Camper re-launches bestselling Brother model

Camper, the Spanish shoe brand that has managed to become a true global brand has just re-launched its mythic Brothers model picture above in black and blue. Ever since it opened its first store in Barcelona in 1981 Camper has been able to launch shoe models that have managed to become true household names. That is the case of the Brothers models worn by nearly everyone with a penchant for fashion and comfort in the late 80's.
Walking the streets of Madrid we came across these two models at the Camper store in Calle Fuencarral: the relaunched early model and the new Brothers with red stitching. On sale at your local Camper retailer or directly from the brand's site http://www.camper.com/es/eshop/productos.xhtml?type=M

Bowie Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

Victoria & Albert Museum in London will be the stage of a comprehensive exhibition on David Bowie and his collaboration with artists and designers from the fields of fashion, photography, theatre, film and all kinds of art form. According to this museum "The V&A was granted unprecedented access to David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective on the extraordinary career of David Bowie".

The aim of this exhibition is to explore "the creative process of Bowie as a musical innovator and cultural icon", V&A added. Considering the chameleonic path of David Bowie, the whole museum will be small to do a comprehensive exhibition, hence the selection process must have been surely difficult.

Visitors will have the possibility to see hundreds of objects from suits to album sleeves, film excerpts and videos, lyrics, sketches and everything pointing out to the evolution of the man, the Artist with capital A, given his curiosity towards different forms of art. The man has worked in close collaboration with major artists. He learned mimic with Lindsay Kemp, was one of the first adopters of Kansai Yamamoto outfits, launched four albums with Brian Eno, considered one of the best producers in the world, ventured in a superb interpretation of Elephant Man, played alien on The Man Who Fell To Earth by Nicolas Roeg, created characters to match his music and the music to match his characters, e.g. Ziggy Stardust or Nathan Adler and was an early adopter of electronica. We could go on forever, so big is his body of work.

This exhibition under the name "David Bowie is" will be at the Victoria and Albert Museum between March 23 and July 28 and we reckon one day will not be enough to see this exhibition sponsored by Gucci and Sehneiser. If you do not live in London you'd better book at least a three-day stay.

The Pet Shop Boys Vault

The idea of opening the vault of all the songs composed by the Pet Shop Boys and still awaiting release on vinyl, CD or whatever was launched by David Walliams, one ot the actors of Little Britain, in a interview with Neil Tennand and Chris Lowe.
That huge vault is yet to be opened, but the Pet Shop Boys have been releasing some forgotten songs. Trendenz recommends "Alternative", released in 1995 with rare songs recorded by the PSB until the mid-nineties and "Format", released in 2012 and containing b-sides and bonus tracks from 1996 to 2009 and featuring "Confidential" one of the 38 songs contained in that 2 CD box.

Bowie photo exhibition in Bologna

Should you be in Italy or about to travel to this country do not miss the  Italian David Bowie photographic retrospective in Bologna under the name  'DAVID BOWIE - BERLINO - A new career in a new town'.

This exhibitoon at Ono Arte Contemporanea, Via Santa Margherita 10 in Bologna features work by ten renowned photographers from Brian Duffy to Michael Putland through to Mick Rock, Geoff McCormack, Ian Dickson, Masayoshi Sukita, Brian Ward, Jan Persson, Sheila Rock and Philippe Auliac.

These pictures portray one what is for many the most interesting phase in Bowie's career, when he left the USA and moved to that German city and where he would meet Iggy Pop and record three if his most stunning records "Low",  "Heroes" and "Lodger".

DELPOZO confirmed for New York Fashion Week

Spanish fashion house DELPOZO confirmed today its presence in the coming Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. The brand's show in the USA fits in its international strategy. After the death of its founder Jesus del Pozo, the brand changed its name to DELPOZO, hired a new creative director, Josep Font, and changed it corporate strategy.

Mercedes-Benz Madrid Fashion Week was the chosen venue for the first presentation under the new name and with the new creative director. The Madrid Fashion Week off-location show at the "Capricho" gardens was the perfect location for the presentation of a summer collection full of detail and mastery. But Madrid, will probably be left out and will not witness live the presentation of the autumn/winter collection. After the Madrid fashion show Josep Font said the brand would be betting on international markets and hence Spain would  probably be left out in the next presentation.

