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As a student, I used to wear very long hair. My hair is straight, but fine – you know the type when the number of hair is ok, but they are so fine that no hairdresser can make a single lock last for more than 10 minutes. I was a little worried because, if I was very proud of it, in my family nobody had strong, healthy hair. Father (and later my brother) lost most of it before the age…
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I grew up in jeans. I lived in them and at almost 70 years of age I proudly say it. I always tried to keep them for as long as possible. I know quality is something you take care of if you want it to last. Therefore, here are some ideas on how to use your jeans best. Certainly each of you may know a part of these advices, but as I probably know more, I probably am the best….
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So far, Karl Lagerfeld, 81, was and is a huge inspirational character for me and certainly for many others. Ageless, the designer of 17 collections per year absorbs trends, styles and “l’air du temps” in a very personal way, over stepping fashion, standards or the simple idea of hype. Highly spirited, mischievous and hard working, Lagerfeld-the man has a great sense of humour and dialogue who’s keeping him as effervescent as a vitamin C. Eccentric seems a word created for…
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The exhibition held at the Paris’s Museum of Decorative Arts was an amazing experience, both visual and creative. As 2015 is the year of French-Korean cultural partnership, this event celebrating South Korea was highly expected and I must say, I was far from imagining such beauty. As a true game changer in fashion and design, the exhibition showed also how traditional crafts adapt to modern ideas and global demands. With a non-chronological structure, the central idea is build around the…
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Dear all, Starting today, I’m happy to share some useful advices with you. Here one about how to clean silver and jewels (NOT if they have amber, pearl or coral, only silver and gold jewelry with mineral stones). I knew since long that baking soda (soda bicarbonat) is very useful in many different ways : to heal mouth ulcers, to brush teeth, to replace the ready prepared baking powder (by blanding soda bicarbonat with lemon juice), etc. But the miracle…
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When I saw the sky today, at this precise moment, I was stunned. And tried all rational explanations you-know-this-is-about-the-light-and-angle before getting to darling-just-enjoy-it. This looked so much more like a FX rather than a natural thing, that I decided it deserved a post on Code Noir Style. And tried more than 10 minutes to get the impressive feeling while having something like this above your head. In vain.
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Yesterday was the opening of Scorsese’s exhibition and retrospective in Paris, after Berlin, Turin and Geneva. Stars, celebrities and a lot of enthusiasm and love for the american director who came just for the french premiere, declaring “Finally I feel home”. And it wasn’t cheesy PR.
Continue readingIf I’ve been one of Jane Birkin’s admirers it was first because of her relaxed and cheeky style. She dared being herself while in the spotlight as John Barry or Serge Gainsbourg lover. Who doesn’t remember her evening looks when in 1977 she added a straw basket to a very long & glittery trousers and it was perfect. Called a haute- hippie, Birkin was BoHo before even the idea of bohemian chic was born. But that’s not the reason of…
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One of things I like about England is the food (my French family and friends will not take this personal) – I love exploring new dishes and I always go for the unknown. This time, at a lunch in the South, I went with friends in a place called The Stabble. A cozy, laid-back place where you can sit for hours, not far from the seaside. Here I was to have one of my biggest culinary surprise – the Stabble’s…
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One of the projects I worked with a lot of pleasure this year was Noemi Meilman’s Book Cover Tee’s. Because it was a creative idea involving special people and because the main idea is to donate all profit to two romanian animal associations, Iubirre and Red Panda. And I was very honored to be part of it. On a T-shirt designed by amazing Lucian Broscatean and Noemi, I tried to figure out the ideal book cover for me. Early in…
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Cannes 2014 film festival started today, so we thought of our favourite French movie – especially to take a look back of surprising poster made for them. A japanese poster for Alain Delon & Romy Schneider’s movie “La Piscine” or “Les Choses” de la vie in Spanish ? As we found them while searching for the original posters, we couldn’t keep the results just for us. Well, we didn’t got foreign version for all of them… Have fun and maybe…
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