WANTED: Leather + Birchwood Heels By Baiba Ladiga

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 […]

WANTED: The Dark Cube Bag By Lamat

How perfect is this bag?  Not only is it useful, it’s sculpturally beautiful, with timeless style + appeal. ‘The Dark Cube Bag’ by Lamat, created using leather + wood, is all about minimalism.  With only one pocket for holding documents, cash + such, life couldn’t be simpler + so chic!   Available for purchase at Not Just […]

Get lost in the alternate reality of fashion film ‘That Paradise Would Be A Meme’ by Stef Van Looveren for #ThrowbackThursday.  Showcasing male fashions by BENJI WZW, you can’t help but smile over the juxtaposition between the patterns, cuts + contemporary silhouettes of the clothes with that of the film’s virtual environment made up of lines, geometric shapes + wooden […]

Fencing Unis Inspire Cool And Easy Pieces For Summer

For Summer, Hungarian designer Anna Daubner gets inspired + reimagines the fencing uniform into perfect light + airy looks..  For her Summer capsule collection, the concept of materials + cuts was built on that of fencing uniforms: the surface of luxe sport fabrics, the simplicity of the cuts + the purity of white.  Using the simplicity […]

Indoor Plants Prove To Be The Perfect Print For Spring

Created by Hungarian designer DORITOMCSANYI, this digital print of Indoor Plants is unlike any botanical print I’ve seen before.  Sure, I’ve seen these plants or their leaves before, but never was the planter included, which is what makes this print so special.  Part of the SS/14 ‘Panel’ collection, this ‘Indoor Plants Long Silk Skirt’, with two pockets […]

The Avant Garde Diaries presents fashion film ‘Rising + Falling’, featuring Bliss Lau, the brilliant + beautiful body jewelry designer, discussing her inspiration for her Spring/Summer 2014 ‘Fibonacci’ collection.  Of course, it wouldn’t be a Bliss Lau piece of art, without a deep intellectual narrative.  The 13-piece collection, comprised of onyx + freshwater pearls, is all about the affinity […]