According to the brand, DELPOZO's show in New York follows a presention at the Jim Villa Showroom in the Chelsea Art District and the positive impact next to important buyers such as Moda Operandi and Net-a-porter, somethinh which "has reinforced the decision to show the autumn/winter collection in New York Fashion Week.

PSB to headline Sónar São Paulo

 

 

Sónar has just confirmed the line-up for the next edition of Sónar São Paulo, the biggest venue of this renowned electronic music and advanced arts festival outside Barcelona. This event will take place in this Brazilian city on May 25 and 26 and will feature some of the most remarkable electronic bands in the world.

The Pet Shop Boys will be headlining Sónar São Paulo 2012 and will present their new album "Elysium" in this festival. But the band will surely use the opportunity to play "Se a vida é", their track in Portuguese featured in the album "Bilingual", an album where the band shows its passion for Brazilian beats, as can best be witnessed in the track "Discoteca".

 

 

German techno master Paul Kalkbrenner, Matmos, Jamie Lidell and Theo Parish are some to the names revealed a hour ago by Sónar. 

2013 is a very special year for Sónar which will be celebrating 20 years. To mark the occasion this festival will travel de world bringing with it 300 artists to 5 Sónar events: Reykjavik - 15 and 16 February, Cape Town - 1 and 2 March, Tokyo - 6 and 7 April, São Paulo 24 and 25 May and Barcelona 13 to 15 June. 

Stay tuned for more details on these venues, particularly Sónar Barcelona, the city where Sónar was born and whose event in June will be a true celebration of Sónar, probably the best electronic festival in the world.

 

Portuguese fashion takes to Brazil

Portuguese fashion designers Miguel Vieira and Luis Buchinho took to Brazil on December 6 to show their summer collections in São Paulo. Sentir Portugal (Feel Portugal) was the name of this event which is there to bring new products, concepts and projects closer to the Brazilian public. São Paulo is probably the best place to show the new creative vitality of Portugal in Brazil, a country with 150 consumers.
 

Miguel Vieira presented its collection "Perfume", inspired in "exotic cultures an idyllic landscapes" in garments with predominantly snow white, black caviar and Sahara sand colours, along with the lime green and orange, a collection he defines as "reinvented classic".

This Portuguese designer is one of the designers in the country with more export experience, particularly as regards his shoe collection. We cand find his shoes and accessories collectins in the most important trade fairs in Europe. In recent years, he has been betting strongly on the addition of his clothing line to his range on offer in international markets and trade fairs, particularly with the addition of a new clothing range for kids, launched last year at the Portugal Fashion shows in Oporto.

Luis Buchinho showed a collection inspired on the modern language of architecture, with pure geometric forms and contrasting graphic effects, anatomic cuts and micropleats, in predominantly metallic and copper tones.

Buchinho was recently appointed Best Portuguese fashion designer at the Fashion Awards, a feat which he repeated after having won this award in 2010 in this very same event. In 2011 he did receive also a Golden Globe in Portugal for best fashion designer. He recently opened a second store in Oporto and has been a regular presence in the Parisian Fashion Week. Bread and Butter Who's Next and Gallery 2020 are some of the events where we had the opportunity to see his range of clothing.

Nuno Gama first designer in the world to have an app on Windows 8

Microsoft and Nuno Gama launched this week the first application in Windows 8 by a fashion designer. With this app it will be now possible to check all relevant information about this renowned menswear designer from catwalk images to descriptions of the featured collections.
Upon download of this app users can  have access to the virtual catalogue of the 2012 Autumn/Winter collection at take a glimpse at the coming summer collection by watching the images collected and recording at the Lisbon Fashion Week.
This was a "wonderful gift by Microsoft" the designer said during the presentation of this app in his Lisbon store. The very same voice of Nuno Gama can be heard in the descriptions of the collections explaining where he drew inspiration from, his aestetic options and the materials used, thus giving users of this app the possibility to better understand the work behind each item and/or collection.
According to Patrícia Fernandes, from Microsoft Portugal, Nuno Gama "is the first fashion designer in the world to have an application in Windows 8. With this app we are helping Nuno Gama in his internationalisation process", she said, further adding that "Microsoft chose Nuno Gama given his bold creations and strong personality".
This app was develped by the Portuguese company Fullfix and will be available in Portuguese and in English in countries chosen by the designer himself.