The name Arnys may not ring a bell for you, but on Paris’ Left Bank, it is a name synonymous with elegance and refined menswear. The house’s only Parisian boutique is located on rue de Sèvres, near the Bon Marché and opposite the location of the future Hermès menswear store. I must have walked...
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Between Sein and Ouessant lays the Iroise sea, a small speck of the Atlantic Ocean, feared for its perilous navigation and famed for its beautiful and diverse ecosystem. It is in those UNESCO-protected marine areas that young bio-luxury brand Iroisie has found the active ingredients for its range of high...
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Monday morning after a long weekend are really hard, especially when something of the magnitude of the Schitbag falls in your inbox. A name like that is either a joke, or someone taking themselves way too seriously. I hope that it’s not pronounced the way my gutter-rolling mind has suggested it was.
Carine R. has...
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Chunwei Liao grew up around paper and cardboard thanks to the family business. Affective links and comprenhension of the medium run deep. It was only logical that PAPERSELF, launched in september 2009, would explore all the different uses of paper with a handpicked theme of designers and engineers.
Always a great fan of false eyelashes,...
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Diane von Furstenberg makes me want a Kindle now. Despite not owning Amazon’s e-book reader, I’m sorely tempted to jump in and get one, just to be able to get these soon-to-be released covers:
Zebra-printed leather Kallie has definitely got my attention, but let’s not forget the canvas Kasi with their big cat, signature and...
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If Tsumori Chisato’s creations can appear exuberant and just too much, en masse, they are worn so differently from one person to the next, by an ever-growing and devoted fanbase -of which this humble person is one. One only needs to watch the show guests to understand. London has Vivienne...
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Wow as we all know Spring has finally sprung. As women we naturally think of Babeis, our own, ours sister’s or brother’s, friends or we just think about them. That is why we had to post this TooCute Two Petit Bateau story.
Two Petit Bateau news in two days, how about that? The next...
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Petit Bateau knows how to get me excited for fall: after Kitsuné’s 2009 collaboration, Japanese designer Tsumori Chisato announced at her A/W 2010-2011 show in Paris last month that she had created a capsule collection for Petit Bateau, due to drop in stores in November.
Babies, children and adults will have their pick of the...
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Originally a geek phenomenon, crowdsourcing is coming to the fashion industry with FashionStake. Imagined by Vivian Weng, the site will allow young designers to raise the funds to launch their brands by allowing supporters to invest a small amount of money.
In return, micro-investors will earn discounts and special offers, such as showroom and show...
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When this green box landed on my desk, I was quite wary of it. L’Occitane wants me to make my own cream? I don’t have a lab to do it in. I put it away for the time being and promised myself I’d take care of it later.
Later happens to be this weekend, since...
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