TOV Essentials sample sale

TOV Essentials invites you to their sample sale this Friday and Saturday.



Perfect to either spoil yourself or find your Christmas presents.
So don´t miss it!

Will we see you there?

Friday 25 November: 16.00 – 20.00
Saturday 26 November: 8.00 – 13.00

Zamenhofstraat 108, unit 8 en 9, Amsterdam.
Free parking in front of the building

TOV Essentials

Tosca Blu charity bag

This December Tosca Blu, always sensitive and attentive to supporting various charity initiatives, presents you the “Miss Leopard”.
This exclusive limited edition bag has been created to support the Stop Aids project by CESVI.



The Miss Leopard bag, soon to be added to the AW11/12 Tosca Blu line, is made from a quality patent calfskin hide. The leather has been rendered with an elegant animal print.
The bag will be on sale from the 1st of December -which is World AIDS Day- and Tosca Blu will donate part of the sales proceeds to CESVI.

The official presentation of the new Miss Leopard shall take place in the evening of 1st December, marking the worldwide fight against HIV.
Patron of this event and the new Miss Leopard bag is Cristina Parodi, who has been a supporter of CESVI’s humanitarian projects for many years.

The bag will be available in all the mono-brand Tosca Blu shops around the world and on their online shop, during the entire Christmas period for €159.00.

Tosca Blu

About CESVI
CESVI is an independent, secular Italian humanitarian organisation operating worldwide, dealing with all forms of emergencies as well as realising development projects in more than 30 countries around the world. The Stop Aids project is conceived for the activities of sensitisation, testing, and curing, and aimed at stopping mother-child transmission of the virus.

CESVI

Friday must-have: Blackstone shoes

Blackstone for women

Since it´s now really freezing cold outside - we chose this Friday must have especially for you. Keep your feet nice and warm this weekend in these Blackstone shoes lined with sheep wool.

Blackstone for men

Have a good weekend!
Blackstone

UNHATE

With its new worldwide communication campaign United Colors of Benetton invites the leaders and citizens of the world to combat the “culture of hatred” and creates the UNHATE Foundation.

Obama and HU Jintao

"Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world.
By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased." This quote from the Sutta Pitaka sums up the principles inspiring the UNHATE campaign, which Benetton has created with the aim of contrasting the culture of hatred and promoting closeness between peoples, faiths, cultures, and the peaceful understanding of each other's motivations.

Sarkozy and Merkel

The central theme is the kiss, the most universal symbol of love, between world political and religious leaders, such as: Barack Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao; Pope Benedict XVI and Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, Imam of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo (the most important and moderate centre for Sunni Islamic studies in the world); the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Obama and Chavez

These are symbolic images of reconciliation - with a touch of ironic hope and constructive provocation - to stimulate reflection on how politics, faith and ideas, even when they are divergent and mutually opposed, must still lead to dialogue and mediation.

Myung Bak and Jong Il

Abbas and Netanyahu

For more information:
UNHATE Foundation
Benetton Press Group

COLORS 82 - SHIT: a survival guide

Feces. Excrement. Stool. Poo. Caca. Its name changes but not most people’s reaction to it. Poo is something we ignore or treat with disdain. It repels us. It’s kept behind closed doors and never mentioned in polite company. But in its new issue, Shit. A survival guide, COLORS looks straight down the pan, exploring the truths behind the taboo, and the reasons why we should start to take shit seriously.



In Japan toilets have undergone a major growth in less than a century: thanks to heated toilet seats and a built in bidet the `Toto´ has become a popular product.
Japanese Toto

But, today some two-thirds of the world’s population have no toilet or latrine. They relieve themselves at the roadside or in fields, contaminating water sources and food. Over 90% of diarrhea is caused by the contamination of food, water, or fingers with shit, and although diarrhea is just a banal intestinal virus for those with a toilet, every year it kills more people than AIDS, malaria and TB combined.

