Natacha dzikowski and her boys

natacha dzikowski and david lynch
natacha dzikowski and olivier zahm
natacha dzikowski and ucef hanjani

will be hard to top this one… 2 out of 3 ‘aint that bad… but what can you expect from one of the most amazing women east of manhattan? by xy

Stages NYC: big magazine spread on stages show in new york

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bigreport© is the latest from big magazine, the celebrated fashion and art mag with creative director contributors such as doug lloyd (lloyd+co), marc atlan (marc atlan design) and the like. bigreport© is a series of spreads from top creatives worldwide reporting on the going-ons in each city from the p.o.v. of each of the creative houses. this report on the stages show at the deitch gallery-new york was submitted by ceft and company’s creative director ucef hanjani. the show included works by: jules de balincourt, KAWS, richard prince, christopher wool, aaron young, futura, and others. also see the show at the emmanuel perrotin-paris by zz

house of waris spring/summer 2010 collection exhibit at phillips de pury

love conquers all at phillips de pury

the gentle, and extremely soft bearded, waris ahluwalia founder of house of waris

the marvelous aslaug magnusdottir, president of house of waris with james laforce on the left.
(next to rem koolhaas, james wins the best lastname of the decade)

fashion photographer karen collins and ceft and company‘s creative director ucef hanjani with kimberly norcott at house of waris event at phillips de pury

the beautifully exotic diamond encrusted claw-ring by house of waris

display book and inspirations by photographer andrew zuckerman

diamond, gold and onyx earrings by house of waris

last wednesday evening we walked passed the sam haskins show and the new yorker magazines guest-list to enter an intimate showing of house of waris‘ ss-2010 collection at phillips de pury auction house. the event was an antithesis to the jane hotel fashion week dance-in. this time the gathering was ubber exlusive and the pieces guarded by more security than guests. the location of course added to the aura of waris and his exclusive collection, each piece handmade and magically blessed. waris’ signature orange-and-gold tent was set up and champagne was conveniently at hand. by uh

Salvatore Ferragamo campaign: le château-de-Voisins

le château-de-Voisins
a lovely portrait of young boys dressed by mommy
model ugenia-volodina
the select from images by photographer glen luchford
portrait of the x-shah of iran, as a guest at le château-de-Voisins

I came across these and felt they deserved a post. after all the location was breathtaking. outside of paris, at le château-de-Voisins, was were one of the most wonderful women in the world natacha dzikowski, along with ceft and company’s creative director ucef hanjani worked to create the distictive global campaign for salvatore ferragamo. photographer glen luchford, model eugenia-volodina, and glen’s first hand man “handsome jack”, along with set designer jean-hugues de chatillon, a scenographer for the paris opera and ballet, where on hand to create the mood. by dd

V.I.B – R.I.P

master of our universe, photographer thomas lagrange

creative director ucef hanjani, & pierre jeand’heur, with LVMH’s uber luxury champagne, krug’s director of marketing marguerite ranjard

V.I.B – a very important box!

art director kim norcott speaking to charlie, ofcourse.

sometimes you start something that goes unbelieving well, and you do your best, and then have to set it free, and you let it be. this is our farewell, we’ll miss you. by dd

magic mystery tour

Producer Lauren Wolff
art director Kim Norcott with pop socialite Mr. Paul Read

Anna and Graydon Carter with Ucef hanjani and Marguerite Ranjard
Photographer Thomas Lagrange

Ucef Hanjani with set designer from Mary Howard Studio
Pierre Jeand’heure with a Gaulois look alike
Art Director Kim Norcott


On the set with Marguerite Ranjard, Graydon Carter, Anna Carter, ceft and company creative director Ucef Hanjani, photographer Thomas Lagrange, art director Kim Norcott, art director Pierre Jeand’heur, producer Lauren Wolff, pop socialite Mr. Paul “too-cool-for-school” Read. by dd

ask: ucef hanjani-creative director ceft and company New york

My favorite _____ is:

book: the conformist-alberto moravia


-album:
steven brown & blaine reininger, one hundred years of music


– guitar:
a vintage gretsch white falcon


-prized possession:
a beautifully crafted mohogany and sandstone box by karl springer with galucha (stingray skin) lined interior… useless but lovely!

-city: no one particular city really


-drink:
madeira, lagavulin

-smell: serge lutens’ chêne fragrance, and le labo’s oud27 fragrance

-film: memorias del subdesarrollo

(memories of underdevelopment) by tomás gutiérrez alea. (IMDB)

-restaurant: omen (japanese) in new york, versaille (cuban) in LA

-hero: now that’s rather childish!

-way to go:I’m a bit of a coward, so in my sleep i suppose.

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