Back to school with L'Art de l'Automobile. The latest drop from Paris-based label features classic shortsleeve t-shirts with printed car drawings. Available exclusively in store.

The latest release from Tokyo-based duo Yoon and Verbal, the creatives behind Ambush, is a collection of avantgarde jewellery entitled 'Dreamcatchers'. Known for their bold and eye-catching designs usually influenced by the world of hip hop, this collection offers a modern interpretation of traditional southwestern motifs with blue lapis and onyx amid hypnotic explosions of radiant colors. The stars align along a magical mystery trip of unchartered dreamy aesthetics. One of their statement pieces was recently seen on Rihanna during the Coachella festival.

Dressed for Dinner a movie by Adam Kimmel with David Blains. David Blaine had no protective devices to keep him safe from the sharks, mainly the Great Whites, some as large as 20 feet in length. The only thing Blaine was wearing was clothing by Adam Kimmel. Watch the movie - and get the right shoes for your (underwater) dinner party here.

TABLEAU x EN DOFT Dripping Rhubarb Room Perfume

Dripping Rhubarb is a scent that captivates the soul and makes people wonder whether they are placed in a surrealistic forest where tulips grow two meters tall, or in a metallic yet soft dream where mossy mountain fountains splash with soft soil, or perhaps standing in a massive river with tree trunks passing rapidly while rhubarb falls from the sky.

Fragrance family: green, fruity, woody

Top notes: rheum rhabarbarum, surreal green leaf
Heart notes: abstract rheum x hybridum, hatsuzakura tulip, tiny green pea
Base notes: wet forest acord, patchouli, tree moss oill, galbanum, artificial geosmin

The room perfume is handcrafted in Copenhagen, and since all the products are handmade, small variations between different batches may occur.

Specifications  - 15 or 50 ml.

FIG | EARTHY

An ode to the infinity of the creative spirit - untamed and free. Electrifying essences of green figs blend with Italian bergamot and thyme before settling on a delicate bed of cedarwood. 

Top notes: basil, bergamot. 
Heart notes: green fig, cyclamen, thyme, rosemary, mint. 
Base Notes: Ambergris, Cedarwood .

Ingredients: Rapeseed Wax Blend, Premium Perfume Oils, Cotton Wick, Reusable Glass.

Specifications: Candles are handmade in Berlin and are 100% vegan. 
No use of phthalates, genetically modified substances or products tested on animals.

Edward Tautz founded E. Tautz in 1867 on London’s prosperous Oxford Street. Mr Tautz had been Foreman at the venerable Hammond & Co. where he had been tailor to Edward VII and others amongst Europe’s sporting elite. The brand goes to great lengths to source and develop exceptional fabrics, and to be constantly refining the cut of their clothing. Much of the products bearing the E. Tautz name is made in their own factory in Blackburn Lancashire. The remainder they source predominantly from a small number of mills and manufacturers in the UK.

Eames: Beautiful Details celebrates the seamlessness and fluidity with which Charles and Ray Eames operated as both a husband-and-wife team and as designers unrestricted by traditional profesional boundaries. The book explores select details of their life and work, from their refined designs to their innovative experiments, and even includes images depicting the everyday poetic moments of their lives. Buy the book here!

There’s more to a potato than mash. Discover new adventurous ways to prepare a parsnip or how to cook cabbage with this book of more than 800 plant-focused recipes. From boiled beets to roasted radishes, each chapter offers countless simple methods to use a single vegetable. You’ll be swapping boiled carrots for eggplant fried with mint, garlic, and pine nuts faster than you can say “kale.” Get to know your way around the vegetable patch, and be kind to yourself and the planet in the process.

Eat Your Greens! introduces more than 40 vegetables, explaining when they’re in season, how best to store them, and what ingredients they work well with.

Specifications - 188 pages. Hardcover.

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In Greek mythology, fragrances are often born from a combination of romantic poetry and metamorphosis.

Thus, mint's incomparable scent is said to corne from the nymph Minthé, who was transformed into a fragrant plant by the god Hades. Eau de Minthé was inspired by this myth, drawing on the scent of mint to reinvent an emblematic perfumery accord: fougère. At the very heart of the composition, the aromatic freshness of mint enhances the lively floral notes of geranium while patchouli softens this duo with its profound depths.

