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
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HER EPONYMOUS LEATHER GOODS COLLECTION, JULES SAINTE ROSE’S INSPIRATIONS SPAN THE WORLD OF EQUESTRIANISM. A WORLD THAT SHE PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTS BY REINFORCING HER DESIGNS WITH IMMACULATE REINTERPRETATIONS OF SINGULAR DETAILS OF SADDLERY.
OFFBEAT DANDY OF THE PERFUME WORLD, ROMANO RICCI HAS QUITE A BACKGROUND. INITIATED TO FASHION BY HIS GRANDMATHER NINA AND TO PERFUMERY BY HIS GRANDFATHER ROBERT (CREATOR OF THE FAMOUS « L’AIR DU TEMPS »), ROMANO HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY CREATION SINCE CHILDHOOD. GRATEFUL TO HIS FAMILY HERITAGE, ROMANO RICCI ALSO NEEDED TO SUCCEED BY HIMSELF AND EXPRESS HIS OWN UNIVERSE. FOR SIX YEARS, HE LEARNT AMONGST THE GREATEST TO APPRENTICE THE PERFUMERY WORLD, AND LAUNCHED HIS NEW PROJECT « JULIETTE HAS A GUN » AT THE AGE OF 28.
Lou Doillon for Juliette Has a Gun
POINTER + COLLAB + COMME DESPOINTER CONTINUES THEIR SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION WITH COMME DES GARÇONS FOR SPRING/SUMMER 2012 WITH THIS CLEAN AND SIMPLE CANVAS AND SUEDE UPPER MIXED WITH A CLASSIC TENNIS GUM SOLE. AS USUAL THEY KEEP THINGS VERY SUBLE AS PART OF THEIR COLLABORATION.
COMME DES GARÇONS EVOKES OLFACTIVE ATMOSPHERES OF 5 MAJOR CITIES IN THEIR INCENSE COLLECTION (SERIE3).
AVIGNON – Roman Camomile, Cistus Oil, Elomi, Incense, Vanilla, Patchouli, Palisander.
JAISALMER – Cardamom, Incense, Cinnamon, Amber, Benzoin, Pimento, Berries, Galac Wood, Ebony.
KYOTO – Incense, Cypress Oil, Coffee, Teak Wood, Vetiver, Patchouli, Amber, Everlasting Flower, Virginian Cedar.
OUARZAZATE – Incense, Pepper, Nutmeg, Clary Sage, Wenge, Musk, Vanilla, Labdnum, Absolute, Kashmir Wood.
ZAGORSK – White Incense, Pine, Pimento Berries, Violet, Cedar, Iris, Hinoki Wood, Birch Wood.
