Paris Fashion Week: Men Wearing Pink

Paris - French label Thierry Mugler was channelling Miami Vice with a vibrant, '80's-inspired show on Friday aimed at men with attitude enough to wear pink.

Designer Rosemary Rodriguez delivered what she called a "bad boy in pastel colours", serving up slim, lightweight pantsuits in citron, lime and bubblegum shades for the label's spring-summer 2010 collection.

"It's about classics with a twist, preppy basics with pimpy touch, Miami Vice with an edge," she said in a pre-show interview.

Rodriguez, who was presenting her third menswear show for Mugler, paired sheer dress shirts in pastel polka dots with mix-matched linen and cotton separates. All looked crisp and eminently wearable.

Rodriguez's Mugler man was also sporty, clomping down the catwalk in oversized white basketball shoes with extra-tall tongues embellished with the brand's star logo.

Mugler, a mythic name in the 1980s, has struggled to find its footing since the departure of its founder and the subsequent closure and re-launch of the label.

The brand's managing director, Juan Penuela Vallejos, said he was confident in Mugler's ability to rise from the ashes - even given the current dismal outlook for retail fashion.

"The brand is coming back, slowly but surely," he said in a pre-show interview.

Source: News 24

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Price Hike On Luxury Goods

The luxury-goods sector is going out of fashion. Aquascutum, whose customers included Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, has threatened mass redundancies just days after renowned French fashion house Christian Lacroix went into administration. Yet the luxury-goods sector continues to trade at a glitzy premium to the wider market.

In the past that premium reflected an assumption the sector's super-rich target customers would be immune to an economic downturn. But this recession has proved that theory wrong. Sales are falling across the sector as even big spenders have cut back, influenced as much by the idea it's no longer fashionable to flaunt wealth as by waning incomes.

Yet since the stock market rally began in March, luxury goods have outperformed the wider market despite a raft of bad news and no sign that extravagant spending is back in vogue. While the larger groups with diversified products, such as LVMH and PPR, are better placed to weather the downturn than individual fashion houses such as Lacroix, their premiums are nonetheless starting to look overdone.

A few months ago Burberry traded at a 10% premium to the European market, now that's more than doubled to 25% while LVMH now trades at a 33% premium to the market compared to 27% at the end of March. Even the premiums of those companies, such as PPR, which trades below Burberry and LVMH due to its less iconic brands, have risen. But trading conditions have shown no signs of improvement.

Granted the demise of Lacroix doesn't come as a huge surprise. The designer never turned a profit in 22 years as his flamboyant haute couture struggled to make the transition to ready-to-wear collections. But it was the decision by major stockists such as Saks and Neiman Marcus to reduce orders for the fall collection that was the final straw.

As the top-end department stores struggle, they are likely to cut back still further on orders which will hit the whole sector. In that context, the trading multiples of the luxury-goods sector are starting to look as highly priced as the haute couture they represent.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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Fashion Transformation

A truly trendy outfit often requires one bold statement piece: this can come in the form of an eye-popping color, a bold print, an interesting fabric, or a daring accessory. By keeping most of your ensemble basic yet stylish, this original accessory will be able to stand out and give your outfit the perfect balance of chic and vogue. Too many statements in one outfit can put you further at risk of entering potential ensemble clashes, so save your best pieces for different outfits. You don’t need to wear them all at once. With this in mind, lets talk about the bold statements of this season:

Oversized Necklaces. From the editorials of every magazine to the collection of every runway, big costume jewelry is one of the most popular strands. No doubt, a timeless strand of pearls modeled after French fashion designer Coco Chanel is always a classic twist to a simple dress or preppy blazer, but this season, the fashion world wants gigantic jewels and heavy metals. Long pendant necklaces and strands of metallic chains can add a great element to your outfit, but to truly make a statement, try bib necklaces (hate the name, love the necklace) that sit perfectly over the neckline, piled with massive gemstones. Neutral combinations of silver, black, grey and bronze can be year round pieces, but avoid solid colored plastic pieces. Designers from the likes of Lanvin, Erickson Beamon, Badgley Mischka, and Louis Vuitton have crafted these necklaces to perfection, but their cost can be anywhere upwards of $1,000. Fortunately, retailers like Banana Republic and J.Crew are currently stocked with great bold pieces at a much more wallet-friendly price. Simple dresses pair well with these necklaces, often by adding a contrast that perfectly offsets the dress, but even the most casual white tee can become an instant couture look when topped with a bold statement such as this.

