It has been raining cats and dogs outside for a couple of days now and here I am, sitting inside, wondering when I will be able to wear my new sunglasses.
Cutler and Gross sunglasses (via Monnier Frères).
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If there is one thing I have tons of in my closet – apart from sweaters/jumpers – it is jackets. It is just such an easy piece, super easy to throw on a very special jacket like this one and keep the rest just extremely simple. Wear it with your staple t-shirt and favorite pair of jeans and you are done!
Barbara de Ru jacket, COS t-shirt, Dr Denim jeans.
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Laure Pariente is, apart from a self proclaimed serial mom and huge fan of Karl Lagerfeld’s work for Chanel, the artistic director – the creative brain – behind American Retro. Together with her husband David, she started the über cool French label exactly ten years ago, but her love for fashion took off way earlier.
“It all started in my childhood. My mother used to make me all my clothes, from embroidered dresses to sequined miniskirts, she made me everything and always took me to go shopping. When I met my husband David, we were always talking about fashion and were both so in love with it, that we knew we had to create something together. He studied finance and I studied business economics, but his family comes from the industry so he learnt me everything that I had to know. We really wanted to do our own thing and express ourselves”, she tells me in an interview, while drinking a cup of tea.
In 2004, Laure and David opened their first store in the ever hip Le Marais in Paris, which is now their biggest store. In 2007, Terry Richardson shot their first campaign, starring Johanna Preiss.
“The most exciting part of my job is the elaboration of the collection. To collect inspiration, set up a theme, choose the fabrics, really the whole process of making a collection.”
Laure describes the typical American Retro girl as a girl who likes being positive and fresh. “She likes to be trendy, but not total look trendy. She would mix our pieces with designer pieces and add something vintage.” She mentions she would love to see Charlotte Gainsbourg wearing one of the pieces and also Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moss and Erin Wasson. “I like those kind of girls. Really cool without any effort. All natural.”
The Parisienne’s own style is very eclectic. One day you could bump into her wearing something very feminine and modern, the next day she could look like a teenager or wearing her favorite jeans jacket full of holes. “I get my inspiration from all the girls around me, I like to mix everything and be different.” What her wardrobe looks like? “It is a mess, a big mess, but an organized mess. I know exactly where to find everything. It is full of jeans, vintages t-shirts and tons of shoes.”
advertorial - Even though I am rarely seen with a hairstyle other than a simple blow-dry in the morning, I like to experiment with my hair every now and then. Hair is like an accessory – or a shoe – it is like picking the right frame for a picture. This might sound very cliché but it is true. A sleek hairstyle can compliment a sleek look, same goes for a messy and tangled look. Therefor I created three different hairstyles to go with three different tops, blending together like fish & chips or gin & tonic.
The first look is kind of a casual look and what I would name the messy ponytail. To create this look, I used TONI&GUY‘s Sea Salt Texturizing Spray before a quick blowdry. I then used some Sculpting Powder in the roots and tied it all together in a messy – half high – ponytail.
The second look is how I usually wear my hair, but with a little extra volume. TONI&GUY calls this textured lengths and I used the Sculpting Powder and the Extreme Hold Hairspray to achieve this look.
The third and last look is a classic side parting one, which can easily be made with the Heat Protection Mist, a hairdryer and straightener and the Shine Gloss Serum to finish it off.
I especially am a huge fan of the Sea Salt Texturizing Spray and the Sculpting Powder, since I got my hair some actual volume for the first time in my life, I kid you not. Make sure to use the Heat Protection Mist before touching any hairdryer or -straightener/-curler.
All products are available in TONI&GUY hair salons and at Dutch drugstore Etos, other hairstyle tutorials and inspiration can be found on HairMeetWardrobe.com.
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Just like Yves Saint Laurent changed (part of) its name a couple of weeks ago, Cacharel is doing kind of the same. Adding Paris to the already existing. What do you think of all the name changing? Smart move? Or ‘what the heck are they thinking’ kind of move?
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