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A US car enthusiast has bought car at auction in London for more than four million dollars.
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US collector Harry Yeaggy flew into Britain for Wednesday’s sale and outbid his rivals to buy the car for 2.6 million pounds (4.1 million dollars).
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The Marc Jacobs Wrath Studded Bag is somewhere circa that line, although I’m not sure what side it’s on. But I am sure that I love it, in spite (or maybe because) of its wealth of personality.
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I’d seriously doubt that there is anyone reading this that has not felt some effect of the economic circumstances that most of the world is currently facing. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, then you’ve probably been living in a hut on an island somewhere. If that’s the case, then your tan looks nice and you probably want to turn around and head back before we delve in to the rest of this post. Trust me, you don’t want to know.
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In the interest of full disclosure, much of this is just personal observation. But on the other hand, if there are any handbag “experts” out there, I guess we’re some of them. I spend 8 hours a day looking at and pontificating on purses, for better or for worse. And it seems that, lately, a few things have changed. Logo bags have been declining in popularity for some time now, but it seems like more people are resistant to them than ever. No one should be ashamed of what they can afford, certainly. But how one portrays one’s wealth when more and more people with previously prestigious and high-paying jobs are out of work is something to consider, and seems to be something that a lot of people have considered. When your peers are the ones that suddenly don’t have jobs, does it change things?
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IT COMES AS no surprise that Amanda Pratt, creative director of Avoca, admits that Paul Smith is her greatest hero. Like him, she doesn’t go down the traditional route for anything, preferring to find her inspiration from all sources, particularly old fabrics and patterns. Elsa Schiaparelli (who was a customer of Avoca in the 1930s), another designer famous for her individuality, is a revered figure.
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“It’s to do with knowing when something is too much or knowing when it’s too little, it has to do with balance,” she says, sitting on the floor in her office, knee-deep in clothing samples.
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“I was always in love with beautiful old clothes that have some resonance. I don’t like throwing things away. I love the history in fabrics.” Her creative responsibilities don’t just end with the fashion collections she designs every year – spring 2013 is already out of the way and winter 2013 in progress – but includes everything from scarves to homewares, samples of which crowd the shelves in her office. Ninety per cent of what Avoca produces in these areas is exported, mainly to northern Europe but also further afield; the company has just received a €56,000 order for socks, for instance, from Anthropologie in the US and there is growing interest from Japan.
“The countries whose fashion really excites me are the UK and Japan,” she says.
Her scrapbooks in which she gathers ideas, images and fabrics for each season are a key to her design approach.
“I work on it at night at home, sitting in front of the fire when I have mental space. And I am completely paranoid about it. If I can’t in the book, I can’t do it in reality.” The winter collection shown here, would have started on these pages.
I comment on the buttons, always a noticeable feature, the latest made from old watches. “Most people think of a button as something that just does something up – it is usually the last thing a designer thinks of, whereas I think of it like a piece of jewellery that adds something happy and unexpected. Buttons were special to our ancestors and were often a mark of position. I see them as surprising details.”
That element of humour and surprise has endeared her to the Japanese market and Japanese magazines sit on a rack alongside French Vogue and others. “I love the Japanese aesthetic and their lack of fear of being different, particularly Japanese women. They like naivety rather than sexuality. We have been exporting there for the past four seasons, which means that at retail, Japan is selling €1.3 million worth of Avoca product.”
Now the giant Itochu Corporation, one of the world’s biggest, which brought Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood and Jil Sander amongst others to Japan, wants to open an Avoca retail shop in the country. Pratt is heading there next month – she is already taking lessons in Japanese – and if successful, the venture will mark a major development for the Irish company which has seen a big jump in exports since September 2009 as well as a 64 per cent increase in online business in the last six months.
Here in Ireland, however, most people associate Avoca with its café and shops, the newest of which has just opened in Malahide Castle in north Dublin. “Because of this, we are not really seen as an export business,” says Pratt. “I can’t think of any others in Ireland doing what I am doing and exporting. We are not seen in Ireland as being a design-driven house and the area that I am passionate about is design. There is so much innovation going on here and to think that another nation like Japan paul smith handbags sale, whose people are so different, would think that Avoca would be exciting, would be a dream.&rdquo outlet paul smith holdall;
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Arizona Muse to star in the first ever fashion film for Louis Vuitton. The film will be shot in the world’s greatest museum, the Louvre, entitled ‘Invitation to Travel’. This will be the company’s first fashion film multi-media campaign, shot by photographer/director duo Inez and Vinoodh. Click here to watch a preview of the campaign that will launch on November 12th. (Grazia)
Diane von Furstenberg has joined designers Issey Miyake buy Paul Smith Handbags, Paul Smith, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Christian Lacroix, and designed her own iconic Evian water bottle. Each year Evian select one designer to create their own limited edition fashion bottle for the brand. Von Furstenberg’s design includes a quote “Water is Life is Love is Life is Water is..”. (Glam)
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When times are dark and Batman, Superman or Captain America are not around... you can always turn to Victoria’s Secret! Nothing can stop fashion show producers from doing their work, not even Hurricane Sandy. After the storm hit New York last week, the producers for the upcoming and anticipated VS show, managed to be one of the first to revive a whole building to be up and running once again. (Styleite)
US national election week was in full throttle this week, but politics and fashion have always been connected as appearances this week from both candidates could have made a huge difference in the polls. Forbes take a look at Michelle Obama’s best fashion moments and show us why this first lady is not going anywhere. (Forbes)
While the big news this week is the departure of Nicolas Ghesquière from Balenciaga, here is more evidence of what a great job Nicolas did for the brand. Kristen Stewart is known for being a huge fan of Balenciaga and this week she made a breathtaking appearance at the Grauman's Chinese Theater for the premier of her film ‘On the Road’ at the AFI Fest 2012 presented by Audi paul smith holldall bags sale. (Examiner)
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Kicking off its second crack at the China market, following a well-publicized withdrawal five years ago, leading British label Paul Smith recently unveiled its first new location in Tianjin. Having — in some analysts’ eyes — jumped the gun by entering China before consumers had warmed to more low-key labels, Paul Smith is optimistic that the emerging brand-savvy Chinese shopper will mean its prospects in 2013 are far better than they were in 2006.
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As Jing Daily noted in August, Paul Smith is optimistic that changing demand in the country &mdash paul smith handbags sale; led by shoppers with an eye on quality and style rather than logos and flash — will help it capture more of the country’s still-booming high fashion segment despite consumer slowdown fears. By 2020, the mainland China fashion market is expected to triple in size to more than 1.3 trillion yuan (US$206 billion), up from 400 billion yuan in 2010. As Balbina Wong, chief executive officer for ImagineX Group (Paul Smith&rsquo paul smith holldall bags sale;s distributor in the Greater China region), put it this summer, “This is the right time to join the race…Chinese consumers are becoming more sophisticated and brand-conscious. China’s overall GDP may slow, but the middle-class is growing.”
As Sir Paul Smith told the FT, “There is a lot more awareness of Paul Smith [in China] now than there used to be…There are a lot of people who are not necessarily looking for the obvious symbols of wealth or fashion. They are more looking to buy things that they know are interesting, or special.”
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Day Dreaming With My Camera is a new exhibition of photographs by Smith detailing his passion for London and the rest of the United Kingdom. The snaps are tight cropped, focusing on national icons—black cabs, cafe racers, and cows—and serve to highlight the AW12 collection.
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