WANTED: Leather + Birchwood Heels By Baiba Ladiga

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If you’re like me + view shoes as sculpture, this pair by Baiba Ladiga over exceeds that expectation.  These ‘Leather + Birchwood Heels’ have no bad angles.  If you’re looking at these heels by Ladiga from the side, the front or from the back, you really need to stop + gasp slightly, when bearing witness to wearable sculpture for motion.

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Not only does designer Ignacia appreciate + understand the necessity between form + function when it comes to shoes, she respects + addresses both by assuring the wearer with a stylish yet comfortable fit.  Besides, who couldn’t handle themselves in a handmade shoe, whose architectural design was inspired by an interior wooden chair.

These Baiba Laidga original heels are now available for purchase at Not Just  A Label.  

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For #ThrowbackThursday, here’s fashion film, ‘Hotel Skovgaard, Room 77’ by director Ali F. Mostafa featuring Danish shoe designer Camilla Skovgaard’s covetable accessories from her A/W 2012 + Resort 2013 collections.  Filmed in Dubai, you can’t help but get sucked in through the sense + feel of the film + with music by Zebra Katz x Touch, the film as a whole becomes intoxicatingly sexy, dark + hypnotic.

 (via SHOWstudio)

‘The Stendahl Syndrome’ By Clara Cullen, A Shoppable Fashion Film For Luisviaroma.com

Love fashion films as much as I do?  What about one with a motion-touch, shoppable interactive feature?  Well that’s exactly what luxe Luisviaroma.com had director Clara Cullen create with film ’The Stendahl Syndrome’.  Now ‘Stendahl Syndrome’ is the phenomenon of a psychosomatic disorder first identified by the eponymous 19th-century French author, who posited that an experience of great beauty could cause bouts of disorientation + hallucination, which inspired this film.  

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Then the experience is further intensified with a soundtrack by Alabama-born composer + visual artist Sahra Motalebi, echoing throughout the different historic locations, from Studio Galleria Romanelli, one of the oldest sculpture studios in Europe, to the fresco-lined duomo of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. 

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Stylist + creative director Carmel Imelda Walsh told NOWNESS, ‘When I first heard of the Stendhal Syndrome, I found myself comparing this feeling to the fashion weeks where I see so many shows + so much talent in such a condensed period of time,’ adding, ‘The handcrafts, designs + concepts are all so unique to the world of each designer.’

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With dancer Chiara Afilani motioning throughout, wearing gorgeous looks including a J.W. Anderson Felted Wool Skirt + a Dragon Tattoo Effect Tulle Dress by Zuhair Murad, along with more by Delfina Delettrez, , Maison Martin Margiela, Jil Sander + Alexander McQueen, you just can’t help yourself but to double-click on items + buy, buy, buy!

(via NOWNESS)

Would You Ever Think A Man With Googly Eyes Would Look This Good?

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Aren’t these looks simply amazing?  For the ‘Power Man’ editorial inside KALTBLUT magazine, shot by Ciaran Christopher, featuring the gorgeous model Ramario, full of color, texture, pattern + volume play, twin designers Nadia + Zehra have created a final collections containing very distinctive pieces that both compliment + contrasted each others collections. They told KALTBLUT magazine, ‘Both collections share a lot of similarities, yet are both unique. Drawing inspiration from our heritage, Nadia using Italian costume + Zehra Turkish costumes which brought a personal aspect to our collections. As twins we have similar styles but are able to draw on our differences to bring something that is completely unique that sets us apart. We believe we were brought into the world to make a difference. Nadia + Zehra is not just another fashion label, it is a lifestyle brand with a new twist,’ + I couldn’t agree more.  But just remember, TWINS to them means  ’Together We Innovate New Shit’!

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I especially love how the collection is unisex + who doesn’t love a man in a dress – there’s something so sexy about it.  There’s a lot of weaving going on as in the collars above, along the side panels of the dress below + as panels of the silver moto jacket in last pic, which gives the overall look an interesting pause.  In using such a precise + geometric pattern, where everything is exact + missing it with patterns that are quite the opposite, incorporating a series of colors, creating a dramatic effect.

What about that sweater above?  I’d be jealous too, it’s so damn sick!

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(via KALTBLUT)