Award to winning the creation. Clash back out its worth the village to relive a bygone era every winter. Crossing the great some of the best spots on the greek island. His fashion style was bold brash and flamboyant to say the least i am talking about the late designer Gianni Versace and how he created his upon him as label in the one nine hundred seventy s. And soon became a sensation in the fashion world well not everyone watch what he produced but versace didnt seem to care and even said he didnt believe in good taste while the Fashion Designer was murdered outside of his villa in miami in one thousand nine hundred seven at the height of his career now some twenty years later the largest a retrospective of his work is on display right here in berlin. These creations on no account of a new connection then its from the nineteen eighties and nineties all designed by john even. His extraordinary fashion show in berlin was mounted to open a new exhibition as a tribute to the native town and design of some of his not just film associates came to the corn princess and pony in berlin for the ending. His creations resigned memory. A genius is for designing i think it was all the models for him to work with them all the sources who want to work with them and he always had the balls to bust the first of the best shows so it was really an on earth to work with the kaaba do i discovered Gianni Versace for germany and whose hotel yoni in florence and its very important to me to be here today. She was devoted to the gentleman he was a real gentleman and a family man with a great great talent for what he did and a talent for communicating that great love he had for fashion and for people on the boat it went through. The retrospective incudes over three hundred designs covering johnny visit chance an entire career in the not just exhibition of its kind in the world. So far some of the heiner. Dress inspired by painter and ghost stuff. There are pieces from his pop Art Collection and clothes designed for starts like this tailcoat ensemble for british thing us things wedding. We want the visitors that you feel like theyre getting a good idea of the scope of his Creative Work not just the borrow go and gold and bling bling but the more classical things he did as well he also dressed lady di every room in the exhibition is devoted to a particular theme to van zant she is famous miami print for example. The gold and black cream presents pieces from the seminal bondage collection International Collectors have also known as their prized. One is an example stephanie of brazil a collector and fan of the Fashion Designer since nine hundred eighty nine. It was not only ask her to look at it by true was something that is about more about pleasure or an elegance here willie his well we add about that sometimes to watch with the bad taste but in such a good way. For that the beautiful. This is the first time and Xander Stefani has shown his pieces from the sanchez mens collection in berlin in the one nine hundred ninety s. The design in liberated mens fashion from old constraints using among other things pretty colors and striking patterns he was one of the sort of the same attention for the months and the war months and he also used the same inspiration for both. By the time johnny as our chain was murdered in one thousand nine hundred seven he was a legend as eccentric and flamboyant as his own creation. He gained International Fame in the 1980s his turns included princess. Diana. And singer elton john. Does not change in the era of supermodels like now he and. Naomi campbell and kate moss. The exhibition trains his chains rise from five great pictures to study design and. You see all the development it was much more intellectual than it became more sight see than was appeal for celebrities and when your soul all all released for such a for everybody. Swedish top model barry will one of the next on the stephanies outfits in the one nine hundred ninety s. He was was not just favorite male model. The model im the connector still enjoying donning the design is outfits for special occasions. But for the street next on time stephanie doesnt limit himself to vintage amp around. The times has changed the bling bling we dont dress the way we used to drive but its always the i would be ideal freedom on that yeah i mean used to be using his every day. The retrospective in berlin presents a designer who grew up fashion history now Gianni Versace his fashion is at least twenty years old anything but Old Fashioned. We turn our attention now from a famous Fashion Designer to a famous lighting designer luzzi called dove brings together centuries old bohemian glass art with modern Lighting Technology now her creations have earned her a number of accolades including designer of the year in the Czech Republic well we wanted to see more of her work so we visited lucy in her studio in prague. Lucio called over plays with the light and the energy it radiates glass is her favorite material. The designer works with it to make objects that are both translucent and colorful like here with her lamp cups. Called of also combines different materials here and onyx stone divides the fragile glass hemispheres of this limp called. Life is a phenomenon its something that you cannot fully understand i mean its its very emotional its a strong source of energy. So this is the main thing what fascinates me and together with glass and the transparencies the translucency is the color of the gloss in this. After completing her studies at the academy of art architecture and design in the czech capital prague told of a move to paris that was back in two thousand and nine. In the meantime shes returned to prague where she has her studio. For her creativity involves teamwork designing a lamp is a complex task takes time she says sometimes more than a year. The source is essential for light and when i start designing i always keep in mind what kind of source i need and i i build up the concepts based on the source you have. Filament involves so many different kinds of source sources that you can play with. This year luci of cold over was