Hey, Jalousie
Only in Paris could there be a magazine for It-girls-in-training called Jalouse. But it was only good feelings at La Fidelité last night at Jalouse Rocks, the mag’s annual music fest. André Saraiva, the evening’s impresario, staged the fête at his old-style dining hall in the 10th, and drew a crowd that included directors Zoe [...]
Tila March Takes To The Pool
The sun’s out in New York, half the world seems to be in California for Coachella (more on that to come), so no wonder we’ve got summer on the brain. It’s evidently on Tamara Taichman’s mind, too. The French Elle editor turned accessory designer behind Tila March has created her first swimwear line, available now [...]
London Parties For Fashion Week, With Dinner, Drinks, And A Few Well-Placed Torsos
You don’t get to much shopping in the course of a busy day of London fashion-week shows. But last night, two of the city’s marquee boutiques found another way to welcome fashion weekers to town: Over in Chelsea, Joseph was hosting dinner at the store’s Joe’s Café, and back in the center of town, Browns [...]
Heeeere’s Johnnie
(A.K.A. The Virgins’ Donald Cumming)
Club Monaco continues its streak of high-profile lookbook and campaign shooters this season, hiring Ryan McGinley to lens its Spring 2011 ads. It’s tapped top talent, too: Lauren Hutton, Lou Doillon, Tali Lennox, and the Virgins’ Donald Cumming all appear in the spots. But they’ve also got starring roles in the behind-the-scenes video by Tracy [...]
Lou Doillon Hits The Beach For Vanessa Bruno
French It girl Lou Doillon has been turning more and more heads lately, but she’s been a muse to designer Vanessa Bruno for years. Doillon stars once again in the latest of Bruno’s short films, Miracle, which she created with director Stéphanie Di Giusto to spotlight her Spring 2011 collection. Bruno opened her first store [...]
The Olsens Get Shady (Again), Victoria Beckham Begs Off, And More…
First The Row got eyewear, and now the Olsens are at it again, debuting two styles of specs for their Elizabeth and James line (pictured). In fairness, they are perennially bespectacled, so it makes sense. [WWD]Menswear designer Michael Bastian is dipping a toe into the waters of womenswear with a women’s counterpart to his Gant [...]
Letting The Light In
Last season, sheers ruled the runways—Dior to Dolce, Fendi to Ferré. (You can check them all out here.) And this season? They’re still here. See-through styles showed up at YSL, Stella McCartney, Givenchy, and Valentino, among others, but the point was really hammered home at Giambattista Valli’s dinner for Moncler Gamme Rouge last night in [...]
Doillon, Danseuse
You already know Lou Doillon the muse, designer, actress, and all-around cool Parisienne. Now meet Lou the dancer. Doillon returns in the second installment of Vanessa Bruno’s ongoing video poem directed by Stéphanie Di Gusto, which goes live tomorrow on the designer’s Web site. Kitted out in Bruno’s designs, Doillon performs impromptu choreography in talc [...]
Le Sport, C’est Chic
When it comes to good restaurants, even Francophiles agree that New York and Paris are just about even. But gyms? The Big Apple wins hands down. That is, until Klay opened in the City of Light’s Montorgueil neighborhood last month. It took owner Arthur Benzaquen (he also owns the tony Ken Club in the 16th [...]
Vanessa Bruno And Lou Doillon Partner For “Visual Poem”
Vanessa Bruno is taking her latest act online. For Fall, the Parisienne’s go-to designer for “easy clothes for difficult girls” tapped Lou Doillon to star in a four-minute clip directed by longtime collaborator Stéphanie Di Giusto and set to a seventies musical backdrop by Linda Perhacs and Final Fantasy selected by Bruno herself. The film, [...]






