http://www.orangelifemagazine.com Beautiful Ideas Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Trading figures for Burberry, just out, show Britain's biggest luxury brand is doing OK despite the wider economic woes. Even so, the company's had a tricky few years. In the late 90s, Burberry moved to take its own share of the burgeoning market for designer labels. Advertising spend increased and ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/burberry-elite-meets-street/ In 1936, Finnish glass factory Karhula-Iittala (now Iittala) ran a design competition of modern gift items made of glass. The winners would be exhibited at the 1937 Paris World Expo themed "Art and technology as applied in modern life." The winner of the competition was an entry named Eskimoerindens Skinnbuxa (Swedish ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/legendary-aalto-vase-%e2%80%94-finnish-design-classic-by-alvar-aalto/ Yohji Yamamoto was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1943. He did not always know he wanted to be a fashion designer: he attended Keio University and graduated with a law degree before going on to the Bunka College of Fashion and, later, to Paris, where he studied fashion and fashion ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/yohji-yamamoto/ When I was younger I used to love going to stay over at Grandma’s house every Saturday night. I would wake on Sunday mornings to the smell of Grandma’s baking knowing that it wasn’t long until I would be sitting in front of the television set to watch the ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/slinkachu-little-people-in-the-city/ It would be a mistake to think that Paris 1962 — Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior, The Early Collections is just a coffee-table decoration featuring two gorgeous fashion collections. Published by Rizzoli in April 2008, the 176-page volume is more like a still life. It allows the reader a ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/paris-1962-yves-saint-laurent-and-christian-dior-the-early-collections/ Godfather - is how many would describe the leader of a gangster or mafia organisation who are in charge of certain areas or cities committing crimes and killings. So looking at the above sentence would you take offence if someone described you as being the Godfather of your profession? I would describe ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/klaus-nienkamper-the-godfather-of-furniture-design/ ‘Reassuringly expensive' is the slogan one leading brewer marketed its premium product under for many years in the UK. This and a series of Jean de Florette-inspired TV ads sought to position the beer as a cut above the rest. Something not only to be drunk, but to be coveted, ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/uncorking-the-world%e2%80%99s-most-expensive-beer/ The masterminds behind fashion label Boudicca are Zowie Broach and Brian Kirkby. Both designers graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic and went on to establish the label in 1997. Their designs first debuted in London in a show in the fall of 2000, and ever since, they have guarded their reputation as ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/boudicca/ Crowned with feathers and glittering with gold face paint, Bat for Lashes is a British singer-songwriter pedalling a whimsical line in alternative folk melodies with a sombre gothic edge. The woman behind it all is Natasha Khan, a talented musician and visual artist based in Brighton. She chose the band ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/bat-for-lashes/ Published last month by Rizzoli, Valentino: Themes and Variations is a delicious dose of eye candy. The book celebrates the 45-year career of the fashion icon Valentino, born in May 1932 as Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani in the town of Voghera, Italy. There are many reasons to publish and read this ... http://www.orangelifemagazine.com/valentino-themes-and-variations/