My Chanel Bag

19 November 2013

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I gave you a glimpse of it last week with no further explanation, but since I like to talk a lot and because this bag is different from any other, I felt like telling you more about it.

I’ve been dreaming of this bag since always! Absolutely timeless and elegant, it’s been the symbol of Parisian chic around the world for years.

THE Chanel bag.

THE bag.

Iconic with its diamond shaped quilting and its double C clasp, its chain and leather shoulder strap…. My favorite version is one of the ones that are reedited every year, in black caviar … READ MORE

Isabel ♥

15 November 2013

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I hadn’t forced myself out of bed to face a morning frenzy around a Capsule Collection at H&M since Lanvin in 2010!! But when my alarm clock rang yesterday morning, I jumped out of bed and ran to the angle of Lexington Avenue and 59th street, just a few blocks from home, in order to obtain the famous pass-bracelet and be one of the crazy lucky few that would raid the shelves of the so-long-awaited Isabel Marant collection for H&M.

I’ve always liked Isabel Marant a lot… from the distance. But this time, this cheap, I didn’t want to … READ MORE

Winter is coming

14 November 2013

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Only 28°F yesterday morning, and I caught a big cold on top of it! And yet I went out to take these pictures – sorry if I look tired.

A few words about my coat : it might just look like a big oversize wool duffle coat, but it’s actually hiding a very warm quilted lining!

As for my bag, we’ll talk about it later this week. I believe it deserves a better introduction.

Thank you sooooo much for all your comments on the blog, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook after my article about my wedding. I was very moved. I’m … READ MORE

Carrie B.

4 November 2013

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I’ve always loved Carrie Bradshaw’s outfit in the episode “An American girl in Paris” of Sex And The City : her long pale green tutu, her stilettos and her fur muff.

When I saw this burgundy tutu on ASOS,, I just couldn’t resist! I had bought the same last year in grey and this cherry red reminded me of the Lanvin for H&M red tutu dress – that I bought in grey, by the way… The skirt is easier to wear, and more Carrie B. like! So I thought I was gonna make a look-alike series of pictures, in … READ MORE

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier – From the sidewalk to the catwalk – BROOKLYN MUSEUM

1 November 2013

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After Montreal more than two years ago, and Rotterdam in last February, I visited the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibition for the third time at the Brooklyn Museum last week.

You know I love this exhibit, and I almost know it by heart now : the Madonna corset, the Nana teddy bear on which Jean-Paul Gaultier created his first prototype of cone bra when he was a child, the models animated by a three-dimensional process on molded faces, and many other things. What is really nice – especially when it’s your third visit – is that they add surprises and new stuff! … READ MORE

Une jupe qui tourne et des baskets qui courent vite…

30 October 2013

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For today’s outfit, two new items that will take us back to our childhood : a “twirling skirt” and “fast running sneakers”! It’s so funny those expressions you probably also used when you were kids, as if we needed to give clothes magical powers!

Actually, I’m not sure I’ve changed on this point with my “perfect skinny jeans”, my “stilettos that don’t hurt my feet”, my “dress that goes with everything”, my “sweater that makes me glow”.

Anyway, let’s talk about these new items :

–       I love this skirt so much that I’m seriously considering doing a whole series … READ MORE