I’ve never really been a big jewellery/accessory person, not because I don’t have jewellery, but because I always forget to wear it or it’s too much of a hassle. Lately I’ve been adding small things like rings and brooches to things and to be honest it just didn’t feel right. So while on bed rest I started making my own jewellery to add to my collection (you might remember a few pages back I made some earrings).

First up, this pendant necklace with tea cup, half a best friend charm and a flower heart charm

Hand Painted glass bead pendant

Strings of irregular pearls

Black bead button bracelet, irregular pear bracelet, vintage look bead bracelet

Now I’ve got quite a collection of jewellery, now here’s to hoping I’ll wear them.

XXASAB

Lanvin Vetyver By Lanvin For Men. Eau De Toilette Spray 1 Ounces Review

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Launched by the design house of Lanvin in , LANVIN VETYVER by Lanvin is classified as a flowery fragrance. This masculine scent posesses a blend of: a woodsy blend of warm mosses. It is recommended for romantic wear.

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i have a new obsession. and it is most certainly not fly by night. for over a week now i’ve chosen to leave my love for heels on the runway, and decided that hightop sneakers are the way for me. i’ve seen the light. and lanvin is the bulb.

and christmas is right around the corner… *cough*cough*

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Lavin sigue celebrando sus 120 años con sus sofisticadas muñecas de porcelana Miss Lavin, creada por la conocida cada Franz Porcelain.

Un total de 13 muñecas ataviadas con emblemáticos atuendos diseñados por Lanvin en sus más representativos colores forman parte de una tradición iniciada por su fundadora Jeanne Lanvin, que incluye su fascinación por las muñecas de porcelana y ahora revivida Alber Elbaz, director creativo de la firma francesa.

La edición limitada de la colección de Miss Lanvin se produce cada temporada con un límite de 800 piezas en todo el mundo. Y éstos son tres de los modelos de esta temporada que encontramos en Colette. Los  precios van de € 265.00 a  € 370.00

Disponibles en Colette

The nominees are as follows:

Burberry, Mulberry and Pringle of Scotland nominated for the Designer Brand award.

Graeme Fidler for Aquascutum, Kim Jones for Dunhill, and Todd Lynn nominated for Menswear Designer.

Christopher Kane, Erdem, and Jonathan Saunders nominated for the BFC British Collection of the Year.

Emma Hill for Mulberry, Katie Hillier, and Nicholas Kirkwood nominated for the Accessory Designer.

Mark Fast, Meadham Kirchhoff, and Peter Pilotto nominated for Emerging Talent Award for Ready-to-Wear,

Holly Fulton, Camilla Stovgaard, Jessica McCormack, and Maria Francesca Pepe are nominated for the Emerging Talent Award for Accessories.

Models Georgia May Jagger, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Daisy Lowe are nominated for Model of the Year.

 I’m quite excited to hear about this, especially the emerging designers category as they were on my blog as ones-to-watch.  My fingers are crossed for Meadham Kirchhoff, they’re in the top three of my favorite designers.

With the exception of Ms. Jagger – whom I love – I’m not crazy about the model selection. I wish they would have considered Jourdan Dunn but she’s probably on her way out of the business considering she’s pregnant.

I believe Mulberry deserves this. They pulled off a coup with their Apple collaboration.

I wonder how Holly feels about the accessories mention. While she got her break as accessories designer for Lanvin, she’s working really hard to build a womenswear atelier.

Well, with all that said, fingers crossed!

Topshop came with a great idea: for just 40 pounds, you can be the lucky lady to hire a dress that has been worn by your favorite celeb. Bad news is, you can’t keep it, you hire it for just one day.

Topshop’s new initiative, Dress Me Up, will allow shoppers to hire dresses owned by celebs like Kate Moss, Scarlett Johansson, Erin O’Connor, Noami Campbell and Dita von Teese. The dresses will then be auctioned, giving you the chance to own your favourite dress forever with all proceeds from hire fee and the auction going to Topshop’s chosen charities Age Concern and Help the Aged.

A peek at the dresses:

Roberto Cavalli dress from Julia Restoin Roitfeld.

Lanvin dress from Kate Moss.

Antik Batik dress from Kimberley Stewart

Jayson Brundson dress from Dita Von Teese.

Nanette Lepore dress from Scarlett Johansson.

