http://www.superfluparis.com Details on fashion, art and everything else Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:40:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Belgian designer Bruno Pieters has always positioned his work on fashion’s less is more side. Currently he’s Creative Director of menswear for Delvaux, Belgium’s celebrated leather maker where fellow Belgian Veronique Branquiho heads the women’s side. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Anvers, Pieters worked for Maison Martin ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2010/01/07/bruno-pieters-outlook/ Who better to show off the aching desirability of the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG than photographer Nick Knight and Gareth Pugh with the lovely Julia Stegner. Knight had an open brief apparently to photograph this Bond-worthy sportscar which he promptly positioned in a nose dive as a backdrop ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2009/12/21/mercedes-benz-sls-amg-by-nick-knight-and-gareth-pugh-with-julia-stegner/ 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 ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2009/12/08/the-art-of-biking/ 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 ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2009/12/07/you%e2%80%99ve-come-a-long-way-barbie/ Cutlog (October 22-25) http://www.cutlog.org/ is the newest addition to Paris’s art fair circuit and it arrives at a time when the Fiac, (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain), is looking better than ever. Paris’s  Fiac with its emphasis on established, modern artists attracts about 60,000 visitors annually on a par with London’s ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2009/10/23/paris-other-art-fair-by-rebecca-voight/ 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 ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2009/09/29/if-the-shoe-fits/ 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 ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2009/09/28/11-more-fun/ 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 ... http://www.superfluparis.com/2009/09/25/carven-green/