Journées Particulières Christian Dior, 30 Avenue Montaigne, Paris
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Chanel Opens Its First Beauty Store
This is a first for Chanel as they inaugurate their first beauty store, entirely dedicated to their makeup lines and mythic fragrances. The brand’s devoted followers will now be able to find the entirety of their makeup lines, brand new beauty products, and exclusive never-before-seen shades. The perfume universe will obviously bring together the brand’s...
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The Tod’s Double Stripe
There’s a new iconic bag in sight at Tod’s. At least that’s what one might gather from the launch of the new Double Stripe collection, a line of bags entirely dedicated to men. After occupying center stage thanks to its cult classic moccasins, Diego Della Valle, an intrepid visionary, has enlarged his Italian empire by...
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The Paper Dolls of Yves Saint Laurent Archives
Created in 2002 at 5 avenue Marceau in Paris, where Yves Saint Laurent’s couture house also saw the light of day, the Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent has evolved throughout its collections into a veritable museum dedicated to the Master of French Couture. 5,000 articles of clothing, 15,000 accessories, and dozens of sketches all...
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Le Beau Mâle by Jean Paul Gaultier
Eighteen years have gone by since the creation of “Mâle” by Jean Paul Gaultier; now in 2013, the brand is revisiting its male fragrance with “Le Beau Mâle”. Jean Paul Gaultier’s label asked Francis Kurkdjian to take on a challenge: modernizing “Le Mâle”, a fragrance he created himself in 1995. According to the perfumer, lavender...
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The Fallen Stars of David LaChapelle in “Still Life”
Photographer David LaChapelle is exhibiting his new series “Still Life” in the Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, a reflection on the dark side of stardom, through shots of wax alter egos of planetary cultural icons. In his new exhibit that will take place until July 26th at the Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris’ 3rd arrondissement,...
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A Look at the Ateliers of Christian Dior Couture
Journées Particulières Christian Dior Couture, 30 Avenue Montaigne, Paris
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Demoiselle Sunglasses by Dior
Upon arriving at Dior’s studio, Raf Simons aspired to one thing and one alone: mixing the label’s traditional rules with a chic purity that he’s been overseeing ever since. With elements of both the future and tradition, the brand is using their Demoiselle sunglasses to bring the past to the present. Just for the summer...
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The Gommino Effect
Tod’s emblematic style the Gommino moccasin alone sums up the brand’s philosophy by uniting tradition and modernity, artisanal excellence and continual updates. The story is a well known one, that of a company founded in 1978 by Diego Della Valle, son of a shoemaker. It was during a graduation trip to the U.S. that he...