MUGI – My Unique Gift Idea

Share.. It looks like ol’ Estee Lauder is getting ready to add some spice to its stable of girl-next-door-looking beauties. The cosmetic giant has announced that it has signed two leading runway models: France’s Constance Jablonski and China’s Liu Wen – this makes the duo the first models Estée Lauder has signed from either country. [...]

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Share..David Gerstein is a masterful painter and sculptor. He works with hand painted, serigraph, silk screen printing and cut out steel, creating a brilliantly colorful multi-layered universe inspired by Graffiti art, Pop art and other modern types of artwork. David Gerstein’s repertoire includes large scale urban sculptures, currently displayed around the world, wall sculptures, small [...]

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Share..If you’ve been stuck voluntarily reading a fashion blog for long enough, it is definitely always a fun trip down e-memory lane to pay tribute to its humble beginnings – and beginnings are always humble. If you just got hooked on fashion’s web-crack recently, clicking through the archives is an awesome (and sometimes funny) way [...]

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Share.. A study shows that shopping takes up three years of an average woman’s life. The Daily Mail reports that a OnePoll survey, conducted on 2,000 women in the west, showed that a sixty three-year-old women will spend three years of her life shopping. Each and every year, women spend one-hundred hours and forty-eight minutes [...]

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Share..The bracelets and bangles that First Lady Michelle Obama was seen wearing when she traveled to Mexico last week were actually eco-friendly, sustainable jewels made by Monique Pean. According to the blog this dish is veg: “Pean’s pieces–considered “wearable art”–are created from 100% recycled gold supporting her belief that jewelry producers should reduce the demand [...]

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Share..Everybody knows that the mind has incredible potential which we’re not tapping into – yet few people use the tools available to stretch its abilities. Meditation is one of those tools. While many people turn to Yoga to fulfill this – Kabbalah too, offers a direct route to the soul. Meditating on G-D’s name need [...]

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Share..Found on the sixth and seventh floors of the Pacific Department Store in Yungho City, Taiwan, about nine miles from Taipei City, is a unique shopping experience. The Museum of World Religions, which opened in 2001, is the brainchild of Master Hsin Tao, a Buddhist monk who spent more than a decade renouncing the world. [...]

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Share..Israelis love fashion. Even briefly glimpsing the country’s major cosmopolitan spots will reveal that the pioneering days of Israel, when a T-shirt, faded shorts and sandals were appropriate for almost any occasion, are coming to an end. Style has really become an integral part of life, and Israel’s fashion designers and manufacturers are the trend [...]

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Share..Here at My Unique Gift Idea we love seeing original functions for recycled books, so we were really psyched to see that Manhattan’s McNally Jackson Books has integrated an incredible array of bound book decor in their new renovated cafe. The independent bookseller joined forces with Front Studio to renovate the bookstore’s existing café into [...]

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Share..Shoppers, hello! In the mood to let fashion and spirituality breath a little? I am! In a tech mood? Me too!!! Actually I was surfing the Web a little this morning and noticed that iPad reviews by tech writers have begun surfacing, most shining a positive light on Apple’s latest dooda. Walt Mossberg, the personal [...]

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Share..Shraga Landesman is an Israeli-born artist based in Haifa. He was born in 1954 and studied painting and sculpture at Oranim College of Art and in Tel-Hai College. His work is widely exhibited in Jewish Museums in New York, Paris, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem. Shraga considers as his sources of spiritual muse, the Bible and the [...]

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Share..Jack Jaget creates art in two main categories, Christian and Jewish. He is world famous for his book covers, wood work and religious crafts. Born and raised in the United States of America, Jack Jaget attained high levels of success as Art Director for the World Publishing Company. During his US stint he won such [...]

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Share..Madonna and her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes are creating an affordable juniors’ clothing line that debuts at Macy’s this fall called Material Girl. In 2007, the Kabbalah Queen of Pop worked with H&M to create M by Madonna, a limited edition collection. Well this time around the fashion block, her venture will be long-lasting: She launched [...]

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