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The 2014 Deauville American Film Festival

Summer is running out of steam, but Deauville will soon be lighting up with intense activity. This festival is the fruit of a passionate labor, that of two men: journalist André Halimi and advertiser Lionel Chouchan. Soon joined by Lucien Barrière, owner of the Normandy Hotel, the three had a burning desire to organize an...

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The Maison Michel Straw Hat

Created in 1936 by Auguste Michel, this maker of pretty hats took off thanks to its collaborations with great fashion houses like Dior and Christian Lacroix. In 1968, it fell into the hands of Pierre Debard and his wife Claudine. They both adorned the brand’s workshops with Weissmann machines that were able to sew the...

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The Skull Scarf by Alexander McQueen: Damien Hirst Version

Alexander McQueen passed in 2010. Ever since, no surprise, his collections have been flying off shelves. He who had no equal in shocking the fashion scene, taking enormous inspiration from Byzantine art and painter Jérôme Bosch; like him, he finds his subjects in mysticism, in that which can’t be seen at first glance. It is...

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Works of Andy Warhol On Display at Sotheby’s Hong Kong

Let’s go back to the 50s. Before being hailed as the Pope of Pop Art, Andy Warhol was an illustrator for Harper’s Bazaar. His fantastical and colorful illustrations for beauty products would make designer and friend of his Diane Von Furstenberg say that he “revolutionized fashion by instilling flashy colors”. What Warhol loved in fashion...