Following 2012’s Nail, an ensemble of rings and bracelets revisiting the famous Clou bracelet, created by Aldo Cipullo in 1971, Cariter is making us nostalgic for the 2000s with its re-release of the famous Nouvelle Vague collection. “In 1999, we launched a jewelry collection called Paris Nouvelle Vague”, explains Pierre Rainero, Creative Director of Heritage...
Paris, 1961. Three friends get together and open up shop at 34 Boulevard Saint-Germain. There, they offer home-made, avant-garde fabrics in addition to a multitude of objects brought back from their escapades around the world. This knick-knack boutique would soon become a trendy spot for seasoned Parisians, who’s curiosity encouraged them to step into this...
Constructed in 1927 in an Art Deco style, then renovated in 1988, this imposing building has been part of a general inventory of cultural patrimony since 2001. During the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the stars and other onlookers will surely be surprised to see the words “Grand Hyatt” tacked onto the name “Martinez”; the giant...
The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli is honoring one of the greatest French designers of the 20th century, Jean Prouvé. The same emotion and passion that animated Laurence and Patrick Seguin are what the two are trying to convey with this 40-piece exhibit. Architect Jean Prouvé was relatively unknown in the 80s when Laurence...
In the beginning, there was the earth. A golden-brown earth that belonged to the vastness of the deserts, offering itself up to the rays of the sun that would beat down upon it. Then, there was Guerlain. It is said that every twenty seconds, a Guerlain terracotta powder is sold somewhere in the world. It’s...
This Wednesday, “The Great Gatsby” is set to open the 66th Cannes Film Festival. The costumes for this film, adapted from the eponymous F. Scott Fitzgerald novel for the screen by Baz Luhrmann, were imagined by Miuccia Prada, creative director for the brands Prada and Miu Miu. In collaboration with talented costumier (and wife of...
Olympia le Tan is riding on a trend and launching a Great Gatsby clutch to add to her renowned “You can’t judge a book by its cover” collection, launched in 2009. At the crossroads of fashion and literature, you’ll find Olympia le Tan’s singular clutches. Her starting material? The covers of the original editions...
From May 11th to May 18th, “Journées de la Mode” (or “Fashion Days”) will take place in Oran, Algeria, assembling French and Algerian designers while focusing on the illustrious YSL. Talking about YSL in Oran is a bit like returning to his roots, a trip through the city where he for whom “dressing is...
On April 2013, Fendi presented a world exclusive in the leather goods section of Paris department store Le Bon Marché: a mini version of its iconic bag. Recognizable for its rigid silhouette and retro Doctor bag allure, the Peekaboo is one of many “it-bags” created by Silvia Venturini Fendi, granddaughter of Adele and Edoardo Fendi,...
Solstiss seems to be living out its own Roaring 20s. After embroidering Kate Middleton’s Alexander McQueen dress with one of the most delicate laces for her 2011 wedding, the French lace manufacturer is now participating in the creation of the costumes for Baz Luhrmann’s film “The Great Gatsby”. Just like Gatsby’s soirées, the costumes...
