Paris-based designer, DJ and society gal, Olympia Le-Tan has launched her second collection of minaudières and bags at colette, based on her favourite classic novels. Following her first full collection of luxuriously crafted clutch bags for the Paris concept store last year, Olympia has expanded the collection and diversified into equally covetable suitcases, tote bags [...]
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Olympia Le-Tan’s AW 10-11 collection at colette
August 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Accessories, Designers, Paris, Shopping
Tags: André·Andre Saraiva·Colette·concept store Paris·crafted bag·embroidery·handmade·handmade purse·handsewn·hardback book clutch bag·illustrated handbag·minaudiere·Monsieur A·Olympia Le-Tan·Paris·Paris DJ·Paris society·Pierre Le-Tan·Purple Diary Boutique·tote bag
Colette Opens Beauty Pharmacie
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Beauty, France, Paris, Shopping, Stores
Colette staff swap their Lanvin pastel quilted jackets for Margiela-style white coats at their new first floor Pharmacie – an espace beauté, dedicated to their favourite cosmetics and skincare products from around the world. Offering personally-tailored advice and a cool, clinical environment for men and women, La Pharmacie brings together Colette’s tried and tested products [...]
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Chérie lust-have: Karl Lagerfeld x Diet Coke
April 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Designers, Fashion, News, Shopping
First came the covetable Karl Lagerfeld teddy bear, then the Mini Karl Tokidoki figure, and now the Kaiser has lent his image to the latest limited edition Diet Coke bottle. Designing the bottle featuring his silhouette and a hot pink bottle top, Karl also indulged his other life passion and shot the campaign featuring Coco [...]
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From the catwalk to the lobby…
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Edinburgh, Hotels - Design, Hotels - Luxury, Milan, News, Paris
Fashion hotels are spreading like wild fire and any designer worth their salt has translated their style DNA into interiors and furnishing. It seems like a no brainer that fashion designers should try their hand at designing hotels. They have commercially proved their innate sense of style and obsessive eye for detail and are already [...]
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IKEA takes over Paris Métro!
March 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Paris, Stores
Clever IKEA have read commuters’ minds and made the underground more like home. For two weeks, four Paris Métro platforms will host relaxing pop-up lounges with dozens of sofas lamps and wallpaper bookcases. IKEA are promoting their best selling Ektorp and Karlstad sofas in some of the busiest stations in central Paris and they must [...]
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French Connection go ‘ooh la la’ for Spring!
February 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Fashion, Shopping, Stores, Videos
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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