Scarves. After a little more than a month in Paris, I now know why French women are known for their scarves. What might quite possibly be the most practical accessory, here, scarves are used for much more than just cold weather. One might even say that it is an unwritten rule of Paris to wear a scarf with every outfit, no matter the season. Though we have almost shed all of our winter wear, I encourage everyone to hold on to the scarf. Granted, in 80° weather, an extra layer of heavy wool is hardly spring fashion, but light fabrics can be just as much a part of spring as a pair of gladiator sandals. To stay classic, a small printed silk-like scarf tied in a triangle around the neck, or simply knotted into a big loop like a loose necklace can add a great touch to any outfit. The other option is to wrap a big linen scarf like a cuff around the neck. These linen or pashmina type scarves can be worn in soft greys and browns, but if the scarf recently designed for Louis Vuitton’s Stephen Sprouse Spring 2009 collection in hot pink linen with pop-art rose print is any indication, scarves of bright colors and light-weight fabrics are perfectly acceptable for spring weather.

Hot Pink. With Louis Vuitton’s scarf also comes this season’s theme color: hot pink. If it is any sign of this bold hue’s popularity, hot pink has made its mark on the Spring 2009 runways of designers like Marc Jacobs, Badgley Mischka, and Matthew Williamson. Williamson, most recently acclaimed for the H&M collaboration that flew out of his stores April 23, outfitted Heidi Klum in a hot pink satin suit for the season finale of Project Runway. One piece in a bright shade of pink is enough to make your outfit stand out – neon-pink flats are the ‘must-have’ here in Paris.

A good closet needs basics, but once the essentials have been assembled, it is time to look for the accents. Have fun experimenting with bright colors, patterns, fabrics, and bold accessories; as long as the rest of your outfit is basic enough, the possibilities are endless and few pieces are too bold.

Source: The News

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French Fashion House Lacroix In Trouble!

The French fashion house of Christian Lacroix, considered one of the country's most creative contemporary designers, is near bankruptcy, the daily Le Figaro reported Thursday. Management of the fashion house said last Friday the business could no longer pay its bills, according to Le Figaro. A commercial court is to decide next week whether to declare the company bankrupt and liquidate it to pay off its debts. However, shareholders have said they want to keep the fashion house afloat and will present a rescue plan to the court. Like many luxury goods businesses, the Lacroix fashion house was severely affected by the recession, losing 10 million euros in 2008 on turnover of 30 million euros. And business was even worse this year. Sales of Lacroix's ready-to-wear summer collection for women are down 35 per cent. It remains unclear if the next scheduled ready-to-wear fashion show, set for July, will be held. Company head Nicolas Topiol said the company was particularly suffering from the downturn in the United States and Japan, its two most important markets. Despite reaping lavish praise for Lacroix's opulent and theatrical creations, the business never made money in its 32-year-history. That is why French luxury group LVMHsold it in 2005 to the Falic Group, the second-largest US duty-free retailer. The new owners invested heavily in the couture business, running up its debt. Lacroix, 58, who designed the wedding dress of singer Christina Aguilera, is contractually obligated to continue working for the label that bears his name until next year.

Source: Earth Times

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Start of Bucharest Festival

The audience of Bucharest is now granted the opportunity to enjoy high-class events in the fields of fashion and garments, various presentation and manufacturing ideas, exquisite fashion shows, photography exhibitions and other surprising events during the second edition of the “Bucharest – Paris Bridge” Festival that started in Bucharest on Wednesday night and is due to take place until May 31.

