Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina

Designer Virgine Viard unveiled her first collection designed without Karl Lagerfeld for fashion giant Chanel. Viard has worked for two decades under the direction of Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, so this is a huge undertaking for Viard following the passing of Lagerfeld earlier this year. Honestly, the collection for me …

Time to celebrate again the independent spirit of courageous filmmakers releasing ‘Bushwick Beats’, a film based in the heart of Brooklyn’s hot Bushwick neighborhood. This film is a brilliant construct by six promising young directors: Anu Valia, A.Sayeeda Moreno, Chloe Sarbib, Brian Shoaf, Sonejuhi Sinha and James Sweeney. The unconditional …

Japanese artist Koji Kasatani creates incredibly detailed sculptures out of ceramic. Check out his Instagram for all his creations using banana peels, sandwiches and Coke bottles as the focus of his objects. Amazing work! photos: Juxtapoz

Here are some pretty foods I found on the INTRA-WEBS. It’s that time of year where I make cakes for my three son’s birthdays…This year there will be two golden birthdays and one Minecraft birthday. Looking for ideas that are easy, but cool… Would love to hear from YOU and …

Norwegian artist Malin Bülow creates art through lycra bodysuits and humans tethered to each other or buildings to create ‘tension’ and different shapes. Sounds super claustrophobic and strange. Anywho, check out Bülow’s website for more info on her ‘intense’ work. Photos: This is Collossal

After the passing of Karl Lagerfeld last week, Chanel pulled together and created a beautiful tribute to Karl the Kaiser with a winter chalet-themed show. This would be his final collection with the help of longtime colleague Virgine Viard. Penelope Cruz, Cara Delevingne,Gigi and more walked the elaborately decorated runway …

What a sweet collection! Super French, eclectic and quirky… Amelie would love this collection! My fave? The pink bow knit dress ! photos:Vogue

Laser cut leather and three dimensional dresses made Comme Des Garçon’s latest collection worthy for a futuristic gothic film. I loved the craftsmanship behind it all… even though at first glance it just looks like a deep, dark depressed gothic Amish woman. Hurray for Comme Des Garçon! photos: Vogue

It was very hard not to pay attention to the many talented Actresses gracing the red carpet and the screenings of the 11th Okinawa Film Festival . This year, among others, the festival had invited from Japan: Honoka Matsumoto  and Ayame Misaki as well as from Myanmar, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi . …

An impressive collection by newcomer Ninomiya… this is only his third Fall collection and he has already nailed the Japanese avant guarde look to a T… now will I fit through a door wearing theses dresses? Probably not… but who cares, right?! Doors are so last season. Photos: Vogue