Madeleine Czigler
L’Orient des Femmes Vu par Christian Lacroix
LACROIX LOOKS TO THE ORIENT Christian Lacroix examines some of the garments. © Musée du Quai Branly. Photo: Thierry Ollivier, Michel Urtado The colorful exhibition “L’Orient des Femmes Vu par Christian Lacroix” at the Musée du Quai Branly shows how … Read More
Paris Fashion Flash (2)
Taffeta sandals with wooden soles by Dunand, 1941. © E. Emo & S. Piera/Galliera/Roger-Viollet Who knew that there was a museum dedicated to the French Resistance and the Liberation of Paris in, of all places, the Gare Montparnasse? That … Read More
Magnum
DOUBLE-BARRELED MAGNUM “Haiti” by Bruce Gilden. © Magnum Photos Magnum, the legendary photo collective, has opened a second gallery (at 13, rue de l’Abbaye, 75006 Paris) on the Left Bank in the former exhibition space of the photography publisher Robert … Read More
Paris Fashion Flash
Taffeta sandals with wooden soles by Dunand, 1941. © E. Emo & S. Piera/Galliera/Roger-Viollet Who knew that there was a museum dedicated to the French Resistance and the Liberation of Paris in, of all places, the Gare Montparnasse? That surprise … Read More
Paris Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2010
A few outstanding numbers from this season’s Paris haute couture collections. Favorite
Memphis
ALAIA SHOWS MEMPHIS Memphis designer Peter Shire’s “Bel Air” armchair, at the Galerie Azzedine Alaïa. Paris’s reclusive fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa has a magical glass-ceilinged exhibition space in the Marais, which he sometimes opens for special exhibitions. The Galerie Azzedine … Read More
Paris Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2010
Women’s ready-to-wear for the spring-summer 2010 season helped chase away recession blues with sexy, clingy looks and lots of glamour. Favorite
Coco avant Chanel
The name Chanel may conjure up images of the icons of the legendary fashion house – the quilted leather purse with chain shoulder straps, the braid-edged tweed jackets and suits, or even the simplicity of the Chanel Number 5 bottle … Read More