Beautiful People
Just a reminder, <The Gentlewomen>, the female counterbalance of <Fantastic Man> is coming this spring.
Catherine Baba | it’s her moment…
Styliste & Styliste: La Baba with her collaborator (aka 'Showpiece') in HK last year.
It’s finally her turn, I noticed that she’s having quite a moment in the virtual world in the last couple months. I mean, we all know who she is, however, quoting Anna Dello Russo, thanks to the street snappers and global bloggers, true mavericks like them both got the chance to shine through and gain the recognition deserved at last! Of course, Catherine Baba has been snapped before, but the recent posts at Jak & Jil, Hanneli, and the Sartorialist (which drove over 230 positive comments as of now) created a hype for la Baba somehow. One thing might interest you, she’s in fact an Australian in Paris.
'When the camera turned to us it enabled us to start a new career. The styling work was the same, only done to myself. And so when the whole thing happened I was prepared, I knew what to do. The whole streetstyle thing these days is like a job...'- AdR.
Fall 2010 | Yves Saint Laurent par Stefano Pilati
I know, I know, this is it, I get the ambiguous feelings from the work of Stefano Pilati at YSL from time to time, don’t we all?
However, as soon as I went through this collection, it’s a hit! To me at least. I think he nailed it again at the pre-collection, things that I want to see him doing for this house are all included- the elegance, the beauty, the slightly twisted cutting, and that tiny bit of vintage 70s air without OTT or boring cliché. He strikes a good balance between day ‘n night. One might suggest that the cocktail numbers are sharper, but well, guess we don’t mind a little bit of glamour once in a while?! This is a gift from Stefano Pilati to all women around the world who leads that life. To me, this’s the best prefall in 2010.
Kate Moss for Longchamp
Personal endorsement + Youtube clips = successful product launch
After the coverage in many February issues worldwide (Elle Fr & Russia, VogueParis) came out and within days of exposing on Youtube and other online publication, she knows there’s no better marketing tools other than her own physic. Kate Moss launches her creations for Longchamp, the French handbag label she’s modeled since 2006, simply by stepping out of the doorstep, just to be in line with the news. They threw a launch party in Paris in which was attended by Loulou de la Falaise, Vahina Giocante, Carine Roitfeld among others, as seen here.
Azzaro | PE2010
To describe it ‘pretty’ is not enough. It’s a beautiful cocktail wardrobe with distinctive flair, very focus.
Alaïa fw2003 | The Body! The Dress! The Supe!
"When he was studying fine art, he told me that he used to stand in front of a painting and look at it for a long time, he'd imagine how the back of the dress on the subject is like, as there was no video or anything 3-D back then..."
"He works only at night. Sometimes, when Eugenie goes out late, she passes by the maison near all the bars, and sees the light is still on, then she knows he's still working. He's one of those who doesn't need a lot of sleep..."
"No matter who, or what they ask him to do, he won't give in, he just won't. There's not
many diva left, and he's certainly one."
- ML shared all these about him.
He’s known for not giving interview, not staging big shows (since the Mid-90s), not giving in, not compromising. In fact, he does stage shows at the maison, usually during the couture week, invite merely a handful of dear friends, peers, and close editors- the family. Here’s a rare clip from his f/w2003, Miuccia Prada, Yohji, Mario Testino, Carla Sozzni, Kenzo, Martine Sitbon were all there.
