Milano MODA DONNA: Ermanno Scervino F/W 2012

Ermanno Scervino F/W 2012

Chic with nonchalance for this talented designer who combines his ladylike skirts with sporty tricot items trimmed with fur and featuring plays of fancy stitches and arabesque patterns in boiled wool.
Magliera Italiana N.172

Ermanno Scervino Milano/Men F/W 2012/13

ROCK ROYAL

Ermanno Scervino brings us the Rock Royal style for next winter. Modern Italian sartorial craftsmanship meets English inspiration. Argyle knitwear and stripes under tailored garments. 

The House’s exclusive fabrics and the stretch boiled wool are the centerpieces of fitted yet soft jackets and overcoats. Experimentation of new comfortable knit fabrics doubled 

with plain knit.

Olympics and "Knitting history" - Cowichan Knitting and Starsky and Hutch

 Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Cowichan knitting 

The Olympic design sweater you can see being presented below to BC’s premier Gordon Campbell, at left, and Jacques Rogges, IOC president, at right.

Well-known Cowichan knitter Emily Sawyer-Smith.  Her book about knitting : Working with Wool: A Coast Salish Legacy and the Cowichan Sweater.
Chowichan knitting is a from knitting development by the Chowichan people of southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

These sweaters show up in popular culture all the time, though most of them are cheap knockoffs – to a British Columbian eye, the ones in The Big Lebowski and Starsky and Hutch are obvious fakes (or are simply what is known as curling sweaters). What makes a Cowichan sweater authentic? It’s not necessarily even absolute adherence to traditional motifs. It’s more the quality, colour and weight of the wool. The fibres should be natural in colour, not dyed; and they should have the banded arms with traditional Salish weaving patterns.

"Aboriginal Knitted art" Cowichan Knitted design
It’s not necessarily even absolute adherence to traditional motifs. It’s more the quality, colour and weight of the wool. The fibres should be natural in colour, not dyed; and they should have the banded arms with traditional Salish weaving patterns.

POLYVORE

Milano MODA DONNA: Philipp Plein F/W 2012/13

Philipp Plein

"An aggressive yet chic look distinguishes the creations of this german designer, who imbues his knits with a glam touch thanks to the use of fur, leather and diaphanous fabrics."

Magliera Italiana N172

ZIMBO

At Milan Fashion Week, the always-modern Philipp Pleinrevealed a high-energy glamorous collection that embraced a significant rock ‘n’ roll edge. There were no shortage of sexy, fitted silhouettes in an appropriately dark palette of black and gray with bursts of red for the Plein girl this season.
ExclusivelyLUX

Terry Richardson et Ed Westwick pour Philipp Plein

Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Pantone

An Earthshine-lit moon sets over ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/93929/is-there-life-on-earth/#ixzz21NFxkU5a

Martha DK, a dk weight yarn, made from 80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon. 230 yards (212m) per 100g.

Olivia Sock, a sock weight yarn, made from 100% mulberry silk. 460 yards (420m) per 100g.

 Grand Street Ink

Rhapsody

Pink Flambé - Pantone Color trend 2012 A/W

Pink Flambé
is a delicious, vibrant with a bit of hit to it.

Pantone

Modish Fish Home Radiator

AR1 is the name of this chair, made by designer Arthur Rottier

It’s never been easier to get silky smooth skin with no stubble, no mess and no pain than with the new no!no! 8800.
Availability: Harrods, Selfridges, www.my-no-no.com 

Dell PZ310 WASABI Photo Printer

Dell Wasabi PZ310

Up & Down chaise lounge sofa bed from the house of the Italian company i4 Mariani.

Rosen Smoke - Pantone 2012 A/W

Rose Smoke

a veiled rose tone that pairs well with Rhapsody and Titanium.

Pantone

NuFace

Chloe, a lace weight yarn, made from 75% ultra fine merino, 20% silk, 5% Stellina sparkle. 875 yards (800m) per 100g.