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Sunday, October 31, 2010
SCENT from above: Vanitas by Versace Campaign
Image courtesy of Versace
Lindsey Wixson stars in her first fragrance campaign for Versace’s most recent fragrance, Vanitas. Photographed by Craig McDean and under the creative direction of Fabien Baron
Beauty OBSESSION: With Clarins
For this 2010 festive season, Clarins has taken inspiration from its flamboyant universe
to create a sumptuous collection where the finest textures are combined with the most elegant packaging.
This inspiration has lead to the creation of four limited editions, a collection of sensual, mysterious make-up that celebrates every woman and her indefinable uniqueness.
The complexion is pale and lightly powdered, the body is adorned with touches of sparkling gold powder. The eyes smoulder with a “smoky look” and a modern play on contrasts, colours and light. Lips are veiled in a vibrant, intense black tulip lipstick, the ultimate symbol of absolute femininity.
The black scroll on a gold background is the festive emblem of the collection and embellishes all items with a decoration inspired by the delicate work of the silversmith. With their subtle gold and intense black, they are transformed into beautiful, refined objects that resemble precious jewels.
they begin to work their magic…With a sweep of the puff, they release an extremely
light, fine powder which alights on the skin, to beautifully
enhance it with sparkling reflections as the powder
catches the light.
MY FAVORITE!!!
Inside an elegant black and gold powder box decorated with a scroll, are delicate little nuggets
dusted with golden pearl, protected by a beautiful black powder puff. As soon as the box opens,they begin to work their magic…With a sweep of the puff, they release an extremely
light, fine powder which alights on the skin, to beautifully
enhance it with sparkling reflections as the powder
catches the light.
Archiquarium. A Modern Swedish Fish Tank By Karl-Oskar Ankarberg.


At the Home Fair Exhibition earlier this month in Stockholm, the Swedish Aquarium Leasing (Akvarie leasing) company debuted something very unique - a spectacular modern aquarium, designed by Karl-Oskar Ankarberg, known for his collaborations with Orrefors glassworks.
The new aquarium named Archiquarium is something really special for both aquarium and design enthusiasts. The spectacular aquariums are reminiscent of ultra-modern architecture, rather than traditional aquariums. The clean rectangular shapes and surfaces are hallmarks of modern Scandinavian design.


above: the frame is made of solid sawn wood, aquarium glass and Corian®.
Archiquarium is the work of increasingly high-profile designer Karl-Oskar Ankarberg. When the sketches were presented to the Aquarium Leasing AB, they quickly decided to go ahead and produce a prototype - which was presented to external design agencies in Karl-Oskar's booth No. AO4: 53 on the Home Fair, 7-10 October.




Aquarium Leasing AB leases and operates aquariums in over 2000 workplaces in industry and public sectors so that people can enjoy the serene spectacle that is the aquarium's signature. The company is based in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo and Copenhagen.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills
Alexandria Mills born in Louisville, USA. She is 5ft 9in (175cm) tall, eighteen year old American fashion model, pageant who participated in Miss World 2010
competition held in Sanya, China.
Alexandria Mills was crowned Miss World 2010 on October 30, 2010. Mills is the first American to win Miss World since 1990, she also became the 60th Miss World winner overall. Mills placed first runner-up during the Miss World Beach Beauty fast track event held on October 19, 2010 and second-runner-up in Miss World Top Model, held on October 23, 2010.
Miss World 2009 Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar crowned her successor Alexandria.
Alexander Mills is also the crown holder of Miss World USA 2010 succeded by Perla Beltrán.
Emma Wareus of Botswana became 1st runner-up and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela
became 2nd runner up. Miss India World 2010 Manasvi Mamgai was representing India.
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Vac From The Sea. Electrolux Turns Marine Debris Into 5 Vacuums.

Vac from the Sea is a project initiated by home appliance maker Electrolux, aiming at raising awareness about the immediate need for the world to take better care of plastics and support the heroes that do.
From Electrolux:
The environment is a concern and responsibility of everyone and marine plastic pollution is an issue much too big to just leave to politicians. Electrolux is in the homes of millions and can help raise awareness and affect many consumers. Plastic is the main raw material when making a vacuum cleaner. From a sustainable business point of view, Electrolux relies on an increased global supply of recycled plastic.
A limited number of vacuum cleaners will be made from marine plastic debris – harvested from the Pacific and other sites where the plastic problem is immense.
Below is the "green" Ultraone vacuum by Electrolux followed by 5 of the vacuums produced with the debris garnered from the aquatic environments (individual images below courtesy of inhabitat)






Depending on the local plastic situation the gathering of plastics will vary – from diving among coral reefs, clean-ups closer to shore to scooping up plastic directly from the water surface. The vacuum cleaners that are to be produced from the material gathered will be put on display for the world, decision makers and consumers to see.

At this point, there is no plan to actually sell the units produced. Separating the plastic cocktail is a great challenge and plastics in the ocean tend to act like sponges for other toxins.

The locations where plastic will be collected are in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.
The gathering of material will be documented on their site.

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Frameworks Posters By Moxy Creative Celebrate Famous Eyeglass Frames.


Framegeek.com, a blog about Men's eyewear, sunglasses and glasses, has just issued a series of posters celebrating 'Eyewear Made Famous' by Moxy Creative.
The collection consists of six different aesthetically pleasing graphic art posters. Five of the posters each feature one iconic outline of recognizable eyewear frames on the subdued colored silhouettes of Andy Warhol, Johnny Depp, Mahatma Ghandi, Kanye West, and Yves Saint Laurent respectively. The sixth poster is a compilation of iconic white frames with call-outs beneath each of the face to whom the glasses belong.
The Warhol's:

The Depp's:

The Ghandi's:

The Ye's:

The YSL's:

The Frameworks poster:

01. Woody Allen 02. Kanye West 03. Buddy Holly 04. Michael Caine 05. Kurt Cobain 06. John Lennon 07. Geordi LaForge 08. Malcolm X 09. Johnny Depp 10. Dame Edna 11.Stephen Colbert 12. The Blues Brothers 13. Austin Powers 14. Yves Saint Laurent 15. Elton John 16. George Costanza 17. Bootsy Collins 18. Elvis Costello 19. Terry Richardson 20. David Hockney 21. DMC of Run DMC 22. Andy Warhol 23. Mohandas Ghandi 24. Steve Urkel 25. Napoleon Dynamite 26. Clark Kent 27. Shock G of Digital Underground 28. Truman Capote

Each of the six 11.75" x 15.5" prints costs $30 and is limited to a run of 50.
Buy them here.
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kanyé west,
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