MORE MAGIC HAUTE COUTURE

LEREVE2Franck Sorbier’s fashion shows are always an exceptional and magic moment. For the poet, Haute Couture is a land that imagination forgot. Many will speak of it as legend or as fantasy or even as mythology. And that is perfectly fine. We have no objection. However, Haute Couture is a real fact of life. And, as you cross the Bridge of Belief, as you imagine yourself lifting out of the logic and out of the reason of the consensus reality, moving beyond time and space and beyond time-space, you can find that that land is and has been forgotten by the imagination.

As one were to approach the catwalk, it would be located in the Pacific Ocean, far from other land masses, to be sure. And one would note first what seemed to be a cloud or a mist that seemed to hang low over the ocean. And out of that mist Continue reading

LONGCHAMP ELYSÉES

LONGCHAMPSAs announced in June, the luxury brand best known for its bags and totes is opening one of its largest stores on one of the world’s most famous shopping avenues. Longchamp celebrated the opening of the new boutique on Champs-Elysées with an exclusive party. Hosted by the Cassegrain family, owner of the cie, the event took place yesterday at the new address.

Founded 66 years ago, Longchamp’s new store spans over 500 square meters (around 5,400f square feet) at number 77 on the prestigious Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, just around the corner from the famous gourmet restaurant Le Fouquet’s.

CEO of Longchamp, Jean Cassegrain says: “Paris is the capital of fashion, and the Champs-Élysées is the world’s most beautiful avenue. The opening of this new store marks an important step in our history, and this is a very moving occasion for us.”

The evening was livened by a special DJ set like Alexa Chung, Jack Guinness and Frédéric Beigbeder taking Continue reading

THIS IS OFFICIAL

dimitriWELCOME MY FRIEND – We are delighted to announce you that my friend Dimitri Vorontsov who is owning the fashion and luxury magazine CIELO PUBLISHING has just been nominated Chief Officer of L’OFFICIEL.

The French fashion and luxury magazine L’OFFICIEL launched the Australian and New Zealand edition in November 2014. ! The acclaimed publication, owned by Paris-based JALOU MEDIA GROUP, is renowned for its award winning lifestyle content. With a history stretching almost 100 years, L’OFFICIEL is widely recognised as the ultimate style bible from Paris, the epicentre of the fashion world. L’OFFICIEL AUSTRALIA & L’OFFICIEL NEW ZEALAND, licensed by CIELO PUBLISHING mark the 25th and 26th international editions since the original French title launched in 1921. ! Continue reading

ZODIAC IN FASHION

ox2China has a sumptuous history filled with legend and traditions. Folklore suggests that the Chinese Zodiac was born when the Jade Emperor of China summoned animals from across the globe to help restore the world to order.

The Shēngxiào, literally “birth likeness”, is also known in English as the Chinese zodiac. Zodiac derives from the similar concept in western astrology and means “circle of animals”. It is a scheme and systematic plan of future action that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes according to a 12-year cycle, and it remains popular in several Continue reading

BACK TO 70’S BY MIU MIU

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Polyester was the material of choice and bright colors were everywhere. Men and women alike were wearing very tight fitting pants and platform shoes. By 1973, most women were wearing high cut boots and low cut pants.

Early 1970s fashion was a fun era. It culminated some of the best elements of the 60s and perfected and/or exaggerated them. Some of the best clothing produced in the 1970s perfectly blended the mods with the hippies.

Every woman had a cowl neck sweater in her closet and every man had a few striped v-neck velour shirts. Tunics, culottes and robes were also very popular. Sometimes it’s hard to tell which dresses were meant to be worn at home, and which ones were for a night on the town.

There is one common theme throughout fashion in the 1970s: pants were tight fitting. And it is probably the first full decade in which women could be seen wearing pants in every walk of life.

This is today Mui Mui’s style, isn’t it ?

ALTUZARRA

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Altuzarra is a luxury women’s ready-to-wear brand launched in New York by Joseph Altuzarra in 2008. Altuzarra was born out of the desire to make the sophisticated modern woman feel seductive, strong and confident.

