Tuesday of Trends

Trend is not only about patterns or skirt's length which are considered fashionable this season. It is also about those who are challenged by designers to represent the brand. This season fashion world chose the youth policy.

Recently we were looking through May Nylon and we found there Chloë Moretz. Then, while we were reading American Vogue, also May, we saw a fashion shoot in Chateau Marmont where Natalia Vodianova organized a pyjamas party with Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning and Chloë Moretz. We were also scrolling through fashion news on the Internet and... Hailee Steinfeld is the new face of Miu Miu campaign. Elle Fanning, 13 years old, is the new face of Marc by Marc Jacobs. Surprised? No. Impressed? Yes!

1. Hailee Steinfeld, 14: Oscar's award nominee for "True Grit"
Miu Miu AW 2011/2012 by Bruce Weber



*You can see the rest of the photos on the official site

2. Elle Fanning, 13: Big roles: "Somewhere", "Super 8".
Marc by Marc Jacobs AW 2011/2012 by Juergen Teller


And here is a big editorial for Marie Claire

3. Chloë Moretz, 14: Roles in "Kick Ass" and "Let Me In".
Photoshoot for Nylon, May 2011 by Jennifer Rocholl



And now look at the photos, formulate your opinion on young Hollywood trio and comment!

MODEL Monday

Hi! We survived exams, disappointments in fashion industry, tiredness, first summer heat, and then we stopped whining and complaining and wrote a post.

We've been waiting for the event, which is the subject of today's post, for several months - since February 2011, when a huge diamond sparkled for the first time on supermodel's finger and reps of both sides - Kate's and The Kills guitarist's Jamie Hince - confirmed the engagement rumours. Last weekend (from Friday July 1st to Sunday July 3rd) runaway star and British rock star tied the knot in the Cotswolds, UK. The guest list was impressive: Karl Lagerfeld, Daphne Guinness, Emmanuelle Alt, Carine Roitfeld, Anna Wintour, Stefano Pilati (who handled his job - suits for the groom and for his 'best woman' The Kills vocalist Alison Mosshart - amazingly well), Marc Jacobs, Mario Testino, Lara Stone, Jude Law and other A-list guests. Let's not forget about Jefferson Hack, EIC of Dazed&Confused, Kate's ex-boyfriend, father of her daughter Lila Grace, he also attended the ceremony. Scandalous and unpopular particularly this season John Galliano created the wedding dress (attended the ceremony as well, despite the displease of the fashion world with his recent behaviour). We have to admit that we love Kate's dress and we are very happy that she didn't follow the advice of British Vogue's EIC and didn't choose Alexander McQueen, because the main reason we love fashion is its variety.

During the festivities Kate also wore a full-length dress, a mini-dress and a suit by Stella McCartney, who was among the guests as well.
You can see more photos from the event @ Vogue.co.uk:

And a bit of Cotswolds:

Let's wish the newlyweds a long and happy life together!

PS: several guests had to leave the celebration early because of another big summer wedding - the one of Monaco's Prince Albert II and Charlene Wittstock. We'll talk about it soon.

And now... the main question: the wedding dress - YAY or NAY?

From the archives: window of Louis Vuitton shop in Paris

The new decorations of Printemps (we wrote about it in our previous post) reminded us of shop-window of Louis Vuitton boutique on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Printemps - balloons - New York - Marc Jacobs - ... Marc? - Louis Vuitton!

April 2010
101 avenue des Champs Elysées Paris, 75008.

Probably, the most famous decoration of this boutique:

by Schumata
Now we will write new posts while you try to figure out what material these suitcases were made of and calculate the expenses of LVMH group.

See ou soon!

D & P

“Flower Matango"

A small post about some scandalous practices in Versaille has to appear in our blog))) So, just a few words and a few pictures (not our own, because D&P haven't succedeed yet in visiting this exhibition and yesterday Paris was blocked by RER strikes, we have plenty of excuses...)) Cheerful Japanese artist Takashi or Takeshi or Takasi Murakami who had once transformed strict Louis Vuitton bags and made them funny at LV creative director Marc Jacobs request. Takashi didn't stop on bags. He took up something very dear to French hearts - Versaille palace.
French people are furious, of course. But that's rather from force of habit, Murakami’s strange creations are just about the last thing you'd expect to see in the Hall of Mirrors, but they are still amazing.
Murakami brought to Versaille two oversized, tendril-sprouting globes covered with cartoonish grinning flowers in eye-popping pinks, greens and yellows (as I understood these flowers gave the name to the exhibition) and dozens of other monumental sculptures. There are sculptures of different sizes: some of them are really huge and they seem huge even in the spacious interiors of the Versaille Palace. The interesting thing that I realized is that Murakami sculptures were placed in the halls of the palace very precisely: the sculpture by Takashi was always
situated near the ancient sculpture or picture of the same size.
So in spite of the enormous difference between the charged Baroque style and that of Japanese comic books, or mangas we can feel that items of the both styles are a bit alike.
I have heard a lot about a storm of criticism from French people who denounced the idea of Takashi’s exhibition in the palace interiors. They also said that “Flower Matango” should be exhibited in the museum Pompidou or somewhere like this. But it seems to me that Versaille is a perfect place for “Flower Matango”, unexpected palace interiors make funny sculptures looking like a real art. Takashi remind us that his sculptures are not only amusing items but harmonious compositions.
And he is right: his flowers are the harmony of proportions and this harmony makes us think about the elegance of ancient chandeliers and so on.

