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Kristina S. Is Putting The Fade Back On Top

Despite a coveted gig opening Louis Vuitton in Paris last season, and a cameo on Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring couture runway, it’s safe to say that CroDespite a coveted gig opening Louis Vuitton in Paris last season, and a cameo on Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring couture runway, it’s safe to say that Croatian catwalker Kristina Salinovic has officially hit her stride for Fall. We spotted the relative newcomer backstage at Theyskens’ Theory, Anna Sui, Narciso Rodriguez, and, perhaps most notably, Oscar de la Renta, where her impressive fade stood out amid a sea of long-haired beauties. “Mario cuts it,” she said of the shaved-underneath, longer-on-the-top style, referring to her go to stylist, Mario Mesaric. But Salinovic has been playing with all manners of razors and peroxide bottles for the better part of four years. “I’m a hairdresser and hairdressers just do that,” she told us when we finally inquired about the crop last night at Anna Sui. She’s experimented with full-blonde styles, streaks, and more uniform spiky boy cuts, but her latest look is by far the most striking—and seems to be going over well with casting agents, too. “After my prom night I just cut it,” the 20-year-old recalls. “I was bored.” We can’t wait to see what she comes up with to fill the void during the short lull between Milan and Paris.

Photo: Luca Cannonieri / GoRunway.com

tags: Anna Sui, Hair, Kristina Salinovic, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar De La Renta, Theyskens' Theory

atian catwalker Kristina Salinovic has officially hit her stride for Fall. We spotted the relative newcomer backstage at Theyskens’ Theory, Anna Sui, Narciso Rodriguez, and, perhaps most notably, Oscar de la Renta, where her impressive fade stood out amid a sea of long-haired beauties. “Mario cuts it,” she said of the shaved-underneath, longer-on-the-top style, referring to her go to stylist, Mario Mesaric. But Salinovic has been playing with all manners of razors and peroxide bottles for the better part of four years. “I’m a hairdresser and hairdressers just do that,” she told us when we finally inquired about the crop last night at Anna Sui. She’s experimented with full-blonde styles, streaks, and more uniform spiky boy cuts, but her latest look is by far the most striking—and seems to be going over well with casting agents, too. “After my prom night I just cut it,” the 20-year-old recalls. “I was bored.” We can’t wait to see what she comes up with to fill the void during the short lull between Milan and Paris.

Blush, Brows, And Björk Backstage at ODLR

The first thing you noticed about the Oscar de la Renta girl for Fall was her penchant for towering fur hats. The second? A proclivity for blush. “I wanted you to really feel it—like it’s authentic,” Revlon global artistic director Gucci Westman said of the brand’s ColorBurst Lipsticks in Fuchsia and Candy Pink that she blended into a “big apple” on models’ cheeks. Westman added a “subtle, greasy” smoky eye to the equation, courtesy of Revlon’s ColorStay Liquid Liner in Blackest Black rimmed around the lids and diffused outward with a wash of the gray pigment from its ColorStay 12 Hour Eyeshadow Quad in Silver Fox. Next came a finger-dabbing of the wine stain in Westman’s forthcoming Multi-Use Palette in Bordeaux in the Snow and a very strong brow, drawn onto arches with Revlon’s Brow Fantasy in Dark Brown and blended using an angled brush. “Constantinople/Tibetan” were the general reference points Westman gleaned from de la Renta’s collection, although she really had Björk on the brain when she decided to go big with the blush and brows—Björk circa 1994, to be exact, when the raven-haired Icelandic beauty took to the Jean Paul Gautier Fall runway wearing a similar look.
Hairstylist Orlando Pita added “Mongolian” to the inspirational mix, fashioning a middle part and crafting big, soft waves by prepping strands with his T3 Elevate Heat-Seeking Volumizer and setting them in large rollers before brushing them through—an unusual sight at a de la Renta show, where Pita is typically more inclined to go with a classic updo. “We had to control it in the front,” the coiffing star said of the style, which needed to comfortably anchor the designer’s myriad fox toppers. Pita also pointed out that the free-flowing style, while uncharacteristic, remained in de la Renta’s comfort zone; it was “a bit younger” than he typically requests but undeniably luxurious. Ditto manicurist Yuna Park’s deep berry nails, which she painted with precision using Deborah Lippmann’s Just Walk Away Renee lacquer

