Kristen Stewart is sticking around as Balenciaga’s muse, despite the departure of her mentor Nicolas Ghesquière. The actress, already brand ambassador for the perfume Florabotanica, has just confirmed the news. With her delicate features and rock’n’roll look, Kristen Stewart has bewitched Hollywood and the world over. After the departure of her mentor in the fashion world, it wouldn’t have come as a surprise if she followed suit. One year ago, Kristen already made a detachedly cheeky appearance in the ad campaign for Florabotanica, last fragrance of the Ghesquière era. A photo in which Steven Meisel perfectly succeeded in capturing the...
The Spirit of Punk: From Counterculture to Haute Couture
The exhibit “Punk: Chaos to Couture” will be on from May 9th to August 14th at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It takes a look back in images and music on the influence that punk culture has had on the fashion industry. To understand the fashion of today, sometimes you have to go backwards. Punk culture was born in the 70s in London and New York, a rebellion in the face of capitalism and mass consumption in a difficult social climate where youth envisioned a “no future” without any prospects. This innovative...
The Shoe of the Future Has Arrived at Prada
Shoes have never been so sassy, so iconic, so flamboyant, as the ones at Prada. For several seasons now, they’ve been surprising and ravishing journalists and customers alike with their artistic reinterpretations and aesthetic balance. First it was brogues, with their elegant leather and gigantic rubber sole, that attracted the attention of the entire world. A perfect mix between brogues, dandy shoes, platform shoes, and punk shoes, they were a true fashion hybrid. Their varnished leather, rounded toe, very classic, laces, and numerous intricate details gave elegance and finesse to the shoe. Then came a thin tressed cord followed by...
The Billy Bag by Jerome Dreyfus
From the girl next door to the rich and famous, Billy has been seen with different women all around the world. The mastermind behind the Billy bag is Parisian designer, Jérôme Dreyfuss. Jérôme is known for his wildly beloved accessory line, of which the most popular of all is the renowned Billy bag. The inspiration for Billy is said to have been Jérôme’s wife, fellow designer Isabel Marant, and her unfortunate habit of losing things. He vowed to create the ultimate bag for her: one that would serve not only as a high-fashion accessory, but also as a functional carry-all for...
Chanel: the Première Watch
When you really think about it, time is a constraint. Minutes linger while seconds push and shove. Gabrielle Chanel herself never wore a watch. Sometimes she would slip a man’s watch around her wrist, both bulky and pocket watch styles. Just like that; just for the style. Then death came and took her away. The double-C brand found itself slipping into a universe far from its good taste. With the coming of Karl Lagerfeld came also the blasting off of Chanel into the watchmaking sphere, guided by the distinguished Jacques Helleu. Chanel’s creative director for perfumes and watchmaking had a...
The Clutch Goes N°5 at Charlotte Olympia
For its Spring/Summer 2013 collection, Charlotte Olympia is signing off on a clutch purse inspired by Chanel N°5 that’s already making tongues wag: Yellow Scent. Ever since her very first collection, Charlotte Olympia has garnered unanimous praise from journalists and her 5th Avenue customers. Since 2007, she’s been sharpening her genius in refining the pin-up style of the 40s and 50s. She already surprised us last year with her collection dedicated to Miami Art Basel. From Van Gogh to Mondrian, six artists were honored by her brush as she paid homage to major artistic movements of the 20th-century, like...
Chanel’s 100th Anniversary Short Film
For the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Coco Chanel’s first boutique in Deauville, designer Karl Lagerfeld is signing off on an homage in the form of a short film, modestly “Once Upon A Time”. Illustrating the love between the famed couturier/designer and Boy Capel, polo player who financed the Deauville boutique, this film retraces a small piece of history: that of the genesis of the Chanel empire. Keira Knightley, muse for the brand since 2007, will play the role of Gabrielle Chanel, accompanied by Clothilde Hesme in the role of her aunt Adrienne. Several of the Kaiser’s models...
We Saw the N°5 Culture Chanel Exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo!
This week, we went to the Palais de Tokyo where the most Haute Couture exhibit of the moment is taking place from May 5th to June 5th, centered around Chanel’s famous N°5 perfume. It was just the occasion to delight our noses with the refinement that is Gabrielle Chanel’s first perfume, as well as to learn her story. With the Palais de Tokyo calling out to our senses, we got a full view upon arriving through the garden of Danish new wave Naturalist horticulturist Piet Oudolf, which expressed a veritable poetic evocation. The soul of Gabrielle Chanel could be felt...
Tod’s Gommino Moccassin
Tod’s moccasins are both a best seller for the brand and a classic standard in shoemaking. With 133 rubber pebbles on the sole, the Gommino has made its CEO Diego Della Valle proud. Indeed, Diego is an all-American success story. The story behind Tod’s is that of a simple shoemaker’s grandson who one day became a billionaire. In 1970, the young man took up his father’s line of work in a tiny shoe workshop. His ambitions would later lead him to an unassuming street in Manhattan where he would unveil his driving shoe, a moccasin with Portuguese roots that was...
Reverso Cordonnet Duetto
Jaeger-Lecoultre’s latest film about the Reverso Cordonnet Duetto reveals the essence of this iconic watch, its dual aspect and its capacity to reinvent itself. Diane Kruger perfectly incarnates the essence of the watch. How many times can you reinvent yourself in one lifetime? That is the question that Jaeger-Lecoultre is asking in their film, and the response is: infinitely. Indeed, this new Reverso Cordonnet Duetto is entirely covered in diamonds, more than 1,250 of them. But to reinvent yourself, you have to have an origin, inspirations. And to celebrate its 180th anniversary, Jaeger-Lecoultre took inspiration from a 1936 model symbolizing...