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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 Cité 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. >> Home Style SHOPPING Guide Sort of an optical illusion Enter the vestibule and you find his signature marine blue and white stripes covering the walls and furniture but the stripes are askew in certain spots making it an optical illusion. Lushness abounds In

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Best of Haute Couture Fall 2010 – The Glamour, The Fantasy, The Allure

As we prepare for the Spring 11 Fashion Weeks, we reflect the unimaginable beauty of what was Haute Couture Fall 2010 Naveed Hussain has spent some time digesting the magnificence of all that is available for only a privileged few. Haute Couture has been a tireless subject of debate. While many like to continually point out it's weak sales across the board and diminishing relevance in society. Although that may be the case, wasn't it always? Isn't couture about that unattainable and highly elusive luxury item we all like to dream of having? Hasn't globalism made "luxury" too readily attainable? The nine designers who showed for Haute Couture Fall 2010 clearly understand the craft beautifully. However, there were four contributions

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

Fernanda Gattinoni dresses from 1950's -1960's for Italian screen legend Anna Magnani, who was known for her smoldering sexuality and ability to be "real;" I could even forgive Magnani's hairy armpits. You know your guy friend is playing for the other team when he is as excited about these old movie star dresses as you! If I could live in any other time, I would have to say it would be in the 1950's to 1960 in Rome, on the via Veneto. Fernanda Gattinoni for Kim Novak I would be an a hourglass vixen, with heavy eyeliner, a hot temper and smoldering sexuality in a Maserati convertible with a death-defyingly sexy man by my side. Marcello Mastroianni would be on

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Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week- Backstage at Franck Sorbier

With all the pomp and circumstance of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, we can all use some artistic whimsy Real couture, not of the juicy variety, is all about the mastery, the fabulousness, the uniqueness of its garments that are worn by a select few hundred women across the world who can afford the luxury. Or, the lucky brand ambassador actress who gets to strut a couture gown on the red carpet for the occasion. French fashion designer Franck Sorbier presented more of an avant garde art piece for his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2010-2011 collection, and we just love it! We would love to see Katy Perry wearing this paper and clothespin design before Lady Gaga crumbles up a newspaper

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Rick Owens Furniture As Art Still On View at Salon 94 with Pavane for a Dead Princess

Designer Rick Owens transforms the Studio 94 gallery into Pavane for a Dead Princess, a contemporary sleeping quarter based in part on his own Parisian home. Pavane for a Dead Princess, is Rick Owens' first presentation of furniture design in the United StatesRick Owens' design vision melds archaism with modernism, brutal beauty with uncompromising luxury, whether in his collectible cool chic clothes or sterling foray into home design. Inspiration not to be missed: In an Inspired by French composer Maurice Ravel’s composition for solo piano written in 1899 and presented by Salon 94 and Rudy Weissenberg, the centerpiece of the bedroom interior by Rick Owens is a towering Spanish alabaster headboard above a low-lying bed, a monumental composition that dominates

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Patti Smith’s Downtown Vibe Is the Inspiration for Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 Collection That Rocks

“New York is the thing that formed me; New York is the thing that deformed me...” Patti Smith Runway Review: Rock icon Patti Smith was the style inspiration for the knockout Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 collection by Tia Cibani. For anyone who has not had the amazing experience of seeing Smith perform live, particularly in a small venue, you are truly missing out on a brilliant force of music, poetry, and performance. From the days of being called the "Godmother of Punk, " to her riveting early album covers photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith does it on her terms. Just Kids by Patti Smith Ports 1961 / Resort 2011 Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 that references Smith's iconic presence is

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Looking Like Your Dog Is So Chic in Paris

A mademoiselle and her pooch in Paris 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 Want immediate attention and better service in a restaurant or cafe? Just park your dog on the chair next to you

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How to Look Chic, Not Cheap. Paris Hilton in a Hot Pink Bikini OR When Paris Isn’t Always Chic

Two blondes, two Chanel classic flap bags, two red carpets, two cities... what in carnation went wrong?! Cardinal Fashion Rule #1: Just because you are wearing expensive things does not mean that you cannot look cheap I am the first to admit that we kinda love Paris Hilton for being the modern day Charo when it comes to hoochie-coochie styleŚ someone needs to be kooky colorful on the red carpet and it may as well be her. But as a fashion plate? Not so much. For all you label queens out there, sorry to report that looking chic is not always in the bag, no matter how luxurious that handbag may be. Marie-Josee Croze in Paris looks stunning and chic

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Cheap Monday

CHEAP MONDAY Menswear & Womenswear Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm DESIGNERS FOR THE SS-11 COLLECTIONOrjan Andersson & Ann-Sofie Back >> Cheap Monday is one of our favorite affordable fashion lines... read why   SHOP Cheap Monday at ShopBop   Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words... Cheap Monday was born in order to offer an alternative for people who wanted fashionable jeans but didn't agree with the increasing prices of the brands which were popular at the time. The first 800 pairs with the characteristic skull logo hit the market in 2004. Since then, the production has reached a new level in terms of pieces as well as in

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Acne – Menswear

ACNE MENSWEAR by Jonny Johansson Fashion Show Photos / First International Menswear Showing Spring / Summer 2011 Paris Fashion Week - Menswear "I had a moment of clarity for this collection with my design team at a place called Tango in Paris," Jonny Johansson >> SHOP Acne Menswear at farfetch   Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words... ACNE MENSWEAR COLLECTION SPRING/SUMMER 2011 "I had a moment of clarity for this collection with my design team at a place called Tango in Paris. It was just a good night out actually, and that dance hall with all of its styled up, dueting couples and slow routines, reminded me of a school dance. For me it also

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