L.A.M.B. Backstage Preview: INOA Takes To The Runway

As anyone who watched the commercials during the Golden Globe Awards is well aware, Gwen Stefani recently signed on as the newest member of L’Oréal’s celebrity spokesperson roster (they’ve got J. Lo and Beyoncé, too, for those of you counting). Stefani fronts ads for the beauty giant’s Infallible Le Rouge lipstick collection, a good match considering her appreciation for a glossy, vibrant red pout. Her other beauty statement, of course, is the platinum blond ‘do she’s been dyeing since well before No Doubt lit up the garage rock scene back in the early nineties.

The songstress-turned-fashion designer clearly has a thing for hair dye. For her L.A.M.B. show tonight, Stefani requested that models get L’Oréal Professionnel INOA treatments courtesy of famed New York colorist Eva Scrivo. “Being a designer and a woman, Gwen saw the link between color and fabric and fashion,” Scrivo told us last week when we sat in on an exclusive color session to prep models for Stefani’s Fall runway, which is loosely based around the idea of gangs. “It’s about boldness and girl power,” Scrivo said of the collection. “Adding dimension to the color adds dimension to the style, and it makes such a difference to the quality of the hair.”

Quality is the key word here; the whole wonder of INOA is its ammonia-free, oil delivery system, which allows it to deposit color molecules without busting the hair cuticle wide open. “The biggest trend for Fall is shiny, healthy hair—not specific colors,” Scrivo said. So don’t expect cotton-candy streaks tonight like those we’ve already seen backstage at Prabal Gurung, Theyskens’ Theory, and Jeremy Scott. What will you see? “A lot of matte browns with violet undertones, so colors that still have red in them, but cooler, more wearable reds.” For blondes, Scrivo is betting is on balayage highlights with “true neutral beige undertones—not too cool or warm.”

“We’re just basically ‘richening’ the hair,” Scrivo surmised of her undertaking, which included dyeing models’ brows. This, dear readers, is an easier, more permanent way to get Fall’s bigger, bushier arches. “You need to use a different formula because the hair is ashier,” Scrivo said of the dye mixture she was applying to the face. “It’s great because all the superfluous little hairs grab the color so they look thicker”—a welcomed alternative to applying pencils and powders on a daily basis.

“Handsome” Beauties Backstage At Narciso Rodriguez

Shiseido artistic director Dick Page is sporting a purple-tinged black eye at the moment, but his own shiner was not in fact the inspiration behind the similarly hued makeup backstage at Narciso Rodriguez. “We just started playing around,” Page said of the greasy, multi-dimensional lids he constructed for the occasion. “We tried something brown to begin with, but it looked naff,” so Page decided on Shiseido’s forthcoming Shimmering Cream Eye Color in Purple Dawn, which he layered with the same highly blendable luminescent pigment in Caviar, a green black. Perfect application was not on Page’s agenda. He smudged the colors together with a finger-ful of “grease” in the form of Shiseido’s Benefiance Full Correction Lip Treatment. (”We’re going to have to destroy that a bit,’ he said as an assistant brought him a model to inspect). Skin was left deliberately bare, save for concealer touch-ups as needed. “I try to not get in the way,” the face painter said of the fresh-faced girls that are still at the beginning of the fashion cycle. He has similar feelings about brows. That’s right; no bleached arches here—”It’s so tired,” Page opined of the controversial look.

