If I was faced a difficult task to choose from all of modern French haute couture designers just one, I would have no doubt made a bet on Julien Fournié. Among a variety of reasons, including personal ones (I am fond of Julien himself and what he is doing), the main is, perhaps, that the…
His new haute couture spring-summer 2016 collection Alexis Mabille presented in gilded decors of Hotel d’Evreux, overlooking the Place Vendome. The top Parisian mannequins of the “old guard”, all longtime friends of the designer, strolled through the halls, demonstrating to a tired, after a whole day of defilé (the show was held late in the…
Paris is a moveable feast. And a fashion week in Paris is a part of this vibrant and unique feast. On the streets you meet people of all ages, differing from each over in style, but united by fashion rush and hurrying to the next show. So let’s join them! With a thrilled and sinking…
It is no secret that the Russian aristocracy in the tsarist times was fluent in French. No wonder that whole passages in the novels of our great classics – from Pushkin to Leo Tolstov were written in the language of Molière. The history of these two countries intertwined; French were captivated by Nordic beauties while…