This year’s edition of the festival is an impressive one, with new events, numerous guests and more events. A new idea for this year’s edition is a fashion fair organized by the French Institute of Bucharest, an edition targeted on the presentation of creations by young Romanian fashion designers. This year’s theme of the festival is the wedding. “I consider appropriate that the 2009 edition of the “Bucharest – Paris Bridge” festival has selected this fortunate theme, in a period when the main conversation topic is the economical crisis. We must never lose our faith in renewal,” the French Ambassador to Bucharest Henri Pasul declared. Another novelty brought by the festival is the competition entitled “Espoir mode,” dedicated to young artists, providing these the opportunity to present their own creative vision, expressed in clothes’ collections.

The young designers selected in the “Espoir mode” competition are Andra Clitan from Bucharest, Popoviciu Laura from Oradea, Istvan Cimpan from Cluj and Anca Ioana Petrea from Braila. The Four designers were selected by a jury of French and Romanian fashion experts, presided by Doina Levintza, and are considered as representative for the young Romanian fashion. They will be granted a chance to exhibit their collections to the French Institute of Bucharest, and the creations of the artist who will win the final stage of the competition will be exhibited and promoted by the new residence of the French Fashion Institute in Paris during the Fashion Week of March 2010.

Not only young designers will exhibit their works during the festival, but also consecrated names of fashion. Richard Rene, the French designer invited to this edition of the festival, will present a haute – couture collection in Bucharest, as a preview to the presentation in Paris. Richard Rene has worked as an assistant for the famous Jean – Paul Gaultier.

The fashion fair at the French Institute will host creations by 30 young Romanian designers.

The French Institute will also host the broadcast of a documentary that presents a work day in the workshop of the famous designer Yves Saint Laurent and the film “Coco Avant Chanel,” starring Audrey Tautou.

Source: Nine O'clock

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Heat Up - French Chic

Madeleine Vionnet, the French fashion designer and queen of the bias cut is synonomous with French chic eveningwear. According to style.com "A major retrospective of the designer's work opens at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris next month, and come October the house itself will rise from the ashes"

This spring make like the French and don a beautiful French fashion style bias cut gown for an evening out or just vamp up your daytime style with additional accessorizing or just creating the put together look you always wanted with crisp slacks and beautfiul tops.

Don't forget to add some simple make up for the finishing touch that will give you the effortlessly chic look you were looking for!

Source: Examiner.com

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Big Kicks For Women - Yeah or Nay?

Being trendy with sandals is a must-have this season but "What's wrong with big sandals?".

Even French fashion show like Barbara Bui (French designer) on a RTW collection 2008 Spring/Summer introduce big sandals that is truly trendy and fashionable.

The two must-have styles are clearly cousins, but there’s been an evolution, thanks in part to chunky platforms, woven textures and more sex appeal.

The “it” bag has been replaced by the “it” shoe, says Nicole Fischelis, the group vice president of ready-to-wear fashion for Macy’s. “The aggressive shoe is not a new phenomenon. It’s been on the runway for a few seasons, but it’s more apparent because of the rocker-chick kind of mood that’s coming back into fashion.”

But skinny jeans and a leather jacket aren’t the only way to wear it. These shoes have an “opposite attraction” with delicate, feminine dresses, too.

Tastemakers say aggressive shoes go from daytime to evening, casual to dressy, sexy to serious. This flexibility gives them legs as a long-term trend. Macy’s and Nine West report swift sales.

The dramatic, femme-fatale shoe perfectly offsets some of the menswear-inspired fashion coming down the pike later in the year, she says. “As we look toward fall, you’ll see in fashion a lot of androgyny with the boyfriend jacket, and boyfriend jeans with a ruffled blouse — and killer shoes.”

For the warmer weather, Swennen likes aqua, yellow or silver shoes worn with black, or darker hues paired with crisp white or sandy beige clothes.

The silhouette works with knee-length skirts, Bermuda shorts and both wide- and skinny-leg pants, according to Swennen, but stay away from short shorts or maxi dresses — the proportions just aren’t right.

