Greek island. His fashion style was bold brash and flamboyant to say the least i am talking about the late designer Gianni Versace and how he created his upon him as label in the one nine hundred seventy s. And soon became a sensation in the fashion world well not everyone watch what he produced but versace didnt seem to care and even said he didnt believe in good taste while the Fashion Designer was murdered outside of his villa in miami in one thousand nine hundred seven at the height of his career now some twenty years later the largest a retrospective of his work is on display right here in berlin. These creations on no account of a new connection teach clothes from the nineteen eightys and ninetys all designed by johnny visit. This extraordinary fashion show in berlin was mounted to open a new exhibition as a tribute to the later time in designer some of its not just film associates came to the corn princess entirely in berlin for the ending. His creations refined memory. A genius is for design you know i think it was all the models were to work with and wildstar for someone to work with and they always had the small simplest first and the best show so it was really an on earth to to work with the kaaba do i discover Johnny Versace for germany and who is hobo yoni in florence and its very important to me to be here today. To see. The gentleman he was a real gentleman and a family man with a great great talent for what he did and a talent for communicating that great love he had for fashion and for people of all that it was. The retrospective incudes over three hundred designs covering johnny visit chance an entire career the largest exhibition of its kind. In the world so far some of the highlights of beat it best dress inspired by painter and go stuff. There are pieces from his pop Art Collection and clothes designed for stars like this tailcoat ensemble for a british singer sings wedding. Imagine that its who shot it and we want the visitors in to feel like theyre getting a good idea of the scope of his Creative Work not just the baro cocoa and gold and bling bling but the more classical things he did as well he also dressed lady di every room in the exhibition is devoted to a particular theme to his famous miami pretty shirts for example. The golden black cream presents pieces from the seminal bondage collection International Collectors have also known as their prized possessions. One is Alexander Stefani of brazil a collector and phantom of the Fashion Designer since nine hundred eighty nine. It was not only after to look at buy through was something that is about more about pleasure or an elegance here willie his well we add about that sometimes to watch with the bad taste but in such a good way. For that the beautiful. This is the first time and Xander Stefani has shown his pieces from the sanchez mens collection in berlin in the one nine hundred ninety s. The design in liberated mens fashion from old constraints using among other things pretty colors and striking patterns he was one of the of the same attention for the months and the womans im healthy uses the same inspiration for both. By the time Gianni Versace was murdered in one thousand nine hundred seventy he was a legend centric and flamboyant as his own creation. He gained International Fame in the 1980s his turns including. Princess diana. And singer elton john. Does not change in the era of supermodels like now do you. Naomi campbell and kate moss. The exhibition trains his chains rise from five point pitches to study design and. You see all of the development it was much more intellectual than it became more sexy than was appeal for celebrities and when your soul all all released for such a for everybody. Swedish top model Marcus Schrenker berry wore one of alexander stephanys outfits in the one nine hundred ninety s. He was but such as favorite male model. The model and the connect and still enjoy donning the designers outfits for special occasions. But for the street takes on time stephanie doesnt limit himself to vintage shop around. The times has changed to bling bling we dont dress the way we used to drive but there is always the id be ideal freedom on that jani used to for use in his every day. The retrospective in berlin presents a designer who wrote fashion history now Gianni Versace is fashion is at least twenty years old anything but Old Fashioned. We turn our attention now from a famous Fashion Designer to a famous lighting designer lucy called dove brings together centuries old bohemian glass art with modern Lighting Technology in her creations have earned her a number of accolades including designer of the year in the Czech Republic well we wanted to see more of her work so we visited in her studio in prague. Lucio called over plays with light and the energy abbreviates glass is her favorite material. The designer works with it to make objects that are both translucent and colorful like here with her lamp a cup similar told of also combines different materials here and onyx stone divides the fragile glass hemispheres of this limp called. Life is a phenomenon its something that you cannot fully understand i mean its its very emotional its a strong source of energy. So this is the main thing what fascinates me and together with glass and the transparencies the translucency the color the gloss and this. After completing her studies at the academy of art architecture and design in the czech capital prague gold of all moved to paris that was back in two thousand and nine. In the meantime shes returned to prague where she has her studio. For her creativity involves teamwork designing a lamp is a complex task it takes time she says sometimes more than a year. The source is essential for lights and when i start designing i always keep in mind what kind of source i need and i i build up the concepts based on the source you have. Filament involves so so many different kinds of source sources that you can play with. This your lips your cold over was a special guest of the i am cologne Furniture Trade fair. She was invited to design just house and you will installation there present selected designers ideas about living space. It comes as