0 0 5 Designers I Hope Will Never Do An H&M Collaboration Tomas Maier does fancy beachwear in his spare time. 2. Tomas Maier/Bottega Veneta. One of the primary messages of Bottega Veneta is discreet luxury, and there is absolutely nothing discreet about being sold in hundreds of H&M stores around the world. (There is also nothing "luxury" about...  

0 0 Le Buzz Bottega Veneta New Exposure 2013 Photography Competition The jury for NEW EXPOSURE is comprised of a prestigious group of luminaries from the world of fashion, photography, art and design: Tomas Maier, Creative Director of Bottega Veneta; Ivan Shaw, Photography Director at Vogue; supermodel Linda Evangelista; world-renowned fashion editor &...  

0 0 ViewonFashion Magazine: BOTTEGA VENETA Resort 201405/22/13 - Coinciding with the announcement of his first Los Angeles store, Tomas Maier from Bottega Veneta presents an innocently attractive collection for the Resort 2014 season. The Italian brand bring us handmade dresses for the good weather, setting a casual tone despite the impeccable...  

0 0 Nicole Phelps Asks, Is Fall's 1940s Trend Retro-Fabulous or Just Plain Retro By the time Milan was over, the 1940s had become a bona fide trend, with everyone from Gucci's Frida Giannini to Tomas Maier at Bottega Veneta showing nipped-waist jackets and below-the-knee skirts. In Paris, skirts flared to New Look proportions at Rochas and Lanvin, and at Louis Vuitton,...  

0 0 Bottega Veneta Satin Knot Clutch That's an extremely fine line to walk, but it's the kind of balancing act at which Bottega's Tomas Maier is an absolute master – updating a look without losing the elements that made it a success in the first place. For our final bag giveaway with Net-a-Porter, we wanted to reward our...  

0 0 "Subverting a Preppy Standby" & "Preppy Twists" However, prep still has room for originality, thanks to designers like Thom Browne, with his hipster take on all things WASP, and Tomas Maier's artful Italian classicism at Bottega Veneta. Here, our picks for skirting the country-club dress code — perfect for downtown-meets-uptown reunions...  

0 0 Best of Milan Fashion Week Fall 2013 I still can't get enough of how Tomas Maier continues to explore retro femininity so genuinely. From the famous knot clutch to exotic ladylike bags Bottega Veneta is always the answer to everything understated elegant. Emilio Pucci Fall 2013 Although for years, some people I know...  

0 0 Bottega Veneta Fall Winter 2013 After a few disappointing seasons, Tomas Maier has brought back the modern tailoring and sharp, feminine dresses he does so well for this Italian brand. Imagine Lanvin meets Haider Ackermann, clean it up, add some texture, and we have Bottega Veneta fall winter 2013. I love... beautiful...  

0 0 Bottega Veneta S/S 2013 – Ad Campaign Sandra's Closet What a beautiful collection inspired by the `40s, Tomas Maier is back in the fore! Photos: Courtesy of Bottega Veneta  

0 0 Bottega Veneta's First BookThis beautifully designed and slipcased monograph is the rich result of a collaborative effort between creative director Tomas Maier, designer Sam Shahid, and many of today's leading fashion journalists. It highlights the brand's illustrious history that reaches back to a time when it was...  

0 0 Spring '13: A Season On The Fringe Joseph Altuzarra, Bottega Veneta's Tomas Maier, and Nina Ricci's Peter Copping took silk tassels in a glam direction; their slinky looks shook with each step down the runway. And speaking of glitz, how about those metallic tinsel-covered numbers from Versace? We'll be seeing those on a red...  

0 0 A Bottega Veneta Home Store is Coming to Melrose Place "There will be a very strong representation of home but that doesn't mean that Melrose won't have a very edited group of bags that work with the whole idea, or that coat or typical Bottega dress as well," Bottega creative director Tomas Maier explains to WWD. Take a peek at Bottega Veneta...  

0 0 Com Talks With Bottega Veneta's Tomas MaierOne of the first things Tomas Maier did when he arrived at Bottega Veneta in 2001 was reinstitute the brand's slogan from the 1970s, "When Your Own Initials Are Enough." In the 11 years since, he's turned around a company that was very near bankruptcy. Today, his runway shows are one of the...  

0 0 Celebrating Kelly Klein's "Pools Joining them were the likes of Carolyn Murphy, Bruce Weber, and Tomas Maier, who'd come straight from his own book event at the Bottega Veneta store on Fifth Avenue. "I think I've become a bit obsessed with pools," Klein confessed. She's in good company: Fashion photographers as various as...  

0 0 Trend Report: Our Editors Roundup the Top 5 Trends From Milan Fashion Week! Embellishing: One of Milan's most loved signatures, embellishment, was the icing on the cake at Tomas Maier's winning collection of dresses for Bottega Veneta. While the clothes at Prada had only a few accouterments (in comparison to last spring's super sweet collection) the shoes and...  

0 0 Fashion Week Handbags: Bottega Veneta Spring 2013 During his tenure at Bottega, Tomas Maier has so expertly crafted the Bottega Veneta woman into someone who can't be easily hemmed in by a few adjectives, as he mentioned in the run of show for Bottega Veneta Spring 2013. If you enjoy looking at top-flight detail work that's both exquisitely...  

0 0 Bottega Veneta Spring 2013 Designer Tomas Maier offered up intricately studded skirts, seductively fringed corset dresses, boxy button-down blouses, and embellished pencil skirts — all of which explored the tension between pretty and subversive seamlessly. Standout looks included sequined tees and point d'esprit...  

0 0 Out And About On Fashion's Night Out At Bottega Veneta, creative director Tomas Maier was enjoying his first-ever FNO in New York, and over at Ferragamo, Miroslava Duma, Elena Perminova, and Anya Ziourova were hosting their first fête at Ferragamo, in honor of the Italian label's Russian-themed Fall collection. "At first I...  

0 0 The Bentley Suite at The St Regis Hotel in Florence unveiled a Bottega Veneta suite designed by Bottega Veneta's creative director, Tomas Maier, using furniture from the Bottega Veneta home collection in 2007. Other collaborations between high-end auto brands and luxury hotels include the Jaguar suite at 51 Buckingham...  

0 0 Bottega Veneta, Coming Soon to a Coffee Table Near You More than another coffee-table offering, the same-named monograph ($100, October 2012) offers an exhaustive look at the luxury label known for flawless leather craftsmanship since 1966, and especially under the creative direction of Tomas Maier since 2001. The foreword is penned by Matt...