Natural brows suited Wella global creative director Eugene Souleiman’s masculine, “dirty” hair just fine. “It’s not a pretty woman,” he said of the Narciso girl for Fall. “She’s more striking, handsome. She’s strong and assertive.” This mandated a “raw” coif, which Souleiman prepped with plenty of Wella Ocean Spritz texturizer, gathering hair into a ponytail and quite simply tying it in a knot. Rubbing a pomade in between his palms, Souleiman “squashed” the sides of the head for a sleek finish. “We’re celebrating imperfections,” he surmised of the look, a revelry that also included uncharacteristic castings. Androgynous stunner Jamie Bochert made her debut appearance on the Narciso runway, sporting a “strong and unusual” as-yet-unnamed gray nail lacquer,

The “Glorified Comb-Over,” Take Three

With so many fashion shows each season in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, we frequently see repeat appearances in the hair department. Chignons, twists, ponytails, and partings pop up with regularity, but these recurrences are slightly more noticeable when it’s the more avant-garde efforts that get a second or third go-around, as is the case with hairstylist Guido Palau’s glorified comb-over. The slicked-to-one-side, matted-down look premiered at Alexander Wang’s Fall 2010 show, and then Palau reprised it the same season at Bottega Veneta—a double take we noted on this blog. It’s because of our acute awareness of said style that it was hard to miss yesterday at Diesel Black Gold. There, with his trusty bottles of Redken 16 Hardwear Super Strong Gel and Forceful 23 Finishing Spray to work with, Palau went for it again. What do you think: Third time’s a charm, or was once enough?

Happy Lillian Bassman Day!

Left: In This Year of Lace, Dovima, dress by Jane Derby, The Plaza Hotel, New York, 1951. Reinterpreted 1994. (Harper’s Bazaar, October 1951)
Right: Black—With One White Glove, Barbara Mullen, dress by Christian Dior, New York, 1950. Reinterpreted 1994. (Harper’s Bazaar, April 1950)
The Mayor has officially declared it Lillian Bassman Day in New York, and we atBazaar are celebrating, since Bassman published many of her amazing photographs in the magazine. She began as an art director at Junior Bazaar in the '40's, then moved to Harper's Bazaar, where in addition to taking her famous pictures, she also promoted the work of such luminaries as Richard Avedon, Robert Frank and Arnold Newman. The 93-year-old legend will be presented with a proclamation from the city this afternoon.
Above, two of our favorite shots, featuring models Dovima and Barbara Mullen. Editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey put it best, telling the LA Times, "You have an emotional response to her photographs — you can almost smell the lily, hear the phone ring, feel the fur. Lillian is a poet of photography."

At Bodkin, Green Beauty Has A Tranquil Moment Amid The Madness

Last night, 50 blocks south of the high-powered action at the tents, a decidedly different vibe had taken over the Standard hotel. “This is the only backstage that’s totally synthetic-free,” skincare maven Tata Harper exclaimed at a presentation for Bodkin, Eviana Hartman’s organic clothing line. Also backstage with Harper, reps from the vegan haircare brand ABBA.
“You can do great fashion without trashing the environment,” Harper said in praise of Hartman’s mission to bring natural-dyed catsuits and natural-origin wool cable-knit sweaters to the masses. “The message is, green can be great, it can be glamorous. It’s the future.” Since launching her eponymous range of 100 percent natural, predominantly vegan skincare staples, the Colombian-born, Vermont-based Harper has busted the eco-chic beauty category wide open. “There’s no benefit to applying chemicals to your skin,” Harper said, giving us a rundown of the mini-facials she and a team of five aestheticians performed on-site before models took to the podium for two hours of provocative standing. Cleansing with her Regenerating Cleanser, Harper applied her beta-hydroxy Resurfacing Mask to “remove the top layer of skin.” Once the girls were properly exfoliated, she spritzed on her Hydrating Floral Essence slathering a thin layer of her Rejuvenating Serum and her Rebuilding Moisturizer afterwards to boost collagen production and smooth. It was the perfect canvas for makeup artist Nadine Luke to work on, using a selection of MAC products including its Mineral Skinfinish Natural Powder Foundation for a flawless base. An earth-toned wash of MAC Paint Pots patted onto lids, a touch of its Blush in Pink Swoon, and a plum-brown lip finished the “effortlessly beautiful” face. OK, so maybe it wasn’t totally synthetic-free, but it was pretty damn close.

