PARIS, Feb 7, 2008 /FR/— A fortnight has gone since the Paris Haute Couture collections were presented on the catwalk. Now that we are back in the craze of the ready-to-wear season for next fall, it could be the right time to look back on the Haute Couture presentations for Spring 2008 and try to [...]
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For Young Men, Suits & Tuxedos Are Not Just For The Prom Anymore
PARIS, Jan 17, 2008 / FW/ — Last December, a Mastercard commercial in the U.S. featured a young man with long curly hair wearing jeans shopping for a Christmas gift for his mom. The next scene was Christmas dinner and the same young man walks in wearing a suit, his mother was so happy [...]
Second Life Fashion : Trend-Setting for Real Life Fashion ? Part Two.
SECOND LIFE, December 29, 2007 – (Continued) … Interesting that a Real Life fashion designer also goes to Second Life to explore leather goods ! “His shoes are among the best virtual ones” says our connoisseur, Princess Hildegarde, “simple, sober, they display details that unmistakably show that Storm Schmooz knows what he is doing for [...]
Second Life Fashion : Trend-Setting for Real Life Fashion ? Part One.
SECOND LIFE, December 29 , 2007 – Of course, Second Life – the leading online virtual world open for free to anybody who has a powerful enough computer and a good internet connexion – now has more than eleven million people registered as avatars; all right, 1.276.661 of these “residents” have connected to the in-world, [...]
Cocktail with Galliano
PARIS PRET-A-PORTER (PARIS FASHION WEEK) SPRING-SUMMER 2007
PARIS, Oct 13, 2006 – /FW/ Bar Crillon is the elegant and yet relaxed bar inside the Hotel de Crillon, one of the best hotels in Paris where so many kings and presidents, movie and music stars have been guests, and where Parisians go from time to time, for [...]
Nicolas Degennes: When Freedom Makes Up a Designer
PARIS PRET-A-PORTER (PARIS FASHION WEEK) SPRING-SUMMER 2007
PARIS, Oct 5, 2006 /FR/ - How do you decide which shows, parties, launches or presentations you do attend when you are at a Fashion Week? I guess there are lots of different reasons, depending first on your professional point of view, then on your personal taste, and you [...]