27 May 2010

Typically British originality

Coco Sumner attends Mango new collection presentation at Circulo de Bellas Artes on May 26, 2010 in Madrid, Spain.

After Agyness Deyn, another beautiful British girl astonishes with her eccentric and unconventional look (can you notice the glasses in her shirt's pocket?). She is Eliot Pauline Sumner, better known as Coco Sumner, daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler. She is a musician recording under the band name "I Blame Coco".

Coco Sumner attends Mango new collection presentation at Circulo de Bellas Artes on May 26, 2010 in Madrid, Spain.

The British have this special talent (just think to Kate Moss, Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller): in the most of the cases they are able to dress in an eccentric way without appearing gross but, on the contrary, they look even cool!

 Coco Sumner attends the Jalouse Magazine's 'Two Gates of Sleep' Party at the Martini Terrace
during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2010 in Cannes, France.

Coco Sumner of I Blame Coco performs at Proud Galleries on February 11, 2010 in London, England.


Sources of the photos: Zimbio, Getty Images

25 May 2010

Three women, three styles

Three cities: New York, Paris and Milan, the fashion cities par excellence. Three women: Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld and Franca Sozzani, editors in chief of Vogue - the fashion magazine par excellence - of USA, France and Italy respectively. Three women, three different styles. So stylish and chic the American one (but born British), so glamour the French one, sober and elegant the Italian one, these three women embody the image of the modern businesswoman, anyway always womanly.

Anna Wintour attends the Costume Institute Gala Benefit 
to celebrate the opening of the "American Woman: 
Fashioning a National Identity" exhibition 
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
on May 3, 2010 in New York City.

Anna Wintour attends the unveiling of plans 
for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 
at Lincoln Center at the David Rubenstein Atrium 
on April 29, 2010 in New York City.

Anna Wintour waits for her car outside of the 
Diane Von Furstenberg store, March 17, 2010.

Carine Roitfeld arrives at the Karl Lagerfeld 
Ready to Wear show as part of the 
Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 
at Espace Ephemere Tuileries in Paris, France.

Carine Roitfeld attends the Missoni show 
as part of Milan Womenswear 
Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 
on September 27, 2009 in Milan, Italy.

Carine Roitfeld attends Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 
at Bryant Park on September 13, 2009 in New York City.

Franca Sozzani attends 
Mapping the Studio - 'L'Uomo Vogue' Art Issue Opening Party 
at Palazzo Grassi on June 5, 2009 in Venice, Italy.

Franca Sozzani attends the Bruce Nauman dinner party 
hosted by Missoni on the boat 'Timoteo' during 
the 2009 Venice Biennale on June 4, 2009 in Venice, Italy.

Franca Sozzani attends The Extreme Beauty In Vogue Party 
For Milan Fashion Week, March 2, 2009, Italy.

It is not unusual to see the fashionable daughters of Anna Wintour and Carine Roitfeld (Franca Sozzani has a son) together with their mothers on the front row at the fashion shows. Katherine (known as Bee) Shaffer, daughter of Anna Wintour, and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of Carine Roitfeld are already fashion icons like their mothers.

Anna Wintour and Bee Shaffer attends 
the Rodarte Spring 2009 fashion show 
during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 
at the Gagosian Gallery 
on September 9, 2008 in New York City.

Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld attend
the opening party for Mobile Art: CHANEL Contemporary Art Container 
by Zaha Hadid at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on October 21, 2008 in New York City.

Franca Sozzani and Francesco Carrozzini attend 
the 25th annual Night of Stars 
hosted by Fashion Group International 
at Cipriani Wall Street on October 23, 
2008 in New York City.


Sources of the photos: Zimbio, Getty Images

21 May 2010

Really eccentric bags


EN - A bag is the accessory that defines a look, the finishing touch that completes an outfit. Worn with originality and extravagance, it is also able to reverse and revolutionize a specific kind of clothing. I am stunned and fascinated (depending on the cases) by the brainwaves and creativeness I found browsing among some of my favourite blogs.

IT - La borsa è quell'accessorio che definisce un look, quel tocco finale che indirizza un outfit. Indossata con estrosità e originalità, essa è anche in grado di capovolgere e rivoluzionare una tipologia di abbigliamento. Sono rimasta sbalordita e affascinata (a seconda dei casi) da questi colpi di genio e creatività in cui mi sono imbattuta navigando per alcuni dei miei blog preferiti.





Sources of the photos: JAK & JIL BLOG, Little Snob Thing, STYLECLICKER, The Sartorialist.

