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H&M’s new fancy line

February 8, 2013

Name: & Other Stories Description: luxurious Birth place: Stockholm, to be raised in rue Saint Honoré, in a boutique in the middle of the parisian designers area After Monki, COS and H&M Weekday, H&M will launch this spring a new brand for all ladies appreciating style and quality. To accomplish this mission, the suedish brand, who recruited designers specialized in luxury for this assignement, is ready to challenge the ready-to-wear designers market with 4 lignes answering to 4 main trends…

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Topshop pops up in France

January 31, 2013

Finally Britain’s high street shop is coming to France. After launching its first local language online sites in French and German at the beginning of the year to optimise interactivity with potential e-commerce customers that connect with the brand through the english Topshop, the brand is ready to take Paris by storm. France and Germany are in attention of the english retailer as their top 5 international market, so the local e-commerce plan followed by a local store is logic….

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Comme des Carrés limited scarf edition

January 16, 2013

After H&M and Louis Vuitton, designer Rei Kawakubo from Comme des Garçons collaborated on a limited silk scarf collection made of two lines with French exclusive brand Hermès. Baptised Noir et Blanc and made of abstract designs in black and white, the collection and main line will be sold through Comme des Garçons stores in Tokyo, Paris and New York. Colour, the second line made of just 6 scarfs with big patchwork, Vichy checks and shirt stripes, will be available…

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Christmas 2012 in Paris and department stores’s windows

December 10, 2012

Christmas in Paris is an exected surprise for all of us: big ones as well as the small ones. So, what is Paris showing us in December? * Le Bon Marché – Christmas on Rive gauche Passage Printemps – Christmas on Rive droite Christmas with Dior at Printemps, Boulevard Haussmann Christmas with Barbie at Galeries Lafayette, Boulevard Haussmann The magic Christmas tree of Galeries Lafayette, Haussmann

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What is peplum?

November 26, 2012

Asked by one of my design class students what it is, I realized that I need to write a post about “peplum” – not only because it is one of this winters essential trends, but because it has several meanings. The original word peplum comes from Greek peplos who means a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece, in the classical period (by 500 before Christ). Peplum cand be: – a short full flounce or…

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The Other Store – l’aventure e-commerce ne croit pas aux larmes

November 19, 2012

Yann est grand, beau, avec un large sourire qui vous entoure. Il aime les bécanes, va se définir comme un geek et semble toujours prêt à faire des blagues pour te mettre à l’aise. Yann Rivoallan est le directeur général de The Other Store, un modèle innovateur de e-business démarré ensemble avec deux autres passionnées fin 2008. Même si Yann est assez pris par ses nouvelles fonctions, il est resté toujours aussi cool et prêt à donner un coup de…

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When inspiration is called Mats Gustafson

November 12, 2012

I have a soft spot for this fashion “illustrateur” – I’m fan since I’ve seen in my teens his “Découpage” serie done for an Italian Vogue if I well remember, in the 90’s. Years after, I  still love his style: pure, light lines and breathtaking beauty. He shows the designer and their pieces or outfits in a very creative way – he’s catching the mood and designer’s reflexion, not just pieces of cloth. So I decided today it’s Mats Gustafson…

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Little black jacket, Chanel & Paris

November 11, 2012

The little black jacket – one of Chanel’s iconic pieces. The perfect subject for us & Code Noir Style. Watching the result of Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld collaboration, it gave another meaning to this classic piece of cloth. Sarah Jessica Parker, Vanessa Paradis, Laeticia Casta, Romain Duris, Kirsten Dunst, Kanye West, Yoko Ono or Claudia Schiffer, Olivier Theysken or Anna Wintour – many and so different personalities got creative under Karl’s mastered eye. Lagerfeld redesigned the famous jacket, making…

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State of Grace

November 11, 2012

“I don’t want to dress up a picture with just my face. “ Grace Kelly Happy Birthday to a lady who was and still is an icon & style example for many of us. Will add two trailers of movies I adore with her and are among my favourite ones, To Catch a Thief and The Rear Window. To Catch a Thief – movie trailer The Rear Window – movie original trailer Photos courtesy to: http://www.eftekasat.net http://frenchfrosting.blogspot.ro http://mikeb63.blogspot.ro – Official…

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“I wear my Ego” – the audio piece of jewelry

November 4, 2012

“Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.” I always loved peacocks, but never thought I’m going to be one some day. “Ego”, “jewelry”, “peacock”, “mask” – these were the words frosting on a sunny autumn morning as well as many other words while talking with master of words Ioana Baldea Constantinescu. Starting from her idea about a certain need today to show the ego like a peacock’s tail and run after…

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