The spanish brand Mango and Kate Moss have presented the 2012 spring/summer collection that the british model has designed. The event took place at their emblematic shop in Oxford Street. She was wearing skinny jeans, black blazer and an ivory shirt. She posed as she usually does  and she stated her excitement and the good time she had doing the campaign.

This is not the first time that Mango and Moss have worked together. Last year she starred in a commercial with Terry Richardson called “The Great Escape”. Now she is the designer and also the face of Mango replacing the impressive beauty of Isabeli Fontana.

Kate is not the only one repeating the Mango experience, her good friend photographer Terry Richardson is also back. At the moment there are only two published pictures of the campaign and a video with the making of along with an interview.

It is not the first time that Kate takes the role of a designer, since 2007 she has been creating various collections for Topshop and Longchamp, where she designed a bag collection under her name. So she totally knows what she is facing.

LONGCHAMP

She defines a Mango woman as eclectic, modern and wanting to have fun. Let´s see what she is up to.

The 40s are known not only for its elegance and grace but also because of the midi skirt. Most popular length in the 1940s and also in the catwalk this season. We saw them last spring/summer but they are not leaving us.

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Marc by Marc Jacobs

Diane Von Furstenberg

The midi was out by the 60s, replaced by a more revealing and progressive piece which allowed women to show off their legs: the mini skirt. As a response to such “revolution of fashion”, the classy and stylish piece would stomp in the 70s. Since then it’s not surprising that the trend has been increasing its popularity with each season. We saw them this 2011 spring/summer and here they come again for this winter, the midi dress and skirt are a must for these season. They combined classicism, feminity and refinement. Skirts are coming down and so are dresses. They are hard to pull off therefore here you have some inspirinational looks. Definitely the best choice if you go for a classic look.

Alberta Ferreti

Giambattista Valli

Gucci

Would Anna Dello Russo join this trend?….

…She has joined the midiclub, so it is a must-must.

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“DOLCE & GABBANA SPIGA 2″

The Spring / Summer 2012 John Vidal is already available in the prestigious multi-brand store in Milan Dolce & Gabbana “Spiga 2″.

The reference store “Spiga 2″ has opened its doors as the first area multi-brand Dolce & Gabbana in September 2010. according to words of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana is “a new site, special, unique. With this project we give some visibility to the
emerging designers the we have selected from around the world  offering a real opportunity. What happens there, only occurs there and in this time. Now more than ever, what interests us is the balance between ethics and aesthetics. “

This is one of the new international outlets which old the firm, which first opened its doors for sale outside of Spain. The remaining outlets will be announced on the web
www.juanvidal.net

Currently the company is preparing his next presentation to the collection Fall / Winter 2012 to be held in the OFF MERCEDES BENZ FASHION WEEK MADRID on February 4, 2012 at 20:00 at the Headquarters of the National Ballet in Spain, Madrid. We will be there to tell you everything!!!

Paying special attention to the irreverent artwork from Hector de Gregorio. Actually, he has been described as “an unswervingly incendiary artist “. He is particularly interested and European art and in the representation of ecstasy.  His Catholic upbringing, incendiary spirit and medieval feel, led Hector to create this macabre collection of portraits.

http://www.opus-art.com/artists/HectordeGregorio

From The Cynthia Corbett Gallery a exhibition run by Ghost of a Dream. Ghost of a Dream is the collaborative project of Lauren and Adam Eckstrom, both born in the USA. Ghost of a Dream works with sculpture and installation to embody the essence of opulence, through construction of materials that end up in the trash.

http://ghostofadream.com/

http://www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com/

At the end of our expedition we come across with art hate, an installation which is based in the fracture of totalitarianism with art. Propaganda shows art like something irrational, without vigor which makes people fragile. Art hate is performed by l-13.org. It has born as an experiment in representing the Hate art archives from 1914-2011.

http://www.arthate.com/

1pm, time to get lunch! Meanwhile we were at the Business Design Centre door, holding a press accreditation to attend LONDON ART FAIR in the 4^th day of the event. The space was diaphanous inside, the atmosphere warm and crowded of talent. Heaps of galleries across aisles and hundreds of people noising around.

First stop.  The “child like” painter Hikari Shimoda grabs our attention with her dark expression about innocence and childhood through pasty colors and delicate shapes. Next to the Japanese artist exhibition, Nancy Fouts features a sinister Little Red Hood.

http://hikarishimoda.com/

http://www.foleygallery.com/

http://www.nancyfouts.com/

http://www.pertweeandersongold.com/

Going upstairs, second floor, we come across with Vigo Gallery, a name that makes a tribute to the city where our editor in chief comes from and which I personally appreciate.

Jef Aerosol, a French legend of Street art who breaks the limits of gallery space and canvas format. It´s not a casuality that he reminds me Bansky, as the artwork of the British artist is probably inspired by the French pioneer who started his career in 1982.

The red arrow and the emotional body attitude of his characters, whether they are cultural icons or anonymous people, are focal points of his job.

http://jefaerosol.free.fr/

http://www.thefrenchartstudio.com/

LLuis de Barba and The School of Athens. Featuring characters from past (like the Spanish writer Lorca) and contemporaneity (Lady Gaga or Rihanna). The creative idea is the society and the problems that it generates. In his artwork the zip code represents the mass consume, lost of identity and alienation.

http://www.lluisbarba.blogspot.com/