no surprise that in color of his interior light plays the main role some of her Lighting Fixtures were created especially for the i am and. I wanted to show people what light can do indeed interior in terms of atmospheres i think that if you are at home. The ideal case you should recover you should feel safe you should be able to recharge your batteries and lights shoots should. Provide you this this conference. Call of as lamps are manufactured one hundred fifty kilometers southeast of prague and young stein in the brokers companys glass factory. When it was founded in the early Nineteenth Century it made every day glass objects. In one nine hundred ninety seven young rebel but the factory modernized it and developed a new product line. Hes been working with lutie a cold of us since two thousand and ten. Richard were also making glass is very old. Is very traditional know and classic but to the mains the main seeing i was seeing the glass blowers one tool more to simplify the seeing schwarm through to logon to invent some scene youll apply the cern to clean it all combine different techniques. To. Make the product. Hold of his creations often challenge the glass blowers the shapes and sizes are unusual and require great skill. The pieces are entirely handmade muffin the first lamp that the designer created for brocas was her international breakthrough. Now shes the companys art director. I follow my instincts and basically i try to express what i have inside and this is this like creates or stealing that you think that you have something to say and im trying to express by objects and by lights. And then if the under the other people if they understand what i have to say and they cherish the work and the objects then its like an added value. In your search for something new to a called of often pushes the limits of whats possible and in doing so she creates timeless and poetic shapes of life. With all the religious conflicts in the middle east and the rhetoric surrounding the global war on terror it is quite easy to forget that christianity judaism and islam are inevitably intertwined at least that is what one finnish hunger for would like you to see all i call in maine and has brought out a book combining photographs of churches mosques and synagogues in a kind of photographic religious utopia regardless of your beliefs its hard to argue the beauty of these pictures. The pantheon in rome. The eye of sophia in istanbul. And the star temple synagogue in india. Laughlin you cant tell whether its a mosque a church or synagogue until the second or third look. Centuries old houses of worship are all a color mine and subjects before he presses the button the chemistry has to be just right. When i go in i need to have a very high number in light moment of the space or in light moment of the light so theres something a driven force that im looking for. Some places its very easy to find somebody says its a little bit more difficult sometimes its easier to find but very hard to capture. This time call a mine in this turning his lens on berlins cathedral he looks for just the right subject the optimal position and especially the perfect light. The challenge for him is to capture the particular mood and spatial dimensions fun film. By a divide the limits in several parts. Deconstruct the space and then reconstruct it but its not perfect and that the certain point. When the viewer is looking the work. So you send three dimensionality. Of mine in creates his artwork after the shoot. In his Berlin Studio here ranges his photos like the tiles of a mosaic into larger panoramas. All of this is possible to good but i like to do it on a lot of my work is not photography architecture i mean struck to get. The native of finland discovered his fascination for houses of worship in two thousand and thirteen in his temple he spent months photographing must after that he spent more than three years visiting over fifty sacred sites all around europe the result was a book of photos and an exhibition titled sacred spaces in the Helsinki Art Museum the walls and spaces themselves became part of the installation. There were twenty seven works in the exhibition and there are twenty five colors. So it becomes. A coal mine is a photographer of whats known as the Helsinki School while studying in the finnish capital in the one nine hundred ninety s. He began to specialize in images of spaces and facades. He made his name which have strict photos of architecture. He compiled his sacred spaces from twenty fourteen to twenty seventeen years during which tensions between the World Religions were growing in europe and elsewhere. Did his photo project have a political message. Not doing political odd product think oh look at the theme and how its handled bring something. But what im thinking about it. All and call in mine and images reveal that when seen from a distance christian jewish and muslim houses of worship are visually at least not all that different. Time now for a bit of time travel back to the turn of the Twentieth Century now every year the swiss town of can bash relives the bell for an entire week the whole village gets involved and dresses for the occasion the women even talk on heavy Old Fashioned wooden schemes and attempt a salon in long dresses or we went there to see for ourselves how and why the small town embarks on such a journey to another era. It looks as if time has stood still. As if condor stake is stuck in the prewar belive. Once a year for a whole week at the end of january the entire village turns back the clocks. One country you really get a feel for what it was like in the back the puck i love that if you. Look at the women walking round robin thats whats so great and its the passion of a belly pork for their bare pokey stinky i think its simply wonderful the whole atmosphere and the way people are parading around the side of the pot as these are its fabulous to feel like an elegant lady almost the whole village gets into the spirit of the ballet park even the local supermarket gets a different name. Called tells of the are based on recipes from the time and of course theres absinthe and annecy flavored spirit that was all