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AW 2018-19 fashion week inspirations

I must admit this  2018- 19 fall winter collection was not the most exciting I have seen. No show really made me super enthousiastic, Nonetheless, there were many things that catched my eyes, Like last year, the ones that I am going to share with you are styling tricks you can replicate, Either a layering, […]

How to wear white shoes?

Whereas a bit more than a year and an half ago white was to be seen on feet exclusively for sneakers, now a snowstorm of white shoes has entered our wardrobes, Not so much in France though. But apparently in NYC they are such a rage that a client recently told me she could not […]

How to wear the rainbow trend?

Three years ago, unicorn powder spread all over the internet, trend crossing will ol’ good nyan cat, letting rays of multicolored stripes and dots on our clothes outside of the screen. The first designer to have sniffed some (unicorn powder) was of course Alessandro Michele at Gucci, ringing the end of the Celine “minimalism only” […]

France Gall, a style icon

7th of january 2018, somewhere in a grey village North of Vietnam (with wifi) I log on to social networks to find out french sixties darling singer France Gall has passed away at seventy. A singer whose sweet songs have often enlighten my gloomy sundays.  Under the vietnamese drizzle, I listen to her classics, the […]

How to wear red at Christmas time without looking like Santa

I am talking Santa’s red. It’s Christmas. C’est Noël! I know I already wrote an article about how to master bright red last year, but here it is how to wear it for a festive event such as Christmas eve. Without looking like you just robbed Santa’s Clauset. 1/With black Classic and safe. Typically red […]

Colors and prejudice

The other day my day father (coucou papa), asserted that salmon pink was really “uncool” and only worthy of grandmas fashion (we are talking old style grandmas here, not his own wife obviously). I am very aware he is not the only one to despise this color, even the name of it is not the […]

Merci monsieur Alaïa

A week ago, Azzedine Alaïa passed away at the age of 77, letting us orphan to him who may have been the last of the “grands couturiers”, rather sewing the clothes directly on the mannequins than drawing them beforehand. Having followed a training as “les beaux arts”, Azzedine Alaïa, molded his clothes like sculptures to enhance the beauty […]

How to wear corduroy

After months of (non hollidays but hard work) being away, I make my comeback on the blog. “C’est la rentrée!” as we say in France. I am just being 2 month late, but hey, with global warming it is like fall has just begun (blaming it on the climate). Today, I’d like to speak of […]

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