A year after her arrival as artistic director, Camille Miceli presented her first Pucci collection in Florence. The choice of venue is an homage to founder Emilio Pucci and his ancestral home. Dubbed “Initials E.P.” the brightly colored collection mirrors the rich Tuscan palette on the banks of the Arno.

A mission patch designed by Emilio Pucci for the Apollo 15 crew in 1971 inspired Camille Miceli’s collection. Air and space impart a pulsing freshness to silhouettes as delightfully surprising as they are sophisticated. A flowing caftan in the Pesce motif opened the show, followed by luminous all-white looks, knits enlivened with the Girandole print, and denim reworked with the signature Marmo print. Beach looks featured long zip pulls like those on wet suits, embellished with strass. Shimmering silk twill is laminated with gold foil for an iridescent effect on dresses. Accessories are equally fun, including the Daily bucket bag or the Puccinella in straw, paired with platform sandals or pointy heels embellished with little fishes. Floaters printed with colorful Pucci prints are the new musts for the season. The finale was a huge wow: a dazzling  balloon silhouette, followed by eight catsuits in Pucci prints, layered with gold jewelry and a T-shirt assembled from chains to close the show.

The sky is the limit for this new collection ready for takeoff from Florence to the moon.

More information on Emilio Pucci website. 

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The open-air photography exhibit entitled Dreamland has delighted visitors for  the past several weeks at the Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris. Students from the Make Up For Ever Academy in Paris and Shanghai explore the infinite possibilities of makeup as art.  

When she created Make Up For Ever in 1984, Dany Sanz avowed a desire to establish makeup as an art: “Body art helped me to express myself, like a painter on a canvas, but on the skin.”  Just as painters work with pigments, the makeup artists trained at the  Make Up For Ever Academy fuse colors and textures to create veritable artworks. The 2022 exhibition Nature Reconnection celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Make Up For Ever Academy showcased the deep affinity of its students with nature, drawing over 150,000 visitorsfrom Paris to Taiwan. This year’s Dreamland exhibition explores the connection between dreams and reality through 30 Body and Face Art creations. Displayed at the Jardin d’Acclimatation, the large format photos spotlight the talent of the students and their unbridled creativity. These “artworks in movement” immerse viewers in a captivating world both bewitching and surreal. Combining the gestures of a painter and the techniques of a makeup artist, the students delved into the art of dreaming through four compelling themes. Monochrome Sleep takes a black and white plunges into the oneiric world, while Graphic Faces reflects the faces of daydreams. Night Travel presents stunning trompe-l’oeil works thanks to body art, and Between World uses makeup to bridge the worlds of dream and reality.  

The diversity of shapes, colors, postures and perspectives underlines the plurality of personalities and backgrounds of Make Up For Ever Academy students.  

The Dreamland exhibition by the Make Up Forever Academy runs until May 29, 2023 at the Jardin d’Acclimatation. 

Bulgari has chosen Venice to host its annual brand event and unveil its new High-Jewelry and High-End Watch collection, Mediterranea. The choice of the Serenissima is a tribute to the city’s role as a guardian of Byzantine culture, a symbol of openness to different cultures, bringing together distant universes and inspirations. Over the centuries Venice served as the crossroads of Mediterranean influences, a privileged stage for myriad encounters and exchanges, perfectly embodying the eclectic ethos of the collection.

Born from audacious creativity and exceptional craftsmanship, the collection is a kaleidoscope of unprecedented jewelry creations, translating multifaceted suggestions collected through time and space. With Mediterranea, Bulgari showcases the pinnacle of High-Jewelry, retracing and imaginary trip across the Mediterranean Sea, the unique cradle of civilization, an inexhaustible source of inspiration layering multiple arts, traditions and crafts.

