DIOR VIII WATCH BY CHRISTIAN DIOR

DIOR  VIII. The number 8 was significant to the House of DIOR, synonymous in every way in the brand’s history, 8 to be exact. Christian Dior Haute Couture House was founded on 8th October 1946  located in the VIIIth Arronissement of Paris and DIOR new flagship jewelry store is at 8 Place Vendôme. Christian Dior first collection en huit with slim silhouette hourglass suit like 8, a swirl of ball gown in 8 movement, with pyramid resembling  a carnage pattern with invisible stitching.

 

Inspired by Mr. Dior’s love of architecture, asymmetry and haute couture, DIOR VIII was created to be an iconic timeless, refined and elegance in simplicity feminine design with  black and white with 16 new watch designs simultaneously launched akin to ready-to-wear, cocktail and haute couture made in DIOR Swiss factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

The ready-to-wear Dior VIII watches are available in eight different options, in black ceramic pyramid shaped asymmetric pattern bracelet resembling the carnage stitches of the Lady Dior bag with VIII at the 8 o’clock indicator. Designed in two sizes, 33 mm and 38 mm for both quartz and automatic, complete with black lacquer dials and rotating bezels with a choice of diamonds.

            

Next,  are the 33-millimeter automatic cocktail watches in white gold bezel set with baguette-cut white diamonds, yellow citrines, green tsavorites and pink sapphires on the rotor dazzling against the stark black dial set with diamonds. 

DIOR VIII 33mm, Black ceramic case and bracelet, white gold bezel set with baguette favorite garnets, black lacquered dial set with diamonds with orange / green /pink  lacquered oscillating weight.

The final four Grand Bal DIOR VIII haute couture pieces are a genius beauty of design inspired from DIOR iconic haute couture dresses instilled with haute horlogerie, a collaboration between Les Ateliers Horlogers Dior, Soprod, the movements manufacturer and Frédéric Jouvenot, the master watchmaker Frédéric Jouvenot who named the movement Dior Inversé.

                                                  

                            

Each of the four oscillating weights of DIOR VIII Grand Bal dial serves to rewind the movement, adjusted white gold rotor are sculpted meticiously in diamond and mother of pearl to resemble haute couture dresses like the lace of an evening gown or the silhouette swirl of a ball gown. The gorgeous limited edition masterpieces pieces are already sold out worldwide.

Experience the new Dior VIII watch, a Feminine and Parisian watch that embodies eight different facets of the House of Dior. Click to view the video on DIOR VIII. Enjoy!



Be inspired by DIOR VIII

DIOR VIII is available exclusively at DIOR Boutiques at ION Orchard, Ngee Ann City, Marina Bay Sands and fine watch retailers.

ERIN WASSON LAUNCHES ZADIG & VOLTAIRE FALL WINTER 2011 CAPSULE COLLECTION

Zadig & Voltaire, the French luxury sophisticated brand known for its distressed glamourous grunge aesthetic has partnered ultimate rock chick supermodel Erin Wasson, its muse and face for 2011 to design a capsule collection which will be unveiled at Paris Couture Week next month. The 100% pure rock collection will be available worldwide in September, including Zadig & Voltaire Singapore Boutique at Marina Bay Sands.

 

Zadig & Voltaire designer & founder Thierry Gillier gushes that Erin was the perfect person to front Zadig & Voltaire’s Capsule campaign. “A resolutely wild beauty, she expresses the Zadig & Voltaire spirit and embodies the casual chic so intrinsic to the brand”

100 % pure Rock. Erin has designed 15 pieces including a studded suede jacket, leather pants, shoes and handbags. Prices range from $320 to $3000. Here is a sneak peek at some of the key looks in the capsule collection.

                        

 

Rocking those leather pants, suede coats  and boots ! Be sure to check out Zadig & Voltaire Marina Bay Sands at 10 Bayfront Avenue #B2-71.

UNIQLO SINGAPORE LAUNCHES UNIQLOOKS

UNIQLO Singapore launches UNIQLOOKS, a global online platform for UNIQLO that will make it simple for people around the world to share and enjoy UNIQLO for unprecedented fashion fun, further realizing its Made for All philosophy.

UNIQLO Singapore also launched a local UNIQLOOKS competition for the Top 10 UNIQLOOKS entry uploaded from Singapore. The entries will be shortlisted through a combined scoring based on the decision by a panel of judges and the number of  “Likes” for the uploaded look in the site. The judges  are well-known figures from the fashion and entertainment industry including celebrity stylist Trey Wong, MTV VJ Holly, celebrity makeup artist Clarence Lee, artiste Felicia Chin and URBAN editor Tee Hun Ching. Joining these panellists are the two managing directors of UNIQLO Singapore, Satoshi Onoguchi and Albert Chew.

UNILOOKS Singapore competition is from now to July 18, 2011 and 20 finalists will be selected to take part in  UNIQLOOKS Grand Finals on July 28, 2011 and vie to be among those chosen as the Top 10 UNIQLOOKS Winners.

UNIQLOOKS Singapore Prizes

WIN an all expenses paid 3 nights Stay for 2 to New York to attend UNIQLO’s largest ever New York 5th Avenue Global Flagship Store Opening Party, appear on CATALOG magazine cover and shop with UNIQLO Vouchers ! Further,  a chance to win a trip to any of UNIQLO’s flagship stores all over the world! UNIQLOOKS Singapore participants will get twice as many chances to win prizes. Impress Nicola Formichetti, world-famous fashion director to Lady Gaga and UNIQLO now !

• Grand Prize : An all-expense-paid three-nights stay for two in New York Exclusive invite to UNIQLO’s 5th Avenue Global Flagship Store Opening Party, Cover face of Catalog Magazine
  
• 2nd Prize (8 Winners)
  $500 UNIQLO Voucher, Inclusion in a 6-page fashion spread feature in Catalog Magazine
  
• 3rd Prize (10 Winners), $150 UNIQLO Voucher
  
• Consolation Prize (50 Winners) , $50 UNIQLO Voucher

UNIQLOOKS Global Prizes:

• Grand Prize (3 Winners) : A pair of travel tickets for  four-day three-night to their chosen destination to visit one of the five UNIQLO flagship stores around the world, $300 (USD) UNIQLO Voucher
  UNIQLO Flagship Stores:
  1. NY SoHo Store (546 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 USA)
  2. London 311 Oxford Store (311 Oxford Street London W1C 2HP, UK)
  3. Paris Opera (17 rue Scribe 750098 Paris, France)
  4. Shanghai West Nanjing Road Store (Shanghai Jing’an West Nanjing Road 969, China)
  5. Tokyo Ginza Store (5-7-7, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
  
• Runners Up (from Top 20) : Local currency $50 (USD) worth of UNIQLO summer items

JOIN UNILOOKS NOW

Visit UNIQLO at  www.uniqlo.com and clicking on the  UNIQLOOKS Singapore banner to view details of the competition or through UNIQLOOKS Street Hunt. Join and share your looks on the go by downloading the UNIQLOOKS iPhone application at http://uniqlooks.uniqlo.com/iphone.html .