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Paris Haute Couture S/S 10: Futuristic vs Historical
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Designers, Fashion, France, Paris
Tagged Alice Dellal, Armani Privé, belle epoque, blush, Chanel, Charles Lamb, chiffon, christian dior, couture, diane pernet, Duchesse satin, Edwardian, evening wear, Fashion, fashion editors, fluorescent, Gibson Girls, Givenchy, Grazia, John Galliano, Lady Gaga, Maria Grazia Chiuri, neon, nudes, Pam Hogg, Paris, Paris couture show, Paula Reed, Pier Paolo Piccioli, spring/summer 10, stephen jones, Style Rookie, Suzy Menkes, tailoring, Tavi, Tavi Gevinson, valentino, Valentino red dress, WWD
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Mark and Josephine snuggle up for Zadig & Voltaire
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Designers, Fashion, France, London, News, Paris, Photography, Shopping, Stores
Tagged Accessories, advert, alexander wang, avant-garde designers, bcbg, Charlotte Kemp-Muhl, clothes, designer clothes, France, Gareth Pugh, Givenchy, GQ, Jalouse, Jalouse magazine, Josephine de la Baume, leather bags, Mark Ronson, Number 6, olivier zahm, Opening Ceremony, Paris, Purple, Purple Diary, Purple magazine, Ricardo Tisci, Rick Owens, Rodarte, Sean Lennon, Spring campaign, spring/summer 10, The Kooples, Thierry Gillier, Zadig & Voltaire
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Guest photo blog: Steven Marshall – From London to Paris with Diana…
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Guest posts, London, Paris, Photography
Tagged analogue equipment, Art, art blog, art degree, art school, artist, Baudelaire, broken camera, Central Saint Martins, Countless Formulas, diana camera, Edgar Allen Poe, Fine Art, flâneur, lomography, London, observation, Paris, photo journal, photographs, Photography, Plaza Athenee, psychogeography, Steven Marshall, street photography, urban landscape
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Bon café @ Beaubourg
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Cafes, Paris
Tagged art gallery, artists, bcbg, beaubourg, cafe, Cafe Beaubourg, café crème, central Paris, Centre Pompidou, chatelet, costes cafe, croque madame, exhibition, fashion cafe, Fontaine Stravinski, fourth arrondissement, France, french salad, hotel costes, Hôtel-de-Ville, la Seine, le Marais, marais, Paris, pierre soulage, place georges pompidou, Rambuteau, Rue St-Merri
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Left Bank Book Boutique: Assouline
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, France, Paris, Shopping, Stores
Tagged american fashion cookbook, art books, assouline, book shop, books, borders, christian dior, coffee table books, council of fashion designers of america, DVF, fashion books, fashion cookbook, foyles, isaac mizrahi, julien clasessens, left bank, marc jacobs, marie-antoinette, martha stewart, michael kors, nina ricci, olivier theyskens, Paris, phaidon, rue Bonaparte, saint-germain, taschen, the other side of the picture, tory burch, yohji yamamoto
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Last treat in Paris at Ladurée
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Afternoon tea, Cafes, France, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged 75 avenue des champs elysées, cakes, caramel, chocolat chaud Ladurée, coffee, crème patisserie, jacques garcia, laduree, les deux magots, macaron pomme caramel, macaroons, macchiato, millefeuille, noisette, Paris, pastel, pastries, patisserie, place de la madeleine, religieuse, Religieuse à la Rose, Religieuse à la Violette, Rue de Rivoli, Rue Royale, saint-germain, spiced apple macaroon, tea, thick hot chocolate
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Dinner at La Fidélité
It takes a special kind of restaurant to lure models to the dodgy Rue Saint-Denis area of eastern Paris to munch on bloodied steak and chocolate fondant. Colette’s Fashion Week dinner for Alexander Wang at La Fidélité was well-documented in the … Continue reading
Posted in France, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged 10 arrondissement, alexander wang, André, brasserie, brioche pain perdu, brouilly, canal saint-martin, Chateau d'Eau, chocolate fondant, Colette, dasha zhukova, Eastern Paris, entrecote, Gare de l'Est, la clique, lara stone, les zingot, Lionel Bensemoun, lou doillon, milla jovovich, natasha poly, olivier zahm, Paris, Paris fashion week, rue de la fidélité, rue saint-denis, steak, traditional French food
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Chasing Napoleon at Palais de Tokyo
The Palais de Tokyo has always been missed off my Paris itinerary, so this time we got there straight after breakfast to check out the new exhibition, Chasing Napoleon. The museum is housed in the original Palais de Tokyo, built in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cafes, Exhibitions, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged -30 degrees, 500 euros, alma-marceau, André, antijour, art gallery, Avenue du Président Wilson, black block, cafeteria, chasing napoleon, contemporary art, fafi, fotoautomat, free yourself!, fuck it, hannah rickards, japan, la clique, librairie, love graffiti, Micol Assaël, nathaniel knows, nomiya, palais de tokyo, Paris, quiche and salad, robert kusmirowski, rose raspberry cake, russia, Ryan Gander, serge gainsbourg, siberian, theodore kaczynski, tokyo eat, tokyo self, tony matelli, unabomber, vorkuta
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Left Bank luxury at Hotel Lutetia
My last Paris trip was spent discovering the up-and-coming, artistic corners of eastern Paris from my industrial-chic base at Mama Shelter, but this time, I was ready to get back to the literary, jazz-filled boulevards of the Left Bank. As … Continue reading
Posted in France, Hotels, Hotels - Luxury, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged 1910, african interior, annick goutal, Arman, Arman suite, art deco, belle epoque, Boulevard Raspail, concorde hotels and resorts, Eiffel Tower, Hotel Lutetia, jardin de luxembourg, junior suite, l'Eau d'Hadrien, l'Ernest Bar, la brasserie lutetia, lancel, le bar Lutèce, le bon marche, le lutetia, le Paris restaurant, left bank, leon binet, literary suite, louis hippolyte boileau, luxury hotel, macaroons, Mama Shelter, Monmasseur, Paris, paul belmondo, philippe ferrandis, Philippe Renard, Rive Gauche, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, salon borghese, Slavik, sonia rykiel, suite La Parisienne, Sybille de Margerie, taittinger
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