What may sound like the title of a Sandra Bullock movie actually took place in Berlin last Saturday. As if in compensation for the bad weather, the classy Miss U-Bahn event cut straight to the chase and took off with the underwear round. Creations by eight Berlin based designers covered the contestants’ private parts, each inspired by the historical background of the respective stations informatively recited by the moderator. [more]
The First Ever Miss U-Bahn, Berlin
Scandinavian Highlights from Copenhagen Fashion Week
The Copenhagen Fashion Week was concluded last night with a record breaking 1 mile-long runway (1.609 km) hosted by Helena Christensen. We also walked the extra mile and picked out some of the best looks from the Scandinavian scene for you: [more]
Energieschub für junge Talente
Letzten Donnerstag wurden im Ballhaus Ost in Berlin die Gewinner des Halbtagsjob 2010 gekürt, der von den Herstellern des Energydrinks „Schwarze Dose 28“ vergeben wurde. Die fachkundige Jury, darunter Filippa K, Stefan Heyne und Matthias Schweighöfer, ernannte aus über 500 eingesendeten Konzepten die Gewinner der 5 Kategorien, Mode (Annelie Augustin & Odély Teboul, Modelabel: Augustin Teboul), Film (Daniel Ruczko, Kurzfilm: Bipolar), Literatur (Timo Kranzusch, Buch: Ohrengrün), Kunst (Oliver Flössel, Projekt: Prozessmalerei) und Design (Diego Maximiliano Gardón & Daniel Nunez-Adinolfi, Konzept: Flascheninstallation). [more]
Our man about town, photographer Dylan Don, shares his latest goodies from party nights across Europe
Michalsky Bangs It
The new perfume by Michalsky – creatively named “Michalsky” – is out now. Creativity in general seems to be a rare commodity at the German designer’s headquarters, as the bottle design bears a striking resemblance to that of Marc Jacob’s new perfume BANG. We’re just happy Michalsky didn’t get all oiled up to pose nude for his campaign, too.
Das große Fressen, Gluttony Performed
In the 1973 French-Italian film “La Grande Bouffe” (German: Das große Fressen), four friends decide to lock themselves up for a weekend in a luxurious villa in a Parisian suburb for the express purpose of eating themselves to death. Gluttony, sexual excessiveness, bizarre suicide scenes and an over-flooded canalization add up to create grotesque and repulsive images that shocked its early 70’s audience. Warmly received by the critics, however, the film was understood as a critique on capitalism and bourgeois values of European society at the time. Making a clear reference to the film, the performance Das große Fressen, created by artists Caroline Hobkinson and Marija Bozinovska Jones at Berlin’s Grimmuseum invites the audience to explore their own relation to the deadly sin of gluttony. [more]
Pocket size gallery
Urban style is anchored in everyday life. It serves as commentary on our day to day existence and on the little things that move us in one way or another. The epithet “urban” is not limited to one specific discipline but rather encompasses everything from art to design, fashion, music and photography. These are the ideas behind the project L&M About, a collaboration between L&M and a host of young creative minds working in these disparate fields who contribute their designs to the limited edition packs in the series L&M About. [more]