ABBA haircare stylist Joseph Anthony was also on hand to add to the au naturel primping effort, creating uniform texture with four of the brand’s newest launches. “It’s supposed to look like the hair is tucked into their jackets,” Anthony said of models’ manes, which were treated to a cocktail of ABBA’s Volumizing Root Lift, its Texture Cream, and its Smoothing Cream before being tied back into a very loose, low-lying ponytail. A halo of ABBA’s Firm-Hold Hairspray kept everything roughly in place, despite the intentional wisps Joseph pulled out before models assumed their positions. “The beauty world is far ahead,” Hartman said when we asked her about the collaboration she’d orchestrated for the night. “Tata did this aromatherapy anti-stress treatment backstage with the models, and I did it, too—I needed it!”

The Best Dressed: New York Fashion Week Edition

Yesterday was a bittersweet day for us at Harper’s Bazaar. It was the end of New York Fashion Week, that wonderful series of days when the fashion industry’s runway becomes more important than anything else (including, in our case, food and sleep and quality time with anyone that works in any other industry apart from fashion). To celebrate the American collections, our editor at large, Derek Blasberg, is devoting this week’s Mr. Blasberg’s Best Dressed to the fine front-row confections we saw here in New York. As it wound down, editing the list down to an easy 10 was difficult; the ladies brought their A game this season. One trend that was undeniable was that color was big, and the brighter the better. (Our theory is that after a chilly few months—not too long ago we dedicated an entire Best Dressed list to looking chic in black— people are now looking for brighter, warmer weather!) Yesterday’s Calvin Klein show provided not one, not two, but three solid bold hits courtesy of Kate Bosworth, Kerry Washington, and Olympia Scarry (in orange, purple, and yellow, respectively). But the bright trend had several notes, getting texturized by Marchesa for Blake Lively, embroidered and tasseled by Pucci’s Peter Dundas for Julia Restoin Roitfeld, and graphic by Marc Jacobs for his devoted pal Leighton Meester. True, it was sad to see the collections leave New York. But the good news is that we’re following them to London, Milan, and Paris. Check back next week for 10 more of the chicest looks!

Burberry On the Big Screen, Alex Wang's Big Party, and More London Excitement!

London Fashion Week starts today! Some of the events we're looking forward to: Burberry will be livestreaming its show Monday, but with a twist: the video will be broadcast on the big screens in Piccadilly Circus. (You can also watch on burberry.com.) Alexander Wang, who's coming off a crowd-favorite show and his first store opening, is powering up for a big party with Katie Grand. Meanwhile, Mulberry will be hosting a post-show fete, complete with a performance by Kele, at Claridge's.
And there's more to anticipate: new collections from Erdem, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and Charles Anastase, among others. Issa London will be showing some Kate Middleton-ready classics. And we're eager to see how Mary Katranztou tops her incredibly creative spring show. Be sure to check out our Fashion Week homepage for all the updates!

The winners – and losers – in the red carpet fashion stakes

Emma Watson
Wears: Valentino
Watson has a knack of combining the girlish with the glamourous and her pleated silk Valentino gown was a highly literate fashion choice that managed to keep things light and pretty too - asymmetrical with a froth of net at the neckline, it was smattered with tiny pink flowers and lace

Memories of a season

Trends may ebb and flow but the excitement, panic, thrill and adrenaline of each fashion season remain a constant. The Photodiary, edited by Marc Schuhmann and Joern Toellner, is a beautifully bound and presented memento of this whole exhilarating process. Schuhmann and Toellner’s elegant black and white photographs of Berlin Fashion Week and the Berlin fashion community demonstrate the genuine creativity that is regenerated every six months and capture its underlying emotion.