Since its inception, Altuzarra has been consistent in establishing and refining its hallmark style – both subversive in nature and fiercely feminine, it merges authentic French sophistication with American pragmatism and ease.

Altuzarra is born in Paris from a Chinese-American mother and a French father. His multicultural upbringing and has keen interest in French culture including art, ballet and film are key influences throughout his collections.

Altuzarra wan the inaugural CFDA branding initiative. He designs costumes for New York City Ballet’s Pas de Deux A Place for Us and wins 2013 USA Woolmark Prize.

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CANAL-LUXE AUDIENCE REPORT

This Week Canal-luxe has reached the largest Fashion audience for the last 5 years.  End of October 2014, we had 12.9 million total viewers and the spectrum is between 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Thank you for your loyalty and your high interest.  The Canal-Luxe team joins me to say Thank You, and we hope to continue to give you the right information at the right moment.

Some people wonder why our audience is so important, but the only reason could be our capacity to report the truth and nothing but the truth. That’s it.

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KIM KARDASHIAN’S SISTER SIGNS ESTEE LAUDER

KARDASHIANThe American model, who is part of the clan Kardashian, famed for her no reality, will star in a new campaign for a beauty brand. That was shot on the back of a motorbike for the print images. It includes a two minute film which explore’s Kendall’s relationship with the brand and her joy at becoming “a part of this family.”

Kendall suddenly jumped into the fashion A-league in 2014. Her runway debut came early this year in the Fall/Winter 2014 shows, in which she walked for Marc Jacobs in New York City and then followed up with the Giles show in London. Rocking up in Paris for her first ever season on the runway, she then managed to bag slots at Givenchy and Chanel (where her big sister Kim Kardashian’s connections can’t Continue reading

BERNARD ARNAULT IMPRESSED

MYRTILLEToday, we met Bernard Arnault at the new Trade show “Mes Créateurs Joailliers” in Paris downtown. After having lunched at “Le Coste” place St-Germain des Près, with his family he decided to have a glance at the fine Jewellery exhibition held at the Palais de l’Industrie.

Myrtille Mousson, who is the organiser, was quite impressed for the first edition of her show to meet the Magna of the Luxe. After an instant of panic she guided Monsieur Arnauld and explained to him why it lead her to organise such a show.

Monsieur Arnault found that some of the jellewery designers were very Continue reading

LE STUDIO

YSLstudio2“Mirror and Secrets” could have been called the new book of the fashion historian, Jéromine Savignon, who tells the story of the process behind the designer’s couture collections.

Published by Actes Sud, the book is published in both French and English, and contains around 40 unreleased images — including sketches and photographs of the designer at work in various studios — along with quotes from Pierre Bergé. Photographers include Marc Riboud, Jeanloup Sieff and François-Marie Banier.

The author divides the designer’s creation process into five acts. “The process is a dogged pursuit of perfection in an almost mute effervescence,”. Continue reading

BOTKIER

BotkierIn 2003, Monica Botkier introduced the Trigger Bag, which became incredibly popular on both the strength of its rock-n-roll-luxury design and its accessible, mid-three-figures price tag. Over the next decade, the contemporary market exploded, and Botkier’s bags were carried by everyone from Rihanna to Angelina Jolie. For Fall 2014, the brand is debuting a newly expanded line, which looks to the future while playing on Botkier’s well-loved classics.

The Leroy satchel is the new season’s marquee bag, with clean details and a luxurious finish Continue reading

JP GAULTIER AND MUSEUM

GAULTIERThe Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier at the Grand Palais in Paris. From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk is a phenomenon that has wowed over a million visitors on its international tour. In its tenth stop here in Paris, after Montréal, Dallas, San Francisco, Madrid, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Brooklyn, London and Australia, the show is a high point in Jean Paul Gaultier’s career.

An exhibition organised by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with the Réunion des musées nationaux

Initiated by Nathalie Bondil, Director and Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of  Arts and curated by Thierry-Maxime Loriot, curator at Montreal Museum of Continue reading

H & WANG

wangThe moment we’ve all been waiting for is almost here: Alexander Wang’s H&M collaboration is this close to being released (the 61-piece collection officially hits stores on Nov. 6), and in in his typical, teasing fashion, the designer has now released an interactive video, showing his stylish clothes in action.

