Blessed with not just beauty  but an artistic eye, model Sasha Pivovarova was recently asked by Chanel to create an illustration in honor of Chanel’s upcoming Moscow show. Apparently, Karl Lagerfeld was so taken by the catwalker’s talents that he has recruited her to work on a book of original illustrations inspired by Russian fairy tales.
Pivovarova on her Muses: “My drawings were inspired by the joy of seeing fairytale characters come to life in one of the main theatres of Moscow, the city where I was born.”
[via Chanel News]

This week Vogue Nippon, in collaboration with avanteguard Japanese fashion house Comme des Garcons, celebrated the launch of “Magazine Alive”, their new pop- up shop in Tokyo’s trendy Aoyama district. On hand to fete the event were some of Japan’s most prolific fashion editors, artist Takashimi Murakami (who designed the second floor of the shop with his signature pop- art infused flowers and designs), Comme Des Garcons creator Rei Kawakubo, and former protege- turned- fashion- powerhouse Junya Watanabe. The space itself (housed in the former location of the pop-up Louis Vuitton x Comme Des Garcons boutique) will be selling a  [...]