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Ungaro renewed by Giles Deacon Bye bye Lindsey Lohan  - what a hot mess of a quick fling designer  that was - and hello Giles Deacon! I for one am anxious to see what comes down the runway next fashion week. Deacon has taken...

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Kate Moss New Face of Isabel Marant Well if it seems like every other page you turn in you magazine there's a picture of Kate Moss you're probably right. Next to Giselle this girl gets more bang for  (a fashion magazine) book! Madame...

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MIA style and XXXO A while back I went to Colette to pick up a copy of Paper Magazine and they were playing the MAYA album. I went back home and bought it on ITunes - its one of the best albums I've bought this year. I...

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Isabel Toledo + Payless now at Colette This is one shoe combo I'm definitely excited about because it's not just in the US, international shoppers can get a sneak peak at uber-trendy store Colette in Paris. The line is scheduled to hit store...

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Ungaro renewed by Giles Deacon

Category : fashion

Bye bye Lindsey Lohan  - what a hot mess of a quick fling designer  that wasand hello Giles Deacon!


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I for one am anxious to see what comes down the runway next fashion week. Deacon has taken over Emanuel Ungaro as Creative Director.

He is known for his own line since 2004 but has also “spent time at the Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, and Gucci studios, among others, and he’s honed his knack for mixing superior craftsmanship with whimsical irreverence.” according to Style.com

Giles Deacon Ungaro

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Kate Moss New Face of Isabel Marant

Category : ad campaigns

Well if it seems like every other page you turn in you magazine there’s a picture of Kate Moss you’re probably right. Next to Giselle this girl gets more bang for  (a fashion magazine) book!

Madame Kate at the ripe ole age of 36 is doing what many top models, who’ve retired by this point, wish they could, work.

As the new face of chic Parisian label Isabel Marant, Kate brings the face to a Parisian favorite brand that has a cult like following of celebrities. Lets not even get into figures but that kind of marketing move doesn’t come cheap! * I mean they did call in the heavyweight, the big dog.

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Kate Moss Isabel MarantKate Moss for Isabel Marant

I absolutely love the simplicity of the black and white ads, but my only concern is advertising clutter and brand dilution.


Kate is a well known and used face , Isabel Marant to many isn’t an internationally well known brand. Combined with the fact that she’s already doing ads for Longchamp , YSL, Balmain, Topshop and now Just Cavalli isn’t the chances of Isabel Marant getting lost in the Ad clutter is high? Especially in jam-packed mags where after seeing one Kate you’ve basically seen them all.

Or is it that we can never tire of Kate and that she can bring Isabel Marant exactly what they want, more visibility?

Other ads in run:

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kate moss just cavalli

kate moss longchamp

MIA style and XXXO

Category : style, toocute

A while back I went to Colette to pick up a copy of Paper Magazine and they were playing the MAYA album. I went back home and bought it on ITunes – its one of the best albums I’ve bought this year.

I love XXXO ( the remix with Jay Z is a club banger), “Steppin Up” and “It takes a muscle” (on a simple reggae beat)  are some of my favorites from the album that manages to dish out both music you can dance to or just vibe to.

If you’re already a fan this album won’t disappoints as you can still feel the pain, joy and creativity in her music. If you’re new to MIA you’ll probably only like 40% of the album because the other 60% is unlike anything else out there right now on the mainstream airwaves.

Get MAYA , MIA’s new album here amazon.com

On a different note I’ve always admired her daring, playful yet rugged sense of style.

Here’s a shot that I love of MIA in her Timberlands and those shades are from SUPER I believe – love the styling for the cover of Nylon Magazine!

MIA in Timberland boots

via here

Video for MIA XXXO here

Isabel Toledo + Payless now at Colette

Category : toocute

This is one shoe combo I’m definitely excited about because it’s not just in the US, international shoppers can get a sneak peak at uber-trendy store Colette in Paris. The line is scheduled to hit store in the US on September 7th.

Isabel has a quirky artistic side that she tries to bring to her designs that make them anything but mainstream (I’m not really a big fan of the dress she made for Michelle Obama).

Will be taking my new bike out to Colette later today! I’m loving the Moon Rainboot that’s coming out in this collection, the High-Ghillie seems interesting too, but I’m afraid the yellow heel maybe a lot brighter than shown on the images.

Speaking of which “Two key styles in the line are the High Ghillie and a Ballet Flat Ghillie…the Ghillie shoe is an important design originating from Scotland as a smart shoe for walking the wet and muddy countryside. I love the Ghillie because it’s unique and practical. My Ghillies explore the allure of high style at a comfortable price. They complement the daring urban gladiator leg or a discreet workers’ pant.”

Can’t wait, shop online at Payless.com

isabel toledo payless + colette paris

More on Isabel Toledo -

Cuban born Isabel Toledo attended both The Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design in New York, but credits her real training to an internship with Diana Vreeland at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Toledo, a global fashion icon, became an international household name last year for the “Lemongrass” Day Dress she designed for Michelle Obama to wear to her husband’s inauguration.  She is an inventor of many signature looks and has been described as a “cult figure” by the New York Times , one of the “100 designers that count” by Women’s Wear Daily and “an important raw talent” by Vogue.

In 1998 Toledo and husband Ruben Toledo were the subject of the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology exhibit, “Toledo-Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion,” which chronicled their seventeen years of collaboration in design and art. The exhibit has since traveled to Kent State University Museum in Ohio, The Museum at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and in part to The Kunts Haus Museum in Vienna, the Hayward Gallery in London and Parco Gallery on Tokyo.

isabel toledo at colette store in paris

It’s a new dawn a new day

Category : bits and pieces

…And I’m feeling good

sometime you have to go thruough shit to realize that the harder the battle the sweeter the victory.

now I’m well rested, calmer, wiser and ready for the grand entry.

To my readers thank you for your well wishes and still reading.  I love you!

xoxo