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From France 24: Paris Fashion Week
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Issey Miyake at Paris Fashion Week Men
From Paris Fashion Week Men Black and Paper covered the Issey Miyake runway show.
This season the designer went with muted colors and shapes, nothing dramatic. I would describe the collection as “Cyber Cool.” Prints for jackets and pants were nice while all was loosely fitted on the body with many collarless looks. The monochromatic blue and black combination made an impression me.
Images by Black and Paper Creative Contributor Brice Hardelin from Paris.
For more information on Brice go to:bricehardelin.com
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Colette Experience
What is a trip to Paris without a visit to Colette on Rue Saint-Honore? Always an experience, never dull, this boutique is a world class destination for fashion and trends with hundreds of distinctive, diverse items reflective of its status as first class shopping destination.
Black and Paper Chat during Paris Fashion Week in Colette.
What is Colette?
Fashion is a piece of the puzzle. It is art, watches, food, streetwear. And there is intimacy here. The buyers select but 1 person decides on what is in the store. It is all one vision. But Colette loves life.
Are there plans to open another store?
NEVER! There are no plans. All the focus is on this store.
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Why do non-fashion brands want to be sold here?
They want to touch another type of clients. We can display products in a new way. We had an event with Samsung. Coca Cola (Special Edition Bottle), Happy Plugs, Fuji Camera, Disney, World Cup, and Moet Chandon had special “Colette Collections” only available here.
The Colette Café is a meeting point especially at Fashion Week, there are people from all over the world.
(Side note: During our conversation a well-known magazine editor and publisher came by our table to say “hi.”)
It is a destination where fashion people have to come. Lagerfeld came in to shop without the drama. He is often here. But all customers are treated equally, the same service whether Jay Z or a person who walks in for the first time for a 4.00 euro café or a 4000 euro one of a kind Ready to Wear jacket.
It is a meeting point all the time. It is very difficult to get bored in Colette. There is always investment in the store to keep it fresh and new, it is the curiosity factor. Like the menu designs and wallpaper, these are redone every 2 weeks.
There is always an event ranging from a pop up store to book signing. Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington had a successful book signing.
The Burberry London Fashion Week See Now Buy Now event was very successful. We had a video feed of the runway show, then after we allowed viewers to buy the see and buy the collection
Independent Brands are always supported in the store.
YES! They are the future.
Paskal Clothes form the Ukraine .
Sacai from Japan is great, a brand mixing RTW with Bespoke.
The Fabrizio Viti shoe collection is a must have.
What’s popular now ?
Chris Kane Sweatshirts are popular. Kongol hats, Puma High Heels. Streetwear is in the store’s DNA.
What about shopping online?
The website is the Colette experience but on a screen. Everything in the store is online.
Colette is located in Paris at 213 Rue Saint Honore or go to:www.colette.fr
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Perfume Museum from France 24.
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The Color Line
While in Paris for Fashion Week I had a chance to see a moving exhibition on the African American experience at the Musee du Quai Branly. In these times of uncertainty it reminds a person of how far a country has come and needs to go concerning race relations.
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Le Bon Marche Paris
Paris is the capitol of shopping so of course it would be home to the first department store, Le Bon Marche. Housed in a building from the 19th century that on the left bank near Blvd St. Germain, Le Bon Marche is the most boutique like Grand Magasin in the city showcasing established as well as new designers. For avid shoppers this place is inspiring with so much charm.
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Margiela Collection Spring 2017
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Martin Margiela Spring 2017
Martin Margiela, the fashion worlds deconstructionist Garbo because of his aversion to interviews and being photographed launched his house in 1988. The Royal Academy of Arts graduate rejected fashion as a luxury form but instead used vintage and old materials incorporated into new looks and designs. The historical aesthetic of this brand is about pick and mix with forms.
John Galliano has been the Creative Director of the label since 2015. I admit it, I was excited when it was announced Mr. Galliano would take the helm of the brand, a perfect match of the whimsical combined with different elements of inspirations. Both the house and its new head were not afraid to play with proportions or fabrics; there was the mutual history of exploration.
When it was confirmed I could see the Spring-2017 collection up close and personal it was a dream come true. I saw the details, touched the material, it gave me real appreciation of the collection. For me, the transparent blouse was great. There were pieces inspired by backpacks; skirts with broken pieces of CD’s and interpretations of the classic trench coat were other highlights.
Margiela has always been a label with a certain style, but still endures.
A BIG THANK YOU to the Margiela Team.
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Agnes B. at Paris Fashion Week
Agnes B. stayed true to form with her Spring 2017. The looks had a coquette feeling of a lady taking a leisurely walk along the Seine River. Leather skirts with soft sweaters, sheer, and pajama looks all combined for a soft retro influenced collection.
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