Source: Hattiesburg American

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French Luxury Company Hermès On Its Peek

Paris - Kasia Al Thani owns 18 versions of the $7,000 Birkin handbag made by French luxury-goods company Hermès and is on waiting lists for two more bags, including one in white crocodile skin.

"When I see other women carrying a Birkin in a color that I want, I get bag envy," says the 32-year-old chief executive of luxury retail Web site savoir-faire.com. "The more you can't have something, the more you want it."

The French fashion house, which was founded in 1837 as a saddle maker, has eschewed many of the strategies followed by others in the industry.

While bigger designer brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Armani have pursued fast growth, expanding rapidly in emerging markets and reaching out to a younger, hipper clientele with trendy products and advertising, Hermès has taken a sleepier approach to the business -- even in times of economic prosperity.

Hermès also keeps tight control over its retail outlets and rewards loyal clients with private parties, tickets to horse races and yoga sessions.

"We are not fashionable, and we avoid being fashionable, We didn't want to make the brand too accessible. Suddenly Hermès bags were being associated with canvas, which is not what we wanted," says Mr. Thomas.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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Dita Von Teese "Date with Castelbajac"

Dita Von Teese is said to be dating a young French aristocrat.

The 36-year-old burlesque star has been romancing Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, 11 years her junior.

The 25-year-old is the actor-son of fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and ex-wife Catherine de Castelbajac, who dated Bill Koch and the late Ron Silver.

"We’re all shocked they’re together," a friend of Castelbajac told the New York Post.

"She’s really robbing the cradle."

The pair were seen hanging out at the Coachella Music Festival in the US.

Von Teese - born Heather Sweet - married shock rocker Marilyn Manson in November 2005.

She filed for divorce in December 2006 citing "irreconciliable differences" following reports he was dating Evan Rachel Wood, his now girlfriend.

A representative for Von Teese was unavailable for comment.

Source: The Insider

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Rachael Taylor on New Chloe Store in LA

She gained reputation being one of the rising actress in Hollywood, but the Aussie actress Rachael Taylor fashion style focus on the pants hit the depths of bad taste at the launch of French designer label Chloe's Los Angeles store.

The Tasmanian looked less than comfortable when she fronted up beside the likes of glamour girls Kate Bosworth, Chloe Sevigny and Maria Sharapova at the event, held at LA's Milk Studios.

Hosts Bosworth and Sevigny bagged the best looks from the Chloe collection, leaving Taylor - also dressed by the fashion house - with the label's MC Hammer-style harem pants.

The red-carpet faux pas was a slight hiccup for Taylor, who most recently starred alongside veteran actor Alan Rickman and Star Trek leading man Chris Pine in the US wine flick Bottle Shock.

The 24-year-old star made her name in the US after being cast in the blockbuster Transformers.

Thankfully, it's not all Hollywood glamour parties and movie sets for the actor, who is also studying international relations at Sydney University through correspondence.

Source: AdelaideNow

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French Fashion: A New Beginning, A New Twist

Whole tomes have been written dissecting French fashion. Hem-lengths, the precise cut of a sleeve or the way that darts are placed on the back of a tuxedo jacket are endlessly analysed. Yet the French approach can probably be summed up thus: dress for your man (rather than other women), wear what French women call “bourgeois staples”, and never buy into anything that's too fashionable. These core values, of course, aren't always that appealing to a British sensibility, where we usually prefer pile-it-on exuberance and mismatched dynamism. And yet, there's no denying that style aficionados the world over can't get enough of French labels.

Many of these have been around for years. You may well have heard of Vanessa Bruno, APC, Zadig & Voltaire or Isabel Marant (just some of the labels that we feature in our Parisian style feature on p10-11). For the most part they are rather classic - at least when compared, say, with the bonkers-ness of a Gareth Pugh fetish ensemble. Yet they are also the sort of clothes worn by women that we want to look like - you know, the ones who always do great bed-hair and make smoking (dare I say this?) still look the epitome of cool.

