BRANDED AS « COSMETICS FOR YOUR FEET » TKEES IS USING A SIMPLE THONG SANDAL AS THEIR BASE THEY DYED SOFT LEATHERS IN A LARGE RANGE OF COLORS EXACTLY LIKE MAKE-UP. AS THE BRAND CAUGHT ON THE FIRST LINE FOUNDATIONS WAS JOINED BY LINERS, GLOSSES, SHADOWS, LIPSTICKS, BLUSHES, CREAMS, A COLLECTION OF RICH NEUTRALS AND SHIMMERY SHADES IN NATURAL LEATHER, SUEDE AND PATENT.
TUXEDO PAUL SMITH + RING GUILTY + PERFUM COMME DES GARÇONS 
BORN IN CASABLANCA, MAROCCO, FROM FRENCH ITALIAN PARENTS, MARTINE SITBON HAS TRAVELLED THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF INSPIRATION AND MULTI-CULTURISM, SUBSEQUENTLY EVOLVING IN A MIX OF TRADITIONS AND MODERNISM. MOREOVER LAUNCHING HER OWN LABEL IN 1985 DID NOT STOP HER FROM JOIGNING CHLOÉ FOR A SUCCESSFUL 9 SEASON RUN AS ART DIRECTOR. HER NEW WORK UNDER THE BRAND NAME -RUE DU MAIL- MAKES GENDER BORDER FUZZY WITH MASCULINE UTS AND ULTRA-FEMININE DETAILS. MARTINE SITBON STANDS OUT AS A DESIGNER BY INCARNATING THE PARADOX OF FORCE AND MELLOWNESS, WITH DESIGNS THAT REFLECT HER THIRST FOR INDEPENDANCE AND ROMANTICISM.
PART OF COMME DES GARÇONS COLOGNE SERIE 4, – CITRICO – IS AN EVOCATIVE AND MEMORABLE FRAGRANCE. THIS UNISEX SCENT HAS NOTES OF SWEET AND BITTER ORANGE, BERGAMOT, MUSK, ROSEMARY WITH CEDAR AND SANDALWOOD.
WITH THE RELEASE OF FOOTWEAR MADE OUT OF RECYCLED PLASTIC (PVC) OVER 25 YEARS AGO, MELISSA HAS EVER SINCE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH PRODUCTION BASED ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY « ECO-CONCEPTION ». CAPSULE COLLECTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH MAJOR BRANDS IN THE FASHION WORLD (VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, GARETH PUGH) CONSOLIDATE THE BRAZILIAN BRAND’S IMAGE. ALSO, WITH THE OPENING OF THE BRAND’S ART GALLERY ON GREENE STREET IN SOHO NYC, MELISSA SUCCESSFULLY ENCOURAGES CREATIVITY AND ART IN ALL POSSIBLE FORMS.
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PERUVIAN BRAND MISERICORDIA (HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR SIGNATURE BLUE) AND THE FRENCH BRAND WAITING FOR THE SUN (W/SUN) GAVE RISE TO THE CARL ZEISS GLASSES IN A BAMBOU FRAME ENGRAVED WITH (ILLUMINA MI DESTINO » (ILLUMINATE MY DESTINY).
WITH THE TALENTED RICCARDO TISCI AS ART DIRECTOR, GIVENCHY KEEPS IMPOSING ITS STYLE CODES. SEASON AFTER SEASON, HE SHOWERS HIS CLIENTELE WITH RADICAL DESIGNS THAT SPREAD HIS VENIMOUS DNA, MIXING BOTH PARISIAN GOTHICISM AND NEO-ROMANTICISM. SOMETIMES DARK, ALWAYS « FATALE », THE TISCI WOMAN DEMANDS PRECISION. THESE BOOTS WITH FULL-GRAIN LEATHER PLASTRONS EXPRESS THE DESIGN COMPLEXITY AND PRECISION DEVELOPED BY THE PARISIAN FASHION HOUSE.
IN 1962 IN FLORENCE FOR THE FIRST VALENTINO SHOW, THE WORLD OF FASHION DISCOVERS A NEW AMBITIOUS AND PASSIONATE DESIGNER. VALENTINO GARAVANI HAS STRONG VIEWS OF WHAT HE WANTS TO OFFER TO WOMEN: STYLISH OUTFITS SUBLIMATING THEIR FEMININITY. FOR THIS, HE SET UP MANY CODES THAT -WHATEVER THE TIMES- ARE STILL RELEVANT, BY THEIR DENSITY OF ELEGANCE. HE CREATED A UNIVERSE AWAY FROM THE STYLISTIC INNOVATIONS OF HIS PEERS, FOCUSING ON SHAPES AND STYLISHNESS. BY REFINING HIS STYLE, HE PURIFIED HIS LINES DRAWING WAIST -THAT HE WANTS VERY SLIM- AS THE ANCHOR POINT OF THE BODY. HE ALSO DEVELOPES VOLUMES, WORKS ON FAWN AND FLORAL PRINTS AND SOLID COLORS. THE VALENTINO RED -INSPIRED BY A CHILDHOOD MEMORY- HAS BECOME THE BACKBONE OF HIS COLLECTIONS. INDEED ACCORDING TO HIM, RED IS THE ONLY COLOR WORTHY TO COMPETE WITH BLACK AND WHITE.
Spring Summer 2012 AD Campaign by Tim Walker
TATOOSH V.s HOUSE OF HARLOWPLATFORM SHOES ARE THE NEW TIMELESS ESSENTIALS. TWO BRANDS, TWO VISIONS, TWO INTERPRETATIONS: TATOUSH SISTERS, GO FOR A LIGHT MODEL WITH CORDS INTERMINGLED WITH BROWN LEATHER STRAPS, WHEREAS HOUSE OF HARLOW OPTS FOR HEIGHT WITH BLACK LEATHER LATTICEWORK BY NICOLE RICHIE.
BLEU + BLANC + ROUGETHIS SEASON, COMMUNE DE PARIS 1871 IS REVOLTING. THE PHOTOGRAPHES BY NATHANIEL ARON ILLUSTRATING A COLLECTION ENTITLED « AVIS À LA POPULATION » INCARNATE THE PRESENT DAY ANTI-CONFORMISM.
Vogue Paris June/july 2012 – Shoes Dolfie at 66 Champs Élysées
