Live blogging from Colette in Paris, introducing Kanye to Sylvia Fendi? And for the record, I sort of love Kanye for many of the reasons people hate him -- I sort of love that he's fine with being a big, huge baby. Also for the record: I've been to Paris but never Colette, and Marketing VP of Colette, if you're reading this, you should DEFINITELY fly some floggers out there, and two of those floggers should ABSOLUTELY be me and MKHo.
Also in the Times: eating OUT, drinking IN! And speaking of weight: this model is like SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fat! Gross, right?
Well it has been a while since I sent you a picture postcard, apologies for that. I am going to make up for it though with sharing a confession with you, I quite like how Mark Ronson dresses. Yes, it is a little faux Beatles (after recently catching him on that god awful Lily Allen show) and I am not a fan of his a producer/musician (in my opinion adding a brass section every single time does not a remix make), I even dislike his weird voice but I do like that he is bringing a little old school style to the Awards Bashes (Best British Male...really, whatever happened to Robbie Williams...). Am I crazy?
Yes. Yes you are. I have no idea what he dresses like as I can't get past his annoying, continually bored looking face. Sorry, I know I've said that we should try to be positive on the blog, but I can't stand that man.
The lively and colorful Moschino Cheap & Chic's Spring-Summer 2008 Ad Campaign stars Lera S., Inna P., Claudia S. and photographed by Patrick Demarchelier.
Paris Fashion Week for 2008 was over. It was on it's full swing last week and for sure it made the audience utter some "ohhs" and "ahhs" while the fashion houses and their models walked on the runway with their fashion collection.
The critics (professional and non-professional) have spoken and the world's hottest designers probably have heard their cries. But among the critics' comments I have read, Lindsay Ferrier has the best. It's from a mom's point of view but I think singles can still relate to it.
Here are some of the "funny" fashion outfits from different designers. To view more photos and Lindsay's take on these outfits, visit Suburban Turmoil.
As Friday night was a boozy farewell with my workmates I had to do something different the following night, so off I went to the busy, media centre that is the BFI Southbank to watch one of the most stylish films that I have ever seen, Bertolluci's 'Il Conformista'. It was a visual masterpiece, blurring the lines between photography and art with a masterful display of light, shadow and of course wardrobe! This is the film that made Bernardo Bertolucci's international reputation, The Conformist (based on Alberto Moravia's novel) is equal parts film noir, Freudian melodrama, and political commentary. Unfortunately the volume of quality film stills from the film are few and far between so I will have to use the efforts on youtube to back up these ramblings of an adoring fan.
The opening scenes of the film just made me sit up and listen, the hangover was now long forgotten. We see Trintignant take out his recently acquired accessory (a gun) to complete his new look.
A sensual political period drama, The Conformist (aka Il Conformista) stars the quite brilliant Jean-Louis Trintignant as Marcelo Clerici, a weak-willed Italian who has embraced Mussolini and his Brown Shirts. Encouraged to embrace conformity by his new bride, Giulia (Sandrelli), Clerici finds that his French honeymoon is to double as an attempt on the life of his former teacher (Tarascio), now a political dissident living in exile. Packed off to Paris with a pistol and some great suits, it slowly emerges that Marcelo has a twisted personal history in which sex and violence go hand in hand.
One of my christmas presents was a pair of leather gloves, all I need is a similar hat and I will try and replicate the above look. Obviously the backdrop of Paris and pretty lady as accessory can helps create the stylish scene.
This is a style blog though and in my childish excitement I can stray from the point of this post 'What is the point of this post' I hear you ask, well, the film is a cinemagraphic demonstration of how a man should dress...how I want to dress! One of the most visually striking aspects of the film for me was the perfected shirt length. It is always well talked about when discussing men's style and everyone has their own opinon (I like the Sartorialist's take on the matter), mine is that Jean-Louis Trintignant demonstrates how it should be done. Jean-Louis Trintignant is an actor as at home in spaghetti westerns (The Big Silence) as in human dramas (Three Colours: Red). However, he was never more beautiful nor more brilliant than as Clerici.
As it is Mothers Day today you should use the above example of what to wear whilst walking back home with the gift of flowers. Just look at the amouint of cuff on show, the perfect cut of the suit and the commendable choice in headwear. Why on earth don't people dress like this anymore?
I urge you to go and see this film which is almost Wellsian in its baroque flamboyance, all luxurious lighting and colours, sweeping camera movements and ornate design. The emotionally expressive lighting of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has attracted much comment and acclaim. Storaro – who would go on to win Academy Awards for Apocalypse Now, Reds and The Last Emperor – describes thus his approach to the scenes set in Fascist Rome: 'I wanted to show through light the idea of claustrophobia, of being caged. I used the idea that light could never reach the shadows, so that there was a distinct separation between the shadows and the light.' . The below clip is one of my favourite parts of the film and beautifully demonstrates why you should see this film.
Gentile colorate sunt prezente pe toate podiumurile de prezentare, in toate colectiile de primavara-vara ale designerilor, de la Celine pana la Versace sau Marc Jacobs. Rihanna la Paris Fashion Week Mary Kate Olsen cu geanta Dior Victoria cu o Hermes Birkin bag rosie Rachel Bilson a ales o geanta roz Miu Miu Jessica Simpson cu o geanta semnata tot Miu Miu Jennifer Love Hewitt cu o geanta Chanel albastra
De obicei, despre Victoria Beckham se spune ca seamana cu un robot sau un extraterestru pentru ca zambeste foarte rar si are intotdeauna o atitudine ferma. Cei de la Vogue Australia au asemanat-o cu personaje din desene animate: cu Wilma din "The Flinstones", cu Cruella De Vil din "101 Dalmatieni", imbracata in jacheta din pene Sonia Rykiel arata ca o pasare, iar in rochia verde Marc Jacobs ca o testoasa Ninja.
Live blogging from Colette in Paris, introducing Kanye to Sylvia Fendi? And for the record, I sort of love Kanye for many of the reasons people hate him -- I sort of love that he's fine with being a big, huge baby. Also for the record: I've been to Paris but never Colette, and Marketing VP of Colette, if you're reading this, you should DEFINITELY fly some floggers out there, and two of those floggers should ABSOLUTELY be me and MKHo.
