Matthew Bourne’s Christmas Nutcracker at Sadler’s Wells Theatre

17 December 2011Christmas, Performance

[youtube=http://youtu.be/GPcf0T1ENBQ] One of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the UK, Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! returns to Sadler’s Wells this Christmas to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a limited seven week run. The Nutcracker is traditionally a celebration of sweetness – both the sentimental and saccharine kind – and one of the many joys of Matthew Bourne’s reinvention of the … Read More

Christmas Card Animation & Window Display by Rob Ryan

16 December 2011Christmas, Design, Film

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/12130571 w=640&h=450] If you’re coming into Charing Cross train station in London this winter, look out for the Coutts bank window on the other side of the road. Rob Ryan has created a Christmas window for them to raise money for Kids Company. Incorporated into the windows there is a stuffed Elephant, a Dolls House and … Read More

V&A Christmas Tree by Studio Roso

16 December 2011Design, Exhibition

  To celebrate the festive period, the V&A has commissioned design duo Studio Roso to create a Christmas Tree for the Grand Entrance of the Museum until January 5th.  The handmade ‘tree’ is made up of 3.3 miles of elastic cord and will reach over 4 meters high. A total of 1500 individual strands have been combined to create … Read More

Louis Vuitton Sweet Spring 2012 Campaign by Steven Meisel

15 December 2011Fashion

Louis Vuitton’s spring 2012 campaign is sugary sweet with models Daria Strokous and Kati Nescher donning pastel looks in an ice cream shop. Captured by Steven Meisel, the duo sports styling similar to the runway show with headbands and mussed hair.

Watch. Lady Dior Film – L.A.dy Dior by John Cameron Mitchell

14 December 2011Fashion, Film

[youtube=http://youtu.be/4fD1YBDdPgg] Watch the fifth instalment of the Lady Dior films; a comedy entitled ‘L.A.dy Dior‘ directed by John Cameron Mitchell and starring French actress Marion Cotillard. In the short film, shot in Hollywood, Cotillard plays a movie star out of her depth when asked to front a TV commercial for Dior.  The film is inspired by a … Read More

Numéro’s Electric World by Sebastian Kim

13 December 2011Fashion

Gertrud Hegelund is a hypnotic beauty for the December-January edition of Numéro where photographer Sebastian Kim captures her in some of the season’s most standout looks. Outfitted by fashion editor Charles Varenne, Gertrud gets swathed in the designs of Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino and Giorgio Armani amongst others. Bright lips by makeup artist Maud Laceppe and a sculpted coif … Read More

Vibrante Hong Kong by Gregori Civera

12 December 2011Fashion

The bustling landscape of Hong Kong serves as inspiration for this fashion shoot featured in the December issue of Woman Spain. Photographed by Gregori Civera, model Alexa Corlett hits the streets in vibrant ensembles featuring designs from the likes of Prada, Dior, Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier.