The FiFi Report 141

Head to Venice for the film festival www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/
The hot opening movie at the Venice film festival is The Black Dahlia with Hilary Swank. www.blackdahliamovie.com/
In New York check out the ‘Simply Droog Exhibition. “ Droog Design, a design collective set up in 1993 incorporates the work of an international cadre of contemporary designers working with low-cost industrial or recycled materials. In Dutch,droog means “dry” unadorned or simple” www.madmuseum.org
Dutch design guru Li Edelkoort has just opened a restaurant in Paris called Laurier specialising in Mediterranean flat bread. www.laurier.fr/
In Tokyo check out the very groovy Tom Dixon designed store ‘The Tokyo Hipsters Club’ and its groovy website. www.tokyohipstersclub.com/
In New York go and see the hot exhibition: Picasso and American Art www.whitney.org/www/exhibition/upcoming.jsp
An announcement from Nina Ricci any minute will confirm that Olivier Theyskens will be at the design helm. WWD
Funky Italian denim label Miss Sixty has opened its first hotel in the northern Italian seaside town of Riccione. The hotel’s rooms were fitted out by 30 individual artists www.sixtyhotel.com/
This is cute www.dutchtub.com/main.htm
A groovy online magazine coming out of London www.fashion156.com/
A chic hotel In Tangiers www.villajosephine-tanger.com/
Go here for the World’s Best Travel Awards www.travelandleisure.com/specialfeatures/