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Category Archives: Colette
Manish Down At Paco Rabanne, Get Your “Yeezy” Necklace Now, And More…
What’s a week in fashion news without the swing of a revolving door? Word came this morning that Paco Rabanne and its artistic director, Manish Arora, have parted ways after two seasons. [WWD]Kanye West’s $6,000 hoof heels aren’t the only items from his clothing collection to make their way into an actual store; Colette is [...] Continue reading
Parris, London
The English designer Louisa Parris has proper Brit credentials—the clipped accent, the Central Saint Martins degree—but her designs are as inspired by San Francisco, the city she called home for several years before returning to London, as by her native turf.Parris studied womenswear at Saint Martins, but when a job at Apple beckoned her then-boyfriend/now-husband, [...] Continue reading
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Colette And Style.com Spotlight Fashion’s Key Players
Strollers on rue Saint-Honoré this week got a dose of Style.com/Print: the new issue of the magazine is currently keeping company at Colette, where one of the mega-store’s windows is dedicated to the issue and its theme, Fashion Behind Closed Doors. Parisians can head to Colette through the end of the week for a peek.
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Posted in Colette, Social intelligence, Style.com/Print
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Colette’s Sweet 15
What do you do when another chic, Champagne-filled bash just doesn’t cut it anymore? Well, if you’re Colette, the Paris superstore that has been packing the coolest fashion, art, and music into one irresistible shopping experience since 1997, turning 15 calls for extraordinary measures. So Colette’s founder, Sarah Andelman, followed suit and thought big for [...] Continue reading
Posted in Colette, Colette Carnaval, Ed Banger Records, Julien David, Olympia Le Tan, Sarah Andelman, Social intelligence, Yazbukey
Tagged #Carven, #Kenzo
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The Carnaval Is Coming To Town
Native Parisians have had their hands (and streets) full this week during the Paris collections, when a tide of editors, stylists, celebrities, and assorted hangers-on flooded into town for the shows. The season wraps up today, and when the pros head home, the Parisians will have a reward to look forward to: the epic, 15th [...] Continue reading
Posted in A Bathing Ape, A.P.C., Carhartt, Colette, Darcel, Dept. of culture, Maison Michel, Olympia Le Tan
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Fifteen Years Of Colette In 150 One-Eyed Collaborators
Sarah Andelman’s pathbreaking Paris boutique Colette celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and the fêtes are already well under way. The crowning bash will be an enormous carnival in the Tuileries, with booths and stalls by the store’s friends and vendors. But before that, Andelman turned to illustrator Craig Redman, creator of the cult-followed blog [...] Continue reading
Kanye West’s Shoe Collab, Christopher Kane For Dior? And More
Kanye West is prepping to show his second collection in Paris, but in between working on his own line, he collaborated with Aussie label Dion Lee on footwear. West’s black pointed-toe heels were part of Dion Lee’s debut presentation at London fashion week. [Grazia Daily]It has been a year since John Galliano’s departure from Dior, [...] Continue reading
Posted in 150/15, Christopher Kane, Colette, Craig Redman, Darcel, Dion Lee, Donatella Versace, Kanye West, Outside sources, The Grove, Topshop
Tagged #Dior
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Boo Who?
Valentine’s Day cometh. Waris Ahluwalia prepareth. The jeweler and oft-quoted devotee of love is launching a new capsule collection, Boo by House of Waris, to bring his wares (and his sense of romance) to a wider audience. The project, he said by phone today, continues his “never-ending exploration of the world’s greatest mystery—love.” (He conceded [...] Continue reading
Mary Katrantzou for Longchamp
Rising London-based designer Mary Katrantzou has collaborated with French label Longchamp for a collection of Eastern-influenced handbags. Designed with the vision “When East meets West”, the line continues Katrantzou’s signature patt… Continue reading
On Our Radar: Longchamp X Mary Katrantzou
For years, I’ve been thinking about getting a Longchamp duffel bag and I couldn’t decide what color to get. Once, while in the Caribbean, I saw a chic French woman carrying a turquoise number, and the minute I arrived back in the city, I tried to purchase it, with no luck—it was no longer available [...] Continue reading
Posted in Colette, Longchamp, Mary Katrantzou, Shopping alert
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Baby Beyoncé Was Born, Cynthia Rowley And Olaf Breuning Collaborate On A Damien Hirst Dress, Tom Ford’s Spring ‘12 Campaign, And More…
Beyoncé finally gave birth to a baby girl over the weekend at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital. There have been numerous names floating around, but Gwyneth Paltrow confirmed the name is Blue Ivy Carter. [
">Styelite]In her new book, Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch, Sally Bedell Smith reveals a completely different [...] Continue reading
The Many Hands Behind One Scarf
French-born, Tokyo-based designer Julien David shows a full ready-to-wear collection during the Paris week, but his business began with the printed silk twill scarves that are still a major part of every one of his collections. (For his first runway show, he even used them to disguise the models’ faces.) David is a fabric obsessive [...] Continue reading
Impossible Project x Colette Polaroid Kit
The Impossible Project adorns Polaroid‘s SX-70 instant camera with Colette‘s signature design pattern. Trademark blue polka dots can be found on the top of the camera, while the rest of the body remains silver and black. The camera also inc… Continue reading
Meet The Muse: Alia Penner
Girl-about-town Natalie Joos spends her days casting for shows like ADAM and Yigal Azrouël and editorials for the likes of Mario Sorrenti and Mariano Vivanco, but her passion is vintage clothing. Joos’ blog, Tales of Endearment spotlights her “Muses,” impeccably styled girls and guys who share her secondhand obsession. In a new partnership with Style.com, [...] Continue reading