After more than twenty years in business, Sara Spinelli shuttered her Soho accessories shop this past spring. Apart from the ever-climbing rent, the longtime New Yorker felt a change in the feel of the neighborhood. “There used to be so much individuality,” she says. “Now it’s a big shopping mall.” Spinelli reopened in the East [...]
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Architect Mark Burgess is a founding partner of U+B Architecture and Design Inc., a Minneapolis-based architecture and design firm. U+B does commercial interiors and residential construction, additions and renovations.
The firm designed the Spoonriver restaurant in downtown Minneapolis and is currently handling master planning and design for the Assoufid development in Marrakech, Morocco. The project includes [...]
With all the rich color that comes from eastern cultures like Morocco and India, there’s something to be said for a little inspiration in black and white…I find these selections refreshing and bold in a way that’s not too overpowering, not to mention I love the way that the patterns really take center stage.
*wallpaper by [...]
Casta for Bulgari.
FRAGRANCE
• Laetitia Casta is the face for Bulgari’s new fragrance, Blv Eau de Parfum II, a scent inspired by the color blue. [Now Smell This]
HAIR
• Does man cleavage expose too much chest hair? [Beauty Department/Glamour]
MAKEUP
• Ed Westwick wears ergonomic Eos lip balm. Now you know. [Spoiled Pretty]
• Alicia Keys was so inspired by [...]
New York’s fashion director Harriet Mays Powell sat down with Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci, the youngest couturier in history (he’s 33) to talk about couture and his recent resort collection, which was based on Morocco and David Bowie. And couture, that decadently fabulous season (fall 2009 kicks off next week) is still going strong. “Women buy [...]
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