We stayed at the Color Design Hotel in Bastille

Collette was packed with people and a lot more posh than I thought it would be

Vintage shop in Montmartre

Happy hour!

The coziest restaurant in Le Marais with the nicest staff in Paris

Last week was my birthday and the world’s best boyfriend whisked me away to Paris for the weekend. We mostly spent the weekend walking around the city, eating fromage and drinking wine, shopping in tiny vintage shops in Le Marais and just having a fantastic (and romantic) time!

spring is back, back again!

Chanel;

It’s so difficult to explain my love/hate relationship with the house of Chanel. I mean, there’s no denying it: mad props for the likes of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who singlehandedly created a legacy for herself based on her self-taught designs and absolute drive for perfection. (My god, her designs were beautiful and classy.) And ever since then, her staple tweed jackets and suits have been twisted and turned for a variety of outfits, looks, and fashions. Chanel, as beautiful and wonderful and glamorous as y’are darlin’, sometimes I just have to wonder what the heck was Karl Lagerfeld thinking? I try to go into reviews as unbiased as I can, but with a name like Chanel, the standards are high and it’s rather easy to fall short sometimes. For this Spring collection, I get the vibe that Lagerfeld was channeling the 60’s.  Don’t get me wrong, some outfits I absolutely adore and would die for; but some, well some are just… not working to me.  (Note: the backdrop that the farmhouse setting gives is just marvelous. So much so, that some of the designs are rather drowned out, as opposed to emphasized like I think they meant it to be.) Below are a few favorites and few not-favorites. What do you beautifuls think?

oui above, non below

Collette Dinnigan;

Starting off dark, then becoming light before closing with dark, Collete Dinnigan’s Spring collection is a thing to behold! It gives one a sense of optimism, the feeling that dark times will always pass. Not only are the sheer fabrics free and flowing, the outfits look rather comfortable. I think I need to find myself a pair of those sheer black tights.  The only no-no? The clearly visible boobies under the sheer fabrics; the effect is rather crude and detracts from the overall design.

So to end this rather lengthy blog (I apologize profusely) on Karl Lagerfeld and Collette Dinnigan, I tip my hat off to you my good people, for a noticeable Spring 2010 collection!

Yours truly,

Lili Darling

http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2010RTW/CHANEL/RUNWAY/00340m.jpg

What a cracking trio of pictures, knitting modelled by the gorgeous Shona.

Pattern blurb

Pattern: Boat Neck Sweater

Designer: Debbie Bliss

Sourced from: Baby Knits for Beginners

Knitted for?: Shona

Wool used: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran in 300015

Purchased from: Cucumber Patch

Any problems with the pattern?: Not really, but I think the neck is too big.

Any modifications made?: Added 4 rows of treble crochet to bottom so it was nice and long to keep her cosy.

Washing and wearing: Do not let her eat her tea in this! 30 degrees is not really baby friendly.

Knit again?: Yes, but in different more easily washable yarn.

Next time, any changes to be made?: Smaller neck size.

Skills learned?: First ever jersey made so whole process was new.

General comments:  Really cosy jersey for winter.

Photographed by Denis Collette…!!!

Éclat de lumière de ma rivière magique…!!!

My wild river reflection…!!!
An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet…!!! A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach…!!!

Reflet de ma rivière sauvage…!!!
Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés…!!! Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau…!!!

– License

Today we headed to the ritziest part of town.  I put my best, Chanel shod foot forward onto Rue Fauburg St Honore – the fanciest shopping street in Paris.

In today’s day and age,  actually,  globalization took some fun out of shopping.  No matter where you go, the shops are mostly the same.   There are some gems, however, like the famous Collette, an institution more than a shop.  The clothes here are presented on mannequins rather than the racks.  Almost no racks are to be found – just the artfully  outfitted mannequins.  The featured designers that attracted my attention were Comme des Garcons, ever avant-garde,  and very cool outfits by YSL , which warrants a trip to Woodbury Commons.

Another highlight was a visit to a miniature mall featuring meticulously restored antiques from the Louis XIX period through Art Nouveau and Art Deco – my personal favorites.   This place was like a museum of decorative arts, only everything was for sale.  That made it more exciting than a museum – the fact that all those treasures could be had if you had enough money.

