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When I look at MBC posts .... this is my takeaway! Original and creative talent that can execute effectively combines several key qualities: Innovative thinking: The ability to generate novel ideas and approaches, seeing connections others miss. Technical skill: Mastery of the relevant tools, techniques, and knowledge in their field. Follow-through: Persistence and determination to turn ideas into reality. Adaptability: Flexibility to modify plans as needed during the execution process. Problem-solving: Resourcefulness in overcoming obstacles that arise. Attention to detail: Ensuring high-quality output in the final product. Time management: Balancing creativity with practical constraints and deadlines. Collaboration: Working well with others to enhance and realize creative visions. Self-motivation: Internal drive to initiate and complete projects. Continuous learning: Constantly improving skills and staying current with trends. #beyondBeautiful

--> When in Rome ... Theme: Futuristic, Roman-inspired fashion with a dramatic and high-contrast aesthetic. Lighting: High-contrast lighting, emphasizing deep shadows and bright highlights. Colour Palette: Predominantly black and white. The palette is stark and moody, contributing to the futuristic and historical fusion. Wardrobe: Roman-inspired armor and headpieces reimagined with futuristic materials like high-gloss latex and metallic elements. The outfits are bold and structured with intricate details. Settings: Minimalist studio settings with plain backgrounds, allow the outfits and dramatic lighting to be the focal points. Styling: Bold and avant-garde, with structured hairstyles and striking makeup. The overall styling emphasizes a fusion of historical and futuristic elements. Effects: High gloss and shine, with reflective surfaces that catch the dramatic lighting. The images have a polished, high-fashion editorial feel, focusing on the interplay of light and shadow. #Midjourney #AIFashion

Luxury is not just a price tag, it's an Experience. Firstly, elegant fonts play a crucial role in conveying sophistication and refinement. Luxury brands opt for classic typography featuring serifs, simple lettering, and a high-end feel. Fonts like Times New Roman and Garamond evoke feelings of luxury, sophistication, tradition, and quality, as seen in brands like Chanel, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. Secondly, craftsmanship close-ups showcase exceptional quality and attention to detail. Luxury brands highlight intricate stitching, precise engravings, exquisite materials, and skilled craftsmanship through close-up images. This demonstrates attention to detail, quality materials, expertise, and value, exemplified by brands like Rolex, Tiffany & Co., and Hermès. Lastly, understated packaging is essential for luxury brands. Simple designs, premium materials like leather and wood, discreet branding, and attention to texture and feel create an exclusive experience. This minimalist approach conveys sophistication, refinement, exclusivity, and luxury, as seen in brands like Apple, Burberry, and Tom Ford. #luxurybranding #highendmarketing #premiumexperience #luxurydesign #attentiontodetail #exclusivepackaging #brandstrategy #marketinginsights

The “Dior Skyscraper” concept could refer to a creative vision of combining Dior’s luxury aesthetic with the sleekness and modernity of skyscraper design. While Dior is primarily known for high fashion, applying its design principles to architectural structures like skyscrapers would likely result in buildings that emphasize elegance, symmetry, and minimalism, often incorporating components #ChicModernSilhouettes #LuxuriousMaterial #IconicDetailing #FrenchElegance #SustainableDesign If Dior were to create such skyscrapers, the design would likely exude both opulence and modern sophistication, merging fashion with architecture in a seamless, creative path. Christian Dior Couture Parfums Christian Dior Christian Dior SE

Designers like Cartier, Ghiso, and Van Cleef & Arpels crowned the Art Deco period with creations focused on geometry, intricate patterns, and the introduction of new materials. These are 3 key features are embodied in the Art Deco period's most celebrated creations. Geometry and Symmetry - During Art Deco, pieces were designed from simple shapes such as squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles, with symmetry playing a main role in showcasing a sense of balance and harmony that created an aesthetic of modernity and sophistication. This characteristic extended beyond the placement of gemstones and into the gemstone cuts themselves. Intricate Patterns - Despite the prominent use of simpler geometrical shapes, Art Deco designs did not shy away from complex patterns. Chevrons, zigzags, and sunbursts are examples of patterns that were strategically placed to create depth, texture, and dramatism. Metals and Gemstones - Art Deco stepped away from classic metals like yellow gold and silver and, due to technological advancements, focused heavily on the use of platinum. The choice of gemstones was varied, with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, as well as semi-precious stones such a turquoise and black onyx, becoming extremely popular. Read more in our latest Art Deco blog: https://hubs.li/Q02yNNmb0 #WindsorJewelers #ArtDeco #ArtDecoDesigners #VanCleef&Arpels #JewelryHistory

