Lydia Maurer will succeed Manish Arora as creative director for Paco Rabanne’s prêt-à-porter line. The half-German half-Colombian is a graduate of the Berçot studio in Paris. Passing through Yves Saint Laurent and then Givenchy, the 29 year old stylist declared to Fashion Daily News: “The challenge will be to make the architectural and avant-garde spirit...
Stella McCartney gave us a “summer” 2012 collection revolved around athletic details but still très chic. The Beatle’s daughter instils a fresh new air to the fashion world and reinvents the LBD. These swimmer inspired dresses are made out of paisley patchwork prints, fitted shapes, and sporty mesh. The keywords are, as usual, youthful casual-chic...
The 2.55, emblematic handbag of Chanel, summarizes on its own the spirit of Coco Chanel: her obsession with freeing women. The 2.55 design was imagined when she wore her binoculars on the racecourses, hands in pockets, boyish style. With its eyelets, its leather and brass braided chains, its famous “Mademoiselle” turn-inward clasp and its padded...
As King Edward VII used to say: “Fetch me my Burberry”. Believe it or not Burberry is more than a 150 years old. The British brand evokes the holy grail of trench coat. Just recall Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca” or Audrey Hepburn at “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. The whole Golden-Age Hollywood was seen sporting the trench...
Hermès launched recently a new campaign around its famous silk scarf for their Spring-Summer 2012 collection with the Canadian model Coco Rocha. The campaign illustrates all the ways to wear the famous scarf; on the head, around the neck, as a top, skirt or shawl. The new collection is enliven of shades of orange, the...
“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.” Karl Lagerfeld
[May 21 , 2012] A book, an exhibition, the biggest stars as ambassadors of Monsieur Louboutin. The pope of glam shoes succeeded in establishing a myth with just one colour – red – but also its emblematic shoes, the Pigalle pumps. As soon as we lay an eye on the Pigalle pumps, we understand why thousands of...
Welcome to the world of Christian Dior, where women can blossom into flowers… as long as they have an hourglass figure! The renowned lover of all things elegant released his very first collection in February 1947, during which time France was still clearing the ashes of World War II. The time had come to put...
Cannes, South of France. Somewhere along the Croisette all you can hear is the roaring of luxurious cars and the clicking of designer’s shoes on the ground. The Cannes Film Festival is in the air and the sun is shining in the sky. It is now time to glow and own your last pair of...