20 May 2010

Black and white connections

As soon as I have seen this outfit of Rachel Bilson during one of the many parties of the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival, I remembered at once that Caroline of Monaco wore something like that some time ago. I think that, amid hundreds of evening gowns showed off in Cannes, more or less all similar, at last I have seen something different.

Actress Rachel Bilson attends the "Art of Elysium Paradis Dinner and Party" at Michael Saylor's Yacht, Slip S05 during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2010 in Cannes, France.
 
 Princess Caroline of Hanover at the International Jumping Show 
of Monte Carlo at Port Hercule on June 27, 2009 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.


Sources of the photos: Zimbio, Getty Images

19 May 2010

Agyness rocks

The British model Agyness Deyn shows the typical English eccentricity in matter of clothing during a stroll with her dog. Short hair cropped like a boy, leather jacket, Dr. Martens boots and animal print umbrella... Aggy rocks!

 Agyness Deyn, May 12, 2010


Source of the photo: Zimbio

18 May 2010

Some parties between Cannes and Monte-Carlo


A general view of the venue of the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party 
Honoring Martin Scorsese during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival 
at the Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc on May 15, 2010 in Cannes, France.

Among the several parties celebrated during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival, one of the most interesting has been the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party Honoring Martin Scorsese, held at the Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc on May 15, 2010 in Cannes, France. The guests present were many, naturally the guest of honor Martin Scorsese, then Tim Burton, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Kate Beckinsale, Francois Pinault and Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, Meg Ryan, Camilla Belle, Naomi Watts, Claudia Cardinale, Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve and Aishwarya Rai for the cinema's environment. For the fashion's side there were Frida Giannini, representative for Gucci (from which this party has part of its name), Naomi Campbell, the Czech model Karolina Kurkova, Christian Louboutin and Tommy Hilfiger. Other guests were Queen Noor of Jordan, Clotilde Courau, Charlotte Casiraghi, Tatiana Santo Domingo, Eugenie Niarchos, Olympia Scarry, Dasha Zhukova, Margherita Missoni, Lavinia Borromeo with John Elkann, Carlo Rossella, Ginevra Elkann, Lapo Elkann and Bianca Brandolini D'Adda.


Some friends around a table, on comfortable sofas, engrossed in chats and laughs. Ginevra Elkann wears a green dress with tie-dye pattern. Charlotte Casiraghi has a gown in lunar color. Tatiana Sando Domingo has a white gown and has a braided hairdo.

From left to right: Ginevra Elkann, Charlotte Casiraghi, Margherita Missoni, 
Guest, Olympia Scarry, Eugenie Niarchos, Tatiana Santo Domingo 
at the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party Honoring Martin Scorsese 
during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc 
on May 15, 2010 in Cannes, France.

From left to right: Margherita Missoni, Tatiana Santo Domingo, 
Eugenie Niarchos, Charlotte Casiraghi 
at the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party Honoring Martin Scorsese 
during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival 
at the Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc 
on May 15, 2010 in Cannes, France.

Dasha Zhukova is a Russian philanthropist, entrepreneur, fashion designer and magazine editor. She is elegant in a evening gown in powder color from the collection of Fendi spring/summer 2010 and with a high chignon.

Dasha Zhukova at the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party  
Honoring Martin Scorsese during the 
63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival 
at the Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc
on May 15, 2010 in Cannes, France.

Lavinia Borromeo, in a white pant suit, doesn't go far from her usual style.

Lavinia Borromeo with his husband John Elkann 
at the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party Honoring Martin Scorsese 
during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival 
at the Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc on May 15, 2010 in Cannes, France.

Detail of a table set for the guests 
of the the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party 
Honoring Martin Scorsese 
during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival 
at the Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc 
on May 15, 2010 in Cannes, France.


Margherita Missoni and Tatiana Santo Domingo attended the Amber Fashion Show and Auction, held at the Meridien Beach Plaza on May 14, 2010 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Margherita shows a perfect Missoni style and Tatiana also wears a hairband in Missoni style.

Margherita Missoni and Tatiana Santo Domingo attends 
the Amber Fashion Show and Auction 
held at the Meridien Beach Plaza 
on May 14, 2010 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.


Charlotte Casiraghi (in Gucci spring/summer 2010) with her boyfriend Alex Dellal and Margherita Missoni attended the Chopard 150th Anniversary Party during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2010 in Cannes, France. At this party there were, more or less, the same guests of the Vanity Fair and Gucci Party, but also new entries like Paris and Nicki Hilton, Marion Cotillard, Eva Herzigova and Lindsay Lohan.

Charlotte Casiraghi 
at the Chopard 150th Anniversary Party  
during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival 
on May 17, 2010 in Cannes, France.

