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Mix & Match your look with Mango
CHERIE CITY PROMOTION: Major fashion retailers have upped their e-commerce game immensely over the past year, but Mango wins the trophy for the most fun, interactive online shopping experience. Similar to Cher’s computerised wardrobe on Clueless, Mango offers shoppers a … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Fashion, Shopping, Stores, Websites
Tagged Accessories, AW10 high street, bobo, chic, clothes label, e-commerce, fashion label, fashion website, high street store, Left Bank chic, Mango, mid-priced women's clothes, mix & match, Paris, Parisian look, Parisienne, shopping web tool, Spanish clothing label, the marais, womenswear
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Olympia Le-Tan’s AW 10-11 collection at colette
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Designers, Paris, Shopping
Tagged 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
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Colette Opens Beauty Pharmacie
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, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, France, Paris, Shopping, Stores
Tagged Aesop, beauty pharmacy, beauty products, Bumble & Bumble, Christophe Robin, Colette, Colette 10, Colette 10 CD, Colette compilation album, Colette music compilation, Colette Paris, Colette Pharmacie, concept store Paris, France, French cosmetics, hair accessories, Hair Designaccess, hairband, headband, James Brown, Jamie XX, Joëlle Ciocco, Juliette has a gun, kiehls, Korner, La Pharmacie, Lanvin, Le Labo, Maison Michel, Marie Branellec, Michel Gaubert, Miu Miu, para-pharmacie, Paris, rue Saint-Honore, The XX, Uslu Airlines
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Chérie lust-have: Karl Lagerfeld x Diet Coke
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Designers, Fashion, News, Shopping
Tagged Alicia Drake, Baptiste Giacobini, Chanel, Coca Cola, Coco Rocha, Colette, Colette Paris, Côte d'Azur, designer drink, Diet Coke, fashion designer, iPod, Kaiser Karl, Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld Diet Coke, Karl Lagerfeld teddy bear, Lalique crystal, limited edition Diet Coke bottle, Mini Karl Tokidoki, Paris, Selfridges, The Beautiful Fall
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From the catwalk to the lobby…
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Hotels - Design, Hotels - Luxury, Milan, News, Paris
Tagged alice in wonderland, Armani Hotels, art hotel, bento box, Bulgari Resort Bali, Charles Rennie Macintosh, christian lacroix, Clandestino restaurant, Claridges, colourful sushi, Cucina restaurant, Design Hotel, Diane Von Fürstenberg, Dominican Republic, Donatella Versace, DVF, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Old Town, fashion hotel, George IV Bridge, Giorgio Locatelli, Hôtel Bellechasse, Hôtel du Petit Moulin, Hotel Missoni, Hotel Philosophy, Italian designer, italy, Jamaica, left bank, Locanda Locatelli, luxury hotel, Maison Moschino, Matteo Thun, Mattia Camorani, Milan, Moreno Cedroni, Mos kit, Moschino, New York, Oscar de la Renta, Palazzo Versace, Paris, Proud to be Woman CD, Ralph Lauren, Rezidor hotel group, Rosella Jardini, Rosita Missoni, Round Hill House, Scotland, the marais, the Seine, Tortuga Bay, trompe l'oeil, Viale Monte Grappa
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IKEA takes over Paris Métro!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Stores
Tagged Champs-Elysées Clémenceau, commute, Concorde, couch, Ektorp, furnishings, furniture company, guerilla, IKEA, Karlstad, living room, London, London transport system, Opéra, Paris, Paris metro, pop-up, pop-up lounge, Saint-Lazare, sofa, sofas, sofas in the metro, underground
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French Connection go ‘ooh la la’ for Spring!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Shopping, Stores, Videos
Tagged Anglo-French, belle bete, classic clothes, cocktail dress, cocktails dress, Fashion, FCUK, feminine tailoring, franglais, French cinema, French Connection, French Connection campaign, French Connection Man, French Connection Woman, high end high street, high street store, jane birkin, LBD, New Wave cinema, Nouvelle Vague, Paris, Parisian style, Sebastien Tellier, serge gainsbourg, soft tailoring, spring/summer 10, The Man, The Woman, tuxedo, tuxedo jacket, video advert
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Yves Saint Laurent honoured in epic Paris retrospective
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Designers, Exhibitions, Fashion, France, News, Paris
Tagged androynous, Avenue Marceau, beatnik, Catherine Deneuve, catwalk, Chanel, Chinoiserie, Christian Bérard, christian dior, designer, Dior, Fashion, Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, France, Jacques de Bascher, Jeanloup Sieff, La Villaine Lulu, Le Smoking, Lou Lou de la Falaise, major retrospective, masculine tailoring, May 1968, Morocco, Paloma Picasso, Paris, Paris riots, Petit Palais, Pierre Bergé, safari jacket, Scandale collection, Thadee Klossowski, tuxedo, YSL, yves saint laurent
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Liberty says ‘merci’!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Fashion, France, London, News, Paris, Shopping, Stores
Tagged 3rd arrondissement, A.P.C, Accueil des Sans Abri, annick goutal, Bernard Cohen, Bonpoint, Boulevard Beaumarchais, carnaby street, central London, Chloé, chloe sevigny, clothes shop, department store, Designers, florist, France, Isabel Marant, Liberty, Liberty florals, liberty of london, loft space, London, Madagascar, marais, Marie France Cohen, marni, merci, merci concept store, Paris, philanthropic store, Regent Street, soft furnishings, YSL
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