Tag: luxury fashion
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Paris Impressions
Tension Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture is over. This season, a strange feeling hovered over the French Capital. Numerous strikes have paralysedFrance. President Macron’s reform policies have not gone down well the citizens. I am not familiar with Gaul politics and economy but Paris was a city filled with tension. How many strikes occur in […]
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Paris Fashion Week Couture
BONJOUR! Sorry, I have not been posting. A bit busy on this end playing catch up. Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture felt a bit overwhelming. Covering the event for the firs time started from the moment I arrived at the hotel. I dropped the bags at the hotel in the center of Paris then raced […]
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Bonjour Paris
Black and Paper countdown to Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture starting June 30th. The City of Lights is our destination to the fashion week of fashion weeks. Couture is the ultimate in craftsmanship. One of a kind looks created by designers to showcase their skills as technique masters. An understatement would be the word “Thrilled”. […]
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Enchanted Luxury
Sponsored by Canon Germany Luxury brand Serapian invited me to their presentation during Milan Fashion Week. The setting impressed me. I wondered if a certain Hollywood actress would come down the marble stair case. A quick look at the Serapian collection. These are classic pieces that will be in style for a long time.
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Fanny Pack,,Not!
The fanny pack has become a luxury brand staple. An accessory once regulated to streetwear to brands like Nike and Puma. Luxury makers have recently picked on the trend by introducing their own versions. Louis Vuitton’s 1500 euro item sets the standard in the fashionista category. My opinion: I will never own one. Do […]
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Stars in Bulgari
Why not a GLAM, GLAM night out on the town? The Berlinale has rolled into the city. Stars, filmmakers, celebrities descend on the capital for work and fun. Luxury brand BVLGARI’s annual party is always a high point on the festival nightlife calendar. This year at The Secret Garden, an old theater in the Mitte […]
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France 24 on Couture
TV channel France 24 gives a quick run down of the Couture collections from Paris.
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Feeling Like A Princess
Do women still want to wear wedding dresses? Is this too traditional for the 21stcentury? After the past few young royal events, everyone wants to feel like a princess. The centerpiece of Ziad Nakad’s couture collection is the wedding dress fit for a 18th century noble bride. I am not going to ignore the rest […]
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Paris Fashion Week Couture Highlights
Just a Quick Rundown Haute Couture is for a few but inspiration for all. This is the week when fashion houses unleash pageantry at its most 17thcentury finest. Sheer splendor in the air meticulous designs, some taking hundreds of man and woman hours to produce. Shapes and colors in all structures combined for display on […]
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Paris Fashion Week Couture Roundup
Alin Le Kal’s decade of experience with textiles along with his education at RMIT University, Melbourne proved invaluable. He developed a skill using fabrics. His feminine looks, using intricate crystals and feathers for his Spring Couture collection titled “Reflected Elements” showcased his love for the female form. The runway show set in the […]