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MODUS LOVES….TOAST TRAVELS, STORIES, HENEQUEN MACHINE

Modus Loves…. Toast Travels, Stories, Henequen Machine

[JAMES SEATON, TOAST.]
Flying in over the Yucatán, over miles upon miles upon hundreds of miles of flat, nondescript, grey-green scrub – until Mérida comes into sight, a large, white city… in the middle of nowhere. Why, one asks oneself, is this here?
Disembarking the plane, the heat hits one like an oven door opening – over 40ºc and breath-catchingly humid. The bush is packed tight, dusty, low, thorny. Come dusk or shade or damp, the whine of mosquitoes. Despite the….

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Ali Pugh
Posted on Tuesday, 9th of March 2010 | Permalink

Fashion and Modus Loves

CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION AT THE 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® AND AFTER PARTIES

CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION
AT
THE 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® AND AFTER PARTIES

NEW YORK, NY, March 8, 2010 – Calvin Klein, Inc. announced that Calvin Klein Collection wardrobed the following men and women for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards® as well as for the evening’s after parties, held last night in Hollywood, California.

Those wardrobed last night include Julianne Moore and Zac Efron, who each served as a presenter during the broadcast, as well as Fisher Stevens, whose film “The Cove” won for Best Documentary Feature.

For the parties following the awards program, those wardrobed by Calvin Klein Collection included Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich, Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson, Ben Stiller, Rosario Dawson, Cote de Pablo, Zac Efron, Fisher Stevens, Ryan Phillippe, Fernando Verdasco, Ryan Kwanten, and, Liam Hemsworth.

Each of the women’s looks was designed by Francisco Costa, Women’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection and each of the men’s looks was designed by Italo Zucchelli, Men’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection.

EDITORIAL CREDIT: Calvin Klein Collection

IMAGES: Diane Kruger: © 2010 Getty Images
Fernando Verdasco: © 2010 Getty Images
Joshua Jackson: © 2010 Getty Images
Julianne Moore: © 2010 Getty Images
Liam Hemsworth: © 2010 Getty Images
Rosario Dawson: © 2010 Patrick McMullan
Ryan Kwanten: © 2010 Getty Images
Zac Efron: © 2010 Getty Images

Julian Vogel
Posted on Monday, 8th of March 2010 | Permalink

Fashion, Celebrities, Product events and Product placement

PARIS FASHION WEEK, AKRIS AW10 RUNWAY SHOW

Paris Fashion Week, Akris AW10 Ready to Wear Show:

Photo and Article credit Style.com:

From Nicole Phelps Article on Style.com. Picking up where his smart pre-collection left off, Albert Kriemler’s Fall lineup was focused on languid, seventies-ish tailoring and outerwear with a sportif sensibility. The lean, spare silhouette of his suits—elongated jacket, high-waisted flared trousers—provided an opportunity to showcase the fine fabrics that Akris’ St. Gallen mills specialize in: Prince of Wales checks, houndstooths, tweeds, and plaids, all in the supplest cashmere. And it doesn’t get any more luxe than Kriemler’s long-sleeved blouse in a taupey-gray sheared astrakhan. As subtle as that fur and those menswear cashmeres were, his leathers were vibrant: a trim, to-the-body sleeveless dress in cassis, a fitted double-breasted coat in plum. As for the sportier fare, you’re never going to see a straight-up down parka here. Kriemler’s came in camel hair with drawstrings on the sleeves and across the torso and back to adjust the fit.

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Justine Clements
Posted on Monday, 8th of March 2010 | Permalink

Fashion, Paris and Runway Shows

PARIS FASHION WEEK: AKRIS SHOWROOM

Preparations for the Akris Show going well. Casting all set, collection looks stunning. Running order finalised, seating plan adjusted, final touches to the press release.

Julian Vogel
Posted on Sunday, 7th of March 2010 | Permalink

Fashion, Julian Vogel, Paris and Runway Shows

PRODUCT COVERAGE CALVIN KLEIN X MARKS THE SPOT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

Product Coverage…. www.telegraph.co.uk

HUNKS IN TRUNKS
Four of the hottest bods in the sporting and acting world have been chosen to front the latest Calvin Klein underwear advertising campaign. Baring almost all for the cameras this season are: Fernando Verdasco, the Spanish tennis player, and Hidetoshi Nakata, the retired Japanese soccer player, along with the American actors, Kellan Lutz, of the ‘Twilight’ film series fame, and Mechad Brooks, who will be well known to fans of the TV series, Desperate Housewives and True Blood. It is the first time Calvin Klein has used four famous faces at once
Buy Calvin Klein
The campaign was photographed by Mikael Jansson. The four hunks in trunks continue Calvin Klein’s muscular reputation for mixing pecs and sex appeal. Previous under-cover stars for the brand have included the footballer, Freddy Lindberg, Dijimon Hounsou of The Gladiators and Black Diamond fame, and Travis Fimmel, the good ‘ol country boy-turned-male model, from the Australian Outback. The most recent to model was Keira Knightley’s ex, Jamie Dornan.