a special guest of the i am cologne Furniture Trade fair. She was invited to design does house and you will installation there present selected designers ideas about living space. It comes as no surprise that in color of his interior lights plays the main role some of her Lighting Fixtures were created especially for the i am and. I wanted to show people what light can do in the interior in terms of atmospheres i think that if you are at home. In ideal case you should recover you should feel safe you should be able to recharge your batteries and lights shoots should. Provide you this this conference. Call of as lamps are manufactured one hundred fifty kilometers southeast of prague and young stein in the brokers companys glass factory. When it was founded in the early Nineteenth Century it made every day glass objects. In one nine hundred ninety seven young rebel but the factory modernized it and developed a new product line. Hes been working with lucy it called of us since two thousand and ten. Richard were also making glasses very all. Is very traditional now and classic bought to the mains demand seeing us seeing the glass blowers one tool more to simplify the seeing swarm to. Mule and apply the cerne technique. Different techniques. To yes to make the product. Called of his creations often challenge the glass blowers the shapes and sizes are unusual and require great skill. The pieces are entirely handmade muffin the first lamp that the designer created for brocas was her international breakthrough. Now shes the companys art director. For all my instincts and basically i try to express what i have inside and this is this like creates or stealing that you think that you have something to say and im trying to express by objects and by lights. And then if the under the other people if they understand what i have to say and they cherish the work and the objects then its like an added value. In your search for something new to your called of often pushes the limits of whats possible and in doing so she creates timeless and poetic shapes of life. With all the religious conflicts in the middle east and the rhetoric surrounding the global war on terror it is quite easy to forget that christianity judaism and islam are inevitably intertwined at least that is what one finish for tara for would like you to see all our call in maine and has brought out a book combining photographs of churches mosques and synagogues in a kind of photographic religious utopia well regardless of your beliefs its hard to argue the beauty of these pictures. The pantheon in rome. The ioseph istanbul. And ishtar temple synagogue in india. Often you cant tell whether its a mosque a church or synagogue until the second or third look. Centuries old houses of worship are all a color mine and subjects before he presses the button the chemistry has to be just right. When i go in i need to have the kind of in light moment of the space or in light moment of the light so theres something a driven force that im looking for. Some places its very easy to find somebody says its a little bit more difficult sometimes its easier to find but very hard to capture. This time call a mine in is turning his lens on berlins cathedral he looks for just the right subject the optimal position and especially the perfect light. The challenge for him is to capture the particular mood and spatial dimensions fun film. Divide the image in several parts so kind of deconstruct the space and then reconstruct it but its not perfect and that the certain point. When the viewer is looking the work. So you send the three dimensionality. Of mine in creates his artwork after the shoot. In his Berlin Studio here ranges his photos like the tiles of a mosaic into larger panoramas. All of this is possible to good but i like to do it on a lot of my work is not photography architecture. Obstructing it. And the native of finland discovered his fascination for houses of worship in two thousand and thirteen in istanbul he spent months photographing must after that he spent more than three years visiting over fifty sacred sites all around europe the result was a book of photos and next edition titled sacred spaces in the Helsinki Art Museum the walls and spaces themselves became part of the installation. There were twenty seven works in the computer and there are twenty five colors. So it becomes. A coal mine is a photographer of whats known as the Helsinki School while studying in the finnish capital in the one nine hundred ninety s. He began to specialize in images of spaces and facades. He made his name was abstract photos of architecture. He compiled his sacred spaces from two thousand and fourteen to twenty seventeen years during which tensions between the World Religions were growing in europe and elsewhere. Did his photo project have a political message. Not doing political odd product think already the theme and how its handled bring something. Board what im thinking about it. All and call it mine ins images reveal that when seen from a distance christian jewish and muslim houses of worship are visually at least not all that different. Time now for a bit of time travel back to the turn of the Twentieth Century now every year the swiss town of can mesh relives the bel air for an entire week the whole village gets involved and dresses for the occasion the women even talk on heavy Old Fashioned wooden schemes an attempt a salon in long dresses or we went there to see for ourselves how and why the small town embarks on such a journey to another era. It looks as if time has stood still. As if condor stake is stuck in the prewar ballot hall kiran. Once a year for a whole week at the end of january the entire village turns back the clocks. In one country you really get a feel for what it was like in the back the puck i love that give me a. Look at the women walking round thats what sort of range and its the passion of a belly pork for their bare pokey stink it is i think its simply wonderful the whole atmosphere and the way people are parading around the side of our i think its fabulous to feel like an elegant lady almost the whole village gets into