Well, the antiques were out of our price range, so we walked to Fouchon  where I bought and consumed a piece of art of a cake whose  taste matched its looks.  It consisted of a caramel and meringue heart surrounded by a perfect semi-globe of chocolate sprinkled with some gold powder for the full measure.

From there we walked to Le Marais for another falafel and, I couldn’t resist, some Middle Eastern type of sugar-covered zeppole that called my name out of another amazing pastry shop painted with frescoes.

But enough said of the gluttonous delights.  My soul needed some nourishment too.  That was provided by a visit to the Opera Bastille for the performance of L; Elixir d’Amour with the glorious Anna Netrebko in title role.   Her tenor-counterpart,  however, was not on par.  He screwed up Una Furtima Lacrima, not hitting any of the high C’s and even, to my ear, taking a wrong note.  But everyone else was wonderful, the production was very nice, rivaling that at the Met in the inclusion of moving vehicles and one live dog.  The opera house is modern, minimalist, even austere, but pleasantly unobtrusive, and the acoustics was superb.  Even in our nosebleed section, third row from the back,  the sound was perfect and the view unobstructed.

Another great day in this great city.

Ok, first off… I would like someone to impale me with a broomstick. These are special. It’s kinda safe to say everybody remembers Reebok Pumps from back in the day, let alone all the recent re-releaseses. But what better opportunity than this to get nostalgic over some other short lived sneaks that are really only remembered by few….

The Regulator: The inflatable shoe craze of the early 1990s spawned this shoe, L.A. Gear’s answer to the Reebok Pump. The shoe featured a large pumping button on the tongue (much larger than the Reebok Pump’s was) and a switch on top that deflated the shoe when pushed to the right.

There is probably only a handful of people who can recall these. The pump on these shizens were like twice the size. But if you really want to go overboard….

Not only did they help me dunk on fools, but they got me through college.

Hieronder de recensies van vier films die de afgelopen week op dvd zijn verschenen. Van zwaar drama tot een ultiem feelgoodgevoel.

Annet Malherbe (links) en Eva van Wijdeven in De Laatste Dagen van Emma Blank

De Laatste Dagen van Emma Blank

• Regie: Alex van Warmerdam (De Noorderlingen, Ober)
• Met: Eva van Wijdeven, Gene Bervoets, Annet Malherbe, Marlies Heuer, Alex van Warmerdam, Gijs Naber
• Genre: Zwarte komedie
• Vergelijkbaar: Adams Aebler (2005), Ober (2006)

Emma Blank is in de war. Ze  is een sadist. Emma Blank is harteloos. Ze manifesteert zich als een hedendaagse Hitler tegenover haar personeel.

Gelukkig gaat Emma Blank binnenkort dood.

Hebberigheid

Emma Blank is naast alle bovenstaande dingen vooral de nieuwste creatie van Alex van Warmerdam. Deze absurdist bij uitstek vertelt met De Laatste Dagen van Emma Blank een bizar verhaal over hebberigheid van de hedendaagse mens. Marlies Heuer speelt deze Emma Blank, een rijke vrouw die haar personeel op dictatoriale wijze in het gareel houdt.

Hond

Dat personeel bestaat uit vijf personen: de loyale hoofdbutler Haneveld (Gene Bervoets), kokkin Bella (Annet Malherbe), het recalcitrante dienstmeisje Gonnie (Eva van Wijdeven) en klusjesman Meijer (Gijs Naber). Ik zei dat er vijf waren? Laten we Theo (Alex van Warmerdam) er ook maar bij rekenen. Uiteraard neemt de regisseur zelf de rol op zich van het meest bizarre lid van dit gezelschap. Hij speelt iemand die zich als een hond gedraagt. En dat is niet alleen een figure of speech.

De Laatste Dagen van Emma Blank ontwikkelt zich als een waar ensemblestuk met een even grimmige als mysterieuze sfeer. Op momenten hilarisch, maar ook verontrustend. Langzaam aan ontdek je als kijker hoe de vork precies in de steel zit. Er komt immers een moment dat het personeel zich tegen Emma Blank keert…

Dus: Bij vlagen hilarische kritiek op consumptiemaatschappij verpakt in absurdistisch jasje.

