Monthly Archives: January 2009

Chanel Spring Couture, PARIS, Show date: February 15 2009



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Photos by Getty Images, Fashionologie and Chanel. The set, created under the direction of Stéphane Lubrina, featured 7000 handmade paper flowers, made from glass based paper, which took a total of 4800 hours and a team of 40 people to create. Head pieces worn by the models made from paper by Japanese hairstylist Katsuya Kamo. Show date February 15, 2009. Read review at Style.com.




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Givenchy Spring Couture PARIS 2009

Spring Couture 2009 PARIS

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring Couture 2009 PARIS

Christian Dior Spring Couture 2009 PARIS






Review at Style.com

Bourbon House, The Home of Alfred Dunhill

Photo from Selectism. Home to the late Alfred Dunhill, Bourdon House boasts the very best in menswear, leather, accessories, gifts, gadgets, museum pieces, a spa with two treatment rooms, traditional gentleman’s barber and a private screening room in the basement! Be on the lookout for their discreet bar as well!

Bourdon House
2 Davies Street, Mayfair
+44 (0)845 458 0779
Dunhill website

My dad still brings me lunch, and my mom still lays out my clothes.

Abercrombie & Kent Marco Polo Club Announces 2008 Photo Contest Winners

“Impala and Harem – Serengeti”- Dallas Hetherington

“After Temple Prayers – Khajuraho”- Stephen Green

Previous year’s winners:
“Nesting – Ishasha Wilderness Camp, Uganda”- Lawrence C. Smith

“Female Leopard”- Ms. Glenda Wood

“Myanmar Monastery”- Dr. Neil Greenberg

“Elephant – Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India”- Ellen Abraman

Untitled – Jacqueline Hargreaves

“Stretch”- Nancy Coolley

“Are you Lost? – Galapagos Islands”- Barbara Walley


“Prayer – Road between Agra & Delhi, India”- Elaine Zager & Ernest Lawton

“A Lifetime of Memories – Machu Picchu, Peru”- Morton Leiter

“Under the Rainbow – Gold Harbor, South Georgia”- Chia-Ling Tung

See all at Amberombie & Kent

The photo contest is open to all Marco Polo members.

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Manifest Hope: DC First Look- 01.16.09

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Text & Photos from NOTCOT.com: Yosi Sergant (along with his whole team at the awesome Evolutionary Media Group) and Shepard Fairey sure know how to put on a hell of an art show, raise spirits, and pull off this ridiculously nonchalant, humble adorableness … The focus of Manifest Hope: DC is three themes inspired from Obama: Manifest Change – Health Care Reform, Manifest Unity – Workers’ Rights, and Manifest Opportunity – The Green Economy.

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8 new wonders added to UNESCO world heritage sites

An object of fascination for over 200 years, the region features a break in the Earth's crust, where older rocks rest above younger formations.
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Sardona Tectonic Arena, Switzerland
An object of fascination for over 200 years, the region features a break in the Earth’s crust, where older rocks rest above younger formations.

Pierre Vauthey/Corbis Surtsey Island, Iceland Formed by volcanic eruptions in the 1960′s, Surtsey was declared a natural reserve in 1965, allowing only a limited number of scientists to the island.

John Wang / Getty Mount Sangingshan National Park, China Located in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, Sangingshan contains an array of forested and fantastically shaped granite pillars and peaks concentrated in a relatively small area.

The most complete known fossil record of terrestrial life, Joggins is over 300 million years old.  The remains of the first reptiles are visible here.
Wesley Hill / IUCN Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Canada The most complete known fossil record of terrestrial life, Joggins is over 300 million years old. The remains of the first reptiles are visible here.
Every year, millions of monarch butterflies wait for the end of the winter season in close-packed clusters in the Oyamel fir forests.
Danny Lehman / Corbis Monarch Butterfly Biosphere, Mexico Every year, millions of monarch butterflies wait for the end of the winter season in close-packed clusters in the Oyamel fir forests.

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New Caledonia, France (Colony) The tropical lagoons and coral reefs of New Caledonia form one of the three most extensive reef systems in the world. They provide habitat to a number of threatened fish and marine mammals.
Nicknamed the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean, Socotra is host to nearly 700 flora and fauna species not found anywhere else in the world.
Khaled Fazaa / AFP / Getty Socotra Archipelago, Yemen Nicknamed the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean, Socotra is host to nearly 700 flora and fauna species not found anywhere else in the world.
A largely undisturbed area of Central Asian steppe and lakes in the Korgalzhyn and Naurzum state nature reserves, Saryarka is a crucial stopover point for globally threatened species and provides feeding grounds for up to 15 million birds.
Chris Magin / IUCN Saryarka, Kazakhstan A largely undisturbed area of Central Asian steppe and lakes in the Korgalzhyn and Naurzum state nature reserves, Saryarka is a crucial stopover point for globally threatened species and provides feeding grounds for up to 15 million birds.
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“Never be too cool for your past” – Neil Patrick Harris on Ryan Seacrest Jan 2009

NPH is HILARIOUS as SNL host … watch a key scene:

During the writer’s strike, lots of actors pursued other means of artistic creativity. Doogie – I mean Neil – developed this online sing-along-blog called “Dr Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog” about a low rent aspiring super hero in-the-making – and a girl. Watch the trailer: