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In 1969, stripping chastity belts of their prudish image, a Cartier designer named Aldo Cipullo used the contraption to conceive the Love Bracelet, with its two parts that lock together with, naturally, a screwdriver. From that, this larger 18K yellow gold Love Cuff was born.
Lowdown: Cartier managed to have June 8 officially declared Love Day in New York City and recruited such digital artists as Olivier Dahan and John Maeda to contribute to its website.
Price: $36,500 (eternal love isn't cheap)
At: Cartier, 653 Fifth Ave., NYC, 212-753-0111
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Christopher Bailey is in a medieval mood, at least judging from his fall collection for Burberry Prorsum, based on the house's own knight mascot. But who needs body armor when you can have these gauntlet-like yet lightweight black gloves?
Lowdown: Quilted, buckled and flared; made of patent leather. Or try Burberry's other fall glove, a long zippered dominatrix style.
Price: $755
At: Select Burberry stores. Visit the site or call 800-284-8480 for locations.
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Traditionalist—some might even say Luddite—Vivienne Westwood has always eschewed technology in favor of primitivism. You, too, will go ape for her strappy Gloucester bag, available in (rabbit) fur for fall.
Lowdown: The latest in a series of Yasmine bags, named after French stylist Yasmine Eslami. Hits stores in July.
Price: $1140
At: Check website for store locations.
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Just when you thought United Bamboo—known for art-inspired high-mindedness—is best worn when temperatures fall to nipple-hardening levels, they go and produce this mini-wedge sandal, a summer shoe so comfy you could live in it.
Lowdown: The platform heel is made of 100% cork. Also available in forest green leather-weave.
Price: $420
At: United Bamboo stores in Japan (Daikanyama, 03-6415-7766 or Omotesando, 03-3479-8171) or by contacting the designers through the website.
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Now you can pull off a sporty figure-skater look without a heinous spandex body suit, thanks to Yoji Yamamoto for Y-3. Behold his ice skate-inspired Phasma 40 women's shoe—debuting this fall—with a transparent heel (hence the ghostly name).
Lowdown: Available (Sept. 1) in black or white leather; comes in the plexiglass box seen here. The Phasma 90 has a more extreme heel, based on the starting position of a runner's foot.
Price: $500
At: Y-3 stores worldwide.
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The modern cultural history of Sweden and Norway pretty much boils down to ABBA versus Black Metal. As in, lilting melodies to disco beats versus shrieking vocals to grating guitar distortion. With this as its founding principle, dark denim label Anti-Sweden takes aim at Swedish skinnies. |
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