Archive for March, 2009

Happy birthday Soft Monogram Canvas!

Monday, March 30th, 2009

  Already 50 years (1959-2009) have passed since the Maison Louis Vuitton created the popular Soft Monogram canvas, the one that today we can still see behind the big Maison in Asnieres store windows. (113 years, however have passed since George Vuitton designed the first ever monogram). During these 50 years LV logo, accompanied by the [...]

Gros and Delettrez Auction House – featuring prestigious photographs, printings and design objects of XX century

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

On April 10th, at Hotel Drouot in Paris, will take place the auction called “Perspective XXe siécle”, organized by Gros and Delettrez Auction House, featuring prestigious photographs, printings and design objects of XX century. Please note that the collection will include pictures from photo shooting of celebrities who made the story of  Fashion and Arts’ worldwide. [...]

The Davide Blei Vintage Rolex Collection

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

22 March 2009, Grand Hotel et de Milan, Milan, at 2.00 PM For the first time the Auction season opens with an Italian auction. Patrizzi & Co Auctioneers, one of the most prestigious names in the watch collectors market, presents an extraordinary collection of Rolex Vintage Watches. The 114 examples of rare quality and condition [...]

Those Obscure Objects of Desire

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Max Bernadini’s Luxury Vintage store in Milan is chock-a-block with faultlessly chic, infinitely covetable old stuff, says O’ar Pali In Milan, a few steps from the Santa Maria delle Grazie, home to Leonardo’s The Last Supper, lies a negozio which in its own right houses a charming array of past riches. Max Bernardini’s Luxury Vintage [...]