Word: deco
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...comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Recently given a welcome face-lift, buildings lining downtown K.L.'s restored heritage rows boast soaring ceilings, wrought-iron balconies and timber balustrades. Some of these 1930s gems - in an Art Deco style adapted for the tropics - also have air wells open to the sky. "People are beginning to realize the past has value," says Lim Huck Chin, a conservation architect. "Going out now has a more human face." See for yourself in one of these heritage hangouts. Saray: This palate-pleasing...
...When Art Deco was introduced in Paris at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts D?coratifs et Industriels Moderne, it was basically a marketing tool?a way to reinvigorate the world of French luxury goods. It transcended the role, of course, and luxury purveyors are again looking back to the jazz age for inspiration. Bottega Veneta designer Thomas Maier pays homage to the gold-leaf look with his latest collection of shoes. And at Fendi, Deco shapes grace the Vanity handbag. In October, Cartier will bring "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass"?an exhibit of mostly Art Deco jewelry?to Houston...
...every bit as much an animated film as Shark Tale. Kerry Conran's script has a plot lifted and sifted from lots of '30s films--The Wizard of Oz, Lost Horizon and a dozen sassy newspaper comedies. But the technique is the star here: Conran's devising of a Deco-meets-delirium universe that he projected onto a blue screen, in front of which the game, clueless stars--Jude Law as the intrepid flyboy, Gwyneth Paltrow as a plucky news gal--recited their lines...
...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder When Art Deco was introduced in Paris at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Moderne, it was basically a marketing tool - a way to reinvigorate the world of French luxury goods. It transcended the role, of course, and luxury purveyors are again looking back to the jazz age for inspiration...
...Deco began as a way of reinvigorating the French luxury-goods market when it was introduced in Paris in 1925 at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Moderne. Now luxury purveyors are looking back to the jazz age for inspiration. Bottega Veneta designer Thomas Maier has paid homage to the gold-leaf look with his fall collection of shoes, below. And at Fendi, Deco shapes are reproduced in the Vanity handbag, above. Next month, Cartier will bring "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass"--an exhibit of mostly Art Deco jewelry--to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts...