The Italian designer has launched a limited edition of Andy Warhol “creation” Brogue.

Back in the eighties Warhol wore Salvatore Ferragamo’s Brogues and of course the pop art icon was working and painting in them at his studio; hence they became speckled and splattered in paint.
These classical brown shoes for men were the only ones that the designer created before passing away in 1960.
The Brogue shoes worn by Warhol became the property of the Ferragamo family when the members won the auction organized by Christie’s almost 20 years after the artist’s death, in 2006.
The Italian brand is now re-issuing the iconic …

From 27 to 30 November, Spazio FMG in Milan will host “Milano work-in-progress 2,” a truly interesting exhibition. Leandro Tusi De Borba and Simona Galateo curated the set up of the projects realized by MABarquitectura, Consalez Rossi, Paolo Pasquini and 5+1AA, at the discovery of Milan to be.
Two are the main themes faced by the exhibition: public housing and retail malls. Very different from each other but both offering interesting prospects for experimental, leading-edge design.
“These are new-generation works, designed by some of the most interesting young architects on the Italian scene, and they convey the concept of a different Milan, …

A sale of belongings from the posh homes of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge so far has fetched four million euros (six million dollars), including costs, with two days of auction yet to go, Christie’s said Wednesday 18 November.
A total of 1,185 objects, most of them from the pair’s country hideaway on the Normandy coast, went under the hammer Tuesday 17 November in a four-day sale winding up Friday 20 November.
Christie’s had estimated the total value of the auction at between three to four million euros (4.5 to six million dollars), excluding costs.
But the magic of the name has …

Louis Vuitton is paying tribute to the artist Stephen Sprouse, who passed away far too young in 2004, with two exceptional collections created in his honor. The leather goods maker is also joining the New York Deitch Project gallery for the first retrospective of Sprouse’s work.
Artist, music aficionado and designer, Stephen Sprouse defies capsule qualification, given his multi-dimensional talent. Fusing downtown New York street wear with uptown high fashion, he was a seminal force behind the rock-inspired futurist punk aesthetic of the 1980s.
The artist’s first collaboration with Louis Vuitton came in 2001 when Artistic Director Marc Jacobs invited him to …

Chanel “Mobile Art” in Central Park, New York
The Mobile Art exhibition of Chanel continues its début worldwide tour. The iconic quilted leather Chanel handbag with its golden chain gets honored with the exhibition pavilion in New York’s Central Park, housed in a snow-white spaceship-like mobile art gallery designed by Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid. The Chanel Contemporary Art Container – a collapsible, futuristic pavilion -, which will open Friday, doesn’t exactly show a collection of handbags, though. Instead, it includes works from fifteen internationally renowned contemporary artists who where commissioned by Chanel to create works inspired by the iconic quilted …