Beoordeling: ***

Sunshine Cleaning

• Regie: Christine Jeffs (Sylvia)
• Met: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Clifton Collins Jr, Steve Zahn
• Genre: Tragikomedie
• Vergelijkbaar: In Her Shoes (2005), Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Elk jaar duiken er weer enkele positieve verrassingen op in filmwereld. Het gaat dan om kleine onafhankelijke feelgoodpareltjes van Amerikaanse makelij die toch het grote publiek weten te bereiken. De afgelopen jaren waren dat Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine en Juno. Dit jaar de beurt aan Sunshine Cleaning.

Wanneer de alleenstaande moeder Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) snel veel geld nodig heeft om de school van haar zoontje te betalen, begint ze samen met haar jongere, werkloze zus Norah (Emily Blunt) het schoonmaakbedrijf ‘Sunshine Cleaning’. Enige bijzondere aan deze onderneming is dat het om het schoonmaken van crime scenes gaat.

Tegenhanger

Het heeft Rose niet altijd meegezeten in haar leven. Na een glansrijke schoolcarrière, (cheerleader, daten met de quarterback, populairste meisje van de school) maakt ze nu de huizen van haar vroegere klasgenoten schoon en is ze een alleenstaande moeder. Daarnaast scharrelt ze af en toe in een motel met haar voormalige, inmiddels getrouwde, schoolliefde. Ook Norah haalt niet het maximale uit haar leven. Als de complete tegenhanger van haar zus doet zij niet veel meer dan op de bank hangen en ontslagen worden bij nietszeggende baantjes.

Bagage

Beide zussen delen nog eens wat extra bagage vanwege de tragische dood van hun moeder, enkele jaren geleden. Vader Joe Lorkowski (Alan Arkin) heeft vooral te lijden onder de zelfmoord van zijn vrouw. Om dat verdriet te verdrukken stort hij zich op een aantal tot mislukken gedoemde pogingen om snel rijk te worden met behulp van zijn kleinzoon Oscar.

De vergelijking met Little Miss Sunshine dringt zich al voor het kijken naar deze film op. Het woord ‘Sunshine’ zit in de titel, hetzelfde productieteam is aan het project verbonden en Alan Arkin blinkt opnieuw uit in een bijrol. Ook qua thematiek vertoont Sunshine Cleaning veel overeenkomst met het Oscarwinnende Little Miss Sunshine. Dit houdt in: boeiende en goed uitgewerkte personages in herkenbare situaties doorspekt met zwarte, doch frisse humor.

Dus: Heerlijke, frisse film met uitstekend acteerwerk. Typisch feelgood.

Beoordeling: ***

Kan Door Huid Heen

• Regie: Esther Rots
• Met: Rifka Lodeizen, Wim Opbrouck
• Genre: Drama
• Vergelijkbaar: Dancer in the Dark (2000), Secret Sunshine (2008)

 De 30-jarige Amsterdamse Marieke raakt in een zware depressie nadat zij in haar eigen appartement slachtoffer is geworden van een ernstig geweldsdelict. Ze vlucht hierop naar het platteland van Zeeland. Haar doel: met rust gelaten worden.

Toch lijkt Marieke (Rifka Lodeizen) er beetje bij beetje weer bovenop te komen. Ze ontmoet de aandoenlijke John (prachtrol van de Belg Wim Opbrouck) en lijkt weer zin in het leven te zien. Er is echter telkens weer die terugval. Het brengt Marieke tot twijfelachtige gedachten en weerzinwekkende daden.

De eerste lange speelfilm van regisseuse Esther Rots is meteen raak. Sterker nog, Kan Door Huid Heen is een rauw-op-je-dak-film die aanvoelt als een flinke stomp in de maagstreek. Naast de haast claustrofobische cameravoering valt ook het formidabele spel van Rifka Lodeizen op. Tijdens het afgelopen Nederlands Film Festival mocht zij dan ook volledig terecht een gouden kalf voor beste actrice ophalen.

Dus: Geweldig debuut van Esther Rots. Deprimerende en formidabele acteursfilm.