Dolce & Gabbana dress from Peaches Geldof.

More info about how to rent the dress of your dreams, go to www.insideout.topshop.com.

Topshop makes your Christmas wishes come true this year: The high street giant’s latest venture, Dress Me Up, allows shoppers to steal a star’s style for a day by hiring dresses from their wardrobe.

Launching today, Dress Me Up will be in Topshop’s flagship Oxford Street store until December 6th for you to try things on for size before its official launch on 7th December, running through until the 23rd.

During the hire period, you can grab Kate Moss’ beaded Lanvin dress, Freida Pinto’s pale yellow Burberry Prorsum number, Scarlett Johansson’s Nanette Lepore animal print mini, Peaches Geldof’s floral floor-length Dolce & Gabbana gown, Dita Von Teese’s blue evening dress by Jayson Brundson, and one of Nicola Robert’s bespoke costumes from the latest Girls Aloud tour, among a rialfull of others. Names also signed up to the initiative include Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, Erin O’Connor, Sophie Dahl and ELLE’s very own Olivia Palermo.

But that’s not the best part: Hiring a dress costs a mere £40. And, if after wearing your favourite dress you can’t bare to see it go, you’ve got the chance to own it forever as it falls into auction, with proceeds going to Age Concern and Help the Aged.

“Having worked with Topshop for so long, we didn’t think twice about donating our dress. It’s such a great cause, especially at this time of year,” Emma Cook told Vogue UK. “The combination of being able to help support Age Concern and Help the Aged and the chance for someone to wear our dress that wouldn’t ordinarily be able to afford to, is such a fantastic concept.”

Which dress would you borrow if you were in the UK? Let me know @twitter.com/HauteCouturista

“120 years old” canvas bag, Limited edition.

€ 500.00 VAT included

Miss Lanvin porcelain figurine, hand painted
Limited and numeroted edition.

Lanvin brand is 120 years old! And it is with fun and elegance that Alber Elbaz decided to celebrate the event. Like Jeanne Lanvin (the founder of the brand) some years ago, he honor the mothers and daughters couples which he declines on tee-shirts, bags and a range of objects (pads, music boxes, paperweight, porcelain figurine).€ 265.00 VAT included

1. I did do yoga. Yay for me!

2. Vaccination & Laser treatment is tomorrow- Shingz!

3. Lanvin never fails to disappoint. I’m a little slow on this, but it doesn’t make Lanvin’s Spring 2010 RTW Collection any less lovely. The structure and the draping, both. I think the dresses would go equally well for the party season/Fall though. I’m gonna dig up that one-shouldered dress with the frills that I bought a year ago but never wore. Suddenly, maybe the frills might be workable?

Timeless, sexy, fluid, simply fantastic! I do love the Lanvin silouhette, congrats Mr. Elbaz!

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Fluide, sexy, intemporelle, vive la silhoutette Lanvin simplement superbe! Bravo M. Elbaz!

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Jamie Bochert has been tipped to be the new face of Lanvin campaign with Steven Meisel and the Marc Jacobs campaign with Juergen Teller.

Sabe o que os fashionistas estão usando ao redor do globo para “quebrar” os visuais ultrafemininos ou glamurosos? Simplesmente um cintinho marrom fino, de fivela quadradinha, prateada, vinda diretamente do guarda-roupa masculino.

Foi o que se viu na campanha da Lanvin, que finalizou os looks com os cintinhos e deu um nó em uma das pontas – simples assim. Também marcou as cinturinhas na Chloé e no inverno 2010 de Miuccia Prada.

Quer tentar? Use sobre vestidinhos curtos, femininos, de tecido fluido… ou sobre calças e pantalonas de tecidos e aplicações sofisticados. A idéia é quebrar o romantismo das peças, dar um ar austero, masculino. Aliás, o legal é a “descombinação”, não deve combinar com sapato e bolsa, é um elemento à parte!!