The underlying point of Parisian chic is that it's actually very conservative, even bourgeois and being called bourgeois in France isn't a euphemism for dull. Sales of black berets have doubled since the credit crunch - the symbol of French pride now constitutes a serious fingers-up to the collapse of the Anglo-Saxon economy. Instead, these labels, though all different in some way, are marked by an unifying aesthetic that addresses that very French idea of feeling “bien dans sa peau”, literally, good in your own skin.

The silhouettes are forgiving, anti-ageist and don't mark the wearer out as a fashion-victim. So why not just go to Gap and buy your “classics” there? Well, because the French look is also a little subversive and discreetly sexy (this is where dressing for your man comes into it). It speaks volumes that the Japanese paparazzi who tirelessly circle the fashion media are more interested in photographing the handful of French fashion editors they deem to be the ultimate image and taste-makers, than they are in snapping celebrities.

And despite the growing hype that surrounds brands such as Isabel Marant - which smacks at times of the emperor's new clothes - the popularity of French style continues to grow.

So what explains this resurgence? The vogue for pared-down, minimal lines has lot to do with it. If there's one thing that French women fear most, it's looking as if they have tried too hard or, worse still, that they look vulgar. And vulgarity is nigh-on impossible when all you've done is thrown a slouchy jacket in a neutral tone over a pair of mismatched, tailored trousers. “It's true,” says Val Margulies, co-founder of Aimé in Notting Hill, London, who has stocked APC, Isabel Marant and Les Prairies de Paris for the past ten years: “London style can at times look pretty trashy. You wouldn't see someone one in Paris wearing pink leggings from American Apparel in the way you that might see in Hackney. French girls want to look feminine.”

Just as importantly - and this is where the effect of the recession kicks in - these labels successfully interpret designer tailoring at an affordable mid-price. “What you are getting,” says Margulies “is the quality of designer clothing without the ridiculous prices, and this taps into how we want to shop now.”

Matthew Moore, the manager of The Shop at Bluebird in Chelsea, where French designers make up 40 per cent of the stock, agrees: “Labels such as Isabel Marant are perfect for consumers who want to pay £300 for a gorgeous dress but can't stretch to £1,000. These brands capture the essence of looking individual while sticking to the tailored silhouette that women want at the moment.”

The French may not have anything as vibrant and colourful as the clothes on our high street but our offerings are actually looking a little worn round the edges, as retailers try to figure out how best to survive an economic downturn.

The two-for-£20 tops that last only a season no longer hold the appeal that they once did. And who still gets a kick from bagging a pair of £5 ballet pumps, when we've all seen documentaries on the grim factory conditions for workers in the Far East. “Parisians just don't have that throwaway mentality,” points out Margulies. “These French designers have cornered the market in clothes that look special enough now, but which won't date after a season.”

Perhaps it still takes a dose of British irreverence to bring these sombre-coloured French labels to life, however. There's something undeniably appealing about the way Brits confer “cool” on an outfit. And, in the spirit of friendly rivalry, we wouldn't want to give away the “street style” trophy that we've held on to for the past decade, too easily.

Source: Times Online

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Fashion Designer Michael Kors Exhibit His Works

Museum opened in late February the first exhibition on the work of American fashion designer Michael Kors. The display will be up through Feb. 7, 2010.

Known for his role as a judge in the critically acclaimed television show "Project Runway," Michael Kors is recognized as one of America's preeminent sportswear designers and entrepreneurs.

The collection presented in the exhibition also is part of the legacy of Wendy Zuckerwise Ritter, said Dr. Anne Bissonnette, curator for the Kent State University Museum.

"It looks very put together because it's all from the wardrobe of one woman," Bissonnette said. "All of these are very businesslike. You aren't being flamboyant, you are a billboard for your company."

Bissonnette said that Ritter and Kors met when Kors was presenting trunk shows at Bergdorf Goodman, at the time when Ritter headed the Donna Karan boutique. When the Michael Kors flagship store opened on Madison Avenue in 2000, the recently married Wendy was asked to consider commuting between her new home in Dayton and Manhattan.

