In general, I have bore the brunt of a variety of reactions to my outfits in this past week or so in Paris - I’m fairly used to it just because Paris is what it is…  They range from children laughing and pointing to tutting to blatant criticisim in French which is even comprendable to me. 

So today, it was a) nice to see the sun shining again and b) refreshing to see Parisians being dare I say… nice about my attire.  More specifically, it was an old fashioned mark of respect that I got.  With my vintage straw hat on the move, I had about five very elderly French gentleman that were coindentally very dapperly dressed, tipping their own hats (berets/tweed caps) to me and saying things like “Jolie chapeau!”. 

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I was in New York City during New York Fashion Week last February. The Fall/Winter 2008 collections were being unveiled and a friend of mine who works in the fashion industry attended the Carolina Herrera show. When I met up with him, he couldn’t stop raving about the magnificent hats that adorned the models’ heads and the long, elegant feathers that swayed rhythmically as the models made their way down the catwalk.

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The pictures I took from Unconditional spring 09 fashion show during New York fashion week have been lost in my computer till today, when i realized I never wrote about this event.

It took place right after United Bamboo’s so that is why the pictures got lost; I focused on UB and forgot all the rest. Inexcusable mistake.

Bed Peace, the collection’s name which takes inspiration from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s infamous 1969’s “Bed In” peace protest, was shown at the Maritime Hotel in the Meat Packing District, one of those hotels that take your breathe off once you’re in. (more…)