PARIS–Wednesday night, in Paris’ majestic Palais de Chaillot, France’s most famous call girl, Zahia Dehar, presented her debut couture lingerie collection, bringing a sultry close to the city’s fashion week. Guests were welcome by real-life size molds of her naked body, as well as mini white chocolate Zahias, and prints of her look book shot by Karl Lagerfeld–all in a velvet, bubblegum-tinted boudoir.
The 19 year old ‘designer’ hit headlines a couple of years ago for her popularity amongst French football players: At age 17, she was reportedly bought for a night by a team member to be Franck Ribéry’s birthday present.
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PARIS–Jean-Paul Gaultier’s couture shows are always incredibly fun. Not only is the production grandiose, but the crème de la crème of Paris is always there, too–Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Goude, you name it.
This time, the designer, who has always celebrated pop culture, decided to pay homage to the late Amy Winehouse, whose bold personality and rock and roll Barbie figure became an emblem of London.
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Forget the pink pearls and lighter-than-air Givenchy angels of last season. In this collection, Riccardo is offering something a little darker, a little spikier (literally).
Upon entering the private mansion where the presentation is always held, I was welcomed by a) peach juice and b) models wearing nose rings the size of their face and earrings so heavy they have to be held together by an invisible headband.
The theme was the 1920s. Think ample, sheer blouses with trompe l’oeil collars, ultra-wide pants, and slinky dark dresses to the floor–it all looked tailor-made for Rooney Mara’s hotly anticipated Oscar red carpet turn. Read more »
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PARIS–Walking up a small steel circular staircase to one of the halls inside the Grand Palais on Tuesday morning to the Chanel couture show, none of us had any idea that after passing through a long silver corridor we would be inside an exact replica of an A380 (business class, of course). Unlike the many spectacular settings at previous Chanel couture shows–the Place Vendôme or the giant golden lion–this time the audience became part of the set. There were even flight attendants serving a choice of water, mango juice and champagne.
The setting (complete with a skylight with blue sky and clouds above) emphasized a spring couture collection imbued with the feeling of lightness. Each model walked by with both hands tucked nonchalantly into the small pockets seams–a new attitude in couture. And that’s no easy feat–to convey a sense of lightness and even casualness while wearing beaded and embroidered couture clothes. We tend to think of couture overly designed, heavy–pieces that are great on the runway or in a magazine editorial but unrealistic for today’s women. Not so at this show.
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