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  All the fashion events and personalities during Haute Couture

  February 2, 2012 / Events

  A chic amateur photographer, from Christian Dior to Elie Saab, the lovely Inès was at all the fashion shows. No doubt that next winter she will adopt one of the new bags, or a pair of aristo-chic shoes, from the collection ‘Rendez-vous’, created by Bruno Frisoni for Roger Vivier. Or, why not a lucky charm in titanium from a newcomer to the world of jewelry, the Chinese master jeweler Wallace Chan. This is the year of the dragon right? One [...]

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  Lingerie puts on a show

  February 2, 2012 / Trends

  Lingerie puts on a show. Present on the catwalks of the biggest designers, in a specific room or at a media event during the last Paris fashion week, underwear was displayed. One thing is certain, despite the difficult economic environment, the ‘made in France’ remains creative and acclaimed! Latest arrival to date in the market, the foxy Zahia who created a buzz with her very first couture lingerie collection sponsored by Karl Lagerfeld …! Music- artist : Foster the People [...]

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  Haute Couture Trend Flower Power

  February 2, 2012 / Uncategorized

  Giant prints or delicate embroideries, the trend is flower power. Like at Alexis Mabille who sets the tone with dresses named after flowers and models wearing giant rose headpieces. Female flowers also bloom with the experimental Maurizio Galante and the romantic Giambattista Valli. Embroidered on translucent layers of organdie at Dior, in Japanese style on silk georgette at Bouchra Jarra, in 18th Century style on a “Bouquet of Violets” lace dress, or on plumetis and organza at Valentino, they become [...]

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  Haute Couture Trend Crocodile Mania

  February 2, 2012 / Trends

  Crocodile skin is the true star of the Haute Couture fashion shows. At Givenchy the crocodile scales are cut-out and then embroidered on silk tulle. Very noticeable on a New Look suit revisited at Christian Dior, a straight blazer with a basque volume at Armani Privé and a pencil skirt at Giambattista Valli and Christophe Josse, the exotic animal skin brings an ounce of animal style…and a touch of fantasy, but only the boudoir side of it, is this not [...]

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  Paris / Gaultier Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

  A moved Catherine Deneuve and Dita Von Teese, and an overexcited Beth Ditto, the show presented by Jean Paul Gaultier was both beautiful and touching. For it was indeed a true fashion show in tribute to Amy Winehouse. To the sound of the warm voices of ‘Tale of Voices’ reinterpreting the late singers hits in a cappella, appear the models with beehive hairstyles, eyes with thick black eyeliner and exaggerated beauty spots. A tailored riding-coat in black crêpe with lambskin [...]

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  Paris / Maxime Simoens Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

  For this new haute couture collection, Maxime Simoens found inspiration in the movie “Enter the Void” by Gaspar Noé and his vision of contemporary Japan, between tradition and modernity. This is Simoens’ opportunity for an extensive research on volumes and materials. Metal beads adorn jackets with exaggerated shoulders and kimono collars, the surprising lacquered or natural cork implementations give volume to sexy dresses, and origami ribbons and rhodoïd embroideries structure organza dresses. These are extremely modern Samurai woman on the [...]

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  Paris / Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

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  Paris / Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

  An immaculate runway to highlight the mastered embroideries and the pastel colors of the princess dresses that only Elie Saab knows how to make. But this season, the Lebanese couturier surprises us with sheath dresses and large printed patterns by way of embroideries, even for the bride, a first. But especially with volumes made up of puffed tulle and gauze, that he works on for the first time, with tight waists for modern princesses, light and ethereal. Music from the [...]

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  Paris / Franck Sorbier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

  From Venus de Milo to anthropomorphic performances by Yves Klein, paintings from the Renaissance to old photos of half-naked Tahitians, the multiple inspirations of Franck Sorbier compose an ode to femininity. A sort of soft eroticism where the molded bustiers are the stars of the show. The draping, the embroidery and the application of plant materials, as well as the bustier painted by Richard Texier, complete the idea of a casual, delicate and modest couture. Just like the bride, in [...]

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  Paris / Basil Soda Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

  Within the Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, the Lebanese designer Basil Soda continues to explore nature and its interference with the modern world. For this architecture enthusiast, the silhouettes are structured to the extreme through the graphic inlays of lace, the richly decorated shoulder-pads and the contrasting plissés and ruches. Nature invites itself through gold or tone on tone embroidered floral patterns, and touches of vibrant colors. Belted and corseted, the dresses radiate an entirely feminine softness. Music from the [...]

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  Paris / Stéphane Rolland Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

  Tenth collection, presented at the Cité de l’Architecture in Paris, an appropriate location for the couturier Stéphane Rolland, master of graphic and structured silhouettes. For this fashion show, he was inspired by the works of the artist Michel Deverne to create long layered sheath dresses, bustier dresses with metallic insets, asymmetric floaty collars and pockets with tail or layering effects. The finale, a red dress weighing no less than fifty kilos worn by his muse, the former supermodel Yasmin Le [...]

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  Paris / Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012

  January 26, 2012 / Fashion shows, Featured, Haute Couture, Paris

  Through about ten dresses, displayed in three different rooms, Riccardo Tisci introduces a dark Art Deco side to his Haute Couture. Inspired by the glamour of the 20s, the silhouettes are slender and graphic. In washed silk satin embroidered with a sprinkling of crystals, and silk organza striped with pearls and sequins, the dresses evoke the aesthetics of Fritz Lang in Metropolis. Fluidity emanates from the crystal drop fringes and the perfectly fallen drapés. But the highlight is the crocodile [...]

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