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The hype over Fashion’s Night Out 2010 just doesn’t stop, nor do the products tied around the massive event. In the wake of A.L.T. t-shirts, Barneys New York commissioned Brooklyn artist Andrew Yang to create one-of-a-kind painted dolls of Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour. Yang says, “I had to special-order Anna’s wig and cut it myself to get the bob right. And Grace’s hair was the right color, but it needed a perm.” The two editors took two weeks to make, with the gals dressed in signature couture looks. And Wintour and Coddington will be doing some good, doll-size—they’ll be auctioned off on charitybuzz.com starting August 31, with the proceeds benefiting the New York City AIDS fund. With these works of art, dolls are definitely not toys just for little girls Source refinery29

The Hansen Family is a furniture label created by Gesa Hansen. Growing up in a scandinavian family of carpenters, designers and architects she decided to combine new design and the archive of the family in one label which produces in small wood ateliers, using ecologically grown wood in its’ best quality. Every object is handcrafted and therefore, unique. She is nominated for the young German designer award 2011.
Steven Harrington lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Influenced by Time Life encyclopedias from 1965 through 1972, thrift stores and the ’60s psych sounds of The Moody Blues, his art might be termed “contextual objectivism.That is, each piece is created as a tangible object symbiotically defined of a larger context. In addition to producing commissioned and self-inspired works, Harrington operates National Forest Design with fellow artist Justin Krietemeyer.

The Hansen Family x Steve Harrington have exclusively designed for Surface to Air, four hand- made pieces of furniture for our September shop in shop.
Available at the Surface to Air Paris flagship store, and our online shop.

Carine Roitfeld chose French actress Marion Cotillard to appear on the cover of the September issue of Vogue Paris and she looks exotic and gorgeous. The editorial promises that we will see Paris through her eyes, I cannot wait for her perspective. The September issue will hit the newsstands August 26.

Next month, despite opposition from conservative curators, Japanese Pop art star Takashi Murakami will open a solo exhibition at Versailles outside Paris. Murakami will be the third contemporary artist given access to the former seat of French monarchy, following Jeff Koons in 2008 and Xavier Veilhan in 2009. Slamxhype’s got a preview of the exhibition (September 13-December 12), which will feature 22 pieces, half of which were created especially for the occasion, including sculptures, lamps (pictured), and one painting, one video and one carpet.

Hermés and its scarves are usually associated with ladylike glamour. But the new website will show you an urban hip side to the luxury Frenchmen. Dedicated solely to its signature square scarves, the new website, called J’aime Mon Carre (I Love My Scarf), takes a street style turn as it shows hip young things working the scarves in ways Hermés would never have dreamed of – as turbans, headbands, belts, ties and, of course, as they were intended round the neck.

Yet the launch of the website also has another agenda. It’s marks the new collab between Hermés and Colette, the two have teamed up to create a exclusive collection of scarves that are set to bow at Colette stores in September.
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Interview, like Vogue twice before it, is banking on the star’s talent and ability to shift copies, by putting her on its vaunted September 2010 cover. On it, Lively looks gorgeous, with a vibe that’s Lana Turner-turned-Patty Hearst. The blue-eyed, blond bombshell certainly turns up the heat from her alter-ego, Serena van der Woodsen (a feat we though impossible), with Craig McDean shots captured “on video”—look for the regal in a jail cell, come-and-get-me in a police waiting room, and a little pissed-off posing against some bars. more on http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/blake-lively/

Ali Mahdavi was born in Teheran (Iran) in July 1974. Today he lives and works in Paris.

http://www.ali-mahdavi.com/

Brit designer Gareth Pugh has opened his first shop – in the centre of Hong Kong.

The boutique remains true to Pugh’s gothic aesthetic with no window display and a facade painted in British-imported jet-black rubber paint.”Because it was my first store, I knew I had to do something that was very me,” said Pugh to WWD.

London studio Daytrip have installed rubber display stands and a padded cell at this Hong Kong shop for fashion designer Gareth Pugh.

The M·A·C and Rodarte collaboration was intended as a celebration of Juarez’s beauty. The fact that the Mexican factory town is notorious for rape and violence of young women offended some of the consumers and fans. M.A.C. has decided to give a portion of the proceeds from the M.A.C. Rodarte collection to help those in need in Juarez.

Photographer-cum-provocateur David LaChapelle just launched his latest exhibit, American Jesus, at Chelsea’s Paul Kasmin Gallery. LaChapelle has been pushing the envelope with a vast line of artists, media personas, and diplomats leaving their trust in his controversial hands. His American Jesus is none other than pop culture’s most tragic martyr, longtime friend and holy prince of pop Michael Jackson interpreted with the LaChapelle fantasy -cartoonish fingerprint on it.
Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea until September 18th.

more on www.paulkasmingallery.com