Pages with tag "paris"

Quirky Paris shop windows put the fun in shopping...

We all like to think we can recognize great fashion, but what about the iconic face behind the brand?

I was strolling around Paris the other day and saw these clever clothes hangers with illustrations of iconic French fashion designers in a shop window near St. Sulpice.

I can figure out who most of them are but there are a few that I am not sure of.

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These shoes are so gorgeous, it's like shoe porn!!!!

If you know me, you would understand what a shoe freak I am, so this post was pure delight! I worked in Delman, the fancy ladies shoe salon at Bergdorf Goodman in NY back in the early 80's where gorgeous shoes were part of design.

If you don't know me, just ask Sharon and she can share some mutual shoe drool stories with you-- starting with the time that I found her the most incredible fuchsia, ankle wrap Charles Jourdan disco heels! On second thought, maybe you shouldn't ask...

To make all you shoe fanatics jealous, I had the distinct pleasure of attending two major shoe events in the same day- the Manolo Blahnik spring preview and the unveiling of the world's largest shoe department at Galeries Lafayette, Paris.

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Look no further for some gift ideas that brim with Paris chic. Richard Nahem who designs custom walking tours of Paris helps a reader receive the perfect gift from Paris!

Question: I have a fairly wealthy male friend who lives in Paris and Deauville, as well as Andorra. He is coming to visit in three weeks and wants to know what I want him to bring me from France.

I don't want him to choose clothes for me, for obvious reasons-- what does he know and will it fit?

What would be something totally cool that I could ask him to bring that not your typical girl from Kentucky would have? Scarf? Handbag?

I just wanted to know what the Paris trends were and something a man can just go and buy, and not use his own intuition.
I don't want anything I can get here, say, at Macy's. (Louisville, KY)

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NARS 15x15 limited edition book to celebrate the beauty company's 15th anniversary

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Street style and off the runway looks seen around Paris Fashion Week where the British Fashion Council set up London Showrooms with designers Mark Fast, Marjan Pejoski, Atalanta Weller, LPBG, and Mary Katrantzou amongst others.

This fashion flock has the boys more avant-garde and flamboyant than the girls. Charles Guislain, pictured left.

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Tinko's Take: Fancy Week Paris street chic and behind the scenes photos

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London Meets Paris: The odd mannequins and use of sculpture surrounding them gave the showing of the collection another dimension somewhere in between art and fashion.

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A cool mix of Star Wars meets goth with androgynous models whose faces were painted in pale gray and eyes lined in red

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