bob Mackie: a sheer, beaded gown with white feathered sleeves and a white feathered skirt that began around the knee. A newly-divorced Princess Diana arrives at the Met Gala on the first Monday in May 1996 in a navy satin dress with black lace trim from designer John Galliano, who had just begun his tenure at Dior. Amber Valletta stuns in a Marie Antoinette-inspired Maggie Norris Couture corset and John Galliano shirt, complete with a powdered coif, on the first Monday in May 2004. On the first Monday of May 2015, Rihanna went viral with a 55-pound gold-sticked, golden-yellow imperial cape designed by Chinese couturier Gui Pei. 

May 2020, First Monday? Crickets. "We're going as scheduled and we're looking forward to a great evening," a spokesperson from the Costume Institute told The Cut on March 12. Four days later, on 16 March, Anna Wintour announced that the Met Gala had been "indefinitely postponed." The event, which was to be co-chaired by Nicolas Ghesquière of Louis Vuitton, Emma Stone, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Meryl Streep (it would have been her first time), was added to an ever-growing list of canceled events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival, Burning Man, Frieze New York, Eurovision Song Contest, TED 2020 and more.

CT Hedden, a drag performer from New York City determined to continue a trend that started last year when the Met Gala welcomed the first three drag queens to the carpet: RuPaul, Aquaria and Violet Chachki. Be afflicted with coronavirus. "I was doing a healthy, socially distant jog on Friday night before the Met Gala was going to take place, and I thought, 'I indeed, should be building something here,'" says Hedden. "It's my responsibility as an artist to present, even in tough times. We're doing what we're doing sending messages through our work, and now more than ever, if I can make people laugh and more importantly vomit, then I'm doing my job." And so the idea for CT Hedden's QuarantQueen Met Gala was born that very moment. 

In twelve hours the entire idea was thought up, shot, and completed. Then Hedden phoned Sidewalkkilla, the photographer, who was on board instantly. Regardless of the apparent limitations and health issues, they knew they had to do so carefully. Then came the stars: Jasmine Rice LaBeija, Nikki Exotika, Thee Suburbia, Glow Job and Digna, all of whom unthinkingly started preparations for the film. Think of the Power Rangers pinging by Zordon. Only drag queens. 

The outcome is a collection of beautiful editorial photos: a celebration of the biggest tentpole of the Met Gala — the fashions — and a cultural statement on the times we live. As in the great superpower of drag. "I hate hearing 'we are all together in this,' because we really aren't," Hedden says. "I wanted people to know that fashion, elegance, and glamor are still alive, and if dressing up in a gown at home in your living room makes you feel better than bitch, do it. Smile, sob, get mad, do all of the above. The Queer community, though quite fragmented, has a way to always come together in hard times. We're hustlers, we've always been and always will be. I hope people appreciated my version of the Gala and I'm grateful to everyone who helped make it happen. Now that said, I hope that next year we will be invited because we protected their asses this year."

CT Hedden, a drag performer from New York City determined to continue a trend that started last year when the Met Gala welcomed the first three drag queens to the carpet: RuPaul, Aquaria and Violet Chachki.

Independent film studio, A24, revealed last month that they would auction off props and costumes from many of their famous films, including Midsommar, Eighth Grade, Uncut Gems, The Lighthouse, Hereditary, Mid90s and popular series Euphoria to raise funds for New York City health workers and families impacted by COVID-19. The second round of the auction took place last Wednesday online, with buyers purchasing notable items from those collections. 

The floral dress that Florence Pugh made famous in Ari Aster's Midsommar's concluding scene was sold for a $65,000. The weight of the traditional "May Queen" dress is 33 pounds; it was made of Hungarian linen, 900 years old, making it absolutely one of a kind. The pairing flower crown was sold for $15,000, and Jack Reynor had also purchased the $4,750 bear headdress. 

Other Midsommar items included in the auction were the climatic smashing mallet, the Ättestupa tunics (cue the scene of the terrifying cliff jump), and the villagers' floral vests in the film. 

The first round of the online auction was held two weeks ago, with customers catching the $8,000 hoodie Zendaya was wearing in Euphoria. The price has been matched for the hand-stitched doormat seen in Hereditary, which belonged to the character of Toni Collette. 

If you are a fan of The Lighthouse by Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, or the Uncut Gems by Adam Sandler, don't be afraid. Props from these sets are available today, and the FDNY Foundation, Food Bank For NYC, Queens Community House and other charities will benefit from the proceeds. 

Take the light from The Lighthouse itself, the pipe of the mermaid carving or wake whilst you're at it, or the true gems of Uncut Gems and Celtics jersey while you can. The auction closes at 3 PM EST on May 30th.

A few cult Japanese movies created by Takeshi Kitano have been outfitted by Yohji Yamamoto. Because of the streamlined stylings of Japanese designers like Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, Kitano's costumes provide an understated backdrop to what is mostly pretty graphical violence.

Alexander Wang revealed the last 10 years of his career in an hour-long talk at the Met Museum in New York including his tenure as Balenciaga's creative director. As a precocious 19-year-old who wanted to quit art school at Parsons to start his own company, the designer and entrepreneur has been a trailblazer in the world of fashion by reaching beyond his trade into sectors such as music and tech, to gage what's next. In addition, he and his employees adopt a holistic approach and believe that everyone should be motivated to contribute fresh ideas.

The best ideas don't need to come from above. I want everyone from my team to think like businessmen. Whether you are an assistant, intern, director, v.p., doesn't matter — defy your daily routine. Think about what you're doing and speaking up when it doesn't make sense. And I would like to hear those ideas. 

With respect to digital retail, he adds: 

Shoppable runways was something we had in mind. We know the future isn't in wholesale, and it's definitely not in retail — for us at least. Customers have their own way of looking at it and digital will be a very enormous component. You've read about Amazon with its $400 billion website and stuff that they do. What they really don't have is a designer. If you are able to combine the two tools, networks, infrastructures and statistics, this could be a really interesting business. 

In addition to running a design empire, he has recently been elected as a first design curator of Apple. 

It is their first kind of foray into the design business. They just wanted to create a seamless kind of world — a music and fashion forum for people to go there. That's kind of how I look at the world today. There are not many clean lines which make a musician of a fashion designer. Today, each one is a separate company.

Shoppable runways was something we had in mind. We know the future isn't in wholesale, and it's definitely not in retail — for us at least.

ALEXANDER WANG: WHY RETAIL IS IN THE PAST

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