YOUNG FASHION LINE

collections show of young designers will be within the bounds of spring international vogue festival “KYIV FASHION”.
Fashion project for the young designers “Young Fashion Line” will take place during the festival. Within the frames of the project designers will have a chance not only represent their new collections on the catwalk but also improve their professional level on the specialized seminars, conclude the contracts on the exhibition stand and get in contact with the sector specialists and Mass Media representatives.

The designers of two categories will participate in show: the first category - students and graduates of higher educational establishments, the majority of them have their registered trademarks, fashion houses, the second category – studios and juniors – the students of studios, fashion schools and specialized establishments.

After the show, it is possible to visit the stand of “Young Fashion Line”, to get acquainted with adored collections and talk with designers.

“YOUNG FASHION LINE” project takes place annually in spring within the bounds of “KYIV FASHION”. The next fashion show collection of young designers “YOUNG FASHION LINE” will be from the 16 to the 19-th of 2011.

Participants of the project “YOUNG FASHION LINE” (17-20 February, 2010)

NEW YORK

Wanna feel the love? Go to a Stephen Burrows show. The designer prefers a familial vibe over anything too slick, and the result is like stumbling upon a reunion of long-lost pals. The models, given total artistic license, are free to spin and pose as they wish; it sure beats the old glare 'n' turn.

The clothes are meant to feel familiar, too. Burrows, who found inspiration at the fabric market this season, uses prints to inject a jolt of energy into classic sportswear. He mixed contrasting red and black stripes all over his signature stretch jersey dresses and ran them down the front of a pair of very high-waisted stretch pants, the kind that fold over at the top. A roomy blanket cape in black and gray looked cozy and chic; it was a rare moment of volume in a collection full of sleek, long-sleeve dresses that zipped up to the neck like wetsuits. And for evening? The show's final vignette was plenty glam. Burrows took his turn down the catwalk with his arms draped around two models in slinky gold lamé cocktail frocks cinched at the waist with black grosgrain ribbons. Halfway through their turn, a fan jumped up and stopped the trio for a quick photo on a camera phone. Are you smiling yet?

Cocktail Daisy Ring, Amethyst

Design Inspirations

The success of the renowned Daisy collection continues, celebrating our botanical heritage, Asprey introduces an elaborate new Cocktail Daisy ring.
Daisy cocktail ring with amethyst (tot 4.95cts), diamonds (tot 1.67cts), pink sapphires (tot 1.76cts) in 18ct white
 gold

Beauty Insider Blushing Breck Girls, Backstage At Marc By Marc

“It’s the right kind of nothing,” face painter Dick Page quipped backstage at Marc by Marc Jacobs, where, at first glance, it appeared as though models were wearing no makeup at all. While Page isn’t usually inclined to perform facial massages as part of his pre-show routine, he made an exception here, as the relatively uncomplicated look allotted him a bit more room for extras. “It’s a tradeoff of luxury versus time,” he said as he rubbed Shiseido’s über-rich Future Solution LX Total Regenerating Cream into models’ parched skin—”it feels like bank,” Page said, describing the emollient salve’s opulent texture. On top he applied concealer and foundation if and when they were needed, devoting most of his attention to a custom flush that he and he alone applied to individual models using a mix of Shiseido Luminizing Satin Face Color in Petal (RD103), Orchid (RD401), Carnation (PK304), and Tea Rose (RS302) as well as its highlighters in High Beam White (WT905) and Soft Beam Gold (BE206). “I ask the girls to smile,” Page said of his precise pigment application, in which he dusts the top of the cheeks and the bridge of the nose. “It has to hit in here,” he said, pointing to the narrow area between the eyes that most people tend to ignore when playing with a pink cheek. “It corrects the concealer application and is how you naturally get sun,” he pointed out. As for the hair, Guido Palau created a softer, younger, less kinky style than the dominatrix ponytails he whipped up for Jacobs’ main collection. “It’s uncharacteristic,” Palau said of the “bouncy, Breck girl gorgeous hair” he designed for the occasion. “It’s nicer than the gritty style you usually see here,” he added, prepping strands with Redken’s Velvet Gelatine Cushioning Blow-Dry Gel, applying heat, and setting sections in large curlers for volume. It’s also much simpler than, say, the rick-racked, soft mass of seventies curls Jacobs requested for Spring.

