It all began with beads, crystals, sandpaper, inspiration and tons in one bedroom apartment in West Hollywood. In the beginning the founders Tarina Tarantino and Alfonso Campos did everything theyrselves; design, sales, production, shipping and PR. Soon the jewelry brand Tarina Tarantino was appearing in many major fashion magazines and TV shows in America. Brand quickly became the “must have” with the fashion elites. Now the brand came to Europe.

www.tarinatarantino.com

All of us heard that Conde Nast, the huge American company and the owner of a Vogue brand, opens the 17-th Vogue magazine edition. Where? In India! OMG, I want to get this first number so much! I was looking for it in Internet and Ebay already. Of course, local people don’t know that there are some Europeans (mad fashion admirers) wishing to get this 1-st Indian Vogue number for their magazines collection.

Are you going to India maybe? Can you buy it for me?

A young Italian designer is banking on Zinedine Zidane’s notorious World Cup headbutt to make his mark on the fashion world.
Alessandro Ferrari, 28, has come up with a line of T-shirts, polo-necks and fleece jerseys featuring a stylised logo of a man hitting someone with his head – much like the France legend did when he amazed the soccer world by ramming Italy defender Marco Materazzi in France World Cup Final defeat to Italy.
Ferrari has dubbed the line Xqua, pronounced Perqua, to echo the Pourquoi, pourquoi, pourquoi? (Why, why, why?) with which French public TVs shocked commentator reacted to Zizou’s act.
Ferrari obviously hopes his tops will be a success but also claims they can help spread a culture of non-violence.
�I decided to use that regrettable incident to launch a positive social message while offering a top-quality, trendy product, he said.

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Legendary Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is toasting a better future for refugees this festive season with a limited edition mug that he has created to help support the work of the UN refugee agency.
Sporting a sleek design depicting the Mandarin character for “hope,” the mug was inspired while the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador was on a trip to the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai.
It is available this month in stores around the United Kingdom and Italy as well as through online vendors, and will soon be available in the United States and Australia.
For every Armani mug sold, part of the income will go towards UNHCR’s global work to support more than 20 million refugees and other people of concern.
“UNHCR is extremely grateful that Giorgio Armani and our other steadfast Goodwill Ambassadors are keeping the needs of refugees in mind,” said Nick Van Praag, UNHCR’s director of external relations.
“UNHCR is almost entirely dependent upon voluntary contributions to provide vital support to millions of refugees under our care, so every donation – such as through the purchase of these beautiful mugs – will help refugees.”

Dexigner

Despite of my dislike to twin-designed flash sites Рblack background, rectangular, the white name across I have to write about M̦tivi site. Fashion sketches, photos of the dummies, good music all this looks very good. If all designers and famous brand sites were so pleasant, I would visit them more often than 1 time per 2-3 months.

Italian jeweler and luxury goods retailer Bulgari (usually written “BVLGARI”) is named for its founder, Italian Greek, Sotirios Bulgari (???????? ?????????). The company was founded in 1884 in Rome, Italy. The company made a name for itself with jewelry, today it is a recognized luxury brand that markets several product lines including watches, handbags, fragrances, accessories, and… hotels.

San Francisco, the 1960s

Susie Russell and Douglas  Tompkins

The North Face

Esprit triple-bar ‘E’ Logo

early 80s

Caffe Esprit in San Francisco

Real People campaign

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