Monday : Anna Piaggi’s last
photoshoot
Barely one month before she
passed away aged 81, Anna Piaggi, the original fashion icon, posed in front of
Tim Walker’s lens for W Magazine’s 40 anniversary issue. The
pictures are even more fabulous than you could expect and they have all the
wabi-sabi eccentric glamour anyone could wish for. I just love that in this
photo she is wearing that Jamaican-colored fur collar which I think was Dior
circa 2001, I remember the campaign was shot by Nick Knight and featured Gisele
and I was 16 and really stricken by it. I also remember she was wearing it when
I first met her backstage at a Maurizio Galante couture show years ago.
Tuesday:
Catherine Baba creates a new jewellery collection for Gripoix
If you are a fan of Baba’s
Dietrich-esque, Von Sternberg-esque smoky, exotic, dreamy look, you’ll love
that she has just launched a second jewellery collection for French brand
Gripoix. This time you will find headpieces, bejewelled belts, rings that turn
into pocket mirrors and cuffs that turn into powder cases in shades of red,
gold and (obviously) absinthe green. You can’t get any more bohemian than that,
and I’m in luck! She stocks the collection at Nouvelle Affaire, a boutique just
around the corner from chez moi.
Wednesday:
Kate Moss bares it all
Oh yes, at last. We have all
been waiting for it for decades! “Kate talks” is the new “Garbo talks”. Last
week she was all over the news when her confessions about her relationships to
men, drugs and food were published as part of a new, promising Rizzoli book
which will feature the most beautiful pictures of the model’s career as well as
her own writing. And because we never tire of listening Kate speak, HERE is an
interview the New York Times was able to get with her.
Thursday:
British Vogue is so high-tech
After my Vogue
America-obsessed years (I think that’s mandatory for every teenager wanting to
get into the fashion industry and having watched Clueless too many times) and my short-lived taste for Vogue Paris
(in my defence that was 8 years ago and Carine Roitfeld was still running it),
the only vogue I still religiously read and cherish is the British one. Because
I adore Alexandra Shulman and her views on fashion, because it supports rising
British talent while remaining Vogue and because, let’s admit it once and for
all, the British do it better. Part
of its avant-garde bet is a groundbreaking iPad version of the magazine available to everyone
with a subscription.
Friday:
See the Ruby Slippers up close
If you haven’t yet been to
the Hollywood Costume exhibit at V&A and have a chance to take a look, don’t
miss it! I was lucky enough to be invited to visit it before it actually opened
and I still can’t get over it. For someone as Hollywood-obsessed as I am, it
was a lifetime dream come true to be able to stand in front of Dorothy Gale’s
ruby slippers and to see Chaplin’s original Little Tramp costume up close. The
exhibition is about much more than just iconic costumes, it actually woke
really powerful emotions in everyone who was there, and I can guarantee
it will do the same for you! In fact it was so amazing I think it deserves
a whole post…
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