Creativities blend into Antidote
PARIS, Oct 26, 2006/FW/— The finale of the Viktor & Rolf’s runway show for women’s wear in Paris three weeks ago was quite an unusual sight. Couples of male dancers wearing tuxedos came in as fog was covering the runway in front of a black screen which had come down with a huge projection of the ad picture you can see on the left. Quite a spectacular launch for...
Movies and Fashion Schedules
Perfume: the Story of a Murderer PARIS, Oct 21, 2006/FW/— I have a confession to make here: the recent Paris Fashion Week was to me this season, very much like a sandwich, caught between two slices of movies. The first -the bottom half of the bun- was The Devil wears Prada, which only premiered in France in late, late september, just before the runway shows started in...
Art and Commerce
Louis Vuitton, Champs-Elysées Paris 2006. PARIS, Oct 17, 2006/FW/ – We have all been informed in recent years, months, weeks, days, that the world of fashion wanted to have something to do with art. I mean Art with a capital A, Contemporary Art, Creative Art, you know, the useless kind, the Art for Art’s sake kind. For instance, we all know that, after having...
Cocktail with Galliano
Bar César at the Hôtel de Crillon PARIS, Oct 13, 2006 – /FW/ — Bar Cesar is the elegant and yet relaxed bar inside the Hotel de Crillon, one of the best hotels in Paris where so many kings and presidents, movie and music stars have been guests, and where Parisians go from time to time, for a soothing moment away from the city noise and yet on the most wonderful...
The Lilith Fairytale
The Lilith Fairytale Spring 2007 – Illustration by Julien Fournié PARIS, Oct 8, 2006/ FW/ — In the buildings around the extremely fashion-oriented boutiques of Place des Victoires in the centre of Paris, lies a little courtyard, and the staircase on the other side of this charming historic building leads on to the most charming, sunny, peaceful design studio. Let...
Trends Book and Brands’ Identity
Respect for Brands' Symbols, Please! - Illustration by Julien Fournié PARIS, Oct 6, 2006/ FW/ — More than two thirds of the Paris Prêt-à-Porter Week is now behind us and we have now a very clear view of the season’s trends, some already expressed in the New York and Milan shows, but always more blatently here in Paris, where they can always be detected already...
Nicolas Degennes: When Freedom Makes Up a Designer
GIVENCHY LUXURY GRAPHER PARIS, Oct 5, 2006 /FW/ – How do you decide which shows, parties, launches or presentations you do attend when you are at a Fashion Week? I guess there are lots of different reasons, depending first on your professional point of view, then on your personal taste, and you might end up sometimes like a living paradox having made the wrong choice,...
The Rules of the Races
Jean Paul Cauvin and Mari Davis at the Races as seen by Julien Fournié PARIS, Oct 3, 2006/ FW/ — You might think, like all fashionistas, that designers lead the trends for the way we dress. Well, a quite painful episode for your Fashionwindows team here in Paris has proven this wrong last Sunday. For the first time in our life, Mari Davis, Editor-in-Chief of your...
Walking Skeletons
Walking Skeletons, Illustration by Julien Fournie PARIS, Oct 2, 2006 /FW/ — The very first day of the Paris Fashion Week is now behind us and I must say it was quite an exciting day packed with the surprises and disappointments of any big fashion show day. I have started the day though with a major wonder. I thought that the controversy around the decision taken in Madrid...
Asian Invasion?
PARIS, Oct 1, 2006/ FW/ — A quick glance at the Paris Prêt-á-Porter calendar, starting this morning, immediately strikes me with one big event that could seem unnoticeable at first. The show kicking off the Spring Summer 2007 season in the French capital this year is a newcomer. This is no real surprise as the first Sunday in the week was traditionally reserved to...
