Tim Blanks and I at the buffet before the Etro show. He is such an inspiration to me. When I read his articles, I feel like the man is speaking directly to me. He asked me about my blog and I explained to him the meaning behind the beast. His response was: “Oh I hope you never make ME the beast then!” I think I explained myself wrong….
Etro:
With Anna Piaggi after the show. She will always remain the Queen of Kitsch fashion, despite the many candidates trying to take her place. Back off!
Sportmax “Carte Blache” presentation
The Carte Blanche présentation, as I grasped it, is essentially a contribution between an artist and Sportmax to make a capsule limited collection of bags, foulards, clothes, you name it. Artists of different fields: Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth and Purple’s Christophe Brunnquell have made collections and prints for this project. For this edition, the convoked artist was Lola Montes Schnabel, an NY-based artist with psychedelic-nature prints.
Rossella Jardini and I at the backstage, after the show.
The uber-delightful blogger and fashionista: Tamu McPherson smiling at the camera
Suzy Menkes: another personal fashion idol and writer extraordinaire
Favorite Shows
Although I did not get to see the Paris shows live, I comfortably sat at home logged-in to Style.com. Paris definitely beat Milan in general (in my opinion). the shows were much stronger and had more convincing new silhouettes and heavy craftsmanship. However my favorite show ended up being the Jil Sander show. For those who know me well, that will not come as a surprise given that I am an avid follower of Mr. Simons’s work. For second place I had a tie between Dries van Noten and nicole Farhi.
Nicole Farhi
The fabric that Nicole and Massimo Nicosia used for the palm-tree shirts was rather unconventional (I still wonder what it was). The-back-pack trunks were elegant, savvy, and sporty and I quite enjoy that they drew-in pijama-chic for their aero-travel inspiration.
In wish list: Back-pack trunk and the first Palm-tree shirt.
Dries van Noten
I was stunned by the psychedelic prints that van Noten used. Gijs Frieling’s painting were well-employed but for some odd reason, the prints reminded me of Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Deklight (which was also used for McQueen’s last collection)
In wish-list: the jacket in the last picture.
Jil Sander
All I have to say is that everything that Raf Simons makes: I want to wear.
In wish-list: the whole collection.
That’s that. Now I’m off to NowFashion.com to watch the couture shows!
Part 5: The Stubbornness
Part 4: The Disease
Jersey and houndstooth cotton jumper: Rob Chamaeleo/ Ring: LContreras
