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The provocative FCUK logos that were so synonymous with the brash 90s have been replaced by a demure, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Paris'
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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Liberty says ‘merci’!
February 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Accessories, Fashion, France, London, News, Paris, Shopping, Stores
Liberty of London have been working away on an impressive number of collaborations this year and one of my favourites has to be the cross-channel partnership with Paris concept store, merci.
The two stores will open pop-up shops in London and Paris in March and will be selling a limited edition collection of products designed and [...]
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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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Mark and Josephine snuggle up for Zadig & Voltaire
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Designers, Fashion, France, London, News, Paris, Photography, Shopping, Stores
Mark Ronson just can’t seem to do anything wrong sartorially at the moment. Not only was he voted Britain’s Best Dressed Man in GQ last year, but his particularly daring, dandyish style caught the eye of Zadig & Voltaire founder Thierry Gillier.
Mark and his actress/model/singer girlfriend Josephine de la Baume are the new couple featuring [...]
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Guest photo blog: Steven Marshall – From London to Paris with Diana…
January 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Art, Guest posts, London, Paris, Photography
Artist Steven Marshall presents London and Paris through the lens of the Diana camera. The images are part of an ongoing collection of street photography experiments using analogue equipment.
Influenced by psychogeography and the idea of the flâneur, the photographs document the exploration of the urban landscape.
Can you track where he’s been?
Steven Marshall studies Fine Art [...]
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Bon café @ Beaubourg
December 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Cafes, Paris
Ok, so Café Beaubourg is hardly off the beaten track - it stands in a square of sublime artiness, neighbouring the Centre Pompidou – but it has become my favourite place to stop for a coffee in Paris. The shadow cast over Café Beaubourg was the museum’s pretty much justifying but still annoying strike , just when we wanted to see [...]
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Left Bank Book Boutique: Assouline
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Art, France, Paris, Shopping, Stores
Taschen and Phaidon are usually my go-to publishers for beautiful coffee table and reference books, but having revisited the Assouline boutique on the Left Bank, I think I’ve changed allegiance.
While Taschen’s Left Bank store is sleek and ordered, with books uniformly displayed, Assouline has a thrown together, boudoir atmosphere, with scented candles and stationery.
I love [...]
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Last treat in Paris at Ladurée
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Afternoon tea, Cafes, France, Paris, Restaurants
Ladurée is a real institution in Paris and every Christmas, thousands of Parisians treat themselves to some seasonal macaroons, pastries or finely iced cakes. The queue at the Rue Royale store almost curves around the Place de la Madeleine, it really is that popular.
The first time I visited Ladurée was when I treated my mum [...]
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