Alluring, coquettish, enigmatic and knowingly seductive – this is the new French Connection woman. Paying homage to their name, French Connection have reinterpreted their image with a chic new campaign for Spring/Summer 10, inspired by French New Wave cinema.
The provocative FCUK logos that were so synonymous with the brash 90s have been replaced by a demure, [...]
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French Connection go ‘ooh la la’ for Spring!
February 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Fashion, Shopping, Stores, Videos
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Yves Saint Laurent honoured in epic Paris retrospective
February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Designers, Exhibitions, Fashion, France, News, Paris
Yves Saint Laurent’s 40 years in fashion is to be recognised in a major retrospective at the Petit Palais in Paris next month.
Curated by Saint Laurent’s long-term life and business partner Pierre Bergé and under the patronage of the First Lady of France,Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the exhibition will cover 40 years of creation, from 1962 to 2002. [...]
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Who will win at the ELLE Style Awards?
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Designers, Events, Fashion, London
This year’s ELLE Style Awards mark the 25th anniversary of the magazine and Editor-in-Chief Lorraine Candy will make her hosting debut, alongside the lovely Henry Holland.
The ELLE Style Awards (newly sponsored by Next) have the reputation of being ‘the fashion Oscars’, but I reckon they’re the rebellious, bad gal cousin of the red carpet snooze-athons. [...]
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Paris Haute Couture S/S 10: Futuristic vs Historical
February 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Designers, Fashion, France, Paris
At the bi-annual couture shows in Paris, the collections and sometimes the models wearing them gets everyone gossiping, but this year it was 13-year old fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson, who was ruffling feathers with her ill-advised piece of Stephen Jones headwear ‘obscuring’ the view on the front row of Dior.
As Tavi smartly pointed out, she [...]
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A birthday gift from Alber Elbaz…
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Accessories, Designers, Fashion, Paris, Shopping, Stores
Happy birthday Lanvin, you’re looking much more youthful than your 12o years! To celebrate the house’s enduring legacy, Alber Elbaz has given us all a slice of the birthday cake, in the shape of three beautifully illustrated, limited-edition note books for just €15 a pop!
I admit to having a bit of a notebook/diary fetish and my [...]
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Fam Love Gays…and sailorgirls!
November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Accessories, Fashion, London
I’ve already grown tired of dressing appropriately for the cold weather, although I’ve still been trotting round in a tweed blazer rather than a full-on winter coat, so taking a peak at Fam Irvoll’s SS10 collection has lifted my fashion spirits (which took a dent after seeing Heidi Montag wearing those sequinned Miu Miu socks [...]
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Romeo Pires Spring/Summer 10 @ LFW
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Designers, Events, Fashion, London
Romeo Pires’ Spring/Summer 10 show kicked off with cosmos and mojitos, which is always better than queuing in the rain. This is design duo Nicholas Humphrey and Sergio Pires’ second collection at LFW and they picked up where they left off last season with their signature art-inspired graphic prints.
The collection featured diaphanous silk collared shirt [...]
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Steve J and Yoni P Presentation @ LFW
September 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Designers, Events, Fashion, London, News
Everyone at London Fashion Week seemed to be clutching an invitation to Steve J and Yoni P’s ‘Puppet Theatre’ presentation and even the great Diane Pernet popped in to check out the duo’s new collection.
Their innovative presentation, held in the Korean Cultural Centre, was inspired by the Eastern European marionette culture (I’ve witnessed it in Prague [...]
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