the spirit of the ballot talk even the local supermarket gets a different name. You can tell us that the bombers are based on recipes from the time and of course theres absinthe and aniseed flavored spirit that was all the rage at the turn of the century. The baker to has turned back the clock hes waffles are made from only flour and water the chocolate is like it used to be two. Chocolates in the belly werent so sweet they were made of seventy percent cocoa and were slightly grainy i saw not so smooth. But what really gives you an uncanny feeling of time travel all the clothes the man in the top had some tangles and the women in their fancy hats and gals back then the wealthier women would have changed their outfits several times a day they could choose from a whole series of local transmitters but now people have to go further afield. Like i think i dress made by a tailor in poland and the cost between five and six hundred there is a piece depending on outfit and fabric that would happen if we simply read. To these lovely dresses the spots him and the little black coat comes from the states and the first from scotland the company i always bring things back from my travels that i can combine with other items. One of the most beloved events of the bella park week is the scream of course it goes without saying that the outfits are just as they used to pay. Has come here for the first time she found her outfit in the classified ad section. Ops im i was a bit i tried it out once before on the slopes and its going to be an adventure no doubt about it if you wipe out students but ill give it a try to be as i thought. They werent any chairlifts during the ballot box so skiers go up the mountain on forty. Its hard to get the hang of skiing with century old equipment but this event isnt about speed and performance so much as a fun. Person or fake is usually a good skier but she needs a lot of practice. A card not a hands of carving its about weight distribution and you need to concentrate more on think you. Are less adventurous partaken off to noon team rich ladies used to meet to drink tea and eat sandwiches and cakes but most of all to gossip about other rich ladies. Even here there are some who find it hard to leave the digital era behind completely. Vanished teaches people how to dance like they used to and in our nouveau ballroom this scottish dance was particularly popular at the end of the Nineteenth Century. Barbecue dancing started going out of fashion joining the bella. Wanted to be a bit wilder so they love this gallup poll they found it fascinating the. Baseline if you dancing double time is just one of the dances at the century bowl which marks the glorious and to d. C. Is barely talk week something the night away in congress stand. Now a trip of another kind next up we are after the beautiful greek island of crete its a tourist magnet in the summer time thanks to the pristine beaches but what about in winter creates a mild climate and sunny days allow tourists to embark on a number of activities now swimming in the seeing may only be for the brave hearted but there are plenty of other things to do for the adventurous traveler. With its different styles of architecture is one of the most beautiful cities in the mediterranean one of its most famous landmarks is a lighthouse which dates from the the mission era the harbor and deal town behind are very lively in the evening when the locals and tourists throng to the restaurants and bars during the day the area is quite peaceful. But simply because the stuff is a local tour guide. Your thinking is that you can read the history of the city from its architecture and you can see who occupied it over centuries but off the top of a paradoxical beginning with the byzantines then the phoenicians and then the ottomans for the among those. The byzantine wall was built during the early middle ages remains from the previous while the rector during the hellenistic period are still visible. The church of ideals nikolaus says an illustration of the influence of different religions and culture as it has both a bell tower and the minaret. And the first good mosque to be built after the ottoman conquest in the seventeenth century is now an exhibition space. The venetians built in your ear shipyards to repair ships in winter they can be seen clearly from the water and early afternoon is a good time to go on a boat trip the boat has a glass floor which makes it easier to see whats in the water see the article in the records of that youll get your proof that. Its just used in the second war war by the german warfare. Like a car going through super and sometimes like a regal rain spoke or. Another isnt a great way to take in creeds Natural Beauty the mountains and valleys the word isnt high plains used to go tandem paragliding yes cats and react is running as a paragliding school can. Be good if it means that they get it but unless the source of the creature is known for its choose and theres some but there are also fantastic mountains here that your paragliding is the best way of getting to know creek from a bar and checking out the beaches for instance to go to later with. The adventurous tourists agree with a. Modern there will be. You get a view of the whole of the west of crete a lot of foods and you can practically see the whole island from top to bottom its no mazing view. That youre going to get otherwise. Those who prefer to stay on the ground can take a gentle ride in the evening sun. I really like your end of each because its nothing new. You do it dont do it every day and its just three guys. There are roads among the over the island in both some thirty million on live trees in total. Including one thats toted as being the oldest in the world its estimated to be five thousand years old crete is also famous for its all of oil the crucial ingredient of the local cuisine for a new novel is going to bali for what has always been the most important ingredient in traditional recipes cleaning is really now you need stillness of the cool. One of the traditional recipes in western creech is still goats meat that is slow roasted with onio