Prada ‘Real Fantasies’ S/S 2012 Video Lookbook

For the Prada Spring/Summer 2012 lookbook Real Fantasies, AMO OMA explores the nostalgia of hot rodding, golfing, picnicking, the space race, and other wholesome past times. Told through a sequence of 100% handmade collages — continuing a new tradition of handcraftsmanship started last season — Real Fantasies is a palimpsest of photography, graphics and text that pulls the...

Instaprint – The Location Based Photo Booth For Instagram

For Instagram addicts who want to be able to hold actual prints in their hands, New York-based startupBREAKFAST has unveiled Instaprint. The wi-fi enabled device is a mobile photo booth containing a printer that can be assigned a specific hashtag or location, allowing it to print out all Instagrams with those specific tags, comments and all. There’s a quaint Polaroid aspect to...

Julia Frauche & Ruby Aldridge are “Free Spirits’ for Vogue Australia

Les Années Gitanes – The April cover shoot of Vogue Australia taps into this season’s trend of Romany inspired pieces with Kai Z Feng’s dynamic studio images. Starring cover girl Julia Frauche and Ruby Aldridge, the duo wears bohemian luxe ensembles selected by fashion editor Naomi Smith and featuring the designs of Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana and Miu Miu among others....

Social Media x Fashion: Volga Verdi Offers Discounts Based on Your Social Influence

Marketers have long known that consumers vary widely in terms of their influence over others, but today’s social networks are making those differences plain for all to see. Aiming to zero in on the shoppers with the widest social clout, Volga Verdi is a California-based fashion brand that offers its customers discounts depending on the number of friends, followers or fans they have...

‘Crazy Hyperculture in the Vertigo of the World’ by Ernesto Neto

Contemporary Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto’s current work, ‘Crazy Hyperculture in the Vertigo of the World’ is a suspended mass of woven labyrinth nets and balls of aromatic spices that engage a viewer’s physical interaction through touch and smell. Neto’s vision is rooted in the Neo-Concreto art movement, which, ‘places the spectator at the centre of the creative action,...

Levi’s Commuter Collection [Video]

Only in its second season, the Commuter Collection by Levi’s is a cycling oriented technical line. With the growth of cycling, the line has already found a lot of fans. Check out the new video below, highlighting the functional details of the...

Stylitics: Get Fashion Advice from Your Own Closet

Stylitics is a website that lets users upload their wardrobe to an interactive platform where they can plan future outfits and view their fashion history. Brands can connect with consumers via the platform to gather informative real-time market research. The analytics site invites users to describe the items they have in their wardrobe. They can include details about the color and...

Balmain Fall/Winter Women’s Collection 2012 [Paris Fashion Week]

Ok, you’ll have to give us a late pass for posting this now. The fashion world moves at a fast pace but one can’t help but stop and star at the new Balmain Women’s collection for Fall/Winter 2012. Marking the second season as creative director of Balmain, French designer Olivier Rousteing look towards Fabergé eggs gave to Elizabeth Taylor as inspiration for the...