Tilda Swinton wears a Valentino coat from the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 couture collection to attend a press conference for her new film The Zero Theorem in Seoul.
Author: Icon-Icon (Sébastien GIRARD)
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Visiting The Home of Le Smoking, the Safari Jacket, the See-Through Blouse
It is in this Second Empire-style manor in Paris’ 16th arrondissement that the myth of one of the boldest French couturiers began. With an averted eye, Yves Saint Laurent had that ever so coveted ability – he could sense, well before others, the fashion of tomorrow. Confiding management of his talents to Pierre Bergé, his...
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Christian Dior Dress on Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman wears a Christian Dior Cruise 2014 dress to attend the Dance Project Benefit gala in Los Angeles.
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The Youth Liberator by Yves Saint Laurent
Younger skin is the promise made by Saint Laurent. Monsieur Yves was already an advocate for experimentations, the new, the never-before-done, aka the young. One line – Forever Youth Liberator – has since 2012 been addressing itself to young women who wish to start treating their skin against aging, starting at age 30. And today,...
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The Borsalino
While French fashion of the Second Empire was triumphing and high-form hats were king, one hatter created a small revolution in Italy. After working in the hatter Camagna, then paying his dues in Paris, Giuseppe Borsalino founded his own atelier in 1857 in Alessandria, south of Turin. There he conceived a hat who’s felt was...
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Versace Dress on Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson wears a floral print dress from Versace’s Cruise 2014 collection for the “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” press conference at Comic Con 2013 in San Diego.
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The Oxford Shoe Zizi by Repetto
Paris. 1947. The story of Repetto was just beginning. Rose Repetto, mother of choreographer and dancer Roland Petit, conceived her first pointe and demi-pointe shoes with her son’s direction. Thanks to a reversed sewing technique, she made them with an unequalled comfort, ideal for executing pas-de-bourrées, arabesques, and other entrechats. These slippers wouldn’t take long...