Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming was responsible for choosing 007's watch for GoldenEye. “I was convinced that Commander Bond, a sailor, a submariner and a discreet and worldly gentleman should wear the Seamaster with the blue dial,” she reasoned. Twenty-five years have passed and James Bond has continued to wear versions of that iconic Omega model of which increasingly special limited editions have been made.
The last one is also completely surprising, the Seamaster Diver 300M 60 Years Of James Bond with a face from the nineties (42-millimeter polished and satin-finished steel case that maintains the helium valve at 10 o'clock and the aluminum bezel anodized) and a film back. The fact is that it presents an animation (like that of the Speedmaster Silver Snoopy) that shows the silhouette of the agent moving in a wink at the beginning of the films of the very famous saga.
Alexander McQueen's legacy lives on. Many miss his boldness on the catwalk (“I want you to feel repulsive or excited when you see my shows,” he said), but his spirit has not been betrayed. His signature glasses, powerful and uneven, are true to his fashion and an object of desire for those who miss the genius.
The Royal Wax Factory, now known as Trudon, has linked centuries and eras with singular elegance for 400 years. Steeped in history, it perpetuates secular know-how and stands out in the art of perfumery, both in its scented objects and in leather perfumes. Founded by Claude Trudon in 1643, it has kept the formula for the perfect burning of wax a secret over the centuries.
The subtlety of Malaysian artist Thean Chie Chan's (who has just presented his solo exhibition at the Krinzinger Gallery in Vienna) concept of classical painting in ink consists not only in its limitation to one color, but also in its minimalist juxtaposition of contrasts. . His art consists of bringing two contrasting concepts in a simple form based on lines that represent order and splattered paint that alludes to randomness.
The new traveling exhibition that Vitra dedicates to Jean Prouvé, presents a selection of iconic pieces and four unpublished ones that allow one to delve into the universe of colors of the French creator. He was from January 26 to February 9 in Madrid (Naharro Petrra) and, from February 16 to March 6, in Barcelona (on Linea Barcelona).