“This High Jewelry collection is an homage to the Mediterranean beauty and essence in all its forms. For me, being in the Mediterranean region is an awakening of all senses, and a real inspirational experience. The architecture, the nature, the people, I am eyeing beauty everywhere. Is an inspiring melting pot, where many different cultures and societies have mingled and enriched each other over centuries. Our hospitality and open-mindedness are rooted in this history.” — Lucia Silvestri Bulgari Jewelry Creative Director

“With Mediterranea, Bulgari unveil its new high jewellery and high end watches collections by embarking on an epic and immersive journey that starts from Rome, the eternal city and permanent source of creative inspiration for Bulgari, to Venice, the major crossroad of Mediterranean influences where the Roman Byzantine Empire fused with the Roman Western Empire to give birth to inclusive and unrivalled arts and architecture. With great honour we celebrate the vision of the founder Sotirio Bulgari with magnificent creations that represent the pinnacle of Bulgari identity made of audacious creativity and exceptional craftsmanship. Offering to our guests the most extraordinary locations of the City together with pioneering AI driven interactive experiences further enhancing the beauty and emotions created by 2023 collection establishing a new milestone in extraordinary goldsmithing and gems expertise.” — Jean-Christophe Babin, Président-directeur general de Bulgari.

With a stunning exhibition in the heart of the mythic Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, the Roman jeweler shares a rich and captivating aesthetic bridging three distinctive worlds, each associated with a specific color palette. Cross-pollination, eclecticism and syncretism infuse the Mediterranea collection in a captivating blend of inspirations connecting Eastern and Western cultures, Byzantine and Roman vibes, along with references to North African spices and the sumptuous Baroque ambiance of southern Italy.

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Dior has opened its new spa in the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, bathed in the radiant light of the Côte d’Azur. After celebrating the hotel with an eponymous perfume in the Collection Privée Christian Dior, the Maison opens a new chapter in a vision of discreet and authentic luxury shared with the legendary establishment.

A gem of the French Riviera, Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc has overlooked the southern tip of Cap d’Antibes for more than 150 years. Mediterranean lifestyle now meets Parisian elegance at the storied hotel with the inauguration of the new Dior Spa Eden-Roc. Inspired by the idyllic setting, the beauty and well-being center opens onto a reception room in pale shades of sand, along with a boutique featuring the Maison’s exquisite skincare and makeup lines: the Collection Privée Christian Dior perfumes, including the special Eden-Roc fragrance and the Dior Solar range, an ideal match for the sun-drenched Côte d’Azur.

Under the trained hands of well-being experts, visitors avid for sensory experiences can discover an extensive choice of innovative, personalized treatments. Thanks to an exceptional partnership with Hydrofacial technology, Dior has developed the exclusive Dior Powered by Hydrofacial facial treatment. The Maison’s holistic vision of beauty and well-being includes hydrotherapy and infra-therapy, with the dedicated Iyashi Dôme treatment room for detox and slimming. And Dioriginels Rituals, created especially for the new spa, are inspired by the rocks, the sea, the garden and the sun. There are also six exclusive wellness treatments, dubbed Bouquets, introduced for the first time and available exclusively at the Dior Spa Eden-Roc.

These exceptional interludes enhance both the body and the inner glow under the sunshine of the French Riviera.

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More information on Dior Spa Eden-Roc

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Louis Vuitton unveiled its Prefall 2023 women’s collection with a masterful tribute to the Maison’s long relationship with South Korea. In the heart of the country’s capital, Nicolas Ghesquière, Artistic Director for Louis Vuitton women’s collections, transformed the landmark Jamsugyo Bridge into a catwalk for a collection that honors Seoul’s vibrant culture and pioneering spirit. 

“I am thrilled to have Louis Vuitton’s first-ever Prefall fashion show in the vibrant capital city of Seoul, showcasing artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière’s vision for the collection. A cultural hub that continues to draw global attention, Seoul shares a common spirit with Louis Vuitton for pioneering the future, reimagining creativity, and nurturing savoir-faire. The collection is being presented on the iconic Jamsugyo Bridge, spanning the Hangang river, emblematic of the longstanding relationship Louis Vuitton has with Seoul and their shared values.” — Pietro Beccari, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Louis Vuitton

With a set by Squid Game director Dong-Hyuk proposing a gambit of light and watery illusion, the Prefall 2023 collection was a creative flow back and forth, exploring the very foundations of the Maison. Its origins as a trunkmaker established principles that serve as catalysts for clothing, notably black and white Damier checkerboard prints on billowing pants, waisted dresses and trapeze dresses. The wardrobe also featured biker jackets and colorfully striped suits with layered fabrics.

This living work of architecture is in elegant harmony with the water’s whims. The show fittingly kicked off a strategic partnership between the city of Seoul and Louis Vuitton, which has pledged to help preserve the biodiversity of the Hangang River. The Maison will also partner with the Korea Tourism Organization to revitalize local tourism.

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