"She had developed an impressive clientele," Bissonnette said. "She had a knack for knowing just what her clients wanted. Michael asked her to come to New York, with her client list, when he started his store."

Between 2000 and her death in 2008, she commuted between Dayton and New York, according to information provided by the museum.

In 2010, when the exhibit will end, Michael Kors will celebrate 30 years in business, Bissonnette said. His namesake company, established in 1981, currently produces a range of products through his multiple labels and includes women's and men's ready-to-wear, women's accessories as well as fragrance and beauty products. In addition to his own labels, he designed for the French fashion house Celine between 1997 and January 2004, Bissonnette added. The 14 ensembles featured in the exhibition include garments produced for both his labels and for Celine.

"He makes things that are minimal, very simple but very well-made," Bissonnette said. "They are also very comfortable and chic. It's interesting for us to show this to our fashion students, who sometimes want to create these over-the-top garments that throw everything in. He pays attention to what people want. This is a business, and Michael has been in the business for about 30 years. He's not only a talented designer, but he's a good entrepreneur."

Bissonnette said that Kors described himself as "the oldest young designer in New York City."

According to information provided by the museum, Kors still participates in trunk shows where he spends time on the selling floor with customers, sales associates and merchants.

"I can make something beautiful, but if it doesn't work in real life, then to me it's a disaster," Kors stated in a media release. He stated his design and marketing strategies are not unlike those of Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan, whose shoulders he stands on. Even with his success, Kors remains cautious: "The minute you think you're there, you're done for."

Source: Aurora Advocate

Chanel Mobile Art

High-end fashion brands are joining forces with artists to boost their image.

Luxury fashion houses have excelled for decades at creating beautiful emporiums in the hope of driving consumers through boutique doors to buy into the dream. These fashion stores can also remind consumers how powerful a brand is with no-expense-spared fit-outs. But as the bar rises and competition stiffens within the luxury industry, so too have the projects commissioned beyond the fashion realm. And it is all in the name of selling more bags, watches, pens, shoes and clothing.

Last week in Hong Kong, French fashion house Chanel officially launched its latest global power project, the ambitious Mobile Art. Commissioned by Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld, the futuristic mobile art gallery was designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid. Created from fibreglass panels, the 700-square-metre multimillion-dollar pavilion took six months to build and will be dismantled seven times to travel the world. For now its home will be Hong Kong's Star Ferry Car Park before it is packed into 65 containers and shipped to six more cities, ending its tour in Paris in 2010.

"The cost is not important. Chanel is about the dream," says Bruno Pavlovsky, director of Chanel's fashion division. "The project is more about building the Chanel image and what you see today is consistent with our vision for the next 10 years." The 20 commissioned artists had free reign to use any creative medium but all works had to be strictly inspired by the 2.55 quilted handbag designed by Coco Chanel in 1955.

Chanel's contemporary artists include Yoko Ono, Sophie Calle, Stephen Shaw, Wim Delvoye and Fabrice Hyber. Mobile Art curator and the editor-in-chief of the magazine Beaux-Arts Fabrice Bousteau says the initial list was "artists that I like - that's what a curator does. And all said yes, so we now have an exhibition with work by artists who have a strong personality and voice in their work."

The most controversial submission is Wim Delvoye's pigskin 2.55 bags (actually made in the Chanel workshop) and two stuffed tattooed pigs, named Jamie and Slobodan.

"We decided not to reject any project," Pavlovsky says. "Chanel herself was controversial, so to have pieces that evoke controversy is OK."

After the French artist Sophie Calle had accepted Chanel's commission, a work conflict led her to advertise in a Japanese magazine seeking an artist to carry out her project. Her vision was to stop passers-by, tell them to empty their bags and offer to buy both contents and the bag they were carrying. Soju Tao won the job with a bag budget of EUR11,000 ($17,794). Tao convinced several Chanel-toting strangers to hand over their bags with one 2.55 in the exhibition containing cash, house keys, a camera, mobile phone, an address book and Shirley MacLaine's book Out On A Limb.

