In a few days, the Royal Academy of Arts in London will open its doors to showcase its annual Summer Exhibition, the world’s largest show of open-submission contemporary art. If previous editions of the exhibition have been easily dismissed for its populism and conservative curatorial criteria and display formats, the...
When the first outputs of creative work by new artists start unravelling into the public domain, The Style Examiner considers it a privilege to stop and pay close attention to such demonstrations of emerging talent. This is quite often a laborious process, but when we come across consummate budding ingenuity,...
The Spring/Summer 2012 collection by Conquistador (a label that The Style Examiner featured previously) is a range of strong pieces inspired by images of traditional masculinity as appropriated by religious, sports or military groups such as monks, surfers and military officials. The collection includes long and short sleeved tops made...
Moreau Kusunoki Architectes has today been announced as the winner of the design competition for the Guggenheim museum outpost in Helsinki. With expected construction costs of approximately €130 million (or £92.5 million), the building will be located in the South Harbour area of the Finnish capital, and will occupy a...
Italian designer Piero Lissoni has recently unveiled the first images for ‘The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach’, his first architectural project in the USA. Developed for Lionheart Capita and located at 4701 North Meridian Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida, the development comprises 111 condominium residences and 15 two-to five-bedroom single-family villas...
Fashion brand Versace has unveiled the campaign to promote its Spring/Summer 2015 menswear collection. Photographed in New York by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and styled by David Bradshaw under direction of Giovanni Bianco, the advertising campaign features models Filip Hrivnak, Alessio Pozzi and Miroslav Chech....
Canadian travel and accessories brand WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie has today launched its inaugural men’s footwear collection. Guided by the intention “to engineer footwear that provides a perfect blend of form, function and value”, the brand’s co-founders Byron and Dexter Peart are starting the new line with an...
The winners of the 2014 RIBA President’s Medals were announced on 3 December at a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in central London. The prestigious RIBA President’s Medals, which date back to 1836, reward talent and excellence in the study of architecture, and this year invited...
Following the successful implementation of core business strategies in 2014 that included launching a new fragrance, relaunching heritage products, and upgrading its mobile platform, British luxury fashion and accessories brand Burberry is closing the year with a 14% underlying growth revenue and an overall outperformance across its digital channels. However,...
Canada-born and London-based fashion designer Todd Lynn has unveiled images of his menswear collection for Spring/Summer 2015, marking the end of a three-year creative silence on his ambition to develop a men’s fashion line. Claiming inspiration from the fantastical science-fiction undertones of the 2013 film Under the Skin (directed by...