Bolivian `squatters´

South African toilets

Feces is a weapon of mass destruction and a nightmare of biological pollution, but it is also a fuel and a fertiliser. It can heat, feed, cure. It’s the world’s most underrated resource, and it can save lives. In Butare prison in Rwanda, the inmates’ shit is treated and turned into biogas, which is then used to cook their meals.
Rwanda prisoners

The toilets in Christchurch, New Zealand, became unserviceable when an earthquake hit the city in 2011. But the inhabitants got around the problem with a bucket, a pit in the garden and a few sparks of creativity. The resulting `Do It Yourself´ toilets became a symbol of local pride. Take a look at what they created: Show us your longrop

DIY toilets + manual

This issue of COLORS was inspired by The Big Necessity (published in the UK by Portobello Books in 2008 and translated into Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic), a book by the British writer and journalist, Rose George, a former COLORS senior editor.

COLORS 82 - Shit is on sale from October 2011 in four bilingual editions (English + Italian, French, Spanish or Korean).

It is also purchasable online here.

Friday must-have: New Yorker amisu & smog

Need some inspiration for your new winter closet? Have a look at this behind the scenes movie made during this seasons photoshoot - and use your weekend to go shopping!



Have a good weekend!

New Yorker

Mode Marché 9.5

The most creative stock sample sale in the Netherlands, Mode Marché, will take place again on Saturday November 12th, in the center of Rotterdam.

And this time it´s not super shopping in one location, but two! The independent initiative by Iconique Fashion Magazine and Stylevation Army will take place at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and in the monumental church Arminius - where the Mode Marché once started.


Mode Marché is a stock sample sale with an approachable yet stylish character, where both young and established Dutch designers have a chance to sell their clothing, accessories, fabrics and sample collections to their fans.

This year both the talented young designer DAISY KROON and well known designer JEROEN VanTUYL will be present at the Mode Marché.

Expect great designers, cheap bargains, new and old collections.
Oh, and don't forget to bring cash.

Mode Marché 9.5
Saturday November 12 at
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Museumpark 18-20 Rotterdam
and
Arminius, Museumpark 3 Rotterdam

Hope to see you there!
Mode Marché

365 days of Clarks Originals

David van Dartel, a sixteen year old boy from the Netherlands, recently started his own photo project. As a huge fan of his Clarks Originals shoes, he decided to photograph them each day for a whole year.



As he states himself "I'm going to start a new photo project, called : 'Me, my Clarks and I'. From now I'll post a photo every day, of my Clarks (+ me sometimes). From where I am, till what I've done at a day. I've got two pair Desert Boots from Clarks now, and I hope a 3th is coming soon!
I'm doing this because I think the Desert Boot of Clarks is a great shoe. It's timeless, simple, casual and just nice."





In his own opinion he is still in search of his own style, but we say he´s doing a pretty good job already.
Will you follow David this year?

David´s Flickr

Friday must-have: Fratelli Rossetti shoes

Fratelli Rossetti is well known for their handmade leather shoes. And what´s better than to spice up your weekend with a pair of glamourous shoes?

For the ladies there are lovely glittery shoes as well as brogues for those who prefer a more androgynous look.

And as for the gentlemen, there´s this pair of crocodile leather - completely made out of one piece.


Have a good weekend!
Fratelli Rossetti

Claudia Sträter party collection

Bad weather, long, busy days and still a long way till Christmas: time to focus on good & pretty things.
And we know exactly with what; the Claudia Sträter winter collection.

The festive themes `Party´ and `Cold Winter´ are perfect to light up these days. Have a look and start making your wish-list for this holiday season.



The Party theme sparkles with sequins, modern metallic and fake fur items.
For the Cold Winter theme there are also fake fur items such as shawls and collars in vibrant colours. Next to this one of the biggest catwalk hits, snakeskin prints, is translated onto dresses and tops in cobalt and fuchsia.



Inspired about what to wear for Christmas?

Claudia Sträter