If you are not one of those sartorial masters for whom choosing the right fine tailoring and the right footwear and every last finishing touch comes easily and naturally, there are effortless pieces you'll need to have in your wardrobe to help make styling less of a conundrum.
THERE HAS BEEN a definite shift in the light since spring has arrived—not just since the clocks have gone back, but also with the amount of sunny days there have been. The clouds of winter days seem to have faded into clear and bright skies and everywhere ...
There are no big trends this season, with the exception of slingback pumps from Prada, everything orange, and lots cable-knit sets. For the first time in a long time, I can say that this is the season where styling comes before the trends. There is less attention on what you buy, but what you do with the pieces you buy or already have.
Creating your closet with the right investment pieces can save you money over time. Investment pieces may cost more upfront, but they will be more valuable in time as you will wear them over and over and still be timeless and in good condition.
As a child I remember often going to check out the packed racks of clothes at a local second-hand store with my mother. These trips were the starting point of my learning to appreciate good quality fabrics and cuts. Family members were often envious of my selections.
I am used to feeling worthy only when I am productive, when I work a lot, and for as long I can remember, since I changed my country for the first time, all I knew was work. I love working, have never said no to job calls, and I always measured my self-worth with the amount of work I am getting done. But for a while now things have been different; after living through the first year of a pandemic, there has been a carousel of emotions and states of mind, and the work side of things has definitely not been the same ...
The white shirt was always a trend, a wardrobe staple―a piece of clothing that was simple but at the same time sophisticated, elegant, mysterious.
Former Chanel model and fashion icon, Betty Catroux, was a muse to Yves Saint Laurent since 1967: “It was love at first sight—physically, I was androgynous, asexual, and it definitely affected him. Our resemblance was not only physical: we were alike morally, mentally. And what was so amazing about him is that he felt that I could be his soulmate—a kindred spirit” she once told Vogue Italia.
Seeing people dressed in trench coats on the streets inspires me, maybe more than other pieces of clothing, for my brain somehow always associates the silhouette with cinema scenes. There are a few great movies that showcase the classic trench and I’d like to share a few of my favourites.
Talking about favourite fashion designers with a friend the other day, and we remembered the famous story about Karl Lagerfeld when he decided to lose weight (and he did—almost 41kg) because he wanted to be able to wear Hedi Slimane’s designs—those razor-thin suits of the early 2000s.
If you've ever wondered what the Paris office of Simon Porte Jacquemus's fashion label, Jacquemus, looks like, you'll be happy to hear that the 31-year-old designer shared a glimpse on the brand's Instgram page @jacquemas recently. It's as playful as you would expect, with ultra-modern furnishings and wonderful outdoor spaces to work. Scroll through for a glimpse...
The first movie I saw Anouk Aimée in was A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme, 1996) written and directed by Claude Lelouch and was moved by her beauty, that is both sophisticated and mysterious in some way. Some of her other unforgettable movie roles were as Maddalena in La Dolce Vita (1960) and Luisa Anselmi in 8 1/2 (1963), both by Frederico Fellini. I also loved her as Anne in André Delvaux’s Un soir, un train (One Night... a Train, 1968), and as Barbara Spaggiari in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981).
This article started from an imaginary situation, in which I was wondering if I were to choose just French brands for clothing, what pieces I would buy and from what brands?
The past few days I’ve been enjoying a slower rhythm of life: some time with friends and the empty and rainy streets of Paris. I’ve also been particularly enjoying American author, Fran Lebowitz, in the series Pretend It's a City, biographical documentary created in collaboration with filmmaker Martin Scorsese. The series captivates―not only with her wit and way with words―but with the bond between her and Scorsese, talking and laughing together on the streets of New York. And I’ve also become very fond of her style and endlessly inspired by it, especially by her choice of her blazers.
The end of this year is finding me between two moods: on one side I don’t feel the urge to do something different and on the other, I would get ready at the last minute to go somewhere, anywhere for a party. But as this year demands social distancing, realistically, I am not going to pull any last-minute styling tricks.