Karl Lagerfeld, fashion mega-mogul, is opening his first concept store in February 2013 during Paris Fashion Week on the artsy Rive Gauche or Left Bank. Located in the heart of charming St Germain des Près, the store is a short distance from Café de Flore, a favorite local Parisian haunt, and the ...
La Bayadère de la Beaute at Jean Paul Gaultier S/S 2013 Couture
Inspired by India and the sheer beauty of their crowned jewel, the magnificent Taj Mahal, Jean Paul Gaultier sent models down the runway resembling Bollywood princesses and haute gypsies at his Spring/Summer 2013 couture show. Energy permeated throughout the grand hall as the tribal drums began to ...
Julien Fournié (Cité de l’architecture & du Patrimoine)
As the designer Julien Fournié ran a Mercurian- shoed lap around the catwalk at the finale of his show, he wore the spirit of the collection on his face. Injected with whimsy and rebellion, Fournié was defined by high skirt slits, focal point detailing and covetable ornamentation. Boxy ...
Alexis Mabille’s Spring/Summer 2013 Couture Collection Thinks Pink!
“Think pink! think pink! when you want that quel-que chose” a lyric from one of the opening scenes of Stanley Donen’s “Funny Face” came to mind at Alexis Mabille’s Spring/Summer 2013 Couture show. The all pink runway was adorned with dramatically sized vases filled with pink flowers to mirror his ...
Trimming the Hedges: A Blossoming Collection of Dior Couture
Raf Simons pruned his own magnificent spring garden Monday afternoon behind Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries in his second couture show for the house of Dior. The key to pruning is to know when to prune what. Simons proved his mastery as both gardener and designer with his new Spring/Summer 2013 ...