Beoordeling: ****

Towelhead

• Regie: Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, True Blood)
• Met: Summer Bishil, Peter Macdissi, Toni Collette, Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello
• Genre: Coming-of-age
• Vergelijkbaar: American Beauy (1999), Juno (2007)

 De dertienjarige half-Libanese Jasira komt in Towelhead terecht in Amerikaans suburbia. Hier is het leven kalm, de mensen netjes en de gezinnen gelukkig. Althans, dat lijkt zo vanaf de buitenkant. Alan Ball, schrijver van American Beauty en de man achter de HBO-series Six Feet Under en True Blood, gaat geen taboe uit de weg. Hij doet er nog een vleugje inktzwarte humor bovenop ook.

Ball weet opnieuw te intrigeren door de kijker mee te nemen naar een nette buitenwijk, naar de schijnwerkelijkheid die achter de voordeur verdwijnt, zoals hij dat ook deed met American Beauty. Opnieuw is de ontluikende seksualiteit van een jong meisje een van de centrale onderwerpen. Daar omheen gaat Towelhead (alternatieve titel: Nothing is Private) ook over onderhuids rasicme, vooroordelen en emancipatie. Of een gebrek daar aan.

Zware onderwerpen voor een film die met het hele gewicht rust op de schouders van de achttienjairge actrice Summer Bishil. Zij lijkt de rol echter zonder al te grote problemen aan te kunnen en dat is zeer knap. Hoewel Towelhead de scherpte mist van American Beauty en de heerlijke melancholiek van Six Feet Under, bewijst Alan Ball een volwaardig speelfilmregisseur te zijn. Laten we hopen dat hij hier een vervolg aan kan geven.

Dus: Sympathiek coming-of-age drama dat lekker wegkijkt.

Beoordeling: ***

Irving Penn, 1960s

Kate Moss, 1996

Kate Moss, 1996

Vogue, Fashion Photograph (Café in Lima), Peru, 1948

Salvadore Dali, New York, 1947

Truman Capote, New York City, 1948

Collette, Paris, 1951

Jean Cocteau, Paris, 1948

Nicole Kidman, Vogue Magazine, May, 2004

Irving Penn Dies at 92: Pioneer of Modern Fashion, Portrait and Still-Life Photography

Irving Penn, a renowned master of American fashion photography whose more simple aesthetic, combined with an often startling erotic sensuality, defined a visual style that he applied to such varied subjects as  fashion design, celebrity portraits and everyday objects, many of them now-famous photographs owned by leading art museums, has died at the age of 92.  In 1943, Penn started contributing to Vogue magazine, becoming one of the first commercial photographers to cross the schism that had separated commercial from art photography.  He did so in part by using the same technique no matter what he photographed: isolating his subject, allowing for scarcely a prop and building a work of graphic perfection through his printing process.  Art critics considered the results to be icons, not just images, each one more artistically powerful than the person or object in the frame.

A notorious perfectionist, he traveled widely, carrying his own studio to the ends of the earth to photograph Peruvians in native dress, veiled Moroccan women or the Mudmen of New Guinea.  Despite his appreciation for the art and craft of beautifully designed fashion, Penn later reached outside of the unreachable world it represents.  To escape or perhaps contest it, in the late 1960s he started photographing crushed cigarette butts and street debris.  He shot the cigarette butts in the same manner that he often photographed fashionable designer dresses, close up, with an intense graphic precision, against a white background.  He then built his negatives into “platinum-palladium” prints, a meticulous and expensive process that involves repeated printings of a negative on one piece of paper to create an extraordinary sense of depth and richness.  New York’s Museum of Modern Art found the cigarette butts exhibit-worthy in 1975. Far-sighted reviewers praised Penn’s ability to turn discarded objects into art, but the contradictions in his work still bothered some critics.

In 1950, while in Paris he went from a session of photographing the Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti to photographing French butchers.  His collection of more than 250 photos of butchers, bakers, street workers and others in the series entitled The Small Trades, was acquired last year by the J. Paul Getty Museum and is on view now through January 10th.

A Tribute: The Photography of Irving Penn

Slide Show: Irving Penn/A Pioneer of Modern Fashion, Portrait and Still-Life Photography

(Please Click on Image to View Slide Show)

Readers can read more about the life and accomplishments of Irving Penn in The New York Times here, and in The Los Angeles Times here.

Reader’s can access a wonderful audio-slide show of Irving Penn’s series entitled The Small Trades, which is presently on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum here.

