As a true fashionista, every year I wait in anticipation to see the Red Carpet looks at the Oscars. To me it's the most important Haute Couture moment after the Met gala. Yes I also like the films, yes I always have my favourites in each category, but there's nothing like the red carpet.
And to me, this years winners are:

What's not to love? Connratulations to all the designers, stylists and these stilish women who wear this works of art like nobody else.

I've been a very good girl this year.
In case you need some inspiration here's my favourites of the season

In 2012, Raf Simons substituted the best designer of Dior since Monsieur Christian himself. Galliano stepped down after a scandal involving alcohol abuse and Nazi jokes, putting an end to a reign of romantic and elegant ready-to-wear and dreamy and lush haute-couture collections. Unfortunately, his substitute made a point of doing something completely different.
 
It’s only normal that Simons wanted to distance himself from Galliano’s heritage since it would be impossible to level to his outstanding style. But he didn’t have to mischaracterize Dior! At the haute-couture collection AW2014, recently showed in Paris, he presented a woman with loose hair, baggy pants, jumpsuits, oversized jackets and dresses far away from the classic Dior silhouette.
 
When I opened Dior’s newsletter, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It looked like a Jil Sander collection (where Simons worked before, by the way), which it’s not a bad thing, but simply a parallel universe form Dior’s style codes. The fans don’t want to see an Avant-garde collection, nor simple and efficient clothes. They don’t want Couture to resemble ready-to-wear collections. A Dior couture piece has to be a masterpiece, something unique that makes us dream of fairy tales. It can’t be something modern and minimal, which can be found elsewhere.
 
Fashion editors may stand for Simons, may give him standing ovations, and may agree on his “disrupt conventions” approach. But fans will keep on being outraged and write thing like “Simons stabs The House of Dior every six months”. Here are a few images from the Belgium disaster. Please, bring Galliano back.


 
 

 

It's not a secret that my favorite brand is Dior. It's also no secret that one of my favorite contemporary artists is Joana Vasconcelos. But having the opportunity to see these two names together is simply fascinating (at least to me!).

Joana was one of the fifteen women artists invited by Dior to find inspiration for their contemporary creations in Miss Dior, the fragrance. And the result couldn't be more exciting. Congratulations Joana for another outstanding piece of art.

Bottle sketch

The artists

Making of Joana's Piece

Making of Joana's Piece

Making of Joana's Piece

Making of Joana's Piece

the final result

Miss Dior Exhibition
November 13-25, 2013
Grand Palais - Paris
Free exhibition open to the public

Memories of the Master :)
It's already on my wish list

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfyGjy5ajF8

Lady Grey London - The 3rd movie of the Lady bag series with Marion Cotillard. Fabulous!