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15 bars & restaurants in Paris

Here is a short list of eleven places where you can eat / drink that I love. 1/ Chez Momo for typical couscous in le Marais. 2/ Candelaria for Mexican food and exquisite cocktails. 3/ Aux 2 Amis for quick snack in a crowded full of live nice place. 4/ Lao Siam for delicious Thai food in rue du Belleville, full of Asian...

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Lipstick et la Femme Enfant by Jacquemus

Little girls do it better.. and Jacquemus dedicated his new campaign to them ! I am always very impatient to discover Bertrand le Pluard's movies each season. They are always very creative and funny. This one is playful, sunny and reminds us of our happy playground years. Special mention for the alphabet soup letters, one of my favorite meals back in the 90es....

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The limits of La Loi Poiret

Miley Cyrus for Marc Jacobs - SS14 In 1910s in Paris, there was no such designer as Paul Poiret to sense and shape the women's desires. In a few decades, he established the standards of modern fashion through both technical and marketing innovations. He is also one of the first to have analysed cycles in fashion, trying to anticipate them in a rational...

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ESP - It's You (1986)

The Juergen Teller big MANIA.

Juergen Teller for Marc Jacobs - AW12 First time I've looked at Marc Jacobs's collections, I didn't even notice the clothes. I was stunned by the realistic bluntness of the image, a surprise "real-life" different from all the fussy sexy standards of fashion shoots. Models seemed vulnerable, fragile and drawn in their deep considerations. The photo was not about the collection, the focus was...

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Prada S/S14 & the German Expressionism

To get a good sense of the upcoming trends in the fashion industry and the creative world more generally, you can have a look at Prada's campaigns. Miuccia Prada is for me a strong visionnaire who manages efficiently to build a bridge between Fashion and Art. Prada spots emerging talents and anticipates / understands / creates trends. Photography by Steven Miesel and film...

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Little girls do it better ?

Have you noticed how often heroins of campaigns are child-like women ?   As usual, fashion gets inspired by former representation in the cinema or music of these kind of women. I was fascinated as a kid by Charlotte Gainsbourg playing in Charlotte Forever or Vanessa Paradis singing Joe le Taxi.  Which one would you do identify to or feel is the strongest...

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Cornerstone agreement against online counterfeit

After 10 years of litigation, LVMH and Google have just reached an agreement to fight hand in hand the sell of counterfeits online. This union between the French luxury group and the biggest search engine is a cornerstone in the protection of brands online. LVMH had already reached similar agreements with E-bay, Yahoo! Japan en 2009 et Rakuten Auction en 2010.  The issue was simple...

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Pimp my Olympic Games

Yoga Lesson by I-D Ancient Olympic athletes Olympic games were created in 776 BC in Greece to celebrate Zeus, father to the 12 Olympian gods on Mount Olympus. They would promote the Greek culture, religion but also set of values. They continued for 12 centuries until Emperor Theodosius decided to ban these "pagan cults".  Many ancient representations of the games have survived, including...

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Mallet-Stevens meets 50 year-old Habitat

Interior design by Mallet-Stevens Some of you may know that Habitat is celebrating in 2014 its 50 years. It was created in 1964 by the British design Terence Conran. This designer and business man sold it in 1992 and lauched Conran Shop. Habitat has suffered from tangible losses over the past months and needs to reconquer customers and gain a new positive visibility....

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