I was a willing walking billboard for Kenzo on Sunday as I donned a mix Kenzo knit, leopard spots, some stompin' shoes and a quilted blanket for extra warmth to accost front row guests arriving at the beautiful and iconic location of La Samaritaine for the Kenzo A/W 13-4 show. In truth, I was only… Continue reading Eye for an Eye
Month: March 2013
Haute Couture One Hundred
"Everybody who is doing ‚Äúanother‚Äù couture is doing haute couture. Haute couture is about different clothes – 'another' couture." Olivier Saillard, director of the Mus√©e Galliera in Paris, proposed a less than rigorous and slightly blurred line of definition of haute couture, when I spoke to him at his latest curation project – the Paris… Continue reading Haute Couture One Hundred
Hats and Thoughts
I'm chortling to myself at the ways bloggers are suddenly figuring into the Paris Fashion Week schedule. We've seen the blogger breakfast/brunches pervade social media strategies of brands but never did I think I'd be popping along to one during Paris Fashion Week. At Dior of all places. Yesterday morning, just before Chanel, for the… Continue reading Hats and Thoughts
Outsider In
>> Google the artist Dan Michiels and you're unlikely to come up with much, save for a profile page on Creativity Explored, the website of an organisation in San Francisco that works and aids artists with developmental disabilities. That may change though now that Comme des Garcons debuted six stunning silhouettes at the end of… Continue reading Outsider In