Fashion Notes Archives

OMG -- We're thinking the new ad campaign for Christian Louboutin Spring-Summer 2013 is seriously tainted with sadism. They can say it's inspired by Magritte and Surrealism all they want, we're thinking slavery and Nazism......

The advertising poster for a new exhibition entitled Plein les Yeux, le Spectacle de la Mode! / Feast for the Eyes, Spectacular Fashions at the Cité Internationale de la Dentelle et de la Mode de Calais (16 January - April 28, 2013)...

On December 18, 2012, the artisanal line of Martin Margiela and Alexis Mabille were made full-fledged members of the highly selective federation of French haute couture (Chambre syndicale de la haute couture) comprising only 13 fashion designers......

Men's tights or "meggings" as they are currently called need further discussing before they are brainlessly adopted by the man on the street.  Your first reaction might be that they look familiar. Indeed, you might have already spotted classical...

The news have been officially confirmed today December 3, 2012 that fashion designer Alexander Wang is the new artistic director at Balenciaga. He will remain the head of his own house while arriving at the creative helm of the haute couture house...

Pop culture can rev up so fast. The latest trend you can spot both on tee-shirts and the Internet is the by now famous trope of Clint Eastwood talking to the chair (in lieu of to the prez, Obama). If...

Versailles is getting quite a bit of traction these days in fashion circles. Chanel will present their next collection there. Dior did a perfume campaign for J'Adore last year in the Galerie des Glaces. The latest reason to showcase the...

By Chantal-Hélène WagnerI once bought hair combs in vibrant blues, reds and whites at a Paris antiques market learning from the seller that those dated from the end of WWII when they were produced to fête the end of a...

More fashion spillover from Muguet Day in Paris. It's in the morning, a bit cool, and you you will have to stand behind your stand for several hours. So what's a boy to do? Go for a fisherman jumper. Note...

Another facet of May Day 2012 in Paris: the Communist party demonstrates at the intersection of Boulevard Sant Germain and Boulevard Saint Michel while gendarmes are ready to intervene dressed in full battle gear, yet at the same time they...

John Cameron Mitchell directed a rather long short commercial movie featuring actress Marion Cotillard which offers an humoristic angle on the brand image of the Lady Dior bags. Far from the esoteric ambiance of the Shanghai short with the same...

A little bit of Holiday magic was sprinkled upon Fifth Avenue when Saks unveiled their new windows and hosted a ballet with students from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis school to kick off the season. The theme of this year's story...