Stefanel50 Capsule Collection by Cooperative Designs

by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab Founded a half-century ago, the international knitwear label Stefanel feted the accomplishment with a new collaborative collection. “We are a family—declares the CEO Giuseppe Stefanel—and we like nothing better than a family celebration.†The company presented the capsule line, designed by the London based duo Cooperative Designs, during the latest Milan Fashion Week at Cardi Black Box, the …

Erik Halley Accessories

by For fifteen years Erik Halley has been handcrafting one-off pieces—triple-tiered shoulder pads encrusted with rhinestones and metal-spiked headphones—in his Parisian atelier for the best names in fashion, e.g. Lagerfeld, Yohji, Givenchy, Mugler, Dior, to name but a few. His mischievously extravagant designs (headbands with doll faces painted like Kiss for example) blur the boundaries between accessories and art. Halley’s big break came in 1996 …

Zipcar iPhone Application

by Laura Neilson After announcing it at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last July, car-sharing service Zipcar launched their newest "mobile" venture, an iPhone application yesterday. Improving on their already useful mobile site, the software allows members to locate, reserve and unlock cars in the fleet. The free download uses the phone's location-based capabilities to find the nearest available Zipcar vehicles with a Google map-style interface, …