J'adore Dior

1st day of Paris's fashion week and 1st suprise: the sobriety of Galliano's designs for Dior.
No more bling-bling, no more shows on the catwalk, no more Wonderland decors...Is it the end of an era? Dior unveiled the French Fashion Week in a near austerity feeling, models were cold beauties from the North, inspired by Flemish spirit and Vermeer's paintings. For this season, there was no spectacular show, only a simple catwalk under a tent at the Musée Rodin.
Crazy hair, full skirts with waves folding fabrics cascading in soft colours such as pink, lavender or peach. All were cinched at the waist and bows were present on every outfit.
Sleeves weren 't kept simple either with their architectural forms and hats were big and decorated with feathers and worn on the side. Each and every silhouette takes your breath away, especially towards the end of the show where petticoats come out of the obscenely long dresses and are decorated in what can be seen as red and gold tapestry and given a touch of luxury with a few rows of beaded necklaces.
The show was named "Plus Dior que Dior" and models paraded on Carla Bruni's song "Quelqu'un m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore" (somebody told me you still loved me), and yes, of course, more than ever, we still adore Dior.

French men love Kate Moss

Or Kate Moss loves French men...After posing with French actor Gaspard Ulliel for Longchamp, the model is now embracing Melvil Poupaud, another (very good looking) French actor. They were photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Fred, the French jeweller. The glamorous couple emphasizes the "Force 10" bracelet worn by Kate Moss. The jewel was created in 1966 but has been updated for the luxury brand this year. Adverts for the jeweller will be published from March onwards in French magazines. Hopefully you'll be able to spot them in English magazines too, if not, here's the picture!

Yes, she knows how to dress

Michelle Obama showed her good taste and love for fashion during her husband's campaign, and as she became America's fist lady yesterday she proved how stylish she is, one again. During the 2-day ceremony she chose outfits from reknown fashion designers, such as Narcisso Rodriguez but also from breakthrough designers. Still, more than the designer's names it was the outfits' elegance and sophistication that struck. Isabel Toledo, a Cuban-American designer was the day-outfit's designer, while the white, one-shoulder gown embellished with silver thread and rose appliqué, Mrs Obama wore in the evening was designed by 26-year old Jason Wu (The Taiwan-born designer is based in New York and has been in the fashion industry just three years).
Her choice of designers could also be seen as the Obamas showing their support to minorities and helping them promote and develop their work in the USA.
In France, Ségolène Royal, ex-candidate for France's presidency joked saying "I inspired Obama for his campaign". Well, Michelle Obama could be said to have been inspired by Mrs Royal too as both have seen the press talk about their outfits more than their ideas!

Design for Obama

Not only have fashion designers have been at war in order to dress Michelle and Barack Obama on the Inauguration Day, taking place yesterday in Washington, but fashion they had already offered to help participate in paying for the festivities (Bush's Inauguration had cost 45 million dollars in 2005, just to give you an idea!). Zac Posen, Diane Von Furstenberg and Alexander Wang, among others therefore designed new fashion pieces for the "Runway to Change" project, which was initally created in order to help pay for Obama's campaign.
Here's the link to the Runway to change website: http://www.runwaytochange.com/

DKNY goes street style

Scott Shuman aka "the Sartorialist" is Donna Karan's new photographer! Shuman, one of the world's most famous fashion blogger has photographed models and celebrities such as Sean Lennon or Daisy Lowe in the streets of NY for the Spring Summer 2009 DKNY collection. The photographs ressemble the ones on the Sartorialist blog: they are simple and unpretentious. The photos are really intimist and beautiful, everyone is going to want to wear DKNY now!

Stephen Sprouse inspires Louis Vuitton (again!)

Soho’s Louis Vuitton Boutique is celebrating Stephen Sprouse’s work this week onwards. The artist and designer was famous in the 80s for his reinterpretation of the streetwear style. Green Street’s shop-front is entirely draped in fluorescent graffiti vinyles, while the interior is decorated with black bricks also decorated with graffitis. The whole new Louis Vuitton inspired by Sprouse collections has been on preview since Thursday 8^th and as well as being a hit with the media it has also been with LV fans!

(Stephen Sprouse was a friend of Marc Jacobs, with whom he had designed in 2001the it-bags Monongram Graffiti collection. In 2006, Marc Jacobs had already payed a tribute to him by launching a leopard-pattern scarf initially designed by Sprouse. It was an instant hit)