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Ieri abbiamo avuto la riunione dei genitori alla scuola materna di Frida. A parte il delirio per trovare un volontario per ricoprire il ruolo di rappresentante (alla fine si è candidata “spontaneamente” Cristina), mi preme segnalare due punti che mi hanno lasciato perplesso:

1) ancora non mi spiego perchè in una scuola pubblica frequentata da bambini dai 3 ai 5 anni,  si debba stipendiare una persona, incaricata dalla diocesi, che insegna per 2 ore alla settimana religione. Il programma non prevede ovviamente preghiere o sermoni, ma insegna valori come il rispetto per il prossimo e la natura, l’amicizia, la solidarietà, oltre a confezionare un bel presepe con le pigne dell’albero posto nel cortile della scuola. C’era bisogno di una catechiesta per insegnare queste cose? Servivano delle ora dedicate aquesti temi? Non sono tematiche afrontate quotidianamente nel normale programma di un asilo? Non bastavano le maestre per parlare di amore e amicizia?

2) a un certo punto della riunione le maestre hanno parlato di fondo cassa, chiedendoci quanti soldi volevamo mettere quest’anno per ogni bambino (alle fine si è deciso 20 € e 30 per chi ha 2 bimbi…).

Essendo nuovo ho chiesto a cosa servisse il fondo cassa, e mi hanno risposto che serve a comprare materiale che serve per la didattica e che la direzione non passa per problemi di budget. Tra l’altro ci comprano risme di carta, colori e perfino i libri per la biblioteca.  Senza contare che una mamma si è offerta di fare le fotocopie gratuitamente in ufficio, per risparmiare così il costo che altrimenti sarebbe ricaduto sulla scuola. Inoltre ci hanno avvertito che durante l’anno ci avrebero chiesto altri soldi per stampare le foto, per il libro di fine anno, per andare in gita e per farci il regalo di natale… Questa sarebbe la scuola pubblica? Una scuola che deve chiedere i soldi ai genitori per libri e pennarelli?

Mi piacerebbe sapere cosa ne pensa la dissidente cubana Sanchez, che dall’alto del suo blog osannato dai liberi pensatori occidentali pontificava sopra la scuola cubana, fiore all’occhiello della rivoluzione castrista. Si lamentava perchè un babbo doveva riparare le sedie, mentre un’altra mamma aveva dovuto procurare un ventilatore contro l’afa.  Invito la blogger  a trasferirsi da noi e a mandare i suoi figli nelle scuole italiane, in questo momento più splendideche mai con la Gelmini che taglia e dirige più che mai…

'Fart Racer' Size: 61 x 42 cm 2200€

Here are 2 pieces available from artist Todd James, these are available through Collette. The above piece is called ‘Fart Racer’ it is an original pencil and gouache on 42 x 61cm paper for 2200€ or if you are not into dropping $3000 on a print below is ‘Pile Of Tanks’ and it is a 38 x 56 inch print with an edition size of 50, comes signed and numbered for 200€ each.

Check it out HERE

'Pile Of Tanks' Edition of 50 Size: 38 x 56 cm 200€

London adapters Bamford & Sons have teamed up and Modified a Rolex for French boutique Collette.
Rolex is such a status symbol, most of us will never own one, because as far as I know, they aren’t that much superior than most watches.
However, little detail makes things unique! So check out the second hand of the watch. Ah yeah!

Get one from Sept 9 here

Sin dudar alguna de las mejores series que se han estrenado este año hasta ahora ha sido UNITED STATES OF TARA (Estados Unidos de Tara), la comedia drámatica con su tono negro, está protagonizada por Tony Collette.

¿De qué trata? Te imaginas que tu mamá aparte de ser ella misma, ¿tuviera otras 3 personalidades?

Así es la vida de Kate y Marshall, y claro del esposo de Tara, Max. Pero la serie no trata solamente de la familia de Tara, sinó de lo estresante, difícil y complicado que es aparte de ser tu mismo, ser otras 3 personas totalmente diferente.

Creada por Diablo Cody (JUNO) y con Steven Spielbergh de productor ejecutivo, ya son dos votos de confianza que darle a la serie.

Lo mejor de la serie, es sorprenderse con lo que nos presenta; Por eso en este caso, es mejor no saber mucho de lo que vamos a ver.

