Not to miss.
Woo Hoo! New Balance 576 “France”
New Balance chose its 576 silhouette to create a tribute sneaker to the country of France.
Get a pair at the New Balance @ L’Imprimerie pop-up shop from May 1st – 23rd, 2010. Address: 16, rue Saint-Merri 75003 Paris, France. (Not a very French blue, and the blue and red should be reversed, but hey, we’re not complaining.)
via NiceKicks.com
The crème de la crème of Paris street fashion
These French boys launched P & P as a spoof of the blogs of the top Paris fashionista blogueuses. Who might these queens of Paris street fashion be, you ask? Look in the P & P sidebar under Mes amis and you’ll find all you need to blend right in with the Parisiennes next time you’re here.
via Ykone.fr
Marie Claire France does an all-natural issue
The April issue of French Marie Claire, featuring natural beauty Louise Bourgoin (star of Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec) is 100% unretouched.
via Honey Magazine
Elle France dedicates April issue to “les rondes”
The April issue of French Elle features plus size model Tara Lynn on the cover and in a twenty-page-long editorial, for the magazine’s first celebration of women who are ronde.
via Huffington Post
Meet Gaspard Ulliel…
Gaspard Ulliel’s only American production so far is the 2007 film ‘‘Hannibal Rising,’’ but the 25-year-old won the 2005 César award for most promising newcomer; has starred alongside leading ladies like Isabelle Huppert, Audrey Tautou and Vera Farmiga; and recently filmed Bertrand Tavernier’s medieval love story, ‘‘La Princesse de Montpensier.’’
via NYTimes.com
Marion Cotillard turns rocker for Dior
via MTV Iggy Blog
From Edith Piaf to this! We think you’ll agree that Oscar winner Marion Cotillard is a convincing front “man” for Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. In this video made for Dior, she sings “Eyes of Mars.”
“French Revue de Modes” fashion magazine
via MODELS.com
A little known fashion mag with luscious, collectible covers. Link Check out the site of French Revue de Modes.
Les dents du bonheur ?
In France, if you have a gap between your front teeth, they say you have les dents du bonheur (teeth of happiness). In this ad, the refreshingly imperfect dents du bonheur of chanteuse/actrice Vanessa Paradis are front and center and selling Chanel lipstick. It must be true, what they say: she is married to Johnny Depp, after all!
The sweet smell of success
Did you know Josephine Baker had her own perfume? So did some other French goddesses, divas and icons. Above is our favorite française, Charlotte Gainsbourg, for Balenciaga. Link
Carla embraces “liberté”
via Times Online
Carla Bruni takes the républicain virtue of liberté seriously when she hosts a state dinner in a clingy designer (Roland Mouret) dress with no bra. This must be what they mean by soft diplomacy… Link
image Elle.fr
You don’t mess with LVMH*
eBay owes 200K€ to Louis Vuitton for paying to have misspelled LV search queries direct to eBay! Link *Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy
The ‘tiny hands’ of Paris haute couture
Trained for years and often intensely loyal to one fashion house, these women can be spotted backstage putting last touches on a dress with needle and thread, or watching the throng of models and dressers with quiet pride.
via moneycontrol.com
10 embroiderers work 2 weeks to attach 26,000 pieces of plexiglas to designer gown. About les petites mains: Link / Related post.