Usually behind a beautiful pictures there are two things: a brilliant stylist and an amazing photographer. I find interesting that sometimes even the most common object can become special, if you use the right angle, the appropriate colour background, the perfect light. You just need to find the beauty in it and release it. Paul Lowe is a very well know food stylist who lives and work in New York, on his website Sweet Paul you not only will find great recipes but also pictures with a very fashionable side. His blog has been voted one of the 50 World’s Best Design Blog by Times Online and he also has a beautiful magazine featuring his work.

Don’t you love these very fashionable pumpkins? Here you see one dedicated to Louis Vuitton next to the one for late fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Simple, yet stunning. Let me know what you think of his blog, I love every single little piece of it!

Oh, Travel & Tea… this is for you!

Photo courtesy of Sweet Paul

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Normally I use English titles for my posts but today there is something I want to show you, something very dear to me. Silenzio Stampa can be translated in English with “News Blackout”, although it has nothing to do with the real news and the media world, not strictly speaking at least…

Tear, crush, toss and then… stop. In our twisted and turning daily life, where everything happens so fast, where news are older after only few seconds, Silenzio Stampa grasp pieces of information and grant them eternal life. How? Creating jewels made of moments, made of facts. Each piece is unique, unrepeatable, crystallising instants of lives. Stories protected in wax, heat resistant, waterproof although ready, one day, to be released and unfold intact the same news they captured in the first place.

Why is this so special to me? Because an old friend is behind this fabulous project. Her name is Alice, beautiful, smart, creative, she found a way to recycle news and create truly wonderful objects. A way to capture our world, our lives, and immortalise them forever.

Photo courtesy of Alice Visin, Silenzio Stampa

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Just a quick news, which is not a real news because it seems that everyone knows already! I guess this is what happens when you don’t follow what’s going on around the world for a while. I am very excited about this though, so here go… The outfit you see above is part of a unique and very special collection Mr Valentino created for Gap. My favourite jeans of all time were from Gap… There are only seven pieces, the perfect number of unmissable fashion icons, like the lovely jacket you see here and that I truly want. Now, the question is how do I get it? Maybe mobilise acquaintances and friends around the world would work… although, I have the feeling this collection will be sold out even faster than the Stella McCarthy collection for Target a few years ago. Seven minutes are a long time, if you know what you want and where to look.

Photo courtesy of Lesartu.com

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And now, what is this? Beautiful handmade crystal vases on furniture, this is the amazing work of Dutch artist, Pieke Bergmans. What she does is incredibly clever, let me explain. Mother of Pearl meets Crystal Virus, the name of this particular collection, are big hot crystal bubbles pressed onto tables and chairs, fluently crawling and leaving black burned stains on the furniture. Like a virus, her products change and adapt to various conditions, disrupting common ideas and the predictable evolution of form and design. Unique, special… and contagious!

See her website for more info and pictures!

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Annie Leibovitz exhibition has opened this last Thursday at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. I love Annie, she is one of my favourite photographer. I always adore her photo shoots in particular the ones before the Academy Awards for Vanity Fair, also called The Hollywood Portfolio. It always looks like she is able to stop time, even if there are several people in one shoot, she just capture the best out of all of them. No matter who they are, what they are doing, or thinking… I guess this is what makes her one of the best and most appreciated photographers of our time.

The exhibition is going up to the 25th of March, so you have time. To purchase the ticket, you need to go on the Mca website, the perfect way to jump the queue!

Don’t miss it, I am sure it won’t disappoint.

Photo courtesy of Vanity Fair

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