Articles tagged ‘Fashion’
Thought for the Day
By Parisgirl | December 18th, 2006 |
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What would have happened if Louis XV had married Empress Elizabeth of Russia rather than Marie Leczinska of Poland? If Elizabeth had married Louis XV,she would have probably not remained in Russia long enough to choose Catherine the Great as the daughter for the Archduke Peter and there may never have been a Catherine [...]
Metropolis, Renaissance Armor and Fashion Forcasts
By Parisgirl | December 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
In a recent entry, I mentioned the Lotte Eisner exhibit of German expressionist set designs - much earlier I talked about the great armor portrayed in Titian paintings. Put this together with the Metropolis robot and you have your fashion statement for the upcoming season. It’s all about creating a ’second skin’. [...]
Fashion Challenged
By Parisgirl | November 29th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Fashion – Why French Women don’t need Fashion Gurus
Leafing through Vogue’s round-up of America’s ‘Best Dressed for 2006’, I came across this quote on P. 86 “The great Gloria Guinness was never more stylish than when she was broke and obliged to limit her wardrobe to a very few select pieces.”
This has long been the [...]
More on Titian and Fashionable Armor
By Parisgirl | November 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you remember in my entry about the Titian exhibit at Luxembourg gardens, I wondered if Italian Renaissance armor would be the fashion statement for next Fall, 2007. Well, guess what’s featured in Harper’s Bazaar (November issue) on P.251? Check out Anthony Ward’s fashion photos, and in particular, you’ll note John Galliano for [...]
Paris Fashion Challenge
By Parisgirl | November 3rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
It’s 10:30 pm Friday. Here’s the results of the search for a Paris ‘fashion challenge’ and ‘pas de tout cher’. We found these ballerina slipper/shoes at “INCONTOURNABLE” at 65 Rue Vaugirard (right on the corner of Rue de Rennes). INCONTOURNABLE just opened for business yesterday - so they’re not even set up [...]
Fall Colors - Chocolate Brown - the new Black?
By Parisgirl | October 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The shop windows are touting gray. No one is listening - the same way last year the shop windows tried to push plum - and no one was listening (except me because I’ve always liked that color and would wear it regardless).
Maybe it’s the weather - it’s basically been too warm in Paris [...]
Fashion Statement-Sequins- all that glitters is not glamor
By Parisgirl | October 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
It used to be that you’d never see a sequin in sight. Now you see them at the strangest times - on ballerina slippers and handbags that benefit in no way from the sequin afterthought. When I see sequins, it makes me think of Michael Caine - who wrote in his autobiography that [...]
Friendly and Unfriendly Shopkeepers and Clerks
By Parisgirl | September 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Friendly and Unfriendly Shopkeepers in Paris
Many visitors to Paris, especially non-French speaking visitors wonder about how they’ll be received in French shops. For several years, I’ve been assuring Americans that if you are polite when you walk into a person’s shop, you will probably receive the same kind of attention you would expect in [...]
Hand-made jewelry in the Marais
By Parisgirl | September 24th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Our visitor to Paris this week, Kate, (aside from being an environmental lawyer in Saipan) has discovered a knack for jewelry design. She’s getting to be well-known in Saipan. We wanted to check out some of the Paris jewelry boutiques, particularly in the Marais during her visit.
We were particularly impressed with Bijoux Blues (www.bijouxblues.com) located [...]
Big Fashion
By Parisgirl | March 8th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
As I recently mentioned re: “French Women Don’t Get Fat”, French women DO get fat, but they don’t usually stay fat. And some are just ’round’. Today in Le Figaro in the Fashion and Beauty section, there was an article about fashion for Size 42 and up (that’s a French 42, not [...]
