This week in fashion #7

Breaking news London has finally been Célinified. The abundance of Trapeze handbags in the streets would have you believe a Céline flagship store has existed here for years, but the new establishment on Mount Street took quite a while to open its doors. Coincidentally or not, Céline's creative director Phoebe Philo received her OBE from ... Read more

Wanted: Non-Designers, Dead Designers

Elsa Schiaparelli hats

With last week's news of Anna Dello Russo designing an accessories collection for H&M and revival of the brand Elsa Schiaparelli, I've been asking myself what is rotten in the fashion industry that the most exciting designers seem to be non-designers and dead designers. Anna Dello Russo for H&M I. When the press release announcing ... Read more

Hogan by Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2011/12 event in Paris

Karl Lagerfeld at Hogan by Karl Lagerfeld party in Paris

Last weekend I took a quick trip to Paris because I was invited to the Hogan by Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2011/12 presentation and party. The event took place at Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, a beautiful old building in Paris' 8th district. I arrived there at 6, armed with almost all of my brother's photo equipment ... Read more