Gifts for myself

I adore handmade designs; they send out so much of the creator's personality. As I laid my eyes on these gorgeous rings from Colleen Baran I just knew I had to have one. Colleen is a Canadian artist working in jewelry, photography and book-works, with a...

Fashion meets art: renowned Cuban artist Ruben Toledo and fashion photographer Ruven Afanador captured the high-fashion spirit in the Nordstrom ad campaign for summer 2008. Toledo painted the walls to create a series of fascinating black-...

Audrey Kawasaki’s artworks are based on splendid contradictions. Her painted heroines and heroes are erotic and innocent, young but wise, disturbingly beautiful, intentionally ambiguous. Audrey’s style is influenced by...

I took a peak these days at Etsy to see what's new and I found Damselle, a jewelry shop by designer Melanie Crowe. She makes beautiful, romantic jewelry, with a bit of a vintage feel, using metal chains, beads of all sort and ingenious pendants. My...

Ashley Watson is a Vancouver based designer that handcrafts leather bags and accessories using only recycled material. She searches through thrift stores for soft and supple leather, especially old leather jackets which will be transformed by her skilful...

I played a little with polyvore.com (I even put a little cute background there, see?) and here is the result. I was thinking at an outfit suitable for a busy weekend, you know, when you pick up the threads of your social life, finally going...

Limi Yamamoto proudly follows her father's footsteps into the fashion world's recognition with her second Paris show. Nevertheless, her fall2008/winter2009 collection, presented under Limi Feu label at Paris Fashion Week,...

Olga Feldman is an incredibly talented Russian graphic designer and illustrator. She has an appetite for dark, erotic, cosmic surrealistic themes, which she transforms in unique digital art pieces "drawn" in Illustrator with different...

I’ve always loved dream-like, surreal photography. I’m a big fan of Man Ray’s works and recently I have discovered another incredible artist: photographer and filmmaker Sarah Moon.

Sarah Moon Photography...

A young American artist with an ice-cream company name (in his own words) Dadu Shin does highly original illustration with strong concepts. Some of them are images of written ideas, collaborating with financial issue PLANSPONSOR...

Young illustrator Conrad Roset, living in Barcelona, Spain, is successfully following his life-long passion for drawing and teaches others to do the same as a professor of illustration at the ...

Lizzie Fortunato is a New York-based women’s accessories label founded by twin sisters Elizabeth and Kathryn Fortunato. Beside their main jewelry line, they've added leather goods...

I love a unique piece of outerwear and swedish designer Camilla Wellton knows how a standout coat should look. The fall/winter 2009 capsule collection of black wool coats and jackets gained a great deal of interest on her Stockholm-based...

I don’t know about your boots but this winter you must have a hat. And what sort of hat you might ask? Well, the newest trend is the small 20’s style fedora hat, very flattering for any type of face. I found this cute red hat on villagehatshop for only 22....