Check this site out

So i came across a a really neat fashion blog i'm sure some of you already know it but for those of you that don't you should really go take a look

http://www.garancedore.fr/en/

She's an Illustrator from France the site is in both English and French

-Zoe Anderson

Govenor's Ball-Feng Me, Shui Me

I was surfing the web and then went on Elle.com and came across this article. I thought it was interesting and the picture caught my eye so I wanted to share it with you. Each year Sequoia Productions organizes the Academy Awards Govenor's Ball and with the economic crisis: "It's all about understated Elegance". So they are going with a concept of the 5 Feng Shui Elements which are: wood, fire, earth, metal and water and in addition air. The Asian philosophy brings a calming ambience and is down to earth! Through difficult times using this concept in your own home is conforting and this will allow you to be centered and relaxed.
Earth: Add living elements in your home like plants, exotic centerpieces this allows you to breathe!
Fire: Adding a sense of warmth; light up the candles!
Water: Soothing and calming so add a small fountain or floating candles are great as well!
Wood: Adding natural wood by frames, banisters, etc.
Air: Space is a decor, so rid yourself of all the junk/clothes you do not need; whether it's in your closet or anything hanging around. Then she mentions ( I liked this quote) "it doesn't say on your gravestone THE ONE WHO HAS THE MOST STUFF WINS!" Meaning items are not as dear to us as our loved ones!!
And finally Metal: With a sense of celebration nothing says it better than a sparkle!
Have a good one!
Alessandra Salvatore

sushi :S

I wonder sometimes if i eat sushi because eveyone else says it's good ... I never crave for it when i'm hungry , i guess i just have it because it looks good . I want to like it , i tried many times to, i really did but never ended up liking it .
Yesterday, i went to this fancy restaurant to have sushi with my friends, came back home and through up everything i ate. So i was wondering , why should i eat something that i hate and find disgusting , and why should i pay $40 for a meal in a restaurant if i'll leave hungry and go right after it to MC Donals.
That was the last try .
Eliane.A

Recession a la Haute Couture

Armani Prive Chanel Jean Paul Gaultier

Haute Couture week in Paris played an interesting reflection of the recession. Indeed, designers tried to demonstrate that it was not going to slow them down. There were some cut backs as expected. The event was shortened to 3 days instead of 4 and showcased 20 designers instead of 23. Every designer had different thoughts and ways of seeing and dealing with this still fresh obstacle.
Giorgio Armani who laid on an exotic show inspired by Shanghai and the roaring 1920s, featuring silk shawls and models with cropped black hair declared that the role of haute couture is to "make people dream", also mentioning at the cocktail after his show: "it is not about the crisis, it is about a forgotten world."

Karl Lagerfeld, by contrast, decided to embrace the downturn. Mr. Lagerfeld chose the more intimate setting of Cambon-Capucines Pavilion for his event instead of Paris's Grand Palais. Guests sat at round tables surrounded by columns festooned with paper flowers. Mr. Lagerfeld said he cut the VIP section to create "equality in an unfair world."

His minimalist clothes for Chanel were inspired by white paper, and embodied what he terms "New Modesty." After the show, he implored everybody to "stop crying" over the slowdown.

Jean Paul Gaultier "doesn't want to talk about the recession at all" warned his chief exec. Veronique Gaultier.

As long as the very rich don't fall short of money, i think the haute couture will continue to be an ongoing success as long as it is handled smartly, as was this most recent one.

-Emma Cusson-

Inspiring Quotes

Just a couple of quotes I really enjoy...

"Looking backward is the only way to create the future." 

  Vivienne Westwood

"Art produces ugly things that frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion on the other hand produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time"

  Jean Cocteaw

Natasha S

Sex and the City

New Line Cinema spokesperson Candice McDonough has confirmed that Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker, her three co-stars and writer/director Michael Patrick King have signed for another Sex And The City movie, promising...more sex-

The new movie will reunite Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.

The first Sex and the City movie opened last May, four years after the finale of the HBO TV series, focusing on 'Carrie Bradshaw' and 'Mr. Big', played by actor Chris Noth.

The film earned $152 million in North America and $260 million international.

According to EW's source:

"It's going to be more comedic, and shorter, than the first," says the insider.

Sex and the City 2 would have a 2010 summer release date if they can get approval of everything involved in the filming pretty soon. The idea to make it a 2010 film gives them a lot of time to still work on it, and as the franchise is still a really hot commodity, it is almost guaranteed to make enough to be worth the production costs The ladies are back!

Jessy Lalancette

Fafi

About a year ago, I picked up a copy of the french fashion magazine Jalouse and discovered Fafi. The absolute queen of graffiti. Born and raised in Toulouse France, Fafi's strong presence in the graffiti & fine arts scene was 1st witnessed on her hometown walls around 1994. Her images of sexy and liberated girls are now quite disguishable. On walls, in paintings and drawings, her girls: the Fafinettes, can be funny, sexy, aggressive, confronting and suggestive to the viewer. She drew enormous attention and thus started travelling the world with her brushes and paint cans. Her art is found on murals all over the world: the US, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Tunsia, Spain, Portugal, Canada, and Hong Kong.

Soon enough, she would have numerous expositions and collaborations with: Colette, Adidas, LeSportSac, Coca-Cola, M.A.C & countless press stories in magazines like, Vogue, Elle, The Face...

The animation world then grew quite interested in her vision: a creation of a Mark Ronson video ft. a Fafi-ed Lily Allen appeared. Her multi-faceted work can be found in books: GIRLS ROCK (2003) and LOVE AND FAFINESS (2006), both being also succesful prints in museum libraries and selected shops. In 2007, Fafi entered a new phase. Having become a mother and moving to Paris made her introduce a new depth to her creations: Now not only the Fafinettes fly girls, they also run a whole universe of creatures, homes and vehicles :P

Katia K.