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AIRBNB LAUNCHES 'TRIPS': BEYOND ACCOMODATION

Airbnb Open LA, the peer-to-peer homestay network made a major announcement: it will now be your personal tour guide, taking a more wholistic approach to its offerings with Airbnb Trips.
Aribnb Open LA, la famosa piattaforma per la ricerca di alloggi tra privati, ha da poco fatto un annuncio rivoluzionario: diventerà una vera e propria guida personale, assumendo un approccio a 360 gradi, grazie ad Airbnb Trips.

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Airbnb is now offering experiences, as well as accommodations: "Trips" is a people-powered platform designed to make travel both easy and magical. It features three key areas – Experiences, Places and Homes, with Flights and Services to be added in the future.

Everything you book, from accommodations to places to experiences, goes into an itinerary that will later serve as a timeline of your travels in your pocket.
Airbnb offrirà esperienze e non solo alloggio: Trips è una piattaforma creata dagli utenti stessi, pensata per rendere l'esperienza di viaggio semplice ma unica. Trips presenta 3 macroaree - Esperienze, Luoghi e Host - con la previsione di aggiungere Voli e Servizi.
Tutto ciò che prenoterete, dagli alloggi ai luoghi alle esperienze, confluirà in un itinerario che potrà servirvi in un secondo momento come una sorta di guida tascabile.

In the "Experiences" category, you can obviously find and book fashion-focused experiences, which involve shopping (so much shopping) and designer studio visits with local experts.

Some examples:

1. Kawaii Cutie - Tokyo · Dive into Kawaii culture with an expert;

2. High Glamour - London · Unleash your inner vixen with Bettsie Bon Bon;

3. #ShopLikeRia Miami Soiree - Miami · Get in, girl, we’re going shopping!;

4. Beautiful Stylings - Paris · Shop like a true fashion insider;

5. Dandy's Heyday - Paris · Travel through time to the Dandy’s heyday.

Nella categoria "Esperienze", potete ovviamente trovare e prenotare esperienze legate al mondo della moda, che implicano shopping (molto shopping) o visite ad atelier con esperti locali
Alcuni esempi:
1. Kawaii Cutie - Tokyo · Tuffati nella cultura Kawaii con un esperto;
2. High Glamour - Londra · Libera la Vixen che è in te con Bettsie Bon Bon;
3. #ShopLikeRia Miami Soiree - Miami · Avanti, ragazze, andiamo a fare shopping!;
4. Beautiful Stylings - Parigi· Fai shopping come un vero fashion insider;
5. Dandy's Heyday - Parigi · Viaggia nell'epoca d'oro dei Dandy.

So would you book any of these fashion experiences for your next trip?
Allora, prenotereste una di queste esperienze fashion per il vostro prossimo viaggio?

Written by: Claudia

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BOOK A ROOM AT THE KARL LAGERFELD HOTEL

A veteran of the fashion industry for over 60 years, Lagerfeld has long branched out to design interiors for many top brands in hospitality:

Veterano da più di sessant'anni dell'industria della moda, Lagerfeld si è più volte cimentato anche nel design di interni per molti brand esclusivi nel settore alberghiero:

The lobbies of the Estates at Acqualina, Miami

The lobbies inside Toronto's Art Shoppe Lofts + Condos

The pool of the Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo

Following his personal motto, “I am a living label. My name is Labelfeld, not Lagerfeld.”, the fashion guru is now expanding his personal label with the launch of his own international hospitality brand, Karl Lagerfeld Hotels & Resorts, with the first to open in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau in 2017 - an entire 270-room hotel. Both Donatella Versace and Karl Lagerfeld have signed on to design individual towers, adding their brands’ signature styles to the Macau casino landscape. Lagerfeld’s hotel features an enormous Choupette at the entrance, while his own silhouette graces the room keys.

Tenendo ben in mente il suo motto, “I am a living label. My name is Labelfeld, not Lagerfeld.”, il guro della moda sta ora implementando la sua personale etichetta con il lancio della sua catena alberghiera a livello mondiale, Karl Lagerfeld Hotels & Resorts, con l'apertura del primo hotel da 270 camere nel centro del gioco d'azzardo a Macau nel 2017. Donatella Versace e Karl Lagerfeld hanno studiato il design di due torri (una ciascuno) del Lisboa Palace, dando il loro tocco stilistico alla skyline di Macau. L'hotel di Lagerfeld presenta un'enorme Choupette all'entrata, mentre la silhouette dello stilista abbellisce le chiavi di ogni camera.

