M: Last week I was invited for a 'Secret Dinner' by my good friend Maria Vasco. She initiated a brilliant concept that guarantees a stylish venue, exclusive food and - most important - a group of…

Five years of an ever increasing amount of 'brand'-based linguistic paraphernalia, and as both a writer and a reader, I'm utterly exhausted by the complete meaningless inanity of it all. And if I sit in one more meeting where some marketing dodo hits me with crap like 'brand architecture', 'brand custodian' and 'brand promise', I'll brand them in original branding style with a hot poker on the rear.

I cannot begin to tell you just how many problems I have with the notion of 'brands' -…

Accountant, politician, beauty therapist or shrink. She could be anyone. And so could you!!

I bet you know who this is (pic above). She not only wears the mask, she lives it.

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Starting tomorrow through Oct. 3, the wedding gown Sarah Burton designed for Kate Middleton will  be on display to the public at Buckingham Palace as part of “The Royal Wedding Dress: A Story of Great British Design." In addition to the gown, Middleton's handcrafted Alexander McQueen bridal shoes (size 8, with three-inch heels), the diamond…

We at neofundi are very excited to show you our neofundi-tashas collaboration card. 

This two sided card will be received by patrons, with your receipt folder at tashas cafe.

To follow tashas page…

I have been remiss. A bad blogger. A blog is like a Tamagotchi. It needs to be fed to be kept alive. Actually a blogger is like a Tamagotchi too, hungry. So in a world of free content where most bloggers write out of love (and occasionally ego) an invitation to dinner is a supreme event.…

Lanvin, Celine, and Kenzo all showed hard-structured bags for Fall 2011, and ever since Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen turned up to last month's CFDA Awards sporting a pastel pair from The Row, this retro-inspired silhouette has been topping the hit list. Polished enough to go from…

At first sight they resemble some kind of organic material. Coral perhaps, or bubbling mineral deposits. But these tubular sculptures currently exhibited by Helmut Lang have a more complex significance - they are all that remains of his personal professional archive as a fashion designer.

Lang, who retired from his eponymous Prada-owned label in January 2005…

By pixelating, otherwise, ordinary images of our current world leaders, ad agency Memac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai creates the illusion that something lewd is taking place. This new print cam­paign for press free­dom, hosted by Reporters With­out Bor­ders, called «Cen­sor­ship Tells the Wrong Story»

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1940's film Noir inspired the new batch of Miu Miu sunglasses for Fall 2011. Shot by Bruce Weber for the Miu Miu Fall 2011 ad campaign, the new frames feature oversized, angular cat-eyes and lots of retro-glam colourways-think ochre tortoise shell and metallic glitter-acetate. …

"A woman’s beauty begins at her ankle, it has the shape of things to come."-shoelosophy

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As we lose one more great talent to drugs and mayhem, I don't want to make any clever jokes, and for now I don't even want to mourn. I just want to laud, applaud and pay homage to the “Red, White and Blues” Amy Winehouse became the 21st century queen of, albeit for too short a time. In my mind, she is the most significant songstress to come out of the UK in three decades; and what I loved about her music from the first chord I ever heard, was how she took the timeless musical languages of…

The Talented Mr. Ripley tells the tale of a man who becomes obsessed with wealth, power and his friend. The book begins in New York, where down-on-his-luck Tom Ripley is approached by the wealthy Mr. Greenleaf to help him find his son, Dickie. Tom, an acquaintance of Dickie agrees to help. He soon finds himself in London forming a friendship with Dickie and his girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow. Gwyneth starts…

"I love these products" - a mood board showing beauty products that I use and packaging I adore.

Dr Rey's Sensual Solutions Products are amazing, especially the cleanser...that's a blog on it's own; The Pond's dual eye cream and gel is innovative, affordable and works; Tom Ford Neroli turquoise and gold bottle…

Everyday we have the power to choose. Choose to wear a frown or a smile. Choose if we want to be noticed and wear something appropriate or…

The clothing brand is cheeky and idiosyncratic, colorful and original-they make clothes that in all respects is different from the rest, with flamboyant and remarkable prints, cuts and patchwork. Desigual dare against the grain and that is their strength.…

"Art washes from the soul the dust of very day life" - Pablo Picasso

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