Tag Archives: paris

Just a tiny little while ago, I spent a stretched weekend – from Thursday to Sunday – at my beautiful and blogging friend Liza Chloë‘s apartment in Le Marais in Paris. She recently moved there to get her master degree in Design & Management after finishing her bachelor of Fashion Technology, International Fashion & Branding at AMFI in Amsterdam.

We became friends right after we met while she was interning at a Dutch PR Agency and apart from adoring her as a friend, I love her super cool personal style. Time to show you ‘her Paris’…and so I followed her every step in a weekend where we did get lost once (yes that was a bit of an awkward moment), shared the best piece of pie I ever ate – the kind of pies you do not want to share when you take a first bite, but then after three bites you understand why it should be shared (heavy!!) – and spent about 60 hours shopping, although we did not actually shop because we could not find anything.

SHOPPING

MARC LE BIHAN, multiple locations
The only place where I feel truly understood when it comes to my addiction. It is hard to have such a strong need for something. Any addiction for pretty sunglasses can easily be developed here.

LE BON MARCHÉ, 22 Rue de Sèvres
As a young girl I used to wait outside of the dressing room for my mom to try on another Dries van Noten suit. Nowadays we tend to mix things up, if you know what I mean.

JOSEPH, 14 Avenue Montaigne
Joseph, the brand, is magnifique. But this, this is a whole another level of magnifique.

L’ÉCLAIREUR, 40 Rue de Sévigné
Every season I find myself making a desperate attempt to find an affordable dream piece to join my wardrobe. This winter my years of intensive searching were awarded with a pair of striking knee-high Ann Demeulemeester boots…with a 50 percent discount.

CÉLINE, 36 Avenue Montaigne
It is the story behind the store that makes this place worth a visit. This previous pop-up shop (still in very (read: véry) deconstructed state) was so loved during the rebuilding of the actual store that they decided to keep it and to actually never open the new store.

FOOD

BARBERSHOP, 68 Avenue de la République
They are the evidence that casual is cool, and sleek is redundant.

LE LOIR DANS LA THÉIÈRE, 3 Rue des Rosiers
I remember the first time I ordered the lemon Meringue pie, I could not stop laughing. It was something I had never seen before, in a good kind of way.

BEEF CLUB, 58 Rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
My first time here my boyfriend and I were so lucky to get a table without making a reservation. Even though we had the worst table in the entire restaurant, we absolutely loved it.

USED BOOK CAFÉ, 111 Boulevard Beaumarchais
Whenever I order the ‘Oeuf Coque’ I feel truly integrated into the Parisian culture.

ROSE BAKERY, 30 Rue Debelleyme
It is like their cakes talk to you: ‘I know you want me’.

OTHERS

PASSAGE GALERIE DE VALOIS
Some pointless wandering around on a random Saturday ended up at Passage Galerie de Valois. It shows how much of beauty is to be found is Paris, on every corner and at the end of every alley, Paris gives you treasures.

HERMÈS, 17 Rue de Sèvres
Just for looking around, not for shopping.

CONRAN SHOP, 117 Rue du Bac
Even a random stapler machine is design here.

FLEUX, 39 Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie
Usual procedure: assigning myself to find a gift for a friend, leaving with gifts for myself.

FIESTA GALLERY, 24 Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe
In my eyes an interior should be a subtle translation of a cabinet of oddities of ones personal life. When I will return to Amsterdam, I will most definitely bring home an out-of-context object from here.

Tags: city guides, liza chloë, paris

Going to Paris to be photographed on the rooftop of no other than Le Printemps in nothing else but Dior right before seeing Marion Cotillard unveil the new Christmas windows really does sound like a fairytale, no? I mean it is truly special to have a rack full of clothes from one of the most iconic French fashion houses ready for you to choose from. I went straight back to reality when I found out I run out of battery right before the gorgeous Marion Cotillard showed up to cut the ribbon and unveil the beautiful windows. However I got saved just in time by a fairy who was so kind to buy me a new battery that lasted for about 20 minutes. Just about long enough to snap miss Cotillard and all the displays.

Hundreds of people were there to have a first look at the whimsical windows filled with puppets dressed in mini Dior dresses, replicas of Dior designs from the house’s New Look collection in 1947 to the creations designed by the new creative director, Raf Simons. Dior also created a limited edition collection of shoes, bags, scarves, jewelry and even snowglobes, exclusively available at Le Printemps during the Christmas period.

ph/ Zina Charkoplia (outfit)

Tags: dior, paris, printemps, travel

Just love how one is dressed super classy in all black while the other chose for a colorful print and bold accessories and still looks super classy.

Tags: paris, streetstyle

Now do not get me wrong, I love the new direction Humberto Leon and Carol Lim are taking with Kenzo and despite the fact that I would not buy one, I love their über popular sweaters. It is just that I am wondering, where does such commotion come from? How come this seasons Kenzo sweaters – along with the outer space Balenciaga sweaters and t-shirts – are so immensely popular?

Does such thing happen right after the show? Right after the pictures pop up on Style.com? Is it because Kenzo has a new – not to mention super cool – design team? If that is the case, then how do we explain the Balenciaga hype? Is it because the label says Balenciaga? Or did it happen right after a few street style favorites (read Miroslava Duma) were spotted wearing them? Would the same have happened when they were from a less known brand or from a department store? I mean these sweaters do not come cheap. And I have seen tons of things that are equally awesome, but do not fly out of stores this quickly.

I can not really point my finger on this phenomenon, as I would describe it, but I find it very intriguing. I wonder what it is going to be next season.

Anyway, I will let you know when I find out…

Tags: balenciaga, kenzo, paris, streetstyle

Click on the arrows for more images.

In Paris I went to see Fabienne and Liquorish, the spring/summer 2013 and previous fall/winter collections from Dutch born and very young Peet Dullaert. At 23, this designer is living proof that age ain’t nothing but a number.

Fabienne was created in just six weeks, with inspiration drawn from Victorian shapes. A monochrome collection with a black and white print referring to fur, yellow – referring to gold – and royal purple with a twist. With his – what I believe – strong eye for detail, Dullaert has a few great treasures hidden in his items, like a big rhinestone on the inner side of a sleeve. The blazers and two-toned pants with a shorter back are just too amazeballs.

With Liquorish he won the Dutch Frans Molenaar couture price. The judges believed his collection was the most ‘fashion’ of all contestants. I fell for the colors. And the knits. And that black and white jumper.

Tags: fashion week around the globe, paris, peet dullaert, showroom visit