Beauty Insider Blushing Breck Girls, Backstage At Marc By Marc

“It’s the right kind of nothing,” face painter Dick Page quipped backstage at Marc by Marc Jacobs, where, at first glance, it appeared as though models were wearing no makeup at all. While Page isn’t usually inclined to perform facial massages as part of his pre-show routine, he made an exception here, as the relatively uncomplicated look allotted him a bit more room for extras. “It’s a tradeoff of luxury versus time,” he said as he rubbed Shiseido’s über-rich Future Solution LX Total Regenerating Cream into models’ parched skin—”it feels like bank,” Page said, describing the emollient salve’s opulent texture. On top he applied concealer and foundation if and when they were needed, devoting most of his attention to a custom flush that he and he alone applied to individual models using a mix of Shiseido Luminizing Satin Face Color in Petal (RD103), Orchid (RD401), Carnation (PK304), and Tea Rose (RS302) as well as its highlighters in High Beam White (WT905) and Soft Beam Gold (BE206). “I ask the girls to smile,” Page said of his precise pigment application, in which he dusts the top of the cheeks and the bridge of the nose. “It has to hit in here,” he said, pointing to the narrow area between the eyes that most people tend to ignore when playing with a pink cheek. “It corrects the concealer application and is how you naturally get sun,” he pointed out. As for the hair, Guido Palau created a softer, younger, less kinky style than the dominatrix ponytails he whipped up for Jacobs’ main collection. “It’s uncharacteristic,” Palau said of the “bouncy, Breck girl gorgeous hair” he designed for the occasion. “It’s nicer than the gritty style you usually see here,” he added, prepping strands with Redken’s Velvet Gelatine Cushioning Blow-Dry Gel, applying heat, and setting sections in large curlers for volume. It’s also much simpler than, say, the rick-racked, soft mass of seventies curls Jacobs requested for Spring.

Beauty Insider Blushing Breck Girls, Backstage At Marc By Marc

“It’s the right kind of nothing,” face painter Dick Page quipped backstage at Marc by Marc Jacobs, where, at first glance, it appeared as though models were wearing no makeup at all. While Page isn’t usually inclined to perform facial massages as part of his pre-show routine, he made an exception here, as the relatively uncomplicated look allotted him a bit more room for extras. “It’s a tradeoff of luxury versus time,” he said as he rubbed Shiseido’s über-rich Future Solution LX Total Regenerating Cream into models’ parched skin—”it feels like bank,” Page said, describing the emollient salve’s opulent texture. On top he applied concealer and foundation if and when they were needed, devoting most of his attention to a custom flush that he and he alone applied to individual models using a mix of Shiseido Luminizing Satin Face Color in Petal (RD103), Orchid (RD401), Carnation (PK304), and Tea Rose (RS302) as well as its highlighters in High Beam White (WT905) and Soft Beam Gold (BE206). “I ask the girls to smile,” Page said of his precise pigment application, in which he dusts the top of the cheeks and the bridge of the nose. “It has to hit in here,” he said, pointing to the narrow area between the eyes that most people tend to ignore when playing with a pink cheek. “It corrects the concealer application and is how you naturally get sun,” he pointed out. As for the hair, Guido Palau created a softer, younger, less kinky style than the dominatrix ponytails he whipped up for Jacobs’ main collection. “It’s uncharacteristic,” Palau said of the “bouncy, Breck girl gorgeous hair” he designed for the occasion. “It’s nicer than the gritty style you usually see here,” he added, prepping strands with Redken’s Velvet Gelatine Cushioning Blow-Dry Gel, applying heat, and setting sections in large curlers for volume. It’s also much simpler than, say, the rick-racked, soft mass of seventies curls Jacobs requested for Spring.

