The heat index is obviously affecting my lemmings, but wouldn't it be nice to have a pineapple fan sprayed with Ananas Fizz to wave around? This leather & wood model from Pubumésu is spendy ($137) and the spray would probably stain the leather, but it's a nice thought. (Also lemmable, the small purple octopus fan and the pink & violet peony fan.)
The Body Shop has launched two new unisex fragrances, Blue Musk and Blue Musk Zest…
Perfumer Alberto Morillas for the new Eau de Toilette concentration of Bvlgari Rose Goldea Blossom Delight. (You can see the ad spot here.)
It’s Tuesday and National Book Lovers Day. RIP Issey Miyake, Olivia Newton-John and David McCullough. What fragrance are you wearing?
Unless I can find my sample of Frédéric Malle Eau de Magnolia, for the rest of the week I’ll be wearing fragrances with magnolia notes I hardly notice. Today’s model: Imaginary Authors Saint Julep. Tea at the moment is Kusmi Troika.
Reminder: on 8/12, wear a fragrance with a magnolia note, if you have one…
Mr. Miyake’s designs appeared everywhere from factory floors — he designed a uniform for workers at the Japanese electronics giant Sony — to dance floors. His insistence that clothing was a form of design was considered avant-garde in the early years of his career, and he had notable collaborations with photographers and architects. His designs found their way onto the 1982 cover of Artforum — unheard-of for a fashion designer at the time— and into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
— Read more in Issey Miyake, Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84 at The New York Tiems.