In an awful piece of fashion news, reports of Alexander McQueen’s death have been confirmed by his company. Barely a month shy of his 41st birthday, the British designer known for his wonderfully eccentric designs – most recently towering rounded front high heels worn by Lady Gaga, Kelis and other stars who push the fashion [...]

Fashion’s umber-active mind, Karl Lagerfeld, took us on a fantastically imaginative (and financially sound) turn in Shanghai last week with his latest Chanel pre-fall 2010 collection. With the iconic Shanghai TV-tower as the backdrop, Lagerfeld presented a stunning collection rich with Shinto-Franco sartorial cultural exchanges. Based on a fictional dream of Coco Chanel time-traveling through [...]

Karl Lagerfeld debuted his new scooter helmet this year complete with jewels, pearls and mink. At first sight, we thought that the creation was merely theatrics, but lo and behold, the 12 made are now available for sale just in time for the holidays. One thing we love about the helmet is the functionality: complete with an iPod [...]

Amsterdam-based artist Selwyn Senatori has an affinity for his Italian heritage, incorporating subjects in his paintings that he calls “the five things an Italian man thinks about”; coffee, food, vino, a fast car and breasts. Luckily for us that’s not all that’s been on his mind because though many of his paintings include Italian themes, [...]

Fashion king Karl Lagerfeld has never been known to mince words.
In response to German magazine Brigitte’s decision last week to completely replace cover models with “real women” (interpret that as you may), Lagerfeld insisted that only “fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television” are the ones objecting to thin [...]