Chanel is not the only luxury brand in recent times to collaborate with artists. Cartier's exhibition space in Paris is at its Foundation Cartier and features the work of contemporary artists and photographers. In 2004, Cartier gave the space to designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, who filled the room with intricate designer dresses made using bread. Hermes has exhibition spaces in its Ginza and Singapore boutiques, and currently has its Hbox mobile video theatre screening work by leading video artists at Paris Pompidou Centre.

In 2006, Louis Vuitton opened its permanent Espace Louis Vuitton gallery on the top floor of the luxury brand's Paris flagship store on the Champs-Elysees. The gallery opened with an exhibition called Alphabet Concept, by New York performance artist and photographer Vanessa Beecroft. Her 13 pictures portrayed nude women wearing clown wigs and with their bodies entwined to shape "LV". Also in 2006, nine artists, designers and architects, including Hadid, were commissioned to create bags for the exhibition space. The seventh and current exhibition, Orients Sans Frontiers, is inspired by the adventures of the automobile from Beirut to Beijing.

Currently running in Melbourne is High Art, a multi-venue exhibition which is part of L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Taking place on shopping strip High Street, Armadale, Australian designers Scanlan & Theodore, Kirrily Johnston, Lisa Ho, Arabella Ramsay, ksubi, Lee Matthews and Herringbone have collaborated with artists to create installations inside their stores.

Next week Montblanc will take over Sydney's Martin Place with its own "art" installation. Famous for its pens, Montblanc commissioned six contemporary artists and photographers, including David LaChapelle, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sylvie Fleury, Gary Hume, and Anne and Patrick Poirier to create six shopping bag sculptures. Standing three metres high, the bags have been exhibited on the Champs-Elysees and the Rockefeller Centre.

Designer exhibition spaces have been criticised by the art world, which claims there can be no creative independence when artists are commissioned by a commercial patron.

Yves Carcelle, chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton Malletier, told the BBC at the opening of Espace: "The artists were free in their work. The main difference between art and creativity in fashion is that in fashion you need to sell the product. Art works only if you give it total freedom." When asked if Espace was designed to sell more handbags to tourists, especially the Japanese, who flock to the store to worship the logo-decorated luggage, the answer was: "Sell more handbags? Yes, that's my dream."

Chanel's Pavlovsky is also honest in what Mobile Art hopes to achieve: to sell more bags. "We hope the exhibition will create a strong image for the 2.55. Chanel No. 5 and the fashion already have its own iconic status."

Source: WA Today

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French Designer Pierre Cardin Unloading His Fashion Empire

Fashion designer Pierre Cardin is looking to sell his company. Known for his avant-garde designs, Cardin doesn't put on fashion shows anymore, but his substantial empire includes restaurants, hotels, food products with his name, and numerous other licensing deals. The 86-year-old french fashion designer tells the new issue of Fantastic Man, "The asking price is 1 billion euros [about $1.3 billion], and if prospective buyers can't pony up the funds, then that's their problem, not mine. It's not like I'm strapped for cash." Cardin says he hammered out a deal last year, but it fell apart along with the economy. Also, Roberto Cavalli had wanted 1.4 billion euros for his company last July and never got it. So yeah. He and Pierre should do lunch.

I want Pierre Cardin to stay into this business because he's a genius but "business is business". Cardin don't have a choice but to sell it. All of us are affected by the global crisis and one of them makes a move to reconstruct (I guess so). Cardin makes a big noise on the fashion field and having a nice collection, he is on the top list of fashion icons and truly a genius.

Source: NY Fashion

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Paris Fashion Weekend: Dior And Givenchy

Fashionistas lucky enough to be in Paris were spoilt for choice as some of the industry's biggest names presented their autumn/winter collections.

Christian Dior's John Galliano kicked off proceedings on Friday with an exotic oriental-themed show aimed to "restore a sense of fantasy to the world". Genghis Khan-style fur-trimmed hats, brocade tunics, harem trousers and pieces in vibrant-hued silk and chiffons featured in what was a defiantly luxe collection from the top French fashion house.

