Chanel Catwalk Fashion Show Paris SS2011

All of Karl’s muses were at the show in the Grand Palais on Tuesday. Claudia Schiffer, Lilly Allen, Vanessa Paradis and Alexa Chung. Besides one of Karl’s former male muses, Brad Koening walked in the show with his little son, both in matching Chanel outfits. Also, there were three generations of models walking the show. Karl: ‘Inez is model of the 80s, Stella is the model of the 90s , Freja is the model of today’.

The décor of the show, inspired by the movie Last Year at Marienbad, was once again breath-taking. After the iceberg of last season, this time there was a fountain surrounded by a monochrome garden and an orchestra of 80 musicians.

For his clothes Karl said he’d used all kinds of new materials and new techniques. Those gave his designs a modern twist. ‘If you would have made the same dresses in classic materials they would have looked old’, he said.

Still almost every outfit looked unfinished. The cropped jackets, narrow skirts and sheer dresses had ragged edges and perforations. Karl changed the fake fur of last season into feathers and lace. He also showed some tweed patchwork.

The color palette had pastels in it, but also a lot of black mixed with bright colors. ‘We didn’t do colorblocking, cause we’ve now seen that quite a few times’, Karl said. Still he managed to present a great collection with a young and modern twist.

H&M opening avenue des Champs-Elysées

On Monday night H&M proved fashion week doesn’t always have to be about high-end, expensive fashion. The Swedish fashion label opened a brand new flagship store on the famed avenue des Champs-Elysées. H&M held a cocktail party and invited hundreds of people. And the best part: everyone was able to shop with 25% discount.

I sure couldn’t resist that and went home with three dresses and two pairs of leather gloves. Perhaps I’ll wear them to the fashion shows today…

The 2,800 square meters store is located right at the heart of avenue des Champs-Elysées. So if you’re looking for fashionable yet low-priced clothing, this brand new H&M is the place to go to.

Streetfashion Paris Womenswear SS2011 Day 5

What are you wearing during the coming fashionweeks? Your Louboutin-heels, your latest Dries van Noten-jacket or that vintage Prada? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashionweeks we refresh our streetwear posts regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: Paris Fashion Week.

Viktor & Rolf accessories SS2011

Emanuel Ungaro Presentation Paris SS2011

To celebrate his first collection for Emanuel Ungaro Giles Deacon held a garden party in Paris. It was the brightest most cheerful one you could think of and really breathed a perfect summer vibe.

There were no models walking the runway. No, this time they got to sip champagne and chit chat with the audience. Fortunately for Anna dello Russo who was, in fact one of the models at the party.

The girls wore sexy cocktail dresses of lace and fur. Their hair was classically braided, their lips were deep red and they had the cutest sunglasses on.

Deacon said he wanted to ‘reinterpret the sensuous, soft, vivaciousness that Mr Ungaro was known for’. Therefore he came up with lace work and embroideries, both things that are synonymous with Ungaro.

The collection was sexy and playful, but we’re not yet sure if we loved it.

Viktor & Rolf Backstage Fashion Paris SS2011

During the Viktor & Rolf fashion show TPS went backstage to take pictures of all the models getting ready. We saw how the last couple of stitches were done on some of the designs and watched the models putting on the enormous wedding dresses. Check our photos of the best backstage fashion!

Viktor & Rolf Backstage Beauty Paris SS2011

Backstage at a fashion show, that’s were the magic happens. We were backstage at the Viktor & Rolf show this week and witnessed how normal girls were turned into catwalk goddesses. Check out our picture gallery to see Karlie Kloss, Patricia van der Vliet , Abbey Lee Kershaw and others get their hair and make-up done.

Givenchy Catwalk Fashion Show Paris SS2011

The Givenchy collection Riccardo Tisci presented on Sunday was a tough one. There were some daring outfits there, which made us think ‘dark’, ‘punk’ and ‘techno’.

Tisci used photographer Robert Mapplethorpe as his inspiration, which explains all the black and white we saw. There were a lot of sleeveless statement jackets, all matched with long sheer black pieces of fabric. The punk feeling came from the many zippers (across waistlines, sleeves and pants) Tisci used.

Lea T, the transsexual model. which over the past few months caused some commotion, being in the Givenchy ads and all, was there too. She walked the show alongside many new faces like Saskia de Brauw and Pauline Van der Cruysse.

Something we didn’t expect to see at Givenchy was the leopard print. After some years full of animal printed fashion the leopard print was finally on its return, yet now it seems Tisci brought it back to life. The Givenchy customer probably won’t mind. She’s bound to love every single look of this collection.

John Galliano Catwalk Fashion Show Paris SS2011

Attending the John Galliano show this Sunday felt like going to a theater. Once again the designer used every opportunity to wow us. First of all a beautifully led golden backdrop, but also hats, wigs, eccentric make-up and large painting frames. Not to mention the models who were each playing their own individual character during the show. There’s was so much going on, we’d almost forget we were supposed to look at the designs.

And they deserved some attention too. John Galliano combined thick leather coats with delicate sheer nude skirts and dresses. In fact there were a lot of jackets, most of them worn with a clashing scarf tied around it.

Colorful designs had butterflies and flower prints on them. A model carrying a wooden umbrella seemed to stress the eastern twist of some of these looks.

The color palette changed from nudes to pink, blue, turquoise and red. The finale was a parade of floor-sweeping ivory gowns. Every single one looked perfectly handcrafted and had some very nice silver embroideries on it.

It was a spectacular show with a very pleasant vibe. Yet maybe the fashion part got a little overshadowed by the whole theater Galliano had set up. Nevertheless, we enjoyed it.

Céline Catwalk Fashion Show Paris SS2011

We spotted lots of minimalistic, leather camel-and black colored outfits in the audience at Céline. The ultimate proof that Phoebe Philo’s collection of last season was a big hit. And after what we’ve seen today, we’re quite certain this new spring collection will do just as well as the last one.

Philo again opted for a minimalistic approach; clean cuts, wide sleeves and long tuxedo pants. All with a masculine touch. In between a lot of white looks were some strong-colored outfits. First denim-like blue linen and then a slightly brighter blue combined with Burgundy leather.

New were the thank tops with zip-details, the extremely low V-necks and a few graphic colored prints. Overall: a perfect summery variant to the collection we saw half a year ago.

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