STYLE LESSONS (hooked on AdR)

 screenshot's from Anna dello Russo's "Fashion Shower" video,

launched exclusively on the website of the New York Times

... one word? Fashion must essentially be allowed to be fun, and that's why the whole fashion circus is in desperate need of people like late Anna Piaggi, Anna dello Russo or Bryanboy, for that matter). Fashion criticism, wise words, advertising budgets, creative editorials - all of this is fine of course but were it not for people who obviously enjoy dressing up in the most outraged manner (and I'm not necessarily thinking of stage costumes Gaga-style), fashion would be a rather boring hunting ground. That's also why I absolutely adore Anna's video advertising her H&M collection ...

 

... une petite pensée ? Eccola: la mode, elle, en dehors de tout ce qu'on peut dire là-dessus, exception faite des services de mode les plus créatifs et de son poids économique dans certains pays, a essentiellement besoin de personnes comme la défunte Anna Piaggi, comme Bryanboy ou Anna dello Russo. C'est pourquoi je trouve la vidéo d'Anna pour présenter sa collection H&M absolument fantastique et j'adore le fait qu'elle sait comment ne pas se prendre trop au sérieux ...  

 

guilds and emblems in Salzburg

quite comme il faut chez LV

... last week I had the chance to visit the pretty jewel case that is Salzburg - and before I went to my interview appointment, I took a good look at Getreidegasse - for the first time in years, actually...

self-explaining

... with its weird mélange of traditional guild emblems (which this little street is famous for) and the versions that global brands created for their presence in this very chic part of Austria...

Zara has little dancing figurines

... from reduced Nordic design (not so appealing: H&M) via luxury (comme il faut: Louis Vuitton) to surprising pageantry (McDonalds...?)...

Salamander sells its shoes

no great ado from the Swedes...

you might not recongise it: it's a shoe, and it's Bally

Mc Donalds does make its point VERY clear - new noblesse oblige...

just in: Sonia Rykiel for H&M

... la star de la mode parisienne, Sonia Rykiel, a designer intricately associated with Rive Gauche Parisian chic, is the next designer to collaborate with Swedish retailing giant H&M.

Andy Warhol photographed SR in 1986 - she is a real Paris intellectual, she is...

While the world is still eagerly awaiting Jimmy Choo's shoes (I am not, actually, but you know...), Rykiel was confirmed as the next géant de la mode to be part of the H&M designer rotation that kicked off with Mr KL himself.

not by, but for Sonia Rykiel during the anniversary show last season, a SR tribute by Margiela

Not that it was the first collaboration thingy of the kind, mind you, it's just really the first one to take on such massive dimensions and persist for such a long time with an ever changing personnel.

Btw, young designers invited to design for Topshop or the likes are far from being well-paid. It's exploitation everywhere.