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...
“I suddenly became aware of the female body. I started to converse with the woman and to become aware of what a modern woman is”. Yves Saint Laurent doesn’t fashion any woman for his clothes, but rather dedicates his compositions and offers his creations to the woman. His sources of inspiration are inexhaustible. Crossing artistic,...
After revolutionizing fashion with the little black dress and the quilted bag, Coco Chanel dove again into men’s fashion to find the inspiration to create another classic piece, the two-tone shoe. In 1957, Coco Chanel worked closely with Monsieur Massaro, the house shoemaker at the time, to create the iconic shoe of the maison Chanel. “Shoes are the...
In one of Paris’ most prestigious gardens, Jérôme L’Huillier’s boutique sparkles and shines. In this colorful and artistic Bohemian universe, the architect of materials and colors finds himself going back to the 60s and 70s, making for a sensual, feminine, and sunny happiness. Pioneer of Paris’ Palais Royal, Jérôme L’Huillier, in 1995, became the first designer to install himself...
Happy are those who travel. Just ask the passengers of the Vuitton Express! July 19, 2011, the Louis Vuitton Express train pulled in to Shanghai after a long trek that had started in Paris several months earlier. This trip is all too reminiscent of the Great Peking to Paris Expedition, undertaken on foot through the...
1953 was a jam-packed year for the ultra famous design house Gucci. Not long before the death of its founder, Gucci decided to introduce, of all things, horse bits as adornment on the men’s version of their moccasins. Why horse bits? This equestrian accessory, which helps guide the horse, joins the label’s three other symbols...
A “white shirt (…) reveals thousands of identities”, but when the form and the shade give an infinite number of identities to the garment, only that of the wearer is revealed in the end. The white shirt is neutral only in appearance. The power in its absence, the mystery in its clarity, its utter lack...
