Agent Provocateur: Berlin runway

Agent Provocateur is a lingerie brand based in the United Kingdom. The company has stores in 13 countries across the globe including cities such asLondon, New York, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Vienna and Berlin. The first shop was opened on London's Broadwick Street in the Soho district in 1994.

Agent Provocateur was founded by Joseph Corré and Serena Rees. Corré is the son of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and Sex Pistols' ex-manager, Malcolm McLaren. In June 2007, Corré was awarded the MBE for his services to the fashion industry in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. However, he controversially rejected the honour in protest of outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair's actions regarding Iraq and Civil Liberties.

The shop originally bought plain styles from smaller sources and enhanced it creating a very unique style of individualism which mirrors that of McLaren and Westwood with their own shop,SEX.

Lingerie by Agent Provocateur has become popular with celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, and Carmen Electra, and the company often features high profile celebrities to promote its fashion campaigns. In previous years these have included Kylie Minogue (2001) and for the second time Kate Moss in 2008 (she previously appeared in ads in 2006).^{[citation needed]} "Agent Provocateur", the line's first perfume, was launched in 2000. Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal took over for supermodel Kate Moss as the new face for the line in 2007.

These are some pics during the the runway in Gallery Lafayette in Berlin presenting the new Christmas collection called: "Christmas dolls" check them out:

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United Nude

In 2003 a Dutch architect from an architects family and an English shoemaker from a shoemakers family decided to start a brand. Disillusioned with fashion and not wanting to be yet another shoe brand or architecture firm, a design company was born – set on releasing specific, iconic products and rejecting broad seasonal ranges. The products evolve in projects from international teams (United) in an open way with direct recognition (Nude).

The company has several fabulous styles of shoes now and continues to grow in both styles and staff. It was originally co-founded by Rem D. Koolhaas (Rem D. Koolhaas is the nephew of better known architect Rem Koolhaas and distinguishes himself from his uncle with the middle inital) and English shoemaker Galahad JD Clark, who is a seventh generation shoe maker from the Clarks family in Somerset. Galahad took over the running of Terra Plana, an eco friendly shoe company, in 2003.

The concept of the company was and still is to meld architectural design and unusual materials with product design, creating unusual but functional shoes. United Nude is part of a creative collective, functioning as a hub of interaction between architects, fashion designers, magazine editors and photographers.

Each single pair of shoes is a reinterpretation of an architectural object or represents an exploration of different materials and colours: the first shoe created by United Nude was called “Möbius” and it was inspired by the Barcelona chair created by Bauhaus director Mies Van Der Rohe for the International Exposition in 1929. The uniqueness of this special sandal stood in the fact that it was characterized by a single strip that formed the sole, heel, foot-bed and upper of the shoe.

Above: the Barcelona chair as the inspiration for the Mobius shoe.

Last but not least, my favorite model: EAMZ

- Official website:

http://www.unitednude.com/

- A careful description:

http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/03/united-nude-shoes-with-blueprint.html

David LaChapelle

David LaChapelle is a photographer and video/commercial/film director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique and often humorous style.

LaChapelle has four published books of his photographs, including LaChapelle Land, Hotel LaChapelle, Heaven to Hell, and Artists and Prostitutes. All four books contain vivid and surreal portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Manson, Naomi Campbell, Gisele Bündchen, David Beckham, Björk, Shakira, Drew Barrymore, Shirley Manson, Courtney Love, Lil' Kim, Lance Armstrong, Angelina Jolie, Pamela Anderson,Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz, Uma Thurman, Brook Shields, Leonardo Dicaprio, Amanda Lepore, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Madonna,P!nk, Rihanna, Kylie Minogue and recently Lady GaGa.

Is directing work includes commercials for clients such as Burger King, and music videos for artists including Moby, Elton John, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Blink 182, No Doubt, Da Brat & Ludacris, Britney Spears, Joss Stone, Norah Jones, Usher, Gwen Stefani, and Hilary Duff. He also designed and directed Elton John's Las Vegas Show "The Red Piano." He has won numerous awards for his photography and music videos including the Eisies, MTV Europe Music Awards, VH-1 Fashion Awards, MVPA Awards, Sundance Film Festival, and the Aspen Film Festival.

He has directed advertisements for major brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Lavazza^[1] Nokia, L'Oréal, Diesel and Burger King.^[2][3] In 2006 he directed "Romeo and Juliet," a five-minute commercial for H&M's new denim brand and "Tis the Season to be Gorgeous," a humorous Christmascommercial for UK retailer Boots Group showing glamorous-looking women doing relatively mundane Christmas tasks. Also in the UK, he directed the surreal Lost trailers for Channel 4, show the cast dancing in 1920s costume among the burning wreckage on the beach; whilst the cast voice-over such phrases as "one of us is a murderer"; "one of us is a junkie" etc. In addition to this, he directed Channel 4's promotion of Desperate Housewives season one.

LaChapelle’s work has been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic. His use of celebrities exaggerates aspects of their personalities and their personal lives.

Christian Louboutin

This great footwear designer who launched his line of high-end women's shoes in France in 1991. Since 1992, his designs have incorporated the shiny, red-lacquered soles that have become his signature. This is what is said about that: "In 1992 I incorporated the red sole into the design of my shoes. This happened by accident as I felt that the shoes lacked energy so I applied red nail polish to the sole of a shoe. This was such a success that it became a permanent fixture."

Christian Louboutin helped bring stilettos back into fashion in the 1990s and 2000s, designing dozens of styles with heel heights of 120mm (4.72 inches) and higher. The designer's professed goal is to “make a woman look sexy, beautiful, to make her legs look as long as [he] can.” While he does offer some lower-heeled styles, Louboutin is generally associated with his dressier eveningwear designs incorporating bejeweled straps, bows, feathers, patent leather and other, similar decorative touches.

Christian Louboutin's designs have gained popularity among socialites and celebrities, several of whom have made public appearances sporting the signature red soles. For example,Christina Aguilera and Nicole Kidman were outfitted by the couture cobbler for their weddings. Other famous fans of his shoes include Angelina Jolie, Oprah, Tina Turner, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess Marie Chantal of Greece, Catherine Deneuve, Cameron Diaz, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez ,Sarah Jessica Parker, and Rihanna.

When asked if there was a famous star on which Louboutin was glad to see his shoes he responded, "I admire Angelina Jolie. I think she is gorgeous, generous, talented and free minded person. I am lucky that she is already wearing my shoes".

Here there are some CL shoe samples: