Here comes... Pedro Caldeira!

I was all over Google the other day, and I came across this blog for Pedro Caldeira.
His blog is simply: Hot & Fancy! You travel around the world with Pedro, he takes you from Lisbon, to Delhi , passing by London, Le Cout d'Azur, Mykonos, and a couple of other places along the way and later to Rio de Janeiro.
Meanwhile, he will be telling you about some 5 stars hotels he recently visited, or couple of first class airport lounges, or what did he think of British Airways first class seats on his last trip!

Yes! this is what Pedro Caldeira does for living. According to him, his blog is the "The honest 5 star Guide for world Lifestyle & Traveling" - not bad!

Pedro is a 27 years old, half Spanish half Portuguese Interior designer, based in Madrid, Spain and works Internationally. He's been named one of Portugal's Top 50 interior designers at 23.

Pedro at his home in London

He started working in Interiors when he was 18 and 3 years later, he was managing a home, gift and interior stores. He worked on many projects in Lisbon, Brussels, London and Madrid. Commercially, he supervised the refurbishment of a spa and bar in Lisbon, a fashion showroom in Madrid and the latest a hair salon in London's prestigious Bond Street.

Pedro's Job is to die for! to travel the globe, check-in fantastic hotels, visit exotic islands, flying first class, spending summers in the Hamptons, and sun-tanning in Monte Carlo!

In one of the posts, he's wondering about purchasing some new Louis Vuitton luggage, but he is worried he may look like Nuovo Rich! :) He then goes by asking "What is tacky about wanting to have the best?" - Certainly nothing Pedro! and it's definitely OKAY to travel with LV bags, even when you are 27! Dont worry, Hermès will come eventully! ;)

And he is one fine, good looking dude! (in Geneva here)

Would love to meet you next time in town Perdo! :)
For more about Pedro, and his great work, visit his website here.


Love,
Styloholic!

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto is Gorgeous!
She is an Indian actress and model. At just 24, she is already making beauty headlines.
She starred in Slumbdog Millionaire, which won 8 Oscars.
Freida is now the star of Fashion weeks. attending front row from Milan, London to Paris.
she wears Chic Chanel, Dior Couture, Lacroix Couture and D&G, just to name a few.

I'm sure Freida is feeling so happy these days! couple of months ago, she was struggling to find work, but now she is roaming the world, Hollywood, attending the Oscars, chatting up with celebrities, front row yesterday at the Chanel A/W '09 next to super model Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, and Karl Lagerfeld.

Taking pictures at the Tour Eiffel with her friends, attending private parties, joining Liz Hurley, Gwyneth Paltrow in a £200,000 contract as the new face of Estee Lauder. The IT girl in Vogue March 2009, Posing for GQ for their April issue & Making it to the best dressed lists.
Ms. Wintour, shall we expect to see her on a cover of an upcoming issue of Vogue? I really hope so :) And now I have a new member to the list of people I would like to dress!

Way to go Freida!

Love,
Styloholic.

Olivier Theyskens is still at Nina Ricci...

Well, I was happy to see that Olivier Theyskens is still at Nina Ricci, after alot of rumors and speculations that he is leaving Nina Ricci, and that, Marc Jacob's right hand for 10 years at LV, Peter Copping.

But On March 5th, he presented his Fall/Winter '09 RTW collection in Paris, which was reportedly a stunning collection! Rumors started after Theyskens latest Spring/Summer collection, where buyers didnt receive the collection very well, also since Theyskens refuse the idea of the brand going commercial, by designing an accessories line of handbags and other leather goods. I dont know why I have a feeling that the rumors had served the brand as a marketing thing... I mean now they got everyone talking about whats gonna happen to the brand, or who is going to replace Olivier, and that sales havent met up to the expections, brought a lot of attention to the brand, the designer, the latest collection. And since nothing is yet confirmed, there will still be talks about this, untill we see whats gonna happen in October.

Rumor still has it that Mario Grauso, the head of Puig Fashion Group, which owns Ricci fired Theyskens, whose contract is still valid till October, which technically means he will still be presenting another collection for the brand, SS '10 in September.

I loved Oliviers work for Rochas! I mean it was sad to see the brand closing down, and I thought Rochas Fall 2005 RTW collection was a great collection by all means! the shape, the colors, it was amazing, and i was very happy to see that Queen Rania got her share of this collection! she wore one to an event in India back in 2006, and another one later on at the Time's 100 most influential people party in NYC.
He also designed Lauren Santo Domingo's Two Wedding dresses, see pics here.

Well, I hope things work out between Theyskens and Ricci, and to have his contract renewed!
Another reason why I like him even more, is that because I found out that we both share the same birthdate! :P

Check out pics below for Nina Ricci's latest collection, and the insanly-not-wearable-extremely high heels!









Love,
Styloholic!

€375m. for YSL Art Collection

For three days earlier this week, YSL's longtime partner, Pierre Bergé and Christies Paris auctioned over 730 art pieces that belongs to the late Yves Saint Laurent and raised a total of around €375m beating the estimates of €200m-€300m.

The collection of paintings, sculptures and furniture filled the late designer’s duplex apartment at 55 Rue de Babylone and Pierre Bergé’s Rue Bonaparte apartment is one of the major collections ever to be auctioned in Paris. It includes pieces by Warhol, Goya & Henri Matisse.

YSL's original logo, hand-lettered by graphic artist Cassandre, from 1961 (not for sale).

One piece of furniture made a record high of €21.9m, It is now the world's most expensive armchair, created by the Irish designer Eileen Gray. At €21.9m (£19.6m), I doubt that anyone will sit on it ever again.

Despite the financial recession we are in now, French dealers suggest that the recession may have actually helped the high bids, because the rich people want to put their money in a safe investment! Also ofcourse the name of the late designer helped increase the bids as well.

The Library

Talking numbers, on the first evening alone, the sale raised €206m, almost €36m for the Matisse painting of 1911 The Cuckoos, a Blue and Pink Rug and €8.9m for a couple of ordinary perfume bottles, declared to be "ready-made" art, and signed by the surrealist, Marcel Duchamp.

The Auction was held at the gorgeous Grand Palais, the world’s largest and prestigious exhibition hall. Around 33,000 people queued to see the collection last week. Access to the auction room ha has been strictly controlled, with potential buyers having to prove they had access to at least €500,000 in ready cash.

Two controversial items, a bronze Rat and Rabit heads, which were reportedly stolen from the Summer Imperial palace in China, in 1860 at the end of the second Opium War. The item were reportedly sold for €15m each.

Bronze Qing-dynasty animal heads on either side of a fireplace mantle in Bergé’s Rue apartment.

All raised money will be used for Aids research and other charities

Best Dressed at the Oscars 2009

It is Oscars time again this year, beautiful stars, gorgeous dresses, and LUCKY designers! :)
There were many nicely dressed stars, among them, Angelina in a black Elie Saab Couture , SJP in Dior Couture, Halle Berry in Marchesa, Nicole Kidman in L'wren Scott, and many other.

But only 5 gorgeous stars and dresses made it to the list. Penelope cruz is a double winner here! she looked amazing in a vintage, 60 year old dress by Pierre Balmain, I just thought she could have done her hair better, and she also won an Oscar as a best supporting actress for Vicky Christina Barcelona.

Jennifer Aniston wore Valentino Couture and looked amazing! Anne Hathaway wore Armani Privé, Evan Rachel Wood in Elie Saab Couture, and last but not least the gorgeous Vanessa Hudgens in Marchesa. I loved Vanessa's looks, she reminded us of young Audrey Hepburn.










Will post some of Oscars after party pictures soon! ;)

Love,
Styloholic!

And the Oscar for best dressed goes to...

The Oscars are almost here...The stars will be hitting the Red Carpet tonight.
Who do you think will be among the best dressed ones?

What do you think Angelina, Anne or kate will wear... I'm pretty excited, and so do you I'm sure ;)

we'll find out soon!
Stay Tuned!

Love,
Styloholic.

The September Issue

The September Issue is a new documentary that premiered Jan. 16th at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Excellence in Cinematography Award.

The documentary talks about the preparation of Vogue's Sep. 2007 Fall Issue. The biggest issue ever published in the history of magazines, of 840 pages.
Director R.J. Cutler, follows Vogue's Editor in Chief, Anna Wintour, and her larger than life team for 8 months, Jan.-Aug. 2007 and focuses on Sept. Issue of Fall fashion.
R.J. approached Ms. Wintour 2 years before they started shooting.

"He seemed very committed to the idea of what goes into the issue and obviously that is something in particular I'm interested in, because I do feel there is a fascinating side to fashion." Ms Wintour said about Director Cutler, she continues to say "I'm thrilled that it is a creative process and the agony , the joy, the incredible hours and passion that everyone who works at Vogue puts into the magazine, which is what R.J. decided to focus on."

Grace Coddington, Wintour's colleague for 20 years, the magazines creative director, and genius stylist wanted nothing to do with the making of the film, to a point where she told Ms. Wintour that she would quit if she allows them to film!!

"The first thing she said to me was GO AWAY! She couldn't throw us of the office, because she is not the boss! Anna is the boss and she had invited us in. But she wasn't happy to see us. And when Grace is unhappy to see you, that's not the place anyone wants to be in. God Bless her, she eventually gave us a chance." Director R.J. said.

This is a documentary that I literally can NOT wait to see. I mean do you realize that it means to be able to go behind all the closed meetings, the preparations, the photo shoots, backstage at the shows, everything that goes into the process of making the issue? To see inside the REAL Vogue! We've seen some familiar things in The Devil Wears Prada, and SATC the Movie, but this is going to be the real Vogue, The real Anna, the world of fashion, something we have always dreamed of! The Documentary will hit theaters this Sep., until then, I'll survive on YouTube Clips! :)

Will update you about it.


Love,
The Styloholic