Souq Waqif Spring Festival...

With so many things to do lately, I completely forgot to talk about the Spring Festival going on in the Souq Waqif….

Once again this cool festival is a great opportunity to seize the good weather outside and the traditional Souq's ambiance that is sparkled with so many interesting and fun activities that you can find in the Festival's schedule. 

On this year's edition you can see many concerts by various Arab singers, traditional performances, Comedy waiters and many types of activities will be around and available.

The admission is Free and will take place in the Souq Waqif premisses (souq alley, main parking, outdoor theater and Al Ahmed Mosque) until the 6th February from 4pm to 10pm everyday.

The Gucci Chinese New Year Collection 2014

The Chinese new year just got started!!! And this year it will be dedicated to the Horse.

To celebrate the new year the Italian Fashion house Gucci created a "China Exclusive" Capsule Collection specially dedicated to the Horse year.

Gucci has always been related to equestrian tradition and with the world of horses for the last 90 years. The  signature horse bit hardware present in so many pieces as also been an inspiration for many of the brand's motifs and collections. So nothing more appropriate than honor the Chinese new year launching a collection to pay respect to this years zodiac animal "the Horse".

The collection in bright red is decorated with gold clasps and straps, the colors symbolizes prosperity, luck and success. The collection features the classic Bright Brit handbag, clutch and shoulder bag, the interior of the bags are decorated with brass plates with "China Exclusive"to mark that they belong to the collection.

On the official website, Gucci says that this special edition represents "auspicious, successful and lucky horse culture mixed with Chinese red, and further embody the exquisite and detailed design of the gold horse mouthpiece".

Chantal Thomass for Coca-Cola Light

Chantal Thomass is definitely one favorite Lingerie designer! She he's absolutely fantastic, classy, chic, sensual and sexy at the same time! What else can a woman ask for….

After so many famous names like Marc Jacobs, karl Lagerfeld... Coca-Cola Light France extended it's collaboration list with Chantal Thomass for a spacial edition that will be released just in time for Valentine's Day.

The campaign is signed by Ellen Von Unwerth showing Chantal in a dusty pink décor (one of the favorite colors of Chantal Thomass) with her lips painted in a strong red lipstick and fully dressed in black and white.

The silver background of the can is beautifully decorated with some of the iconic elements of Chantal Thomass collections that are combined with a satin black lace in a heart shape that delicately embraces the Coca Cola Light logo.The line is completed with an aluminum bottle design by Chantal Thomas and that will be available in the Stores in April 2014.

In a press release Chantal Thomass commented this partnership “I feel very honored that I have commissioned art director for Coca -Cola Light for Spring 2014. I can think of no better way to celebrate the codes of feminine glamor and sensuality present in my designs corsetry and lingerie, than with this iconic drink “.

‘West Bay Bus’ Free shuttle service

Exciting news for those who need to move around West Bay area in Doha!!!! A new and free of charge transport service, called "WEST BAY BUS"will be available on the area.

This is really fantastic!!! With the continuously growing population in the city, the traffic around the area is getting more and more chaotic, so it will be a great help for people living and working in the area but also the tourist or business people that need to move easily in the area.

photos by Ankita Menon

14 buses will available daily every 15 minutes between 6.00 AM and 12.00 AM and on Fridays it will be available only for families. The bus with two different lines a blue and red, will have 36 convenient stops that include residential buildings, hotels and offices.

photos by Ankita Menon

The buses were inspired in the West Bay iconic Skycraper, they are sophisticated, elegant and comfortable, equipped with an internal TV System, AC and leather seats to make the trips pleasant and comfortable.

What a great and useful idea!!! Don't you think?

"Smellcome to Manhood" the New Old Spice AD...

Old Spice just did it again…The company that created Old Spice Guy - "The man your man could smell like"- adopted in recent years a more nonsense concepts in their advertisements, many of them perpetrated by Isaiah Mustafa.

This new TV commercial under the name "Smellcome to Manhood" assumes a musical style with a song - a kind of 70s era ballad parody- called "Momsong" features a group of mothers suffering and lamenting the effect of Old Spice's new Re-Fresh body sprays in their growing offspring.

The video is genius and hilarious, instead of focusing on the person wearing the aftershave, the ad in a very humors ways captures the suffering mothers watching their little boys become man with the touch of Old Spice while singing "I didn't see it coming but it came in a can, now my sweet son sprayed into a man," the Ad finishes with the tagline "Smellcome to Manhood".

Take a look!!

Marc Jacob’s last Louis Vuitton campaign

Finally it came out!!  The last collection and ad campaign by Marc Jacobs for the French house Louis Vuitton was just released few days ago…

For a "grand final" after 16 years of great success at Louis Vuitton he reunited all his muses: Catherine Deneuve, Sofia Coppola, Gisele Bundchen, Fan Bingbing, Caroline De Maigret and Edie Campbell posed for Steven Meisel Camera for a stunning last campaign...

The portraits for the Spring/Summer 2014 collection features the chic and very classy Noé with bucket bag look.

Take a look!! Definitely it will be in my wish list...

Charlotte Olympia Eastern Cosmic Collection….

Nothing better than starting a new year with a new pair of shoes!!!…

Charlotte Olympia just in time for the new year is releasing a new edition to her Cosmic Collection, this time dedicated to the Chinese Zodiac.

Once again the flats will come along with the the cute matching clutches with Swarovski Crystal-embellished zodiac symbols trimmed with the lucky red silk Chinese cords.

And guess what? It's in pre-orders now…so you can get you Zodiac flats here.