The Cannes Film Festival kicked off its 66th annual celebration of this year's motion pictures on Wednesday. The twelve-day event, which takes place along France’s serene Côte d'Azur, began its opening ceremony with Baz Lhurmann’s, highly-anticipated, adaptation of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved novel The Great Gatsby.
Stars came out to the inauguration – hosted by French actress and Chanel-muse Audrey Tatou –
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Walking the line between elegant and edgy at the MET’s Punk: Chaos to Couture gala on May 6th, guests on the red carpet tread cautiously. Stars wore elegant ensembles with a dash of attitude in their propensity for black on black, with punk signatures like pompadours, studs, and dramatic eye makeup. Cara Delevingne’s black, gold-studded Burberry column dress was refined,
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Elsa Schiaparelli, Vogue 1932
Christian Lacroix is slated to design a 15-piece collection for Schiaparelli which will be shown at Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris. This will not only put the extravagantly talented Lacroix's work back on the runway (after a bankruptcy in 2009) but it will also be the legendary house of Elsa Schiaparelli's first collection since it closed its
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Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative directors of the House of Valentino, created a floral China pattern from white ermine fur appliqués against black latticework, decorating a chic short-sleeved coat for Fall 2013. The design-duo was inspired by Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring. –Deirdre Pérez
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At Celine's Fall 2013 presentation in Paris, a clean-lined wool dress featured tied sleeves that hugged the waist. The garment itself had a repurposed feel, as if it had once been a coat. –Deirdre Pérez
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Dimensional roses appeared to be blossoming from Savile Row-type suitings at Comme des Garcons' Fall 2013 collection shown today in Paris. Self fabric was twisted and manipulated in order to produce a lush array of romantic sculpted flowers, feminizing these menswear silhouettes. –Deirdre Pérez
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MEDIEVAL MELANGE
Vivienne Westwood always manages to combine ethnic and historical references and make them into something fashionable. For F/W13 the show notes stated: “Influences come from the 4 corners, historical, ethnic, structure and ‘flou’.” The collection was a mélange of sparkling jacquards, tribal prints, folkloric embroidery, intarsia knits and crochets. The Medieval influence was evident with large wool blanket coats,
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DECONTEXTUALIZED FASHION
Swedish brand Acne premiered in Paris at the Grand Palais. For this collection Acne sought to make the invisible visible and the unwearable wearable, with a collaboration between artist Katerina Jebb and the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Jonny Johansson, founder and head of design, said, “Art is something I enjoy in my work as well
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BELLE DU JOUR
Vanessa Bruno, like many designers this season, played with genders, nonchalantly layering menswear suit jackets over feminine minis. The show notes suggested a Parisian girl walking on a sunny winter day in the Luxembourg Gardens. “It’s about the French Parisian girl. I was inspired by the film, Belle du Jour with Catherine Deneuve, set in the late sixties,"
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Raw-edged pleats on a champagne-colored satin skirt looked fresh at Lanvin's Fall 2013 show. The skirt was paired with the an exposed-seam corseted bodysuit, contributing to the deconstructed raw couture feel. –Deirdre Pérez
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LE JUMPSUIT
Paris: Anne Valerie Hash downsized her show this season and invited press into a more intimate catwalk, in a slightly rundown setting. Models walked along a sparkly wall with an antique cracked mirror. The designer returned to her roots of construction/deconstruction and presented a limited collection of only jumpsuits — her trademark. The show was all about contrasts, as the
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GENTLE WARRIOR
Paris: American-born, Paris-based designer Rick Owens showed a humble yet romantic collection in monochrome. His models descended behind smoke clouds to a suggestive soundtrack mixed with opera, framing a sophisticated minimalist collection. The show started with floor-length sleeveless coats in white shearling, layered with black padded nylon jackets or styled with opera gloves in leather. There were gigantic hoods that
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Paris: It’s been eight years since H&M presented a catwalk show created by their own in-house design team, and not by guest designers. H&M put up an elaborate show and invited the press to the Musée Rodin, which was was divided into 15 different rooms. There was live music and champagne as the guests mingled from hallway to living
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Marni's Consuelo Castiglioni delivered a darker collection than usual for Fall 2013. Salt-and-pepper tweed was spliced into box pleats with raw edges, made alluring by chiffon inset panels that showed off just the right amount of skin. –Deirdre Pérez
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Layered necklines looked fresh and alluring in Fiona Cibani's F/W 2013 collection for Ports 1961. Here, a raspberry-toned turtleneck sweater over a white pullover peeked out from beneath a precise flannel dress with a clean bateau line. –Deirdre Pérez
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