Olfactory Family: Fougère

Raw Materials: Mint, Geranium, Patchouli

Olfactory accident: Rose oxid

Eau de Parfum is the original Comme des Garçons Parfum, launched in 1994. A perfume that works like a medicine and behaves like a drug.

Notes: Labdanum, Styrax, Cedarwood, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Honey, Rose Cloves, Nutmeg, Incense, Sandalwood.

Specifications - 50ml. Eau de Parfum.

Please note: Perfumes are only shipped to EU.

It’s summer - dare to pimp your black in black basics with some color. Katie Eary and Off-white are showing us how.

We love this playful and strong girl Holly Fulton presented for her AW13 collection! Get some perfect black basics and mix it up with some crazy prints to create your own version! To be ready for the weekend don't forget your red lipstick and your Moschino x Disaronno bottle! Shop the style here!

Classic colors & beautiful details for this autumn season! To look your best when the cold winds are coming, invest in some timeless pieces and mix them up with beautiful details. This classic pure camel hair Maison Kitsuné coat will keep you warm and will be your favorite piece over years. The Céline dress shoes in combination with the playful grey pearl beanie and gloves from Azumi and David will be the perfect little extra for your chic autumn wardrobe.

The Comme des Garçons silk shirt is the perfect all-rounder for your summer wardrobe! We picked three outfits around this perfect basic white blouse, click yourself through the image gallery and get inspired! Outfit 1; CDG silk shirt, Kitsuné boxing shorts, Yazbukey clutch. Outfit 2: CDG silk shirt, Raf Simons t-shirt, Givenchy bag. Outfit 3: CDG silk shirt, Holly Fulton skirt, Givenchy bag, Storm x Mykita sunglasses, A’N’D’ cap.

Albert Fouquet, the son of a Parisian aristocrat, was part of elite French society in the early twentieth century and a perfume connoisseur. In a room on the upper floor of the family chateau, Fouquet created and perfected various essences for his own personal use – aided by Philippe, the family butler. One night during his summer vacation in 1937 on the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur), Albert met and got on very well with a young American student who was touring France in a convertible: John F. K., John’s charm and congeniality persuaded Albert to leave him a sample of his cologne with a note at the hotel the following morning: “In this bottle, you will find the dash of French glamour that your American personality lacks.” On returning from his vacation, Albert received a letter from John in the U.S. thanking him for the kind gesture and informing him of the success his perfume was enjoying among his friends. He requested that Albert send him eight samples, “and if your production allows, another one for Bob”.

His perfectionism extended not only to the fragrance but everything surrounding it. He didn’t fill the order until Philippe found some beautiful glass bottles in a Parisian pharmacy that Albert considered suitable for his cologne. Finally, he ordered several boxes decorated with the same pattern as the shirt that JFK was wearing when they met, and then labeled the bottles and boxes with John's amusing request: “EIGHT & BOB”. Unfortunately, the success of his cologne would not spread much further. In the spring of 1939, Albert died in an automobile accident near Biarritz (France). Philippe, the only person who could handle the orders, would only continue with the work for a few months, since the start of World War II forced him to leave his job with the Fouquet family. In the final shipments, Philippe hid the bottles inside books that he carefully cut by hand to prevent the Nazis from seizing the cologne.

Decades later, thanks to the family of Philippe the butler, the formula for “EIGHT & BOB” has been completely recovered, along with its carefully crafted production process. Once again, it has become one of the most exclusive colognes, preferred by the world’s most elegant men.

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Elephant travels to Cape Town in the company of photographer Pieter Hugo gathering an explosive mix of writing, music, design and art, not to mention some highly original socio-political ideas and interesting anecdotes. Sue Hubbard looks at the career of South Africa's seminal artist William Kentridge, who is not the only seminal artist in this issue as we reassess the work (and colourful personality) of Maggi Hambling and visit the studio of France's most controversial artist, Adel Abdessemed. We then put on a diving bell to find out how Jason de Caires Taylor creates his astonishing underwater works before joining orbiting satellites to follow artists working with Google Earth. Buy the magazine here.