Julian Hakes: Shoe Reinvention

Julian Hakes, now Creative Director at Hakes, was for more than ten years a London based bridge architect with most of his work scattered across the globe. This, however, was before the global economic crisis, which led to the collapse of all his projects in 2007. There was only one way out: reinvention.

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Your Tips For Copenhagen Fringe Living: Part 2

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MADE IN COPENHAGEN: Green Retail Therapy at White Line Hotels’ Danish Collaborators

Sometimes we all need a little help justifying our indulgences, don’t we? So, what’s even better than bringing a shopping bag through your front door, unwrapping the coveted object it contains, and knowing that it’s yours-all-yours? Knowing that your little splurge is also helping the environment…or at the very least, not hurting it any. wink wink

Where can you find this kind of guiltless gratification? Copenhagen, of course. Go on, get your retail therapy on the Danish way with environmentally friendly design from White Line Hotels’ Collaborators Bullitt Bikes and Design by Us.

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In Conversation With Seven New York’s Joseph Quartana

A pioneer in avant-garde and experimental fashion, Joseph Quartana, founder of the worldwide famous New York store Seven, takes us through what it means to work in fashion nowadays, and how to be respected for it.

FM: Who are you and what’s your background?

JQ:  My name is Joseph Quartana, and I co-founded the multi-label select shop Seven New York back in ‘99.  I grew up in new Jersey, but I moved to New York as soon as possible. I got a scholarship for NYU and went there to study Economics and Social Psychology. I spent most of my time with fashion students from Parsons, who inspired me to get into the fashion business. My aim was to become a buyer, but no department stores would hire me, so i became a banker, i made a small fortune, and opened my own shop.

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Disarmingly Charming: Ole Lynggaard

I have been waiting for the perfect moment to write about Ole Lynggaard and finally my patience has paid off, as this month White Line Hotels shines its light on Copenhagen. Maybe, if you’re Danish, or if you shop at Harvey Nichols in London quite a lot, you may already have discovered these lovely pieces of handcrafted jewellery. If you haven’t, then let me enlighten you. First of all we have to rewind back to March of this year when the day job took me on a visit to Baselworld.  After dutifully visiting all the relevant watch brands on their mind-bogglingly large and shiny stands, we were staggered not only by the splendour of it all, but also by how the luxury market is so obviously not undergoing any kind of economic crisis whatsoever.

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