>>HAPPY NEW YEAR


Wishing you a very happy and healthy new year in 2012. 
Thanks for all your support in 2011! 
Albie - xoxox


4. MM Group 





Also if you have a love and passion for home interiors and decor, check out
Fashion Vignette's sister site
INTERIOR VIGNETTE,
go here to visit the new site.

>>INSPIRATIONS - PETER PILOTTO PRE A/W 2012-13

Here is a preview of Austrian-born designer Peter Pilotto's A/W 2012-13 who is London based.  He uses amazing prints combined with soft sculptural styles to create a beautiful collection. Go to Vogue British, to see the entire collection.






>>ILLUSTRATIONS - TINKER HATFIELD'S ORIGINAL AIR JORDAN XI SKETCHES

My nephew Eric aka DJ Erock, my oldest brother's son owns countless of Air Jordans. Too many to mention but I always know what his latest purchases are thru his FB posts.  Makes me wonder where he stores them all, so next time when I visit him I'll have to see.... [smiles] he has the same guilty pleasures as me, in that we both love SHOES!

I couldn't resist reposting his FB post yesterday of some the original Air Jordan XI sketches from genius Tinker Hatfield. Isn't it amazing how much thought, detail and process goes into designing these shoes from the genius himself.








To read and view more on Tinker Hatfield's original Air Jordan XI sketches, go nicekicks.com and complex.com.


Here is my nephew DJ Erock with Pitbull, Pete Wentz and Selena Gomez at one of his function with San Francisco's radio station 99.7. If you are ever in town you can check him out at the Infusion Lounge in SF and also in Las Vegas at the Haze Nightclub



>>DESIGN CONTEST - A TALENT FOR SHOES





The international contest for young designers Un Talento per la Scarpa (A Talent for Shoes) is promoted by Sammauroindustria, the association that connects the main footwear businessmen of San Mauro Pascoli (Casadei,PolliniSergio RossiVicini) in collaboration with Confindustria (the Italian Employers Federation) of Forlì-Cesena.

For this edition, the subject is Melting Shoes, intercultural contaminations, and the young designers attending are invited to create an outline of a shoe, together with stylistic researches and mixes of images, to be sent before February 29th, 2012.

Participation is free, and only for young people born after December 31st, 1980; those who attend design, art or fashion schools can instead participate with no limit of age.

The prize is an internship of three and a half months at Cercal, the Shoes International School, and a six-months internship at one of the four footwear companies that are connected with Sammauroindustria. During this period, the competition winner will receive a fund of 6.000 euro.
Break a leg!

To learn more go to www.cercal.org

Info: Sammauroindustria, San Mauro Pascoli (FC) tel. 0541.932965; e-mail: cercal@cercal.org

Editorial courtesy of Vogue Italia

>>FASHION SNOOPS - S/S 2013 COLOR INSPIRATIONS

COLOR SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL is a color resource provider for color inspirations and tools, go here to learn more.  In partnership with FASHION SNOOPS, an online global forecasting service and consulting company, here is their S/S 2013 runway color direction for the season...to also see their men's color direction, go here.







>>ILLUSTRATIONS - HOLIDAY 2011





From top to bottom, Fashion Vignette and from Vogue's Daily You've Got Mail Designers Create Holiday Handmade Cards - Rodarte, Manolo Blahnik and Rag and Bone's Marcus Wainwright and David Neville.  To view the entire collection, go here

>>TRENDS - NEXT LOOK - WOMEN'S STYLE & ACCESSORIES S/S 2013

Here is a recently released Women's Fashion Trends publication, S/S 2013 Style & Accessories by NEXT LOOK which provides an analysis of the recent runway shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris. This publication features and summarizes styling, silhouettes, accessories, colors, materials, surfaces and patterns. Based on their summary of the most important fashion aspects, the Must Haves for the upcoming seasons are detailed.  Go here to order your copy.





>>PALETTES - SPLASH HUES


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