During the Fall/Winter 2010 haute couture fashion week in Paris we saw Chanel, Givenchy, Elie Saab, Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino shining on the catwalks. That is expected and has become a “classic”. However there were shows of lesser known but no less talented masters, such as Christophe Josse. The French designer did not overload…
To start, I must confess that by duty I always try to watch shows closely and criticaly in order to fully convey the atmosphere there. To describe the collection in a way so that the reader will feel herself at my place. But this time I was just a woman who wanted to buy the…
I should admit that sometimes to come directly to the show, without the avant-défilé “kitchen” of the backstage carries a certain chic, indeed – in the theater we don’t need to run behind the scenes to ferret out the secrets of makeup and the latest gossips of actors to later enjoy the performance seating in…
Breaking up with the “red carpet” canons, Elie Saab carries us away into the Aquatic Garden and invites to wake up as a fairy on a flower bed. She is dressed in caressing touches of the warm wind and sprinkling lilac, iridescent in the gentle spring sun. A slender designer’s “ingénue” is the very embodiment…