The “Dior Skyscraper” concept could refer to a creative vision of combining Dior’s luxury aesthetic with the sleekness and modernity of skyscraper design. While Dior is primarily known for high fashion, applying its design principles to architectural structures like skyscrapers would likely result in buildings that emphasize elegance, symmetry, and minimalism, often incorporating components #ChicModernSilhouettes #LuxuriousMaterial #IconicDetailing #FrenchElegance #SustainableDesign If Dior were to create such skyscrapers, the design would likely exude both opulence and modern sophistication, merging fashion with architecture in a seamless, creative path. Christian Dior Couture Parfums Christian Dior Christian Dior SE

Even Manish Malhotra, the maestro of couture, is impressed by our Exterior Wall Textures – stunning creations that are not designed by him. 💫   When we crafted our Exterior Wall Textures, we saw them as more than just paint—they were the finest designs. And to have none other than Manish Malhotra, the maestro of elegance, admire them is truly an honour. Our textures prove that great design can transform not just fashion but your home too. After all, with Asian Paints, you don’t just paint—you design. has context menu 🏡 #AsianPaints #Allura #AsianPaintsExteriorWallTextures #Dontjustpaintdesign #NotdesignedbyManishMalhotra #ExternalPaintTexture

Natural inspirations are neither new nor unique to Cartier. But where this grand maison differs is how expressively it renders its subjects. Enter the brand’s Nature Sauvage collection of high jewelry for 2024, which captures with astounding shapes, volumes, silhouettes and savoir-faire the vivacity of animal life. Consider, for example, the maison’s emblematic panther, which first appeared in its collections in 1914. The legendary design director Jeanne Toussaint made a signature of it and enshrined it as a house signature, but this year Karachi’s panther takes on startling new life. The Panthère Jaillissante, one of the highlights of the Nature Sauvage range, is a hybrid ring-bracelet jewel in which the majestic feline’s hind coils from just beyond the wrist, unfurling into a stretched panther, one paw extending into a ring and guarding an 8.63-carat sugarloaf-cut Zambian emerald. The creature’s coat is rendered entirely in diamonds, flecked with blue sapphires. And, as is the Cartier tradition, its eyes are given life with luminous emeralds. Take the Mochelys necklace, with a seemingly nature-inspired abstract motif that curls around the neck. At its end, however, the motif picks up, develops and shapes itself into the outline and impression of a turtle, which seems to bite onto a strand of an impressive 71.9-carat rubellite. Unlike the bold panther, which makes itself known, Cartier’s turtle feels almost as if a reluctant star of the show, the patterns of its shell blending into the geometry of the necklace. Personality, in all its forms, embodied in a Cartier menagerie. Read More: https://t.ly/0nNzL Photo Credit: Cartier #GemologicalScienceInternational #GSICertified #GSI #GSICertification #Gemstone #Jewelry #Gemstones #DesignerJewelry #GemLab #GemstoneTesting #GemstoneGrading #Gemology #Gemologist #ColoredGemstones #Diamonds #Sparkle #FashionJewelry #Bling #DiamondsAreForever #Cartier #NatureSauvage #Panthere

Just came across this new season card from ‘Messieurs Cartier’ to their clients in the 1930s. On the back of the Great Depression and pearl crisis, this wasn’t an easy period for Cartier so it’s interesting to see the services offered: less about new diamond tiaras and more about reminding clients of the possibility to simply update their current pieces - whether by popping in to discuss new designs of old jewels, having a pearl necklace restrung (something that was recommended once a year) or bringing in one’s watch for a service or repair. Love the bold block print style of the ‘Cartier’ on the front (made by the Cartier Paris engravers). And the blue colour is unusual for Cartier - not the classic red. But it makes sense given the lower-cost services proposed in the card. Similarly, when Pierre Cartier sold lower price items during the Depression in an attempt to keep the firm afloat (he created a $5 and $10 Department in the 5th Ave Store), he decided to sell them in blue cardboard boxes, rather than red leather ones, to differentiate them from the high end items. What do you think? Like the blue? #branding #clientservice #marketing #design #luxury

3D visualization of gems and jewelry may seem like a niche topic, but not so if you lead a project where the primary UI is a 3D diamond whose faces represent the books of the bible.