La serie está prevista que se estrene en el mes de Septiembre por el canal FOX. Por su papel como Tara, Tony Collette está nominada como Mejor Actriz de Comedia en los premios Emmy’s de este año.

*Actualizado* El estreno es el día martes 22 de Septiembre a las 10PM en FOX.

(Publicado originalmente el 4 de Agosto del 2009)

Leica cameras. Beautiful.
I just love how it is.. Not so much the camera features, but The design, the look, the minimalism! I just love the look of the camera. And now there is a sweet little illustration courtesy of Andre.

Photographed by Denis Collette…!!!

… lemon lime …!!!

… an impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet…!!!
… a Thoreau "waldennienne" approach…!!!

… un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés…!!!
… une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau…!!!

… now on twitter

– License

Paris’in başkenti Collette’in web sitesinde Ağustos ayında düzenlenecek sergiler arasında ‘Without You Baby, There Ain’t No Us’ başlığı yer alıyor. Youtube’dan birtakım karelerin çizimlerine yer veren sergide Comenius Roethlisberger ve Admir Jahic’in işleri yer alıyor.

“Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.” — Sidonie Gabrielle Collette

New Balances releases two new 850 models ready for spring. If these brightly coloured packets don’t get you in the mood for sunshine, nothing will! Available now from collette, Paris.

Photographed by Denis Collette…!!!

… my wild marshland at sunset …!!!

… an impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet…!!!
… a Thoreau "waldennienne" approach…!!!

… un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés…!!!
… une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau…!!!

… now on twitter

– License

Photographed by Denis Collette…!!!

… i marry … i marry not …!!!

… not easy to focus to winward …!!!

… an impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet…!!!
… a Thoreau "waldennienne" approach…!!!

… un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés…!!!
… une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau…!!!

– License

Michelle Pfeiffer in "Chéri"

Michelle Pfeiffer is 50!  That honestly twists my head a little to think that, but seriously, she’s 50.  But take a look at these photos from the upcoming Miramax Films’ release, “Chéri.”  Pfeiffer certainly doesn’t look too old to play the steamy, seductive role of Lea de Lonval in the film that reunites her with her “Dangerous Liaisons” director, Stephen Frears.

Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend in "Chéri"

“Chéri” is set in turn-of-the-century Paris, and tells a  seductive and sensational tale,  of a ravishing Parisian courtesan (Michelle Pfeiffer)who takes a naïve young man half her age (rising British star Rupert Friend), into her boudoir  to teach him a thing or two about sex, love and women.  But of course, he learns all too well   out to be her perfect match.  He doesn’t want to grow up and she doesn’t want to grow old and together they defy all of society’s rules.

Michelle Pfeiffer in "Chéri"

Their affair is pure pleasure – as they trade light-hearted romantic barbs and indulge in their delicious, upside-down chemistry — until they do the one thing that will make an outrage of it all, most significantly to themselves:  fall in love. And gradually they each come to see there will be weighty consequences of this unusual affair. “Chéri” is a daring and sensual look at a Belle Epoque liaison, and shows what happens as sex, money, age, society — and unexpectedly, love itself – all come into play when desire heats up.

“Chéri” opens in theaters across the United States in late June, and will open in Oklahoma City and Tulsa in early July. Check online, or in your local newspaper to determine if the film is showing in your city.

What other star do you think looks great at 50 (or over)?  Leave me a comment and tell me who you think still has it!

Hvis du ikke allerede er stødt på dette billede af Olsen-tvillingerne i bloggosfæren, vil jeg lige gengive det, for de ser da megafine ud her. Billedet blev taget i sidste uge ved åbningsreceptionen for Opening Ceremonys første flagshipstore i Tokyo.

Søstrene har koordineret deres outfits bestående af LBD’s (little black dresses), solbriller og henholdvis kanin- og Mickey Mouse-lignende ører i sort blonde fra Maison Michel.

Ørerne fra Maison Michel  fås blandt andet hos Collette og Montaigne Market i Paris. Se flere fine hatte, ører og andet hovedpynt fra designeren her.

Takashi & his superflat design is world famous!
Now he takes his superflat to 3D with plush toys. They come in 3 different sizes and have his signature flower design. Love it.

Click here to get your own!