To cut a long story short, French citizens rail for nothing. Murakami made them smile and that's cool (he who has stood in a queue at least once will understand).







D & P

I was going to Printemps to buy a blender and didn't plan to photo anything, but then I thought: what if cupcake-bar closes before I'll come back with a camera to Printemps)) that's why I caught everything on my good-old Nokia)) So, don't be mad at me because of the quality... the main thing is the content!
Ho-ho-ho! You haven't seen the mannequin with Sponge Bob ballons with inscriptions "I love Marc Jacobs" yet! And who doesn't love him???

Generally speaking, all this beauty is decorations "New York in Printemps" - the new thing of Printemps this fall.







Sincerely, D & P

Fashion MONTH! Part II

13/09
1. William Tempest - debutant of the week
2. Donna Karan New York - a very integral collection

3. Carolina Herrera - well thought-out collection (from the commercial point of view), crowned with amazing hats. An original idea of dresses-herbariums.

4. Marc Jacobs - there is everything in this collection: shining fabrics, bright colours, prints, hats, pants with high waist, mini-shorts, gold, seeming weightless sandals on platforms, semi-transparent maxi-skirts, thick midi-skirts etc. The one thing which is missing is... jeans. But we think it was left on purpose to Ralph Lauren! :)

14/09
1. Vera Wang - known for her snow-white wedding dresses Vera Wang prefers black on the ready-to-wear runaway, however, this year she couldn't resist adding some bright colours. Although, let's check out the black looks, shown by Irina Kulikova:

2. Herve Leger by Max Azria - a kingdom of geometry

3. Narciso Rodriguez - here one can easily observe two main tendencies: lots of white and minimalism

4. Marc by Marc Jacobs - insped by 70s Marc Jacobs has created a beautiful collection with vivid accesories. Pay attention to the hats-pots)))

15/09
1. Michael Kors - Michael Kors showed one more time why he's one of the permanent Project Runaway's judges, he's already a classic of Americain fashion.

2. Anna Sui - fresh and romantic collection from a designer who celebrates 20 years of her brand (and yes, the monopoly on jeans this season belongs to her).

3. Marchesa - chic-chic dresses.

16/09
1. Ralph Lauren - inspired by Wild West Ralph Lauren has created a beautiful collection. All fashion-critics predict a huge commercial success for it.

2. Calvin Klein - at first, it could seem that designer made clothes for chess-men... but actually no, in this collection there are some other colours))

3. Oscar de la Renta - dresses and ensembles of classic cut, a bit boring, however very beautiful and of the best quality. By having created this collection Oscar de la Renta proved once again that he is one of the elephants (excuse us, Oscar) holding American fashion.

Fasten your seat bealts! The next stop is London!

D & P

Developping the sense of smell. UPDATED!

We love ad campaigns of new men's fragrances.
1. Boss Bottled Night with Ryan Reynolds.
After having exchanged compliments:
Ryan: "BOSS is a brand that not only represents classic style and sophistication, but inspires men to work hard, embrace opportunities and strive for success in all aspect of their lives. I’m honored BOSS invited me to be the face of its new men’s fragrance".
Marketing Director of Hugo Boss Tomas Burkhardt: "He is stylish, dynamic and confident with a tenacity and determination that make him an ideal role model of modern success".
Ryan and Hugo made a beatiful video with lots of nice black colour:

BTW, there is one more interesting thing with Hugo Boss: Natalia Vodyanova has become "Boss Black" new face!

2. The Big Pony Collection
The best way to describe this video is a youtube comment from HollyJ93: "i've never seen so many good looking people at once! i'm not even noticing the girls, i'm too busy staring at those amazing men!!!!"

3. Marc Jacobs "Bang"
If you want something done right, do it yourself! Marc Jacobs repeats this mantra every day and he follows it.
Model: Mark
Photographer: Juergen Teller

The results of herd work:


You loved it too, admit it!

See you soon, girls and boys!

D & P

PS: Bleu de Chanel
As always, Chanel is an absolute leader. Martin Scorcese produced a short-film starring Gaspard Ulliel