The black fishnet tights attached to the invitation to Saturday's John Paul Gaultier show forewarned of the risqué tone to the Frenchman's latest collection. With coats, dresses and even boots made edgier with fishnet-filled apertures, the theme of the day was exposure, right down to the visors covering some of the models' eyes.

And unusual headwear was something explored by fashion maestro Karl Lagerfeld as he opened Sunday's schedule. Working in collaboration with a motorbike helmet manufacturer, the Hamburg-born designer presented a military-themed show that allowed for experimentation with shoulder silhouettes, one of next season's key looks.

Flamboyant French designer Christian Lacroix also embraced sharp shoulders in his show, emphasised by gathered or puffed sleeves. The normally opulent craftsman, who stated he had to "fight with (him)self" to keep his designs simple, presented a relatively minimalist collection that included tailored day dresses in navy and black and full-skirted cocktail gowns.

Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci, a designer known for his gothic touches, presented a collection dominated by black that was dramatically broken up by a pure white section of the show. One memorable highlight included a dress made of hair that stood alongside garments with tufts sprouting from the shoulders, and elaborate headdresses laden with plumes of feathers.

Source: HelloMagazine.com

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Paris Warms To YSL's Art Show

CHRISTIE'S three-day auction of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and businessman Pierre Berge's collection, which starts tonight in Paris, has been valued at $400-600 million.

It has been described as one of the most significant private collection sales in art-auction history. It is also becoming a political hot potato.

On Friday, a group of Chinese lawyers filed a motion in a French court to stop Christie's from auctioning off two antique bronze animal sculptures in the collection.

This follows recent comments by the Chinese Government that the Qing dynasty works had been stolen from Beijing's old imperial summer palace during the second Opium War with the French and British armies in 1860.

Christie's maintains Saint Laurent acquired the items legally. The court is expected to make its decision today, hours before the auction is due to start.

Saint Laurent died last June, aged 71. Berge, his long-time business and personal partner, decided to sell the contents of their Rue de Babylon apartment to fund the Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, established in 2002, to preserve 5000 YSL haute couture outfits and 15,000 accessories, sketches and other items.

Berge has said he will also donate money to several charities, including AIDS research.

Several Australian collectors are believed to be interested in certain lots,although the Australian dollar's performance against a strong euro may deter some.

According to Ronan Sulich, Christie's representative in Australia, a number have purchased the boxed set of five catalogues.

"Because this is such a milestone in auction history, it's understandable a number of people in Australia will be interested," Mr Sulich told The Australian yesterday.

This weekend, an estimated 30,000 people braved chilly weather to queue outside Paris's Grand Palais exhibition centre to view the collection.

It was the first time the works had been seen publicly and many visitors waited up to four hours for the chance to view them.

The collection reflects the eclectic tastes of its owners. It includes statues from ancient Rome, 16th- and 17th-century German silverware, 19th-century tapestries, Impressionist oil paintings and early 20th-century decorative arts.

Saint Laurent and Berge were passionate 20th-century art collectors with a particular interest in the late-Impressionist and Modernist movements. Paintings by Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Edvard Munch, Piet Mondrian, Henri Matisse, Fernand Leger and Pablo Picasso will also go under the hammer over the next three days.

Berge was always considered the financial brain behind Saint Laurent's fashion genius. But he, too, was a man of exceptional taste. Their collection, built over more than 40 years, is a tribute to both men's connoisseurship.

When he announced the auction last November, Berge, who first met Saint Laurent in 1958, told journalists the collection had come to the end of its life.

"I wanted this sale," Berge, 78, told them. "This collection could only have two destinies - end up in a museum, which would have been too onerous, or on the auction block.

"I chose the sale because I felt the collection would not be truly complete until the hammer fell on the last lot."

He added: "This sale is like a separation. You can continue to love, even after the divorce is final.

Source: The Australian

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