You’ve come a long way Barbie!

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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.

Published by rebecca on December 7, 2009
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1+1 = More Fun

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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.

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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.

Kitsuné Boutique maison

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.

Published by rebecca on September 28, 2009
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  • About Rebecca Voight

    Rebecca was raised with an ancient map of Paris over the fireplace in Berkeley, California. And so it’s no surprise that when her sister Katie Voight invited her on a short buying trip for her jewelry company Katie Shoestring back in 1981, Rebecca would stay on from one day to the next, and the next. Katie went on to establish “The Berkeley Girl,” her EBay site filled with treasures large and small culled from estate sales, flea markets and mysterious garages around San Diego. Rebecca writes about fashion and people for the IHT, Interview, the NYT’s T , L’Uomo Vogue, Hint and many others. From 1998 to 2002 she was co-editor of the seminal fashion title Dutch. And after that she went on to edit another publication from Sandor Lubbe called Zoo. She is passionate about fashion, young designers and all subjects related to style and culture.
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