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Valentino Spring 2014

Valentino has taken bohemian extravagance to a mind blowing level. Inspired by Maria Callas and the Roman Opera, creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli produced a collection that was beautiful, grand, and romantic – but honestly, did…

Beauty

Brows + Buns = Dior

Raf Simons sent bold metallic brows and tightly wound buns down the runway at the Musée Rodin for Christian Dior‘s spring spectacular. Makeup artist Pat McGrath and her team spent the morning bleaching brows before coating them with liquid…

March 9, 2012 17 comments

Louis Vuitton Fall 2012

Can you imagine a steam engine train pulling onto a runway, inside Paris’ Cour Carrée, with models deboarding in 19th century travel heritage inspired looks? And each with their own porter carrying luggage? Well, it happened – and in…

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March 7, 2012 24 comments

Chanel Fall 2012

Yesterday at Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld upped the ante with yet another imaginative and sensational spectacle – this time with crystals as the prominent theme. Rich-toned, dark hued ensembles were embellished with crystal adorned hems, epaulets,…

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March 5, 2012 21 comments

Isabel Marant Fall 2012

Annie, get your gun – we’re headed West! Only Isabel Marant can transform yoked cowboy shirts, leather gaucho pants, lace prairie blouses, and embroidered suede booties into an incredibly fresh, effortless, and all around covetable collection.…

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March 9, 2011 5 comments

Haider Ackermann F/W 2011

In Paris last week, Haider Ackermann presented his Fall Collection to the spoken word of Leonard Cohen’s poem A Thousand Kisses Deep: Don’t matter if the road is long Don’t matter if it’s steep Don’t…

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