Here’s another smart gift item to peruse eBay for. The feline set above (new, not used) is available now through the seller “My World” who is in Japan, but promises to ship anywhere in the world for an extra $15. If you miss this one, type in “Hermes Ashtray” into your eBay Feed to discover new ones on the site. We already spotted so many gorgeous other ones here.
(Photo: Courtesy of Seller, My World. Text by Jauretsi)
By Jauretsi
The folks at Zio & Sons — a firm specializing in art direction, branding, interiors, and vintage pieces — has one of the most stylish of Instagrams. Above is a snapshot taken by one of their staff members, capturing this incredibly gorgeous set of Hermes kitchen pieces we’re now dying for. We discovered a few Hermes plates floating around on eBay that we highly recommend giving as a fashionable holiday gift.
(Photo: Courtesy of Zio & Sons)
By Jauretsi
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has long been committed to exploring the intersection of art and film, and it recently hit a bull’s eye with their launch of the first major Stanley Kubrick retrospective in the United States. The exhibit is a rabbit hole of scripts, lenses, costumes, props, and production photos. For all the geeked-out Kubrick junkies, the exhibit features two projects that Kubrick never completed: Napoleon and The Aryan Papers. Kubrick-philes can also learn of the technological advances developed and utilized by Kubrick and his team.
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This body of work is worth the plane ride to Los Angeles. Held inside the Art of the Americas building, the exhibit runs through June 30, 2013, so book those flights to study first-hand one of cinema’s greatest directors. To purchase tickets, visit LACMA here. If you can’t make it, read more about the exhibition online.
While we’re on the topic of Kubrick, it’s good to note that a boxed set of Kubrick films is always a primo holiday present, so we found a few on eBay to help you offer the gift of film. Another exquisite gift we spotted on eBay is the large, out-of-print edition of the Stanley Kubrick Archives coffee table book. Opening either of these gifts is sure to put a smile on the face of the receiver.
(Photos: Courtesy of Mulholland Books and Awards Circuit)
By Jenny Bahn
Christmas is coming, and it’s coming quickly! This year, I’ve got countless kids to shop for. Newborns, infants, you name it — the list is long. In my opinion, a plush toy is a no-brainer. They’re cute, cuddly, and totally customizable. I mean, just check out the range of options we found. Dream Lite makes a plush toy that doubles as a stand for lights that are projected onto the ceiling of your child’s bedroom. For something classic, you can never go wrong with the teddy bear (and this one’s organic, to boot). And leave it to the French to make plush pillows in the shape of fashion icons such as Karl Lagerfeld and Ziggy Stardust (AKA David Bowie). Last, but never least, the cutie that just won’t quit… Elmo.
By Sade Lythcott
I don’t know about you, but I’m always struggling to find something to do on a rainy fall day, or — even more difficult –- trying to find a unique house-warming gift that isn’t so predictable. Well, I think I may have found the solution to both.
The DVD and coffee table book, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, is the way to go. Both the film and book chronicle the life of former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar and American Vogue, and serves as an enthralling peek into the world of a woman who had vision by the bucket-load.
Style Bubble describes the documentary as “loosely chronological and takes us from the beginning of Vreeland’s enchanted life as a girl who had people like Diaghilev and other luminaries waltzing into her life. As a young society wife, she was dressed by Coco Chanel and… [MORE] skipped between London, New York and Paris soaking up the twenties with gusto. Her calling came when Carmel Snow, then editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar noticed Vreeland for her style and made her a contributor in 1937 with the noted ‘Why Don’t You…?’ column. Vreeland of course then became fashion editor and after a tenure of over twenty years, she jumped ship to Conde Nast and was editor-in-chief there from 1963 until 1971. Her final years as consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art through her death rounded off an illustrious career.”
It’s your lucky day because a few copies of this book — as well as Diana’s photo book, Allure — are available at eBay.
(Photos: Courtesy of dianavreeland)
Julia Hafstrom By Boe Marion “Deeper & Deeper” SSAW A/W 2013