Shoes Fancy Footwork

A Shoes dancer expresses the beauty of stilettos

Following a wildly successful debut at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Shoes, a song and dance spectacular about one of the world's greatest passions, takes the stage at the Peacock Theater for a limited eight-week run this February. Penned by Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer—The Opera) and choreographed by Stephen Mear (Sweet Charity, Mary Poppins), Shoes takes audiences on a journey from the lows of the Croc to the agony and ecstasy of the stiletto to the highs of the platform boot. With a talented cast of 12 dancers sporting everything from Louboutins to sneakers, this tongue-in-sole musical is guaranteed to get toes tapping—pun intended.

The Potting Shed Spa

The bucolic beauty of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts attracted the elite to build vast estates where mile-long driveways, wrap-around porches and grand windows showcase gardens, tennis courts and verdant vistas. Blantyre, a Gilded Age "cottage," has been preserved as a gracious country inn where the chef prepares gourmet meals with local and organic ingredients. Dinner guests are greeted and served a cocktail and hors d'oeuvres in the living room before being seated at a table where the floral centerpiece matches the china service. This member of the prestigious Relais & Chateaux group offers grand and comfortably eclectic suites, and only its few dozen guests have access to and the exclusive use of The Potting Shed Spa. This small, three treatment, pleasure-pampering jewel of a spa is situated at the end of the long drive beyond the baronial manse, past the cottage where one illustrious musician stays during performances at nearby Tanglewood, and adjacent to the Carriage House where smaller rooms lead to a corridor connected to the spa. We love to soak before treatments in the huge heated jacuzzi that sits in front of the window wall in The Greenhouse facing the pool, terrace and tennis court.

Romantic Spas in the World

It's no small miracle to love and be loved. These rarified spa retreats — where warmth, light, aroma and touch mingle — relax the psyche, soothe the body and intensify romantic feelings. To celebrate à deux, some couples seek a spa at an urbane hotel or a grand dame atop a mountain; others seek out a wilderness retreat or a rural country inn, while for many a waterfront vista is paramount.

Willow Stream Spa

For some, a pristine mountain setting is as romantic as it gets. The 80-mile drive west from Calgary to Banff Springs sets the stage; suburbs pass and lead to cattle grazing land; soon, the Canadian Rockies appear; by Canmore, Olympic ski teams train on trails; and just beyond, we arrive at the tiny, enticing town of Banff Springs. Within the forest, a huge baronial castle (c. 1888) that is The Fairmont Banff Springs looms majestically over the town. Within the extravagant, 700-room complex, the spectacular Willow Stream Spa is a bi-level, 32,000 square-foot space with one of the most romantic settings for multiple indoor pools in the spa world. A dome tops the architectural marvel, which features a 32-meter lap pool, a cascading waterfall pool and a series of pools of different temperatures, all with views of the alpine wilderness through mammoth window walls. It's all here: salon, fitness classes, treatments, plus hikes in the mountains or treks to town.

The Spa at The Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris

The George V is a bastion of elegance, opulence and romance located on a refined street just off the Champs-Élysées, which seemingly attracts only those who shop there (designer boutiques), live there (fabulous homes) or dine, spa and stay at (luxury) hotels there. Inside are the most beautiful floral displays and tapestries, one of the world’s best restaurants, one of its most impressive wine cellars, and exquisite accommodations, some with terraces and spectacular views of the Eiffel Tower. On a superb subterranean level, the spa is palatially pale, creamy and gold colored and studded with marble pillars, crystal chandeliers and classical statues. It’s a mini-replica of the vast Versailles Palace complete with murals of 18th century gardens surrounding the swimming pool. While the ambiance may be old world, the facilities, treatments, service and cuisine is thoroughly modern.

