Wrk-Shp by Airi Isoda

An LA-based designer's hardware store-inspired accessories

Many fashion designers may describe their work as architectural, citing structural influences in the accessories and garments they create, but few would actually follow their compatriot, Airi Isoda, to the hardware store. Along with her fiancé, Ryan Upton, Isoda heads up LA-based Wrk-shp, a venture she describes as a “collaborative platform for my architect partner and me to work together and create. Whether the outlet …

B. Luxo Instagram Fashion Editorial

Styled iPhone shoots from a leading Brazilian vintage supplier

Here’s one of the more ingenious ways we’ve seen people use Instagram: instant fashion editorial. Paula Reboredo and Gil França, the couple behind Sao Paulo vintage store B. Luxo, have come up with a way to market their goods and get a response immediately, by doing fully styled mini editorial shoots for Instagram. The couple began by posting images of selected clothing and accessories to …

Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life

$17 width=”300″ height=”300″ class=”none” /> $17 Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life There’s no shortage of Coco Chanel biographies but this one details Coco’s fascinating mix of contradictions in a new way. From an impoverished childhood she rose to the top of society, enjoying liaisons with some of the century’s greatest artists as well as some of its darker elements. Chaney explores the themes of art, …