“The Scheherazade look is easy. A little black dress is difficult” Coco Chanel
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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A.P.C revisits Nike’s Dunks and Air Max
Nike and A.P.C are launching a fourth exclusive capsule collection of trainers, centered around Dunks and Air Max. The French brand A.P.C, precursor of minimalist style, and the American sportswear giant Nike are continuing their collaboration this year after their success last summer. This season, the emblematic Dunks and Air Max will be honored: released in women’s and...
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Breguet Reine De Naples
Breguet is organizing an exhibition called “Reine de Naples” from October 22 to November 22 at the Musée Breguet in Paris’ prestigious place Vendôme. It’s a celebration in honor of the 200th anniversary of the delivery of the very first bracelet-style watch, a piece of jewelry that has since become legend. In 1810, Caroline Murat,...
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The Happy Bag by Lanvin
It is not uncommon today to encounter designers who consider the label they work for as their own: Albert Ebaz is part of such, since he introduces himself as “Albert from Lanvin”. He left his first drawings there in 2001, beginning with ranges of fabrics deliberately “exhausted-looking”: the wool creases, the washed satin and gazar...
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The Indigo Scarve by Hermès
Hermès has once again achieved a feat of pure ingenuity in poignantly revering the ancestral art of natural indigo tinting, originally perfected by the craftsmen of Bangladesh, offering a new indigo version of its “carré” scarf in the process. Scrupulously following tradition, the designer’s artisans have plunged into silk, twill, and cashmere, emerging with a...
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Leather and Fashion
This is when prehistoric man becomes carnivore; a hunter and gatherer who uses the skins of animals as clothes to protect and keep themselves warm. The skin was first tanned with hair or wool. The use of the leather to make shoes is certainly a more recent development. The leather was made by using the...
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The 50’s Dress
The dream had come true: the war was over; the postwar economic boom was in full swing. It was time to live it up. And what a life people were living! Rip-roaring parties took place the world round, especially in newly liberated Paris, where rockabilly music gathered just as much of a following as in its...
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Satu Maaranen: Hyères Festival Winner
The festival’s jury, presided over by Felipe Oliveira Baptista, has given out the Grand Prix du Jury Première Vision prize to Finnish designer Satu Maaranen, for her women’s collection named Garment in Landscape. Inspired by Land Art, the prizewinner asked herself a few questions about the possibilities and ways in which one can wear nature in...
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Flashback 2012 : Louis Vuitton New Speedy
The Speedy is known for being the bag of choice of glamour icon Audrey Hepburn. In 1965, Louis Vuitton created a smaller style by popular demand: the Speedy 25. This smaller version is still going strong today! Just for its urban jet-setting clientele, the Speedy got upgraded with an adjustable/removable shoulder-strap in 2011. Now in...