Davina Wedderburn
Posted on Thursday, 4th of March 2010 | Permalink

Fashion and Product placement

MODUS LOVES….HAMILTONS GALLERY EXHIBITION IRVING PENN & RON ARAD’S WELL TRANSPARENT CHAIR

Modus Loves…....

Tim & Tim - Everyone needs good Neighbours -
Gallery neighbours Tim Jefferies & Timothy Taylor both held events last night. Mr Jefferies was showing Irving Penn’s Small Trades series at his Hamilton’s Gallery.

Mr Taylor was showing paintings by celebrated American artist Alex Katz and a viewing of Ron Arad’s new Well Transparent Chair - also featured on the cover of this month Wallpaper* magazine.

click to visit Hamiltons Gallery website

click to visit the Timothy Taylor Gallery website

Julian Vogel
Posted on Thursday, 4th of March 2010 | Permalink

Fashion and Modus Loves

CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR THE 9 COUNTRIES MODEL COMPETITION

CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR
ANNOUNCES FINALISTS
FOR THE “9 COUNTRIES, 9 MEN, 1 WINNER” MODEL COMPETITION

NEW YORK, NY & LONDON, U.K., March 1, 2010 – Calvin Klein Underwear, today announced the nine finalists of the “9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner” pan-European male model competition.

Thousands of model hopefuls submitted their photographs through the competition website at 9countries9men.com or attended in-store casting events, which took place in selected stores across Europe with branded pop-up photo studios. Over 3,000 successful applicants made it to the judging process, and one finalist from each of the nine countries was chosen by a panel of judges. The prestigious panel included Calvin Klein Underwear model and actor Jamie Dornan, as well as Devon Parsons from Select Model Management, key members of the media and executives from Calvin Klein, Inc.

The “9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner” finalists include:

England’s Laurence Cope, age 19;
France’s Mickael Melcher, age 22;
Germany’s Lenn Haberthaler, age 21;
Greece’s Nikos Douramanis, age 22;
Italy’s Carmelo Di Guardo, age 23;
The Netherlands’ Chiel Konings, age 20;
Russia’s Dan Miller, age 23;
Spain’s Luis Ansa Echegaray, age 24; and
Sweden’s Alex Bechet, age 23;

To celebrate the latest Calvin Klein Underwear’s steel product range – which consists of nine new color-ways, each representing the flag of one of the nine participating countries – the brand launched a pan-European male model search in August 2009, to find one man from each of the nine countries – England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Sweden – who embodied the attributes of the new line.

The nine finalists will be introduced during appearances at participating Calvin Klein Underwear stores across Europe, as well as via the competition website, 9countries9men.com. The winner will be chosen by public vote in March and April, via the website and in-store voting and will be announced in May 2010. The winner will receive a one-year modeling contract with Select Model Management, as well as a luxury trip for two people to South Africa. The other eight finalists will each receive a one-year supply of Calvin Klein Underwear.

To commemorate the final phase of the “9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner” competition, Calvin Klein Underwear will launch a new Global X product offering, which will arrive in stores beginning March 2010. Celebrating geographical pride and diversity, Calvin Klein Underwear Global X is a new range of underwear and tops in cotton/modal/spandex that combines national colors together with bold graphics and our legendary great fit.

For further information and to place your vote visit www.9countries9men.com

Davina Wedderburn
Posted on Tuesday, 2nd of March 2010 | Permalink

Advertising, Brand events, Fashion, People Behind the Scenes and Retail events

MODUS LOVES….GRETA GARBO EXHIBITION OPENS IN COLLABORATION WITH FERRAGAMO

Greta Garbo exhibition opens in collaboration with Ferragamo

Greta Garbo - the mystery of style.
Opening tonight at the Trienale in Milan and sponsored by Salvatore Ferragamo. Her love of Ferragamo was absolute, regularly ordering 70 pairs at a time.

Matahari my favourite, check out the sequin leggings!

Julian Vogel
Posted on Tuesday, 2nd of March 2010 | Permalink

Fashion, Milan and Modus Loves