We all know Karl Lagerfeld's interests extend far beyond fashion design: so, someday soon, you can be wearing Chanel, a Choupette case covering your iPhone, while eating lunch on a Karl Lagerfeld plate at the Karl Lagerfeld restaurant inside a Karl Lagerfeld resort.
It seems that the designer’s world domination has only just begun.

Che gli interessi di Karl Lagerfel vadano ben oltre il solo fashion desgin è risaputo; quindi, probabilmente molto presto, potrete vestire Chanel, mettere una cover con Choupette al vostro cellulare, mentre pranzerete in un piatto di Karl Lagerfeld al ristorante di Karl Lagerfeld dentro il resort di Karl Lagerfeld.
Sembra proprio che il dominio di Lagerfeld sul mondo sia appena iniziato.

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KENZO X H&M: See all the looks

Oops they did it again!

Another high-end collaboration for H&M, this time starring Kenzo: the collection is set to be revealed on October 19 and ready to purchase in 250 H&M stores around the world on November 3.

As the first promotional pictures surfaced, I started to show conflicting feelings about the collection: Is it overworked? Cool for boys and blah for the girls? Is this too complicated for the mass market?

If you are a fashion victim, skip all the text and run to the pictures: I know you are going to love all of them incoditionally.

To the rest of the world, ok let's talk about this colorful sartorial effort: would you pay for this?

"Ok, maybe there's too much going on here..."

This is a common reaction (again, if you are not a fashion victim) to a first naive look at the designs.

However, let me prove to you that if you focus on the statement pieces alone, you might give this collabration a chance.

Let's forget those animal printed sock boots and those elbow-length gloves for a moment (better forever): just take a look at the jackets and the t-shirts, the warm coats and swaters, those cool visor sunglasses, maxi-dresses and scarves...can you see yourself rocking at least one of those pieces in your daily life?

If the answer is yes, than this collection might provide you with something unique.

Kenzo's designers, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, have conceived this collection as a conversation between Kenzo Takada's signature designs and the house new aesthetics.

An intellctual approch at its finest, also when it comes to the advertising: indeed Kenzo has enlisted an eclectic global crew of creatives to promote and model the new designs, like artists, musicitians, models, photographers, activists, writers and more (full list: writer and activist Amy Sall, photographer Youngjun Koo, artist and DJ Juliana Huxtable, musician and performance artist Oko Ebombo, fashion editor Harriet Verney, makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench, artist Ingrid, musician Anna of the North, model and rapper Le1f, and models Mae Lapres, Hao Liu, Selena Forrest, Tom Gaskin, Julia Banas and Pierre Painchaud).

“They’re people we admire, icons in their own fields, people who are influential beyond their fashion sensibility,”

[Carol Lim to Vogue]

A (too) bold collection that despites all the odds might speak to everyone: as we wait for the price list to be released, it's impossible not to think if this new collaboration will cause a scene like Balmain last year!

Kenzo x H&M hits H&M stores and online on November 3.

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SEE NOW, BUY NOW - The Revolution in Fashion Industry

New York and London fashion weeks have brought a revolution in fashion industry.

The idea is just simple as this: align the runway and retail calendar. Instead of waiting six months to buy the clothes you’ve just seen on the catwalk, why not make them available to buy as soon as the show is over?

So that’s what Burberry, Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger and others have started doing from September onwards.

The driving force behind this is clearly technology, which created the demand: from live-streaming catwalk shows to previewing collections on Snapchat, labels have won fans by understanding that fashion week is no longer a closed-shop industry event, but a global consumer occurrence.

Of course, this move is going to require a huge shift in the way collections are made and distributed.

Burberry Fall/Winter 2016 at London Fashion Week, September 2016

Brands will have to work closely with suppliers and wholesale buyers during the process of creating the collections. This collaborative approach will be based on sharing information and technology, and on facing unknown challenges as a multi-disciplinary team.

Tommy Hilfiger Fall/Winter 2016 at New York Fashion Week, September 2016

However, this shift raises some questions: by giving the customer what they want more quickly, are we losing some of the creative magic that excites people in the first place? Or will a faster turnaround from catwalk to purchase enhance more freedom and originality? Will this mean less risk-taking and a way towards safer, commercial styles?

Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2016 at New York Fashion Week, September 2016

Word has it that Milan and Paris will resist the move, stating themselves as the homes of luxury by continuing to show a season ahead; moreover it will be harder for fast-fashion brands such as Zara or H&M to keep up with runway styles.
With no doubts, the "See Now, Buy Now" introduction will shake up the fashion industry, but exactly how is to be seen.

written by: Claudia