Women are Heroes

French photographer and grafitti artist JR spent a month at favela Providência in Rio de Janeiro portraying women and children for his project Women. These ladies live in a zone of conflict and most of them suffered the painful loss of a loved one as a result of the violence.

The project wants to underline the pivotal role of these women and to highlight their dignity by photographying them in their daily lives and posting them on the walls of their community.

Below are some photos of the Providência project as well as a video of the same project carried out in Africa.

Women are Heroes
www.womenareheroes.be

TRAILER " WOMEN ARE HEROES"
by JR

The Big Fabric Bag fever

They are simple, colorful, easy and look fab with any summer outfit. At the beach, at the park, weekend trip, a day in the office - the BFB (Big Fabric Bag) is THE item.

My favorite models this summer are...

Love by Accessorize
http://www.monsoon.co.uk/icat/accessorize

Multicolored by Comptoir des Cotonniers
http://www.comptoirdescotonniers.com/

Beach scene by Paul Smith
www.paulsmith.co.uk

Barcelona amb Nico

Barcelona by day, by night, on foot and by bike...

Kenzo poppies celebrate summer

Kenzo keeps inovating following its concept of bringing nature into the urban space. In order to celebrate the summer, the Japanese brand invited French dance company Les Passagers to perform a vertical show in Plaza Felipe II.

The poppy flower - the brand's fetish symbol - will be the star of the event on 26 June. This is not the first time Kenzo chooses Madrid to stage an action for its poppy inspired fragance Flower by Kenzo. Last year, the brand installed a field of 80.000 paper poppies in front of Reina Sofia Museum (image below).

Flower by Kenzo
http://www.kenzoparfums.com/
Fotos: Flickr

Pretty Ballerinas summer edition

It's not a secret (especially if you know me well) that I am crazy for ballerinas... but for the hot summer days in Barcelona nothing like flat sandals or Havaianas. So you can imagine my surprise when I found out that my favorite brand of ballerinas launched a special summer edition of the Lilly collection available in many colors such as fucsia, green, red, gold, silver, white....

If you are somewhere in the south hemisphere you can shop online for the winter collection - simply fabulous... this blog recommends!

Pretty Ballerinas
www.prettyballerinas.com

Brazilian Vice hits the streets of Sao Paulo

Canadian Vice, a free-sheet publication distributed in funky places, and best known for its controversial content and its strong, attractive artwork will be launched in Brazil in June.

Brazilian Vice will be distributed in nightclubs, art galleries, trendy shops and around the skate scene haunts of São Paulo only (at least for now).

Vice No. 0 counts with Vice reporters and editors from around the world, who visited Brazil solely for this purpose.

The Brazilian Issue -http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n5/htdocs/index.php?country=us ...and Vice in Brazil - http://www.viceland.com/br/