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The Art of Biking

rebecca — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:25:30 +0000

My first question is: why didn’t someone think of this before?
Forget the usual swimsuit lineup, almost everyone looks fantastic on a bike. It must be something about engaged muscles and coordination. For it’s 2010 calendar, the Swiss Institute in New York, has produced Artists on Their Bicycles New York 2010, in a limited numbered edition of 500. The usual subjects are proudly represnted from February’s Collier Schorr to Pierre Huyghe, for November and David Byrne and Cindy Sherman in December . My personal favorite is October’s Ryan McGinley who always creates a stir wherever he goes. The calendar, edited by Emma Reeves, Gianni Jetzer and Design Li, Inc is photographed by the incomparable Lukas Wassmann (http://www.lukaswassmann.com), a young Swiss photographer who lives between Berlin and Zurich who has one of the best takes on the genially absurd I’ve seen in years.

You’ve come a long way Barbie!

rebecca — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:35:05 +0000

Grainy grey Monday morning in Paris and guess what flashes on my computer. A Christmas gift idea from my friend Mandi Lennard, London PR extraordinaire. Who knew that Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo has a “Jungle Flowers nonsense theme” for the holidays? Well all the CDG fans in Japan, of course, as this Platinum Label Collection Barbie, dressed in a the nonsensical Jungle pixelated rose print gown by Rei, was a sell out last week over there. And now it’s available at Comme des Garçons stores all over the world and at London’s Dover Street market, of course. For those not into dolls, there’s wallets, T’s, scent, Artek chairs and snowballs.

If The Shoe Fits

rebecca — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:41:21 +0000

Fashion detectives on your mark. Match the shoes to fit this gallery of stylish suspects:

Colette asked J.M. Weston—French footwear doesn’t get any more classic—to produce a mini collection of shoes—10 in all— designed by André, Gildas Loaec and Masaya Kuroki of Kitsuné, Olivier Zahm, Olympia Le Tan, Joséphine de la Baume and the Cazals. The result is available by special order at Colette from October 11-17.

1+1 = More Fun

rebecca — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:55:53 +0000

It’s a sunny Monday morning in Paris, but it’s raining collaborations. First off, Sonia Rykiel is H&M’s next guest designer. Expect a selection of lingerie in store on December 5 and a Spring 2010 collection of her stripey knitwear hits on February 20. And don’t forget Jimmy Choo spikes for H&M on November 14. That’s just about when Rei Kawakubo’s Beatles bags will hit London’s Dover Street market.

Yes, Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons’ has signed a deal with Apple Corps Ltd, (the company which manages The Beatles’ musical catalogue and image, for a collection of bags under The Beatles/Comme des Garçons label available at DSM and at Gyre in Tokyo in mid-November. WWD reports the deal is long term and might extend to T-shirts.

And because news always comes in threes, Kitsuné, the elegant Paris classics label from DJ’s Gildas Loaec and Masaya Kuroki, moves into Colette today. Boutique Kitsuné Maison is a gingham-covered pop-up shop at the store featuring Kitsuné record label’s CDs and clothes for classically funky men and women through October 3.

Carven Green

rebecca — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:22:30 +0000

Elle magazine is one of the things that makes Paris fashion go round, so it’s fitting that Superfluparis would start on a Friday, the day Elle hits the stands. For those far form the hexagon, but ever in need of a Paris style fix, here’s what the world’s biggest fashion weekly has to say about la mode a few days before Paris Spring 2010 fashion week.

What better way to celebrate than by turning the house of Carven into a cookie, or more precisely a macaroon from Ladurée, noblesse oblige? Carven’s house color is green, which is also the color of good luck. The Carven macaroons, packed in a signature green and white stripe box, are anise-flavored and available exclusively at Ladurée’s rue Royale HQ in October.

Why Carven? Madame Carven, who founded the house in the 1940s, turned 100 on August 31, which makes her Paris fashion’s doyen. And that’s not all. This summer saw the debut of Caven’s men’s collection for Spring 2010 from Ludovic Alban, formerly with Hermès and YSL. Next up is women’s wear for spring from Guillaume Henry who earned his stripes at Givenchy and Paule Ka.