• 1900-1909

Lo irreal: La chica Gibson      

Dibujo creado por Charles Dana Gibson, pronto se convirtió en el ideal femenino de entonces y se transformó en todo un patrón de vida. Continúa…

Lo real: El vintage

El término era utilizado en las bodegas para señalar los vinos de las mejores cosechas, y derivó al mundo de la moda a partir de 1900 utilizándose en los diseños clásicos o retro. Como ejemplo actual tenemos los Oscar 2001 en los que Renee Zellweger y Julia Roberts lucieron uno de esos diseños vintage. Continúa…

1910-1919

Lo irreal: Fotografías de Hoyningen Huene para Vogue

Lo real: ‘La edad de la Inocencia’

Obra publicada por Edith Wharton en 1920, que recibiría el Premio Pulitzer un año después y que marcó un hito en el mundo de la moda, pues supuso una revolución para las mujeres que se vió reflejado en su forma de vestir. Continúa…

Lo real:

1920-1929

Lo irreal: ‘La Garçonne’

Publicada en 1922 supuso un gran eco a un nuevo estilo de vestir entre las mujeres de la época: pelo corto, pantalones y silueta tubular que masculinizan a la mujer creando una nueva feminidad. Continúa…

Lo real: Les Années Folles

A lo largo de los años 20′ la alta costura francesa vive su mejor momento. Son los años dorados de la moda, Vionnet, Poiret, Lanvin o Chanel liberaron a la mujer provocando un cambio en su manera de vestir y de pensar. Es una época para la exhibición del cuerpo femenino, la diversión y el consumismo. Continúa…

 1930-1939

Lo irreal: Greta Garbo y Marlene Dietrich

Son las máximas representantes de los años dorados del cine de Hollywood; años en los que la sensualidad, la provocación y el erotismo eran las máximas para toda creación filmográfica. Y no era menos en el mundo de la moda, en 1930 el modelo a seguir fueron las actrices como Greta Garbo y Marlene Dietrich, mujeres de hombros anchos y caderas delicadas, altas y delgadas. En este período el punto erótico se centró sobre todo en la espalda, resaltada por pronunciados escotes que provocaban más de un suspiro en el ámbito masculino. Las prendas de la época envolvían a la mujer en un halo de encanto, sensualidad y misterio. 

Lo real: Coco Chanel es quien lleva los pantalones

Su gran personalidad y su particular estilo a la hora de vestir marcaron un antes y un después en el pensamiento de la mujer. Después de que Poiret les quitase el corsé, Coco Chanel fue más allá en su provocación y les puso pantalones. Toda una revolucionaria. Continuar…
 

1940-1949

Lo irreal: Caldeando el ambiente

Pese a la austeridad reinante en toda Europa en estos años, Nueva York y París se meten de lleno en una lucha por ser consideradas capital del arte contemporáneo. La moda se concibe como un arte en su máxima expresión y los escaparates no se utilizan sólo para vender objetos, sino también para contar historias a través de fotografías. Continúa…

Lo real: El New Look de Christian Dior

Fue todo un acierto que le consagró a lo más alto en el mundo de la moda. Tras los oscuros años de la II Guerra Mundial, la Línea Corola presentada por el diseñador en 1947 y más conocida por New Look, pretendía reencontrar a la mujer femenina y coqueta con faldas con mucho vuelo, cintura ceñida y hombros redondeados. Continúa…

1950-1959

Lo irreal:  American Way of Life

Tras una época gris de austeridad y reserva, en los años 50′ las pasarelas empiezan a reflejar unas ganas enormes de vivir y,  por supuesto, de consumir. Es el momento de salir de casa, tomarse un tiempo para el ocio y divertirse, dejando todo lo malo en el pasado. Y eso lo saben reflejar muy bien las revistas que presentan la moda como un juego, el juego de jugar a ser la deportista, la chica sweater, la pin-up, la chica ‘Greace’; incluso ser ama de casa tiene su punto. 

 Lo real: La Jolie Madame

La colección otoño–invierno presentada por Balmain en 1952, que recibió el mismo nombre que uno de sus perfumes, Jolie Madame fue una propuesta que definió el estilo de la mujer moderna, “que debe vestirse de acuerdo al momento del día y a la actividad social que desempeña”. El estilo de los vestidos es: corte medio, talle marcado y decoraciones.

(left) Erik Madigan Heck, (right) Andrew Zuckerman.

Heck shot this for Lanvin in summer 2008, I think.