 Gucci spring/summer 2010.

Margherita Missoni 
at the Chopard 150th Anniversary Party  
during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival 
on May 17, 2010 in Cannes, France.


On Sunday (16th May) there was the Monaco F1 Grand Prix in Monte-Carlo. Charlotte Casiraghi wore a casual chic outfit consisting of a classic white shirt, blue and white striped trousers, a brown Gucci Bamboo Bag coordinated with brown Gucci heels. There were also, among the others, Tatiana Santo Domingo, Beatrice Borromeo and Eugenie Niarchos.

On the left: Gucci Bamboo Bag and Gucci shoes.  On the right: Charlotte and Pierre Casiraghi 
at the Monaco Grand Prix F1 on May 16, 2010, in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.


Beatrice Borromeo and Charlotte Casiraghi 
at the Monaco Grand Prix F1 on May 16, 2010, 
in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.


Charlene Wittstock is very elegant in a grey pant suit with coordinated clutch bag.
 
Charlene Wittstock and Andrea Casiraghi 
at the Monaco Grand Prix F1 
on May 16, 2010, in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.


Pierre Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo participated in the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix dinner. 
Pierre Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo 
arrive at the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix dinner 
at the Monte Carlo Sporting 
on May 16, 2010 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 


Sources of the photos: Belga Picture, Elle.it, Getty Images, Gucci.com, Pomeline Skyrock, Style.it, Zimbio

17 May 2010

Chanel Resort Collection 2011

General overview of the Chanel Resort collection 2011, May 11 2010, Saint-Tropez, France.

On 11th May the presentation of the new Chanel collection, the Resort 2011, was held in Saint-Tropez. This collection has been especially thought for the summer holidays. The atmosphere was special, mainly for the choice of the location and of the catwalk. In fact the numerous guests were sitting in the red wooden chairs of Saint-Tropez's famous Sénéquier pâtisserie and many more onlookers piling onto balconies and pressing against barricades. But this is not all. The models traipsed down the street, used as a runway, often barefoot, wearing seventies diaphanous caftans, long crocheted dresses, ruffle-lapelled silk jersey trouser suits and patchwork denim skirts. The general mood (both models and guests) during the show was really a holiday mood. Here are some pieces of the collection that Karl Lagerfeld defined "very casual, very down-to-earth".

Models walk the runway during the Chanel Resort collection 2011, May 11 2010, Saint-Tropez, France. 

Some guests at this event: the model Elisa Sednaoui, protagonist of the recent video "Remember Now" shot by Karl Lagerfeld, Gaia Repossi and Georgia May Jagger, who has also traipsed as mannequin during this fashion show.

Elisa Sednaoui (L), Gaia repossi (C), Georgia May Jagger (R) attend 
the Chanel Resort collection 2011, May 11 2010, Saint-Tropez, France. 


Sources of the photos: Zimbio, Style.com

16 May 2010

Fifties style for Carey Mulligan


I really like this outfit of the English actress Carey Mulligan, during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival. The dress belongs to the printed collection of Miu Miu. The short hair, the oval sunglasses and the thin belt on the waist give her a fresh jaunty look.


Source of the photo: Donna Moderna

13 May 2010

The braided headband

Lately Nicky Hilton often has a braid shaped as a headband. She shows it off both for a look for day and for parties.

Nicky Hilton out and about in West Hollywoow, April 7, 2010.

Nicky Hilton arrives at the 17th Annual Race 
to Erase MS event co-chaired by Nancy Davis and Tommy Hilfiger 
at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on May 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Nicky Hilton attends Charlotte Ronson and JCPenney Spring Cocktail Jam 
held at Milk Studios on May 4, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.


This precise hairstyle is the trademark of the fascinating Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko.




Nevertheless the socialite Nicky Hilton is not the only one who has taken inspiration by Yulia Tymoshenko's hairstyle. Recently also Princess Michael of Kent, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson have been seen with this same hairdo. At least, if one is not enough original, is fashionable; i.e. the first is original, the others... are just fashionable.

Princess Michael of Kent attends the World Premiere 
of Disney's 'Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time' 
at Vue Westfield on May 9, 2010 in London, England.

Actress Jessica Alba out and about in Brentwood, CA, April 13, 2010.

Jessica Alba exits the Global Green pre-Oscars party
at Avalon in Hollywood, March 3, 2010.

Actress Kate Hudson attends the Metropolitan Museum 
of Art's 2010 Costume Institute Ball 
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 3, 2010 in New York City.


Sources of the photos: Zimbio, Getty Images

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