Perhaps you’ve heard of Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium? Paris? Or Kouros? Chantal Roos, the French mastermind behind those iconic scents-as well as bestsellers from Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, and Jean Paul Gaultier-has teamed up with her daughter, musician Alexandra Roos, to create a distinctly-Parisian collection of fragrances.

”We first conceived of the idea to create our own line four years ago, shortly after my mother retired (from her job as President and CEO of YSL Beaute),” recounts Alexandra. “I said to her, ‘You are a legend in the fragrance industry; it’s time we created our own collection.’  As we discussed the idea, we also realized there were very few women making fragrances in France, and we liked the idea of bringing a female point of view to a male-dominated industry.”

The concept of Roos & Roos Paris was simple: Each fragrance would describe a moment in a woman’s life, such as an early morning stroll through a garden filled with roses and crisp ivy (A Copella); salty kisses while on holiday along the Riviera (Sympathy for the Sun); or dancing and sipping wine under a clear, night sky (White Song). The fragrance names also often include words such as song or a cape/la to pay homage to Alexandra’s musical background.

Life’s most delightful when shared. Rosanna Bowles, President and Art Director of Rosanna Inc., knows and designs for exactly that—shared meals, festive gatherings, and happy moments with family and friends. In 1982, Rosanna started her tableware design company out of her home in Seattle, WA. More than three decades, many awards, and millions of dishes later, Rosanna Inc. emerged as an innovative leader in the homewares industry.

“Part of my creative desire is to find new ways to convey traditional subject matter as well as my own childish motives to move against the art establishment.  For me the figure will always be the ‘original sculpture’ and abstraction will always be it’s ‘rebel child’ however both share a common thread with monumentality and public art.  It is a conflict that I am constantly challenged by and the more I try to resolve the issue between monumentality and sculpture the further my subject matter devolves into a kind of anti-monumentality.   It is this concept of the anti-monument that has pervaded much of my subject matter throughout each medium I explore.

My primary processes have been casting and welding and each process has posed a different question concerning my concept with the anti-monument.  With steel sculpture the biggest challenge has always been the evasion of abstraction.  I want to mold the cold rigidity of industrial steel into something familiar yet I also enjoy the factory-like process of cutting and machining the material through a regimented, impersonal, assembly line system.  Within my process of rose-making I found a solution to both my desire to do machine-like work while still working within an organic subject matter.  The rose is conceptually anti-thetical to the industrial application of welded steel.  A symbol of romance that is void in the ‘practical’ world of steel working and to some degree contemporary art.

Similarly, casting and mold making are also mechanical, replicative, processes. Most of the items I cast are bought at super markets, and garden supply centers, etc. and I have deliberately chosen objects that are abundant and easily identifiable.  In many ways I’m very much pre-occupied with classical subject matters; figurative statues, still life painting, landscapes, flowers, etc., and what their roles are, if any, in contemporary art.  Would Cezanne still paint apples or would he focus on chip packets and candy bars?  How can a figurative statue find originality if it continues to serve as idealization of the human form?  How can formalism and abstraction be united with the vernacular?  In each question I have only been able to find resolve with the anti-thetical or anti-monumental.  The Gnome both dwarfish and common is a statue in its own right.  The sculptural and formal triumph of the bulbous bags of refuse we pile high in unfathomable compositions throughout or city streets.  And the random objects that crowd our coffee tables form a symbol of who we are as people as well as what are status is in society the same way the old masters would render jewelry or game birds to reflect the status of their patrons.  It is within this paradox that I seek to both taunt as well as pay homage to all the great artists of both the past and modern times.”

-Sam Tufnell 2014

Silk Road Bazaar is a wholesale representative of marginalized artist groups located in Central Asia. They connect with artists who are far from the capitals, who have limited market access, who do not possess modern marketable skills but have carried on traditional craft culture.

Smoke Perfume & Co. was launched with a single fragrance by founder Kathleen Currie in 2013. Drawing on her background as a massage therapist and aromatherapist, Currie set out to craft a scent that was as evocative as it was therapeutic. The signature scent of vetiver, citrus, and jasmine that launched the company has continued to grow organically and has spawned a cult following in the natural fragrance movement. While Smoke Perfume & Co. has expanded far beyond Currie’s French Quarter kitchen, the company remains committed to producing high-quality products using ethically sourced, all-natural ingredients and sustainable, but thoughtfully designed packaging. Inspired by the company’s home base of New Orleans, as well as travel, wellness, nature and the environment, Smoke Perfume & Co. offers an elegant and unique approach to unisex perfumes and holistic beauty products.

Founded by Carlo Spallanzani in 1880, the history of the Milanese jewelry house Spallanzani is all about family heritage and savoir-faire, an Italian style and elegance that has perpetuated for 140 years.

Today Gaia Spallanzani, has been overseeing the Spallanzani family business and has injected a fresh outlook and influence onto the heritage brand. Gaia’s vision has created a standard of a semi-couture product— a fusion of timeless tradition and contemporary innovation. Jewels are still entirely made in Italy by the finest craftsmen and artisans near Vicenza.

American artist Stephanie Hirsch creates conceptual objects that explore themes of self-transformation and awareness. Using mediums often associated with women’s work, Hirsch pairs words and images to metaphorically represent notions of strength, courage, humanity, rebirth and renewal. Stitched together with a feminist bent, her works delve deep beneath the shimmering surface to contemplate the meaning of words, images, and reality.

Strange Invisible Perfumes was founded by Alexandra Balahoutis with the conviction that high-end perfumes be made of authentic botanical essences. Each original fragrance is formulated with certified organic, wildcrafted, biodynamic, and hydro-distilled essences. Limited batches are then reverently hand-blended, set into a base of custom-distilled esprit de Cognac, and aged for a minimum of six months. All Strange Invisible Perfumes are completely botanical and unfiltered. Ingredients are made from sourced and produced oils that are organic and originate from sustainably grown or wildcrafted ingredients.

Themis Zouganeli is a designer with a love for interiors and fashion accessories. She draws her inspiration from her eclectic upbringing in Athens and Mykonos, which helped establish the brand’s unique concept of island life. From Mykonos in the Aegean Sea to the ‘island’ of Gstaad surrounded by a sea of snowclad mountains, Themis grounds herself on these ‘islands’ and their innate potential to promote a sense of escape and simplicity. Themis Z offers a growing lifestyle collection featuring homeware and fashion accessories. Capturing the flair of simple elegance and symmetry, the collections are designed to help customers escape to abstract ‘islands’, allowing them to concentrate on life, family, friends or even oneself. All of her products are handmade in Greece. The designer’s selection of local craftsmen ensure that every piece captures the depth and quality of her vision.

Thomas Fuchs Creative is a design company that encompasses three unique divisions: Otium, a Murano glass lighting company that offers table lamps, chandeliers, and vases; Thomas Fuchs Creative (TFC), a high-end barware company that uses traditional techniques such as hand carving, lost wax casting and glass blowing; and Foxware by Thomas Fuchs that offers hand blown, hand carved drinking glasses previously only available to architects and interior designers.

Tom Dixon is a leading British design brand whose distribution spans 65 countries. Established in 2002, the Tom Dixon brand is inspired by its unique British heritage, and launches lighting, furniture and accessories collections annually in Milan, New York, London and Paris.

Brit-born makeup artist turned New York-based A-list beauty expert, Tracie Martyn has drawn on decades of experience to create her powerful range of ultra luxe, all-natural skincare. Scientifically formulated for fast results, mimicking anti-aging technologies utilized in her trademarked Red Carpet Facial, these spa strength products blend organic botanicals with natural cosmeceuticals for gravity-defying effects.