The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London

UNITED KINGDOM 
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London 
66 Knightsbridge
London SW1X 7LA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7235 2000, +44 (0)20 7838 9888
www.mandarinoriental.com/london
City sophisticates find few places more romantic than within the opulent grandeur of a former Gentleman's Club — with its dark woods and carved moldings — set overlooking London's exquisite — and royal — Hyde Park. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London — with its Bar Boulud — is the epitome of comfort and luxury near all that's best in exclusive Knightsbridge. The Spa at Mandarin Oriental boasts Asian tranquility, modern design with black granite, glass walls and stunning sculpture and state-of-the-art facilities. The spa menu features a complete and exotic array of international beauty and pampering therapies. Couples arrive 45 minutes before the treatment is scheduled to savor special moments in separate men’s and women's areas, each with an Amethyst Crystal Steam Room, Sanarium, Vitality Pool and Zen Colour Therapy Relaxation area. We recommend booking a Time Ritual (TM), a bespoke combination of therapies suited to your needs.

Zadig & Voltaire

Zadig & Voltaire ha arruolato Gaia Repossi per la creazione di una capsule collection di gioielli, Metamorphosis. La visionaria direttrice artistica dell'omonima maison, situata nella parigina Place Vendôme, ha creato per l'occasione cinque autentici pezzi di design: gioielli femminili e intensi, caratterizzati dall'inconfondibile stile teatrale della designer. I motivi dei bracciali ricordano il pizzo, mentre gli anelli sono in argento rodiato nero o placcati d'oro. La collezione rende omaggio alle tribù dei nativi americani, con motivi astratti che richiamano i tatuaggi e il body painting dei pellerossa. 

Miu Miu, speciale San Valentino

Per la presentazione della collezione dedicata a San Valentino Miu Miu gioca con le forme e ingigantisce uno dei suoi accessori icona, trasformandolo in una sofisticata e romantica cornice. L’orecchino a forma di cuore diventa così la teca che racchiude le borse a tracolla e i bauletti di vernice - ambedue con i profili decorati da micro rouches -, i cerchietti laccati, gli esclusivi orecchini - impreziositi da fiori, piccoli cristalli e perle oversize - o i sofisticati portafogli in pelle, anch’essi impreziositi da micro rouches. I nuovissimi porta iPod e iPad, trattati con l’ironia caratteristica di Miu Miu, completano la speciale collezione dedicata a 

Harry Winston

Harry Winston, il leggendario gioielliere delle star, annuncia che la vincitrice del Grammy Award, Fergie, ha indossato diamanti Harry Winston del valore di 2 milioni di dollari durante il Super Bowl XLV Halftime show. Un braccialetto di diamanti, un anello e orecchini. La star dei The Black Eyed Peas ha eseguito una performance piena di sorprese, sul palco anche Usher e Slash dei Guns N’ Roses.

Uomo Collezioni - il cortometraggio

Esclusiva! La moda diventa video-arte. Un cortometraggio di Ruggero Lupo Mengoni con la consulenza stilistica di Alessandro Ferrari per presentare la nostra interpretazione della moda in una nuova veste 

Collezioni Bambini - backstage - Bathing Beauties

Le atmosfere balneari retrò, cariche di fascino e sobria eleganza scandiscono il ritmo del video che segue passo passo lo shooting. Sul set si muovono in armonia bambini sereni e professionisti attenti. La cura del dettaglio in ogni fase della lavorazione è palpabile; il coinvolgimento emotivo, la spontaneità sono chiaramente leggibili sui volti dei bambini. Lo shooting si trasforma così in gioco sereno e professional time, dove tutti, bambini e adulti compresi, trovano il loro naturale spazio professionale.