Top models are very similar but they do not look the same. Kate Moss whose origins are from the middle class of the south of London suburds has just celebrated her 40th anniversary. Her counterparts, Cara Delevingne, daughter of Pandora Stevens, columnist of Vogue and of Charles Delevingne, property developer and Nicholas Colridge’s goddaughter, president of Conde Nast International, has just come out of her adolescence to become the best known top model.
However, today the name of the new Kate Moss is Flora; latin root of the word flora and flower. It is the name of the goddess called Sabine. Daughter of a French industrial and of an artist, Flora has got style. She is sophisticated, both simple and glamour as well as wiser than her peers mentionned below.
Kris Van Assches, the Belgian designer who has been the artistic director of Dior since 2007, has just announced that he need a break and will take some distance to think on how he could best develop his brand in the future. In the meantimes he will focus on Dior, “while awaiting the right project for his label”. He will thus be one of the absent at the next collection in Paris.
Azzedine Alaïa is launching its very first perfume, for women, called Alaïa Paris. The fragrance has been created under license with Beauté Prestige International (BPI).
Damien Dufresne chose MakeUp in Paris to present “Skin”, his new book dedicated to make-up published by Editions Assouline. Indeed, I did the make-up, the photos and surrounded myself with a team of true professionals. Three years ago, on the first edition of MakeUp in Paris at the Espace Pierre Cardin, I decided to make those pictures by myself.
The British company, Burberry, lowered its 2016 earnings forecast by 40 million pounds ($62 million). Since 2009, it is the first time that its adjusted pretax profits fell by one percent because of exchange rate issues. (Ignoring those, profits rose by 7 percent.) Stock in Burberry fell 6 percent upon the news, its steepest decline since Oct. 2014.
Last week Britney Spears thrilled the world by announcing her plans to launch a line of lingerie. The pop icon even modeled her merchandise in a sexy snap, which she posted on Twitter with the message: “Coming very soon… The Intimate Collection, by yours truly.” Victoria’s Secret immediately shut up shop because, well, game over.
Franck Sorbier, in his constant conceptual research on the future of Haute Couture and luxury, maintains his strategy in a post-apocalyptic area. He maintains himself the whole values of Haute Couture in this world, to keep the fundaments than others try to erase and to level down the profession in order to be able to raise themselves by a mechanical effect.
Kim Kardashian launched a new line of clothing in Brazil. She hoped to win over women in a land where voluptuousness is often celebrated !!! She said at an event in Sao Paulo that her “simple and sexy” range of clothing aimed to reflect her own tastes and comprised clothes she would wear herself.
In the 20’s, the Marinière or nautical style originally became popular thanks to Coco Chanel who turned it into a true fashion style shortly after, when she teamed the famous striped top with men’s pants or pants-and-blazer suits. Again in 1956, the fresh, playful and sensuous actress, Brigitte Bardot was wearing a stripped T-shirt on the set of Naughty Girl by Michel Boisrond.
Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan with a population of 1,421,868, it is certainly a hustling and bustling place to be. It also used to be the former capital of the country, until 1997 when it moved to Astana.
The creative genius of Christian Dior spans the decades. A by-word for Avant-Garde and new beginnings, Dior today denotes a new take on femininity and a particular definition of elegance, at once simple and sophisticated, and always ahead of its time.