The Louis Vuitton brand and its LV monogram are among the world's most valuable of its kind. In fact, it is the world's 29th most recognized and valuable brand. It's no wonder that the brand carries instant status power for those who wear it. Perhaps that helps explain why it is one of the most counterfeited brands in the world. Ironically, the signature monogram design was actually created to prevent counterfeit. (References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Vuitton#cite_)
As a part of their 160th anniversary celebration the house of LV has launched a brilliant collection and campaign enlisting some of the world's most skilled designers including: Karl Lagerfeld, Frank Gehry, Marc Newson, Rei Kawakubo, Cindy Sherman and Christian Louboutin. The ICONOCLASTS were asked to create original interpretations utilizing the iconic Louis Vuitton monogram design. The campaign includes behind-the-scenes videos showing the designers at work and a series of photo stories of their final pieces interpreted by 6 photographers.
The Iconoclasts
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN FOR LOUIS VUITTON
Legendary French shoe designer that created the iconic "red bottom" concept.
KARL LAGERFELD FOR LOUIS VUITTON
German fashion designer and iconic artist
most commonly known as the head creative director of Chanel.
CINDY SHERMAN FOR LOUIS VUITTON
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and film maker who
is known for selling the most expensive photograph ever.
FRANK GEHRY FOR LOUIS VUITTON
Canadian-American architect known for creating some of the most
We recently spotted the collection at Bal Harbour Shoppes in Miami. Limited styles and quantities will be available throughout the world for the same price of a down-payment for a mid-sized home. If that's too rich for your blood, you can humor yourself by getting a glimpse of them (and perhaps even touch) at a local luxury department store (like Neimans, Saks or a flagship LV store) as if you were going to a museum… its worth the effort. #CertifiedCOOL
British fashion designer, Paul Smith, has collaborated with Maharam to produce a limited edition of the late Hans J. Wegner’s iconic work. Smith who is known for his signature-striped fabrics, has added a fashionable twist to the Danish furniture brand’s classic pieces, some dating back to 1950.
Nike has just released a few liquid gold dipped versions of some of their most popular women's sneaker styles. We just got our hands on the highly prized liquid gold Nike dunk sky hi wedge. These Margiela-inspiredshow stoppers come in packaged in an all white tone on tone box, and feature high end details such as perforated leather interior lining, a gold metal NIKE brand plate on the back of each shoe, an AU (period table element reference) stamp on the tongue, and an extra pair of laces in case the shimmer look isn't your thing. These definitely get a "gold-dipped" COOL stamp from us! See more COOL.
Its not often that men get much to choose from when it comes to fashion designs and trends. Because of the general shopping behaviors of men— there is not as much variety for them as there are for women. That's why we're excited to see such a shift in the industry especially in the shoe department. Men's footwear has gotten a mega dose of cool with bold use of fabrics and colors, luxurious leathers & accessories, re-interpreted soles, hybrids, and so much more.
Fall 2012 is serving up some of the most blazing designs ever!
Must have for Fall 2012 - cool classic, hard bottom or a hybrid shoes like some of our cool picks shown above:
Prada 'Levitate' Wingtips
Louboutin Metal Henri Flat
Louis Vuitton Metal Lace up
United Nude dessert boot silver tumbled leather
Louboutin John John flat
Louboutin Spooky velvet spiked loafers
Alba part neon old school
Jimmy Choo camo loafers (stay tuned for our camo trend feature)
Designer kicks with luxurious designer patterns, leather or a mix of materials and the sneaker-hybrid:
Yogi Yamamoto
United Nude
Feit hand sewn shoes
Clae Hamilton Classic
Clae McQueen
Burberry Check high top
Clarks Denim Dessert Boot
JImmy Choo Belgravia
Louis Vuitton Heroes Sneaker Boot Damier canvas
There's so much to suit your cool this fall!
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We last featured Zara's fall lookbook which had leather moments incorporated into some of the pieces, and with one of this summer's hottest trend being leather shorts (yes)... it only seems natural that leather will carry over into the fall season in a major way.
Some of the highlights will be the leather peplum, leather leaggings and pants, pleated skirt, and button-up shirt. There are a few unusual or playful ways to incorporate leather for fall with leather bow-ties, skinny ties, shades, and yes, leather socks which were made popular by Rachel Comey, who brought these to market in 2009. They didn't really fly, but with this major leather season, we think its time for a come back.
The most important thing about rocking leather is that it only looks good when you keep it COOL.
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KENZO fashion videos feature bold patterns & colors and trippy design photography. The videos are like a motion graphics version of their amazing fashion line. Its like the clothes have come to life. The latest addition to the Kenzo fashion video library Kenzo Pre-Fall 2012 by Quentin Jones. In it you'll get a dose of the coolest Fall/Winter trend for 2012-13, BOLD & COLORFUL PRINTS. Below is last year's trailer, just because it's COOL.
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