Archive for February, 2011

Paris Fashion week is March 1st to 9th and if you’ll be in town there are many fashionable happenings off the catwalks.

Colette + Chanel

Parisian “cool” shop Colette will be teaming up with fashion powerhouse Chanel to present a pop-up store including pieces from Chanel and young Up & coming designers curated by Colette.

We’ll let the press release take over from here “fashion, visual arts and musical performances, resulting in a fun-fuelled, creative mix by Chanel and Colette with a rock ‘n’ roll vibe. The headlining creations from Chanel Spring-Summer 11 collection will be juxtaposed with a selection from young designers chosen by Colette. Classic Chanel bags and this season’s bag designs will be originally customised by various artists.  ÉRES [the swimwear brand owned by Chanel] will be included in the mix with pieces from its collection in a palette of black and iridescent hues that will beautifully contrast with Maison MICHEL’s spotted veils. Also waiting to be discovered, or rediscovered, is a selection of books published byÉditions 7L and back issues of Visionaire magazine. ”

STORE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 1 : between 4pm and 6pm
Kevin Lyons, designer and illustrator, will be customising bags
Wednesday, March 2 : between 3pm and 6pm
Camellia demonstration by a LEMARIÉ craftsman
Thursday, March 3 : between 4pm and 6pm
The illustrator Soledad will be customising bags
Friday, March 4 : from 5pm
Harpsichord performance by the pianist and composer Maxence Cyrin,
Saturday, March 5 : between 3pm and 6pm
Graffiti artist André will be customising bags
Monday, March 7 : between 4pm and 6pm
Graffiti artist Fafi will be customising bags
Tuesday, March 8 : between 3pm and 6pm
CHANEL nail bar
Wednesday, March 9 : between 4pm and 6pm
SO-ME, graphic artist and illustrator, will be customising bags
Thursday, March 10 : between 3pm and 6pm
CHANEL nail bar

Where : 336-340 rue Saint-Honoré

Metro 1 – Tulleries.

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Also not to be missed

YSL Revolution Exhibition – Expo Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

on the revolution of ready-to-wear from March 5th to July 17th.

Where: La Fondation Pierre Berge Paris

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Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent
5, avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris
Tél. +33 (0)1 44 31 64 00

Metro 9 – Alma – Marceau

Espace d’exposition
3, rue Léonce Reynaud, 75116 Paris
Open Tuesdays to Sundays, except Holidays
11AM to 6PM
Up to 9PM on Thursdays.
Tél. +33 (0)1 44 31 64 31

Fee: 7€
Reduced Price : 5€ for students and seniors.

Here are some of my favorite picks from this years 83rd Annual Academy Awards show held in California. I’m a huge Awards show junkie and was kind of pissed I couldnt watch it live, but I was following via AOL here and I’m so happy for Colin Firth!

The New Nudes:

Cate Blanchett, in Givenchy Haute Couture.              Michelle Williams, in Chanel Haute Couture

Mandy Moore, in Monique Lhuillier.          Halle Berry, in Marchesa.

Words can’t begin to express how much I love Cate’s dress!

The Couples:

Javier Bardem, in Gucci, with Penélope Cruz, in L’Wren Scott.             Sunrise Ruffalo with Mark Ruffalo.

Glad to see Penelope and Javier looking so happy and healthy after the birth of their son. Does anyone know who made the dress that Sunrise Rufflalo is wearing, she killed it.

Camila Alves, in Kaufman Franco, with Matthew McConaughey, in Dolce & Gabbana.     Livia Firth with Colin Firth, in Tom Ford.

Matthew has such a beautiful wife – and that dress with the long V cut doesn’t hurt either.

Christian Bale, in Gucci, with Sibi Blazic.      Annette Bening, in Naeem Khan, with Warren Beatty.

Annette and Warren still going strong, Kudos!

The Others:

Natalie Portman, in Rodarte.      Jesse Eisenberg, in Band of Outsiders.

Love the black suit from Band of Outsiders, almost looks like a Tom Ford.

Hilary Swank, in Gucci Premiere.     Hailee Steinfeld, in Marchesa.

Melissa Leo, in Marc Bouwer.             Celine Dion in Armani Prive.

I’m a bit worried for Celine, the dress  looks dashing but this Armani dress looks very constricting.

oh, but ♫my hear will go on♫

To see more photo from the best dressed at the Academy Awards, go here.

What do you think, who was your best dressed?

xoxo

I’m a devoted reader of Shopbop Lookbooks, they are always so chuck full of stuff I wish I could stuff in my closet!

One such Lookbook featured some pretty cool and unknown bloggers ( to me anyways), one of them was Carol from Milk and Mode .  Like the blog title suggests it a lot to do with food and fashion. Two of my favorite things.

I especially loved her post on the best cookbooks to give and get 2010 ( yes please!)  I live for recipes and cookbooks!

My recent purchase was a Marabout book on Vegetables called “Legumes” ( SEE ABOVE PHOTO – hey! Did I tell you guys that I found a YvesSaint Laurent Coloring book?!  Yes I did! and of all places it was at my In-Laws house..random, I know) and it about as thick as an encyclopedia but small enough to hold in one hand. I’m living by it as I write this, and thinking of ways to substitute everything meat with fish and vegetables.

If you’re like me and live in a big city with a small kitchen and a busy schedule with a flair for fashion, you’ll love  Milk and Mode too.

I should add, that I did try this Mac & Cheese recipe, but I dare not embarras myself by posting the photos. It was delicious but it didn’t look this good. I substituted the Cheddar for Mimolette cheese.

I’ve been meaning to post this outfit for the last 5 days now! But I’ve been so busy freelancing. So please bear with me, pretty please.

Last week was still cold and a bit wet here in Paris, but I’m starting to feel the sunshine ( even if it was for only 1 hour today ) I know, I’m the eternal optimist, I can’t help myself!

We went to see Black Swan and I loved Natalie’s acting – you could tell she must have really immersed herself in the role – so yes, I think she deserve an award, Mila Kunis was great and Vinent Cassel was sexy. But I saw it on an afternoon – when I really wanted to watch something “light” and so I left the theatre feeling like ” that was a bit melodramatic”. Terrible I know! Go see it for yourself and let me know what you think.

Last week started off great with a bit of vintage shopping with friends - I bought this Celine belt and a small Dior purse – in sort of like an 1950 themed warehouse, with antique furniture, vintage jewelry and clothes, musicians and even a proper barber giving men haircut reminiscent of John Travolta in Grease. It was so cool! I’ll be back in March and I’ll share some photos then.

Here ladies and gentlemen is one of my lovely vintage finds: Black and Gold Celine belt ( a la Hermes Collier de Chien, non?)

I usually wear my hair loose and out, but this “chignon”  hair bun thing is starting to grow on me.

Do you see what’s below my heels? It says in french, ” Do you want some bread?”

photos by my hubby

Thats all folks, ’til next time.

xoxo

Here is every single photo from my issue of L’officiel March 2011, with Beyonce in Black face makeup. These photos have many people all worked up over her make-up. It’s just make-up used for artistic expression. I think she looks beautiful either way, dark or light skinned.

But how do you feel?

P.S. the photos were re-shot from the magazine with my camera, as I don’t have the patience to scan anything.

xoxo