In the video-game-inspired ad, we’re able to spot a few of our favorite models — Joan Smalls, Natasha Poly, Raquel Zimmermann, and Isabeli Fontana — along with soccer player Andy Carroll — run, jump, and ball their way through a blizzard. Watch them all do their thing in the minifilm below, then scroll through to see the line, set to retail between $10 to $350, in full.

We have to say, with all this excitement and buildup to the big day, our wallets might be in for a workout, too. Karl Lagerfeld go out throught this body.

TUFI DUEK SAO PAULO 2015

TufiDuekTufi Duek has become one of the most iconic jeanswear labels in his home country, Brazil. Although he is famous for his jeans, his brand is also well known for the more sophisticated evening dresses. His most popular labels are “Forum” and “Triton”.

The Forum label is derived from sensuality while the Triton label revolves around the ideas of preppy and young. He also has a six-year contract with the art director, Giovanni Bianco.

This dramatic collection was all about the beauty of strength. How a woman can be strong and powerful without ever having to give up her femininity.

Tufi is for us the new very promising designer, and he could be the new Mac Queen in Europe. So read my thoughts Mister Duek,  come to Paris.

VICTORIA NOT SECRET

candice2Victoria’s Secret revealed this year’s Fantasy Bra. We can wonder who will wear it on the company’s Facebook page on Wednesday.

The leading lingerie brand shared a photo of supermodel Candice Swanepoel wearing the stunning bra that is valued at $10 million. Swanepoel, 24, was chosen to wear this year’s decadent bra, dubbed, “The Royal Fantasy Bra” because it features major bling.

Designed by jeweler Mouawad, it comes with a bow and belt. It features over 4,200 gems including rubies, diamonds and yellow sapphires set in 18 carat gold and in the center there is a huge 52-carat ruby.

AN EXCLUSIVE 60 MINUTES

SORBIERFranck Sorbier’s fashion shows are always exceptional and magic moments. Haute Couture is a land of imagination. Many will speak of it as a legend, as a fantasy or even more as a mythology. That is perfectly true. However, Haute Couture is a real exclusive instant to experience and share at least once in your life. We really wonder what Franck Sorbier will imagine for the next collection. Never forget that Franck Sorbier is only “fashion designer” to be recognised as Master of Art.

And, as you cross the “Bridge of Belief”, you can already imagine yourself lifting out of logic and out of reality, moving beyond time and space and beyond time-space, your imagination crosses Frank Sorbier’s imagination land.

Come and pay  a ticket to the Foundation to discover the magic land of Franck Sorbier, his mystic land of dreams at his next Haute Couture show in July. We can ensure you that you will spend an unforgettable moment in the Haute Couture world.  See you then! click here

ART JEWELRY IN PARIS

mescréateurThis morning I was having a coffee in the café around the corner ‘Les deux Magots’ Paris downtown when I saw the French blogueuse Dgena passing her way. She saw me but she wanted to take the French leave. It was too late !

“Hello Dgena, What are you doing here? She then told me that there would be soon an event on the best contemporary jewellery designer exhibition “made in France” at the “Palais de l’Industrie” located Place St-Germain des Près from 13th to 16th November and that is the reason why she was around. But I will come at the prefall on the 12 November.”

Rings, brooches, bracelets, earings, necklaces… may be considered as Continue reading

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIKI

NIKINiki de Saint Phalle (born Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle 29 October 1930 – 21 May 2002) was a French sculptor, painter, and filmmaker.

Saint Phalle was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, near Paris, to Count André-Marie Fal de Saint Phalle (1906–1967), a French banker, and his American wife, the former Jeanne Jacqueline Harper (1908–1980). She had four siblings, and a double first cousin was French novelist Thérèse de Saint Phalle (Baroness Jehan de Drouas). After being wiped out financially during the Great Depression, the family moved from France Continue reading