Coco Chanel, the legend and the life

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:33:12 PM CEST

 

 Who doesn’t  know Gabrielle Chanel aka Coco Chanel , always associated with refinement, luxury and distinction... Chanel's life has not always been pink and Justine Picard decided to write her biography because she was a fashion designer who revolutionized fashion and changed the lives of women.
The French version of the book "Coco Chanel, the legend and the life", has just been published by Steidl and helps to perpetuate the legend of this woman, symbol of French elegance.
 
 
 
 Discover his past in the fashion industry, a modest start at first then suddenly it was the success and fortune. Her youth was similar as Causette then she meet someone who propelled her in the society life.
We can say that her life hung by a thread. A story as a fairy tale but  her  success, she also owes it  to her talent because “she doesn’t create fashion”, she said, “she’s fashion !”
 
Coco Chanel  is timeless because even if " fashion goes out of fashion, style stays " and we will never forget the little black dress, a classic in our wardrobe...
 
To our delight, the book is illustrated by another big name in fashion, I appointed Mr. Karl Lagerfeld, who paints a portrait of the lady of the Cambon street marvelously.
 
 

 

The genius of Chanel is in this work, a true masterpiece.

 

 

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After the Oscars, El Boton Mango Fashion Awards ...

Friday, March 11, 2011 10:16:22 AM CET

 

 Young designer, you who love fashion and  who dream to see your creations in the designer parades , luck is on your side, your dreams can come true ...
 
The spanish brand of ready to wear  Mango announces the opening for the 4th edition of its textile design competition called El Boton (Button) Mango Fashion Awards.
 
 

 

A fabulous reward : over 300 000 euros and the creation of a capsule collection.

You can now send your application. The admission will close on 31 July 2011, go on the website www.mangofashionawards.com 

 The jury is still unknown, but to get an idea, the previous editions welcomed Valentino, Oscar de la Renta or still Jean-Paul Gaultier.It will consist of the Mango Comitee and  five fashion design schools ( The Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design- London, l’Institut Français de la Mode- Paris, Istituto Marangoni- Milan, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts- Anvers and the Escola Superior de Disseny- Barcelona)

 
Beautiful people to fill in your fashion address book … As Lena Lumelsky (winner 2010), Israeli-born Belgian designer, sign up and do recognize your talent and join the success of the brand Mango,  with nearly 1,220 stores in 91 countries, according to the official website of the brand.
 
 
 
For its third edition, the competition « El Botón – Mango fashion awards »  was awarded on October 20th, 2010 to Lela Lumelsky in presence of Jean Paul Gaultier, Scarlett Johansson and Isak Andic, president of Mango

 

Stop dreaming about your life, live your dreams! On your needles...

 

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The fashion week in Paris ends, the projectors of catwalks go out … However in the light and in our hearts  remains a fashion designer who revolutionized  the story of fashion : Yves Saint Laurent, the pioneer of the luxury ready-to-wear. The one  who has made available his creations to the women of his time,  the sewing leaving the high-society evening for the street.
Go to the foundation Pierre Bergé to relive the emancipation of the women, the time of the fashion flapper with the  feminine version of the tuxedo, the trench, the pea jacket … this pieces which are now must have of your wardrobe but all that revolutionized an era, releasing the Status of Women.
 

 

 Collection haute couture fall- winter 1966 -  Foundation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent

 

 Over seventy models are presented to trace the whole adventure of Saint Laurent in a faithful reconstruction of its first store opened in1966 (Tournon's street): red carpet, clothes suspended on trellises, purple benches 

 Inside the shop  Rive Gauche, 21, rue de Tournon, Paris.

 

 

A meeting you should  notice in your  schedules and a good way to visit the Foundation Pierre Bergé which keeps 5 000 designer clothes more than 15 000 accessories, drawings and various objects that reflect the creation of Yves Saint Laurent for forty years.

"Fashion switches, style remains" said Yves Saint Laurent, the years pass and we can not forget it ...

 
 Exhibition curator Pierre Bergé
Art Director Loulou de la Falaise
Advisor  Dominique Deroche
Scenographer Christophe Martin
 
Practical Information
 Exhibition at the Foundation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent from March 5 to July 17, 2011
3, rue Léonce Reynaud, 75116 Paris
Open Tuesday to Sunday
from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday evenings until 21h
Tél. +33 (0)1 44 31 64 31
 
Full price: 7€
Discounted price: 5€

 

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Fashion week on Arte

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 9:06:56 AM CET

 

 
After New York, London and Milan, the fashionistas are continuing their "fashion trip" and will put their luggage in our capital from 1st till 9 March at the Fashion Week. Expect you on an invasion of stilletos in the Parisian streets.
Fashion also takes your screens. Get ready for  a program 100 % fashion on the french/ german channel ARTE.
 

A parade of the biggest names in the fashion industry on the antenna , carefully orchestrated by the brilliant Karl Lagerfeld who was chosen to present the designers, their inventions and who will share his views.

The kickoff for tonight is a portrait of Yves Saint Laurent.

 
The following days discover Versace, Fendi, Sonia Rikyel or Chantal Thomas to name a few. Also the documentary by Loïc Prigent to explore the backstage of a fashion show. In brief your fashion calendar  will be well filled and and it until March 6th.
 

 

 More informations about the program on Arte

 
 
 
 
 
  

Finally we have a place in the front row and the high society  that invites itself in our living room ... To your TVs!

 

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Christian Lacroix invites us to travel ...

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 2:47:31 PM CET

 

- exhibition's poster-

 

Christian Lacroix a famous designer whom  we’ll not present you anymore is still in love with the beauty of women and that love knows no boundaries.
 
He now invites you to travel to the heart of the Middle East according to a geographical route from northern Syria to reach the desert of Sinai.
 
 Go to the Musée  Quai Branly in Paris and you can schedule your visit until May 15th, 2011.
 
 
Christian Lacroix tells us, through an exhibition called East of women, the story of his inspirations.

Follow the guide, you will not be disappointed with this trip you will discover the suit of the Syrian, Jordanian, Palestinian then Bedouin women: festive dresses, coats, veils… unpublished pieces, exhibited for the first time in France.

 

- Christian Lacroix and the dresses from his exhibition- Photo AFP

 

In contrary to popular belief, you will advance in a world rich in color, carefully staged by the designer. Do you know that's here, in the cradle of the Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East, we find the most ornate costumes of the history of clothing?

Discover the expertise of these women, their habits and customs.

Ready to travel with a great designer, an invitation like this we can't decline it ...…

 

 

 

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