勝井北斗／パーソンズで学んだ後、セントマーチンズ卒業。八木奈央／同志社大学卒業。セントマーチンズ卒業。
2001年設立。’03 S/S東京コレクション参加。05年モエ・エ・シャンドンデザイナー新人賞受賞。07年渋谷パルコに直営店オープン。21_21 design sight THIS PLAY! 展で作品を発表。08年’09S/Sサンパウロコレクションでオープニングを飾る。大阪成蹊大学芸術学部客員教授。09年 ミラノサローネTOKYO FIBER ‘09展で作品を発表。
Katsui graduated from Central Saint Martins College after studying at Parsons The New School for Design. Yagi graduated from Doshisha University and Central Saint Martins College.
The brand, mintdesigns was launched in 2001. They have been in Tokyo Collection since ‘03 S/S. The awards they won include the Moet et Chandon New Designer’s Award in 2005. In 2007, mintdesigns garage store opened in Shibuya PARCO. They presented their collection in the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT THIS PLAY! show. In 2008, they presented the opening show at São Paulo Fashion Week for ‘09 S/S. Both designers currently hold positions as guest professors at the Faculty of Art and Design at Osaka Seikei University. In 2009 they presented their collection at the Milano Salone TOKYO FIBER ‘09.Mint Designs turned out a dainty crop of dresses featuring details such as shimmery stripes, textured fabric and quirky graphics. One frock featured a darling print of tiny Charlie Chaplins, while another showcased circular cutouts along the sides.

Shoes for spring/summer 2010 from all your favorites designers.

Colour blocks with metallic from Basso and Brooke

Neutral colours from Burberry Prorsum, with sky-high platforms and knot detailing

Celine shoe’s are a little peculiar with a high, leveled platform so the foot is flat in the shoe.

Wooden clogs are to be expected from Chanel

Christian Dior have gone for a stacked wedge look with snake-skin effect.

 The screw shape heel for a little more edge from Christopher Kane

Simple and chique by Dries-Van- Noten

Dsquared2 decided to take inspiration from a fetish store in the ‘Hooker heels’ department

Leather corset style with a very thin stiletto heel from Emilio Pucci

Fendi with romantic platform tie up’s

Gareth Pugh sported some very manly looking shoes

 High T-bar with snake skin finish from Giambattista Valli

Grecian goddess style shoes with statement heels from Gianfranco Ferré

Givenchy have gone for that uber cool street look with these huge chunky wedges

Structured, white and very high at Gucci

Mui Mui have gone for the 70’s crazy print with very chunky heels

Jean Paul Gaultier with a masculine military style look

Jil Sander decided to team up all different styles with a metal loop heel.

Junya Watanabe with some really cool Mens Brogue style inspired shoes

Chique, simple and quite old school with a twist of trendy heel’s and snake print’s from Lanvin

Marc Jacobs with futuristic flat’s

Christian Louboutin For Marchesa with nude panelled high heels and platform

Warrior woman meets futuristic chique with these fabulous creations by Rodarte

Topshop Unique did go very unique with these very cool looking platform part wedge strapped shoes

Platforms embellished with flowers by Viktor and Rolf

Please note images have been sourced from the following places google images, style.com and nymag.

After the exhibition at the Petit Palais, the Museum of Fine Arts in Paris, save the date of the Designer Frimousses dolls auction on 19 November at Drouot Montaigne, Paris’s prestigious auction house. Since 2003, fashion designers and artists have worked to create something beautiful to help children of Darfur, crafting dolls that become veritable works of art. The whole amount raised during the auction will support the vaccination programme in one of the regions most devastated by the deadly conflict there. Today, more than 4.7 million people are affected, of which 2.2 million are children. Thanks to the Designer Frimousse operation, under the aegis of Laeticia Hallyday, ambassador for UNICEF France, UNICEF carries out the fight for children vaccination every year in the region of Darfur. Vaccination, a method that is both very effective and inexpensive, would prevent these deadly diseases from a very young age (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio) and would eradicate this scourge that affects thousands of children every day. The 2008 sale raised 219,130 Euros, used directly on the ground to finance emergency : in the Darfur region, 260,000 children and 195,000 pregnant women received vaccines. Don’t forget these dolls will be sold at auction on 19 November at Drouot Montaigne: 

 Public exhibition : 19 November 2009 from 12 p.m. till 6 p.m. 

Sale at Drouot Montaigne : 19 november 2009 @ 9.30 p.m

The fashion designer Chantal Thomass (photo ©Thomas Arrivé)

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