faiyo - první unikátní lifestyle magazín online

	SPRING BREAK

	In 1934, a swim coach worried that his team might get out of shape during Christmas break. A student’s father, who lived in Fort Lauderdale, suggested the team train at a big new pool in the city. Word then spread that the place was great even in spring… Decades later, Mr Cox, a city commissioner in...

	A woman with a beautiful face who appears ageless and possesses a personality so strong and hearty that you will always feel warmth in her company even when it is cloudy or the nighttime falls. Tereza Maxová was born in Pardubice and longed to become a lawyer in spite of her exceptional and striking beauty. However, the vision of travelling and new experiences eventually made her enter a casting for the French modeling agency Madison Models at the age of 17. Thanks to this first step she l...

	A Perfectly Elegant Jest With wit balanced on his head, lightly and gracefully supporting himself by downright skill and sense of scale – in this case memory can project only one name: master milliner, Englishman with a bold expression – Stephen Jones. He was born in 1957 in Cheshire and attended the legendary St ...

	Bettie Page – Pin-up and Fetishist Icon In the 1950s America, it was possible to acknowledge her photographs only in secret – and yet, this icon’s cult has persisted up to this day. Both Monroe and Madonna stylized themselves after her, the latter with the aid of Gaultier’s famous pointed bra, and today, stripper and model Dita von Teese ...

	The Bare Minimum As you look through your favorite magazines, you undoubtedly take notice of the models and their polished looks while thinking, “That’s just not me.” Perhaps, a made-up look isn’t your goal. You’re the type of modern day woman who wants a more natural look only desiring some help in perfecting it. L...

	Miss Hawaiian Tropic Part 1.

	A Conceptual Tandem The fashion world is full of creative people, but only a few can equal the ingenuity of the designer pair known as Viktor & Rolf. Even though these two visionaries are considered to be a fusion of Christian Dior’s tailoring skill and Alexander McQueen’s methodological game, don’t get confused – the...

	Spring Break Mixtape Right to the point. Listed alphabetically are 10 Faiyo-selected tracks ready to burn holes in your speakers just before the summer sun takes over. Beach House, “Gila”: The Baltimore duo’s second album “Devotion” is full of tracks that float languidly through warm spring breeze, and “Gila” the ...

	Design of the Times David Trubridge bases his life’s work on more than aesthetic beauty. His style employs the “sustainable design” technique, creating a maximum structure with minimal material. Trubridge’s uniquely constructed chairs and benches are built from a conventional structural design known as “the beam and po...

	MUSIC CONNECTION Multi-instrumentalist Josef Fečo was born to a family of musicians. He had impressive examples at home – his father, a contrabass player, and his mother, a singer. Yet another inspiration to him was his grandfather, an excellent violinist and composer. As early as in the age of 4, Fečo played guitar...

	A Disparate Love of One City Twenty-one world renowned directors, a generous budget and the city of cities and love, Paris. Those are the main ingredients of the cosmopolitan cinematographic goulash entitled “Paris, I Love You”. The two-hour spectacle pays tribute to the city on the Seine and is made up of eighteen short films ...

	Richard Rogers High-Tech after Seventy Only a few architects have influenced the features of world cities like Richard Rogers, who gave a new icon to Paris (Centre Pompidou) or London (Lloyd’s Bank). With the supervision of this author, who will be seventy-five this year, original and inspiring buildings are b...

	A “Crewd“ Awakening Vivid hues and strobes of light play a major role throughout Gregory Crewdson’s work, as he romanticizes the mundane with images as beautiful as they are disturbing. This is what Crewdson does best. He’s a New York City-bred photographer polished by the Ivy League halls of Yale University who smashe...

	Town2Town Vive La France! It seems like all France lives with the marriage of the President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Italian model Carla Bruni. Even the foreign tabloids present her as the new Jackie Kennedy. This comparison regards especially her decently elegant suits, by which she replaced her sexy mode...

	A City Centered The Walt Disney Concert Hall located smack dab in the middle of downtown LA is far more than an architectural masterpiece; it’s a community focal point for all visitors interested in art, culture and social interaction. Opened in 2003 at a cost of $273 million this fantastic structure reminds all of...

	Shopping

	What’s New It seems that modular furniture is the superstar of the design world of today. Yet another interesting piece is the rustic Tuti, inspired by nomadic lifestyle. The sofa or rather the place to rest looks like a big blanket with long fringes. The strings are massive (albeit very comfortable at touch) ...

	Night of the Jumps “Night of the Jumps” is the world’s largest international freestyle motocross series. This year it all started on 1 March 2008 in the city of Liberec, the Czech Republic. The greatest merit goes to the double Vice World Champion Libor Podmol, who proved with his abilities that a world class champion...

	Tough Grand Life: Maybach Landaulet “What shall we seaboard this season, boy-what’s-your-name? Baroness would invite something brand new, something roofless.” “Wha’ the new Maybach, they didda in white a jiffy back. White ya luv now and m’lady loose no hat’n’hair in air we go golf,” the driver spits. The Lord, however, is a bit s...

	Just Play a Little Bit Spring break or weekend: either spend it actively or have a true rest. We, the passive ones, shall pull out our game console and start playing. We still do not have one? As home game consoles are concerned – we are going to talk about the others later – we have got three possibilities at the moment....

	Music Coach Making Calls Surely everyone knows, either from their own experience or at least from films, that a music player is very suitable for walking or jogging. Compared to the past, one no longer has to carry around “walkmans” or “discmans”; today’s MP3 players are light and can simply be attached to the arm. But spor...

	Panama City Beach Florida has long been a popular tourist destination for those seeking the warmth of sun and the soft footing of the beach. But while numerous demographics travel throughout the state year round, one of the biggest influxes of tourism comes each March when study-lagged college students put their book...

	An diamo! This time, let us concentrate on the era, when the image of the New World – America – started to get sharper contours and when Fernando Magallanes sailed around the world for the first time. In the early modern ages, a new style of traveling became a part of the daily life: anyone, who wanted to go ...

	Sensoria Located in the Spa Tower of The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas sits “Sensi”, an exquisite new dining spot featuring Italian, Asian, grilled and seafood dishes. The name derives from the Italian word, senzi, meaning senses, which were most certainly titillated during a recent visit. Born in Heidelb...

	Spring Cleansing or Hunger-Strike? Sun rays are getting warmer and we cannot hide ourselves under thick sweaters anymore. In winter, it weren’t just the clothes to give us warmth, but also several caloric bombs. Fortunately, spring brings along the energy and will to do something for oneself. First of all, let’s start with a cleansin...

	Next Issue: May Day

	Miss Bikini A huge hall full of sewing machines. Hundreds of them echo from the walls and the high ceiling in a bombarding rhythm. A little female figure is bent above each of the machines. All of them are sewing. They sew and sew bikinis with cheetah skin patterns. Two triangles made of synthetic textile for th...