HOT LIST

Blumarine Spring 2010 

Anna Molinari's Art Blumarine's Anna Molinari has joined forces with Artist & creative director Lee Swillingham to develop Triangle, a capsule scarf collection. Each of the three unique scarf take its cue from the artist's relationship to his hometown of London. As seen here with colorful reinterpretation called bus map. Public transportation made chic!

MaxMara Spring 2010

In the Trenches If fashion lovers took anything away from the spring runway, it should be that Trench is here to stay. Designers in Paris (Dior, Chloe), New York (Banana Republic, Tommy Hilfiger) London (Burberry, Aquascutum) and of course Milan (Jil Sander and MaxMara, as seen here) pulled off the ubiquitous topper with élan. Forever casual & cool, this Dorian Gray of closet classics gives a new meaning to one-stop dressing. 

 A 1926 Man Ray portrait of Kiki de Montparnesse, from 100,000 Years of Beauty

Pretty in Print   100,000 Years of Beauty, commissioned by L'Oréal  corporate foundation, is a master class in the art of beautification through the centuries. With contributions from more the centuries from more than 300 experts from around the globe, this five volume collection features images of glamour from antiquity to the digital age, proof that the quest to look lovely has had a huge impact on human history.

Must-Read Books

 

RICHES TO RAGS  The Bag Lady Papers, is a made of victims memoir about losing it all and getting it back, one penny at a time. HAUTE HISTORY from gowns to grunge ...Isms: Understanding Fashion examines style from the 17th century to today. TABLE FOR TWO Lunch in Paris is a delicious story about falling in love-over food-in France.

Must-See Movies  

HUMAN TOUCH An autistic women becomes a top animal scientist in Temple Grandin on HBO. ALL ABROAD Leo Tolstoy's wife finds her world turned upside down after 48 years od marriage in The Last Station. LOVE STORY Intertwined couples in Los Angeles cope with Cupid-and one another- in Valentine's Day.


In a nutshell that's all for what's HOTTEST, NEWEST, LATEST... And O' yeah HERMÉS OPENS ITS FIRST MEN'S STORE IN NEW YORK ON FEBRUARY 9

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