It's spring and every body's debuting their new colors and styles. Just want to let you see this color by Chanel. It's fresh and beautiful and springy!
Ok, alright now we've got your verrryyyy different and your not so different. Alexander McQueen provided the different and Valentino and Chanel provided the not so different, but none the less beautiful. Take a look. You can go on over to Style.com for the full collections.
Alexander McQueen
Karl Lagerfeld
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo PiccioliIf you've been looking for a handbag that's well made, one that will stand up to your everyday whatevers, then you have got to get on over to Gilt Group and check out their sale. Everything is deeply discounted. Some items are up to 80% off. This is an everyday affair for Gilt Group. This week you can get steep discounts from Adam, Marchesa, Gryson, Diane Von Furstenberg Shoes, Ishharya and many more.
Here are a few of the things that I had slated to show you this year that I almost didn't. They are just as stylish and timely now as they were when I first laid eyes on them. So let's get it started.......
As with all fragrances, Chanel's Mademoiselle is an exercise in preference. It's a preference that will soon give way to a "must have" because this fragrance is heavenly!
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Though Coco Chanel may be considered the quintessential femme Parisienne, it turnes out that she was fascinated by the near East--and Karl Lagerfeld must agree. Next month, Chanel will debut the Paris-Moscow Collection, a collection using the craftsmanship of the Metiers d'Art. For the yearly fall collection, Lagerfeld has looked to cities like Paris, New York, Tokyo, Monte Carlo, and London; this year, Chanel will take its inspiration from Moscow. The Chanel obsession with all things russe goes back to the days of Coco, who was fascinated by Russian artists like Stravinsky, Diaghilev and Lifar. (She even created a fragrance of Cuir de Russie with Ernest Beaux, the perfumer of the tsars.) The collection will be presented Wednesday, December 3, in the Ranelagh Theatre in Paris.
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."---Henry David Thoreau
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Spring 2009 is promising to be an exciting season for fashion and fashion accessories too. Here's just 3 of the selections from the Spring 2009 Season. It's not a lot, but you'll get the hint.
Let's start with one of my fav shoe designers. Christian Louboutian.
Chanel Collection for Spring 2009 are classic, innovative, and up-to-date. I would say Chanel did it again, but then we all knew the line never disappoints. Luv the use of the two-toned hosiery and the hanging jewelry that is used to accent the pieces.
For all you fashionista's don't miss this movie about the life and times, and talent of CoCo Chanel Saturday night.
After the international fashion week dust settles, those craving a taste of iconography needn't look any further than Christie's. On October 30, the auction house will host a retrospective auction of iconoclastic design. Resurrection: Avant-Garde Fashion, an extensive collection of 20th century fashion previously held in private hands, will be sold in London at the South Kensington saleroom. The auction includes items from designers from the 1960s to the 1990s who challenged cherished norms with new materials and innovative ways of cutting fabric. Pieces by Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, André Courrèges, Rudi Gernreich, Ossie Clark, Vivienne Westwood, Norma Kamali, Azzedine Alaia, Gianni Versace and Issey Miyake will all go on the block.
Whether it's the pop art influence or the revival of architectural couture, the collection offers over 250 pieces of apparel, accessories and jewels. Estimates range from £500 to £10,000. Key items include Rabanne's aluminum riveted plate dress, Cardin's space age bubble cape and a rare gold leather evening dress from Versace. Expect a bidding war.
Highlights include:You don't have to be present to bid. What a great opportunity provided you can stand the bidding wars. The catalog for the sale will be available 3 weeks prior to October 30th and you can order it online right now at Christie's.
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"Art is a fruit that grows in a man, like a plant , or a child in it's mother's womb."---Frank Auerbach
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See all this to choose from. Can you decide? I'll just agree to respectfully decline to say who exactly is the best. I will however say that they keep getting better with time.
