Giorgio Armani Prive- Haute Couture Spring 12

GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE

Haute Couture

Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection

Spring / Summer 2012

Paris Couture Fashion Week

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 In their words...

GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE’

Spring/Summer Collection 2012

METAMORPHOSIS

Nature’s gift to itself. An irresistible transformation into something new and surprising, with garments that reveal an unexpected sensuality.

Unusual colours like chartreuse yellow, underlying

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Best of Paris Menswear Fall/Winter 2012

While we are knee-deep in fashion mania with shows coming at us in all directions from Pre-Fall to Couture to Menswear, there’s still plenty to be inspired by when looking at the latest men’s collections for Fall/Winter 2012.

We’ve compiled a list of our top three shows to keep you up-to-date on all that’s new ahead from Paris.

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Yves Saint Laurent

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Fashion Your Home Style- Lanvin’s Collectible Figurines Are on Our Most Wanted List

For the woman who has everything come these highly covetable hand painted figurines from Lanvin that feature the house’s playful take on French glamour and are certain to add an achingly chic, decadent sense of flair to any room.

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Who needs Lladro when you can score such a distinctive, cool and decadent piece for your curio, desk

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Beat Winter Blahs With the Colors of Summer in Provence

At the hump of the new year and with the let down of holiday hoopla and the start of winter dreariness, we are all ready for the next vacation, although most of us cannot break away. 

Let us take you to a place of calm and sunniness by way of Richard Nahem‘s  photo gallery of the Market in Eygalieres, Provence, France.

This isn’t just an exercise in gorgeous

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Chloe Pre-Fall 2012- The bar is set

There’s no secret that we are fans of Chloe at FoS.

Under the new creative direction of Clare Waight Keller, the directional message from  a go-to label continues to shine.

The reason: Chloe continually delivers wearable, uber stylish clothes that are flattering on a modern woman, and this time around, more stream-lined. to smart wardrobe building.

Take for instance, the red dress pictured left.

It continues the figure-friendly long, lean pleated

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“A Quiet American- Ralph Rucci and Paris” -The Movie

For four years C.S Leigh followed America’s closest designer to a true couturier, Ralph Rucci, for his upcoming documentary film  A Quiet American: Ralph Rucci & Paris that’s set to debut during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2012.

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The film focuses on Rucci’s employment and relationship with haute couture artisans and technicians and follows him through the laborious development of creating seven cycles of collections and allows viewers

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Christmas Windows Paris- Hermes

Hermés never fails to serve up luxurious decadence in their holiday windows and this year is no exception.

From gold metallic boxing gloves, to an ostrich motorcycle helmet, to a lavender colored crocodile Kelly bag, to a sliver fox and shearling cape, the windows are pure fantasy along with the price tags.

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Leila Menchari the genius window designer, celebrates her fiftieth year working for Hermés and

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Christmas Windows Paris- Printemps ‘Dream of Escape’ has a little Karl doll!

The Printemps Christmas windows in Paris have  F-A-S-H-I-O-N on the mind.

Holiday cheer is spread not through Santa and his team of gifty elves, but with a little munchkin-cute Karl Lagerfeld doll leading the Chanel team of fabulousness.  Take a look… –S.H.

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This year the Christmas windows at Printemps, titled Noel Reves d’Evasion (Dreams of Escape), is much ado about Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel.

Four

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French Chic Christmas Tree Inspiration- from Mary channeling Lady Gaga to Stella McCartney yarn tales

Christmas in Paris: Les Sapins de Noel des CréateursWho doesn’t need a little edgy style boost for their holiday tree? And why not make it a very French chic designer one at that? Richard Nahem takes on a visual tour of some very Parisian inspired Christmas trees for a bit of design inspiration and to benefit a very charitable cause . –S.H.

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It’s that time of

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Complete Carven- Everything You’ll Want From Spring 2012

Being big fans of Carven, the young chicster’s go-to label for individual and achingly cool pieces, as we are, you can imagine how excited we are to take in all that’s set to come out for Spring 2012.

From the best separates to a trove of must-have bags, jewels and shoes, it looks safe to say that til spring, we’ll be pining away for the

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