The CHARME POUDRE ~ Iris Apfel

This month's issue of Architectural Digest pays tribute to the fashion guru, decorator and cofounder of Old World Weavers, Iris Apfel. Here some pictures in the New York City apartment she shares with her husband, Carl.The octogenarian grande Dame's apartment boasts all the delights of a well-lived life. Here her eclectic fashion sense in some bold and playful ensembles from her extensive wardrobe (Photograph courtesy of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). "Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form" says Apfel. 

The CHARME POUDRE ~ Queen Liz

“It's not the having, it's the getting”.

“I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it”. 

“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them”.

“I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?”.

“It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting”.

“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues”.

The RUNWAY ~ Jean Paul Gaultier Couture

I loved this Paris Haute Couture Week. But I couldn't help notice lot of references made to fashion history designers (here Dior SS 2011 Haute Couture). And when I first saw the spring 2011 couture showing from Jean Paul Gaultier, immediately came to my mind a portrait of Regina Relang that I love. Was only a simple casualness?

A stated tribute to those golden glamorous years or a lack in inspiration?

The CHARME POUDRE ~ Sofia

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti".

 S O P H I A  L O R E N

The BLOGGER ~Ulyana~

Russian talented photographer Ulyana Sergeenko brings 1940/1950’s fashion back to Paris, which is always a good thing. I love her style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE PHOTO ~ Fantasmes et sensualité

Daria does a little “Happy Birthday Mr. President” number for us all to remember her by in 2011. 

Vogue Paris 2011 Calendar featuring Daria Werbowy photographed by Mikael Jansson and styled by Anastasia Barbieri. This shot is my favourite.

The EDITORIAL ~ MemoraBEALEia

 

 

Little Edie. 1940's Uber-chic

 "I can tell what’s inside a person right away. Mother and I can see behind the masks; we’re artists, it’s the artist’s eye. Jackie has it, too.” says little Edie
I've long been a grey gardens fan, so there was no way i could let this Edie Beale-inspired editorial slide by without a post.Haven't you still seen the original documentary, click HERE immediately to watch it on hulu (the 'beales of grey gardens' follow-up feature is pretty major as well).

If by some twisted tragedy you still haven't red about Edie's life... Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens was First Cousin to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She was an American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer.

"On July 29, 1952, Beale returned to live with her mother in the East Hampton estate Grey Gardens (at 3 West End Road).

After the 1963 death of the Beales' caretaker and handyman Tom "Tex" Logan, and a burglary in 1968, the women lived in near isolation and, eventually, poverty. Mother and daughter reportedly remained independent by selling off their Tiffany pieces item by item.

On October 22, 1971, inspectors from the Suffolk County Health Department raided the house and discovered that it violated every known building regulation. The story became a national scandal. Health Department officials said they would evict the women unless the house was cleaned.

The Beales then rose to fame as a result of the Maysles brothers' 1975 direct cinema documentary film Grey Gardens. The film revealed the strong and dysfunctional ties between Mrs. Beale and Little Edie. - wikipedia -

Editorial: Alana Zimmer by Mark Seliger for Vogue Spain October 2010

 

Image source: fashion gone rouge

The CAMPAIGN ~ Lou Doillon for Vanessa Bruno

Parisian fashion designer Vanessa Bruno for her Autum Winter 2010 collection  transposts us to a whimsical world. Her video "Day for Night," is directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto and playing on vanessabruno.com. For the third time fashion muse Lou Doillon- she already performed in Autum Winter 2009/2010, Spring Summer 2010 - captivate us. The video is video is hypnotizing. A movie like a poem.

Day For Night
Directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto, with Lou Doillon et Valentine Fillol Cordier

Day for night captures a mysterious fugitive impression of vital strength which is deployed in the darkness of the night.

In the light of day, it becomes sensual and delicate.
Valentine Fillol Cordier has a sort of power over nature. She makes the trees quiver and the wind rages.

She carries in her wake flowers and petals of the tree of life.
Day breaks, Lou Doillon appears.

Valentine goes through the night and encounters Lou who brings forth daylight.

A hovering magical moment on the surface of water. Lou sings a haunting melody. Her voice rings out and brings peace to the storm in the night.
With Lou and Valentine all the feminin ambiguities start moving. Catlike and delicate, embodied but secretive...

After this soft and sensual parenthesis, the race between the two women, between night and day, between Lou and Valentine, becomes a liberation.

Lou sets off for the sun.

With Day for Night, womanhood goes with masculin coats wrapped around soft sensual dresses. Colors are like dawn and dusk...
Here Vanessa imposes the group "Efterklang" a bewitching folk music. Then the sensuality and emotion of Lou's song which she has composed. The movie sets off with " The books".

Day for Night is an emotion. A movie like a poem. A collection that is strong and slightly erotic.

Source: As published by Vanessa Bruno press.

The INTERIOR ~ Coco

Coco Rocha has opened up her two-bedroom Gramercy Park, Manhattan apartment for this shoot with Vogue. She bought it three years ago and shares with her husband James Conran. On her walls are teapots she collects from "from all the different places I have been to for photo shoots — from Morocco to Michigan”.

There's a photo of Rocha, who explains it was a wedding present from Steven Meisel — "I’ve never liked hanging my model photos in my home, but this is an exception because it almost looks like a painting”. On a table, a handbag piggy bank, which Rocha says is one of her favorite things: “I love how at first glance it looks like a YSL bag, but when you take a closer look you realize it actually reads, 'yove saved la rent' It’s genius!”. Then some of Coco photos that I like the most.