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Art Dept: The exhibition “Isa Genzken – Make yourself pretty!”

"I always wanted to have the courage to do totally crazy, impossible and also wrong things," said Isa Genzken once. She therefore put sunglasses with mirrored lenses on the delicate nose of the...

Heart to heart: Special Edition for Mother's Day 2016

“It may be that you can also gild gold. But who could make their mother more beautiful?” Mahatma Gandhi once asked. Wise words. But there is one thing we can definitely do: make our mothers happy,...

Our trend colors of the summer: Strawberry Sorbet, Sunny & Serenity

"Like ice in the sunshine, I'm melting away on a sunny day" W ith this simple line of text and squeaky synthesizer sounds, an ice cream commercial became a cult hit in 1986. Like Katrina and the W...

360 degrees cashmere at the Munich Press Dates A/W 2016

The here always is a next season . And in order to give as many magazine editors as possible - from B for Brigitte to V for Vogue -, freelance journalists, stylists and bloggers the opportunity to...

TRAVEL IN STYLE: ALLUDES DESTINATION SHIRTS AND INSIDER TIPS FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS

They do exist – those magical places in the world where we can switch off and relax so effortlessly. Whether thanks to their impressive nature, picturesque alleys, exquisite food or their unique...

Art Dept: Three artist discoveries from China

F or Andrea Karg , art, especially contemporary art, is a constant source of inspiration. In the design process as in life. We have some of her favorite artists in our Art Dept. already introduced...

Art Dept: Wet x Qiu Yang - Songs from "Don't You"

"I can't make up my mind, everything is so colorful here," the punk icon Nina Hagen is said to quote, while the eye is immersed deeper and deeper into the light-flooded, brightly colored and ex...

Allude Likes: Birgitta Schrader's Limoges porcelain

A world as diverse, international and spanning all creative genres as fashion has one major advantage above all: always new inspirations, sometimes every second. Designs, people, places and lots o...

Celebrate Cashmere: Allude celebrates with friends at Heart Munich

"Cashmere isn't just the most wonderful fashion material, cashmere is a way of life." And that's exactly what Allude Creative Director Andrea Karg wanted to share with around 250 guests who celebr...

Food for Thought: Munich Laughing and Shooting Society

“The best place for politicians is on the election poster. There it is portable, noiseless and easy to remove.” The old master of humor Loriot once said, forgetting an important and extremely e...

Breakfast at Käfer's: "Cashmere" book premiere in Munich

Andrea Karg was happy to see this cool wintry morning in Munich. The founder and creative director of Allude was finally able to present her big "Cashmere" book in the cozy Käfer tavern and in fro...

Hey Santa: The Allude Christmas wish list 2015

"What do you want?" A question that ranks right after "And what are you doing for New Year's Eve?" in the popularity scale. To answer this, it helps to think about what makes a package under the C...

Sinfully delicious: The Allude Florentines (recipe)

Cookies are a girl's best friend , right? That's why we send out a small number of wonderfully nostalgic preserving jars every year during Advent, filled to the brim with what the recipients sa...

Really cozy design Alm: The Wiesergut in Hinterglemm

Sometimes it just has to be snow! Especially at the end of an exciting, demanding, sometimes breathless (fashion) year, stopping and enjoying nature is definitely the new black . Or white . It's...

Scents of the Season: Our favorite scented candles

Scented candles are actually a wonderfully fleeting room accessory all year round. It may be due to the cozy glow of the flame that it is only in autumn and winter that we really get the taste - ...

Playlist: Writings on the Wall by Sam Smith

"If I risk it all Could you break my fall?" Sam Smith's Bond ballad "Writings on the Wall" became the number one hit as the first theme song of the legendary Agent film series. And the Allude team...

Allude's Hong Kong: Travel tips from Andrea Karg and team

F or Andrea Karg , Founder and Creative Director of Allude, Hong Kong was more like love at second sight. But one that lasts to this day! “When I first came to Hong Kong in the early 1980s, I was ...

Movie Night: The Divas Documentary "Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words"

"I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!" T his quote from Ingrid Bergman already makes it clear what an extraordinary woman the actress, who w...

IT'S ME TIME – TIPS FOR DATE WITH YOURSELF

Business meetings, get-togethers with friends, a birthday party here, a family outing there... Who doesn't know it?!

XMAS-READY: THE ALLUDE GIFT GUIDE FOR MEN

What do you give someone who says they have everything? Finding the perfect Christmas present for your dad, brother, boyfriend or husband can often feel like a Mission Impossible . But like ever...