On Natalia Vodianova and Garance Dore.
Melissa Ventosa Martin at the Times says: "While fashion has its feet firmly in neutral territory -- think camel, beige, khaki, more camel -- accessories offer a welcome bolt out of the blue -- or red or yellow as the case may be. Pre-fall collections from the likes of Balenciaga and Celine played with a bold Crayola palette, in blocks or even head-to-toe. Accessories in stores now compliment Seventies inspired, bourgeois basics". Go over to her article at The Moment blog at NYT to get the details on the items in the photos above.
Max Bill --a product of the Bauhaus generation, a pupil of Walter Gropius and kindred spirit of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe --was a virtuoso designer and creative artist, as his diverse activities as a painter, architect, sculptor, teacher and designer amply demonstrate. His work is characterized by a clarity of design and precise proportions which are unrivalled to this day. Buy these at Velocity.
