Hermes wish list SS12
One can dream, right?
Passe-Guide bag, a reissue of a 1975 bag with a gold-plated clasp that references the ring used on Roman chariots to keep the reins in place. Fancy!
Design
Best buy: Gap’s soft, fairytale-print bra by Sasha Pivovarova
More on Models Who Paint, Sasha Pivovarova has waved her watercolour brush over a capsule collection of undies and loungewear for Gap. I’m always on the hunt for pretty soft-cup bras in teeny sizes to wear under my growing collection of cream Equipment blouses and white Cos shirts. So far I’ve had a bit of success with Cos and Myla and I have my eye on some eye-popping Deborah Marquit. I’ll definitely be giving Pivovarova’s fairytale print bra a whirl – it’s 100% silk, comes with matching bottoms and is available in Gap stores.
Here’s Pivovarova in another piece from the collection, photographed by husband Igor Vishnyakov ‘while they relaxed in Bali’. As you do…
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Interview with François Lesage, 1987
Couture embroiderer François Lesage died last week at the age of 82. Here’s some great old footage of the craftsman at work and describing his processes…
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Swatch’s six million dollar watches
Crikey, a collection of Swatch watches sold this week at auction for HK $ 51,707,500 (US $ 6,618,560). The Blum Collection, owned by Swiss businessman Peter Blum and his wife Linda was was one of the most complete collections of Swatches and was sold at a Phillips De Pury & Co auction at The Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. (more…)
