Louis Vuitton Fall Winter 2008 Collection

March 03 rd 2008 – Cour Caree du Louvre –

It was a very 80′s collection, with Claude Montana and Thierry Mugler for references. The collection may have been built around Model Wallis Franken , Montana Muse, with architectural shapes and sharp modern lines. The hats, the lipstick called shoes line with very thick platform were the key of the silhouettes. The collection has a sense of Jacob’s Fall Winter New York collection but more structured more detailed, advanced. The bags mostly all embossed with the LV logo in all kind of new shapes. The jewelry took a important place in this collection, the necklace and even the belts looked like Chocolate shavings. Backstage Dita Von Teese explained  that her style is totally retro but that she would totally see herself in every piece of the collection. Milla Jovovich was also there, Kanye west with Alexis Pfeifer.

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Hermes RTW Fall Winter 2008 Collection

March 1th 2008 – Espace Eiffel –

The Morrocan carpet set the atmosphere and the theme of the collection “We brought this giant hand made carpet all the way from Marrakesh, it was made for the show” said Jean-Paul Gaultier when asked about the set. The collection was beautiful as usual, the make up and hair was very natural giving even more a luxurious feeling to these beautiful clothes. The runway rug was reinterpreted as a pattern for skirts, robe dresses, knee-high boots, and decidedly un-Hermès jumpsuits tied off with tasseled silk cord belts.

This was a collection of coats and jackets: pebble-leather trenches, suede-crocodile blazers, long thick-knit cardigans, shearlings, and suede toppers lined in curly lamb, all accessorized with knit caps and scarves piled high on the models’ shoulders.

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Karl Lagerfeld Fall Winter 2008 Collection

Espace Ephemere Eiffel February 27th 2008 -  Karl Lagerfeld for its Fall Winter 2008/09 collection presents a girl that could have been Miss Lagerfeld. A dark collection from navy blue to dark grey with a zest of tom-boy mascunality but with a sexy feminity “you don’t see it but it’s there” according to hair dresser Odile Gilbert. The collection was a succession of suit with bow tie, dark wearable pieces like a belted vest dress that hit mid-calf; a narrow, fitted sheath with raised leather ribbing; and a jacket with a rounded eighties-ish shoulder and a built-in corset. We loved the ur boleros embroidered with sequins worn by Raquel Zimmerman.The front row was filled up with Leigh Lezark with Geordon Nicol, Carine Roitfeld with Patrick Demarchelier, Purple’s Olivier Zahm.

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Christian Lacroix Fall Winter 2008/09 Backstage

February 27th 2008 – Espace Ephemere des Tuileries – Backstage at Christian Lacroix Fall 2008/09

Dior RTW Fall Winter 2008 Jackie O Is Back

February 25th 2008 – Espace Effemere des Tuileries. The tent is crowded, inside the set is beautiful, a blue cascade kidnap the atention with the Dior logo on the background. The show started with Mrs Robinson as a soundtrack. The models looked like dolls coming from another era. Big hair, big eyes. The cltohes were very Jackie O, John Galliano called the “optimism and opulence” of the sixties, amped up with bright color, lashings of paillette embroidery, and Western hats.

This collection was a very wearable collection, we can suppose that the Dior clientele has probably requested some more wearable outfit and with this very first lady collection this goal is achieve with boxy jacket and Jackie O dresses.

Backstage the makeup took a long time to create since the girl had a real work done on their eyes, the hair also involved a lot of work.

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Anna Sui brings back the late 70′s for Fall Winter 2008

We arrived pretty late for the Anna Sui Fall Winter 2008. The front row was filled up with Russell Simmons, Ally Hilfiger, Riley Keough (Elvis Presley granddaugther), Vincent Gallo. The show started with Agyness Deyn wearing an ultramarine mixed print layered blouse showing an allure clearly late seventies. The show go on with a multi colorblock crochet long cardigan, black washed velvet with with braid trim jacket. Coco Rocha comes up with a heliotrope ombre peacock feather with tie dyed vines burnout dress. According to Anna Sui her show has plenty of inspirations, native americans, the aesthetic movement, the pre-Raphaelites, medievalism. We gonna love these blouse for Fall Winter 2008! Don’t forget the feather in your hair!

Betsey Johnson Fall Winter 2008 30th Anniversary Show

A Betsey Johnson Fashion Show can not be a typical fashion show. When we arrived at Bryan Park we didn’t expect to enter the Tent and find a typical bistrot atmosphere, bistrot table with candles and bottles of wine. Tyra Banks was Chatting with Russell Simmons, Angela and Vanessa Simmons while Katy Perry was playing with her hearted glasses. The theme of the show was a celevration of the Betsey Johnson brand 30th anniversay. Even Chantal her first model was there and walk the runway with Betsey. The collection was a mix of vintage pieces and new creation. Betsey Johnson said: “we even had to buy some vintage pieces that I didn’t have anymore in my archives!”. The collection started with fringed leather jacket, mix-and-match pieces like a twill blazer, a suede wrap skirt, a zebra cardigan, Lurex leopard leggings, and a sexy stretch-denim catsuit. Johnson was surprised herself that her 30 years old ready to wear pieces didn’t age a bit “aren’t these 30 years old look so actual?!”. We agree and we loved the collection, and Betsey’s final cart wheel of course!