the rage at the turn of the century. The baker to his turn back the clock hes waffles are made from only flour and water and chocolate is lucky used to be two. Chocolates in the belle of werent so sweet they were made of seventy percent cocoa and were slightly grainy so not so smooth. So. But what really gives you an uncanny feeling of time travel all the clothes the men in that top had some titles and the women in their fancy hats and gowns back then the wealthier women would have changed their outfits several times a day they could choose from a whole series of local trance makers but now people have to go further afield. Like i said my dress made by a tailor in poland a good cost between five and six hundred euros a piece depending on outfit and fabric that would happen if we simply. To this lovely dresses this far to me the little black coat comes from the states and the first from scotland the company i always bring things back from my travels that i can combine with other items of course. One of the most beloved events of the bella pop week is the scheme of course it goes without saying that the outfits are just as they used to pay. Look fish has come here for the first time she found her outfit in the classified ad section. Outside moscow but i tried it out once before on the slopes that its going to be an adventure no doubt about it if you wipe out stands but well give it a try to be as i thought. It was any challenge steering the belly pop so skiers go up the mountain on forty. Its hard to get the hang of skiing with century old equipment but this event isnt about speed and performance so much as fun. Ursula take is usually a good scare but it needs a lot of practice. A card not an inch of carving its about weight distribution and you need to concentrate more on think you. Are less adventurous partake in afternoon tea rich ladies used to meet to drink tea and eat sandwiches and cakes the first of all to concepts about other rich ideas. Even here there are some who find it hard to leave the digital era behind completely. Teaches people how to dance like they used to and in our nouveau ballroom this scottish dance was particularly popular at the end of the Nineteenth Century. Figure dancing started going out of fashion joining the ballet. Wanted to be a bit wilder so they love this kind of holiday they found it a fascinating. Baseline he dancing double time is just one of the dances at the sentry bowl which marks the glorious and to the sea is benny falk week consing the night away you can understand. Now a trip of another kind next up we are after the beautiful greek island of crete its a tourist magnet in the summertime thanks to the pristine beaches but what about in winter creates a mild climate and sunny days allow tourists to embark on a number of activities now swimming in this scene may only be for the brave hearted but there are plenty of other things to do for the adventurous traveler. With its different styles of architecture as one of the most beautiful cities in the mediterranean one of its most famous landmarks is a lighthouse which dates from the venetian era the harbor and veal town behind our very lively in the evening when the locals and tourists throng to the restaurants and bars during the day the area is quite peaceful. Vassily called the self is a local tour guide. Us at the subsequent is that you can read the history of the city from its architecture. See who occupied it over centrists and fed off local paradoxically beginning with the byzantine script benefit nations and then the ottomans for us the mongols. The byzantine wall was built during the early middle ages remains from the previous while the rectums during the hellenistic period are still visible. The church of ideals nikolaus is an illustration of the influence of different religions and culture as it has both a bell tower and the minaret. And the first good mosque to be built after the ottoman conquest in the seventeenth century is now an exhibition space. The venetian is built in your ear shipyards to repair ships in winter they can be seen clearly from the water and early afternoon is a good time to go on a boat trip the boat has a glass floor which makes it easier to see whats in the water bowls in the air blowing the right good stuff that you dont get if youre brave to do. This rescue is in the second war war by the german warfare. Like a car going through super and sometimes like a legal rights ball or. Another isnt a great way to take includes national beauty. The mountains and valleys the borders and high plains used to go tandem paragliding yes and react is runs a current lighting school. With him is that they get this but i submit the creature is known for its choose and there are some that are also fantastic mountain seat other you paragliding is the best way of getting to know creek from a bar and checking out the beaches for instance to go to later. Be adventurous tourists agree with them. You get a view of the whole of the west of crete. So you can practically see the whole island from top to bottom its no amazing view that youre going to get otherwise. Those who prefer to stay on the ground can take a gentle ride in the evening sun. I really like your end of each does its nothing you do you dont go to every day and its just three guys. There are all of the roads all over the island in both some thirty million all of trees in total. Including one thats toted as being the oldest in the world its estimated to be five thousand years old crete is also famous for its all of oil the crucial ingredient of the local cuisine for their novel is going to olive oil has always been the most important ingredient in traditional recipes feel history it still is. One of the traditional recipes in western creech still goats meat that is slow roasted with onions herbs lemon and all of oil. To his peer over law case built his restaurant. In ruins from the venetian era in the old town just. Behind the porch over twenty years ago hes been cooking traditional cretinous cuisine ever since. The restaurant is particularly popular in the evening when the atmosphere was quite magical. 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