AD: Albert Elbaz, Model: Juliana Schurig, Look #9
Category: Fashion & accessories
Because most desired works are anchored in a trajectory of icons throughout history, anecdotes and personalities who have raised them to the rank of cultural...
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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...
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In Roger Vivier’s Footsteps
He was nicknamed the “Fragonard of shoes”; in 1937, Roger Vivier introduced his eponymous brand to 22 rue Royale in Paris. Strong in his passion for cabaret and music halls, this man depicted a vision of this “alchemy of elegance” that in his eyes made a Parisian. For, it’s through his shoes that this virtuoso...
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The Comic Book Version of the Dolly by Charlotte Olympia
Nostalgic, Charlotte Olympia definitely is, and it’s in this sense that she gives few limits to her creativity. And so, it is notably the Dolly pump that, each season, sees its 15 cm camber, instantly recognizable with its gold platform, get decked out with different artsy inspirations. In 2012 at Art Basel in Miami, the...
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Balenciaga’s Le Dix Handbag
In opposition to the Balencaiga’s typical handbag trends, Alexander Wang is proposing a neoclassic that’s a bit removed from the label’s codes. Next to the soft leather and studs of the “Motorcycle”, “Le Dix” possesses a more structured and rigid shape: a minimalist strand for its allure. Nevertheless, this first line by the New York...
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The Timeless Tropézienne
The idea struck Dominique Rondini, a Tuscan shoemaker who’d come to open a shoe workshop in the bailiff of Suffren’s building in Saint-Tropez. This was 1927 and at the beginning of that decade, one man – Monsieur Robert – brought gladiator sandals back into fashion, this “Greek sandal” who’s allure and measures he copied from...
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Christian Dior Couture Dress on Natalia Vodianova
Natalia Vodianova wears a Christian Dior Fall/Winter 2013-2014 haute couture dress to attend the Love Ball Charity gala in Monaco.
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Christopher Kane Dress on Kate Bosworth
Kate Bosworth wears a Christopher Kane dress from the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 collection for the Honoring the Spirit of Discovery event, organized by the cosmetics brand SK-II in Seoul.