Richard Nahem

Printemps Paris Store Windows Love New York, Mr. Brainwash Style

Retail Remedy: While we are obsessing about Paris Fashion Week, Primtemps is in LOVE with New York! The grass is always greener on the other side of a trans-Atlantic flight…Here I am living in Paris and fending off questions about the Paris Fashion Week and the Parisain department store Printemps loves New York, my former hometown. Go figure.While Paris is overflowing with some of the most styled out fashion peeps in the world and celebrating French Chic like nobody’s business, Printemps is celebrating the Big Apple with these clever window displays.Fifteen iconic New york designers including Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Diane Von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang, Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schueller and Tory Burch have designed exclusive T-shirts for the event. The Franco-American pop street artist Mr. Brainwash has made 14 exclusive XXL works on the theme of New York and its icons including a colossal 4 metre King Kong hovering at the entrance to the store at Blvd. Haussmann and rue de Havre. READ MORE »

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Jean Paul Gaultier Furniture Sweetens Up Paris Elle Decor Suite

Love the crazy way Jean Paul Gaultier put his signature nautical stripes on wacky, cool furniture. For the last two years Elle Decor has selected a fashion designer to decorate the former apartment of Jacques Carlu at the Cite de Architecture. This year the chosen is Jean Paul Gaultier, proceeding Christian Lacroix and Martin Margiela. Jean Paul Gaultier has brought his usual whimsical and sometimes kitschy style to the 2,400 sq. ft. space atop the museum. READ MORE »

Tags: Christian LaCroix , Elle Decor , eyepreferparis , furniture , home style , Jean Paul Gaultier , Jean Paul Gaultier Elle Decor , Jean Paul Gaultier Furniture , Martin Margiela , Paris , richard nahem

Fashion, Italian Style. Fernanda Gattinoni Couture from Sexpots of the 50′s and 60′s

“Rome comes to Paris by way of the Fernanda Gattinoni Exhibit at Italian Cultural Center; Richard reports. –S.H.In the 50′s and 60′s Italian couturier Fernanda Gattinoni designed clothes for the biggest Hollywood and international stars including Kim Novak, Ingrid Bergman, Anouk Aimee, Bette Davis, Gina Lollobrigida, Ava Gardner, and Anna Magnani.” READ MORE »

Tags: Anna Magnani , Anouk Aimee , Ava Gardner , Bette Davis , eyepreferparis , Fernanda Gattinoni , frederico fellini , Gina Lollobrigida , Ingrid Bergman , Italian Cultural Center , Italy , Kim Novak , Paris , richard nahem , Rome

Looking Like Your Dog Is So Chic in Paris

My Dog, Myself: Paris Pooches… they’ve got the look!Only in Paris when you look like your dog, it will be chic!I know I will get an argument by dog lovers from other places (particularly from Sharon and her love of French poodles), but I say no one loves their dogs more than Parisians.I back up my statement with the fact that dogs are allowed almost anywhere in Paris- at the butcher, the baker, restaurants, the metro, parks, art galleries, food shops, boutiques, and dog grooming salons.>> SHOP: Need to be discreet? Check out our cute Pet Carriers READ MORE »

Tags: Dog , dogs , eyepreferparis , French Chic , Paris , paris chic , people who look like their dogs , pets , pooches , richard nahem , stylish dogs

Brigitte Bardot Bag for Lancel is Eco Chic and Controversial

“Kate Moss for Longchamp was so five minutes ago as we dig further back in It Girl sex symbols to go forward in It BagsLancel is reverting back to the glory days of the iconic French sex symbol Brigitte Bardot with its launch of Le Brigitte Bardot handbag. Known as the provocative “woman child” who captured 1950′s Saint Tropez and the world with her so carefree, sexy teased blonde hair, heavily lined cat eyes, and sometimes wearing not much else… well, the bikini and gingham have her to thank for a rise in popularity.” READ MORE »

Tags: bags , Brigitte Bardot , eco chic , handbags , Kate Moss for Longchamp , Lancel , Paris , richard nahem

Printemps Paris Alice in Wonderland store windows salute fashion and whimsy

“When we look through the looking glass, we see the Eiffel Tower.Alice in Wonderland mania has taken Paris by storm! Printemps is lighting up the the dreary, gray winter with their delightfully whimsical and chic Alice in Wonderland windows.The department store is celebrating the release of the new Tim Burton version of “Alice in Wonderland,” starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, with a very French fashion touch.Free rein was given to a group of top international designers to use their imagination to create their own Alice dress. Haider Ackermann, Manish Arora, Chloe, Ann Demeulemeester, Christopher Kane, Nicholas Kirkwood, Maison Martin Margiela, Bernhard Willhelm, and the late Alexander McQueen (we mourn the recent passing of this creative genius and most provocative designer of our time) have done a fabulous job in making Alice current and oh, so chic.” READ MORE »

Tags: Alexander McQueen , Alice in Wonderland , Ann Demeulemeester , Bernhard Willhelm , Chloe , Christopher Kane , Haider Ackermann , Maison Martin Margiela , Manish Arora , Nicholas Kirkwood , Paris , Printemps , Retail Remedy , store windows

Paris Christmas Windows go futuristic with Lanvin and Le Bon Marche

Retail Remedy: Have yourself a very modern Christmas full of simple and clean artistic references… I especially like these clever holiday windows at the Lanvin men’s and women’s shop that have a post-modern art feel. Le Bon Marche has the most innovative holiday windows this year. Video artist Bertrand Planes has an installation of four animated videos that take center stage.The videos all humorously reference the holiday turkey. READ MORE »

Tags: Bertrand Planes , christmas , Christmas Windows , holiday , Holiday Windows , Lanvin , Le Bon Marche , modern , Paris , Retail Remedy , richard nahem

Have a very chic Christmas with Hermes Paris Holiday windows

Nothing says classic chic more than Hermes luxuryThe holiday windows at Hermes Paris always dazzle me and they truly set the bar for sumptuous, decadent, all-out luxury. READ MORE »

Tags: christmas , Christmas Windows , eyepreferparis , Hermes , holiday , Holiday Shopping , Holiday Windows , Paris , Retail Remedy , richard nahem

Christmas Windows Paris- Galeries Lafayette & Printemps

Christmas Windows Paris- Galeries Lafayette & Printemps READ MORE »

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Let’s play guess the designer’s name!

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

Tags: Alber Elbaz , Christian LaCroix , Cococ Chanel , fashion , fashion designers , games , Jean Paul Gaultier , John Galliano , Karl Lagerfeld , names , Paris , richard nahem , Sonia Rykiel , sprinkles , stores , window , yves st laurent