It girl: Coco Mademoiselle

 

Keira Knightley has become since 2008, in Coco Mademoiselle for Chanel. 

The first film was released, like I already said, in 2008, and I have to say is my favorite one darlings.

With the song L-O-V-E by Joss Stone (the originally sung by Nat King Cole), its a mixture of elegance, sophistication and wildness, that describe Coco Chanel very well.

The second film was really different, even when Joss Stone sung again this time with "It's man's world". Keira appeared with a lovely cream motorcycle suit, and goes to a photo session, crossing Paris riding a motorcycle, but shows too this elegance and wildness, characteristically of Coco.

Check it out the two films:   

Fashion Designers A to Z: Adeline André

Adeline Andre is born in Bagui; French Equatorial Africa, where her family mined gold and diamonds.During her adolescense she dreamt of becoming a fashion photographer and left for London. Returning to Paris she enrolled in the "Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne" (School of the Syndicate Chamber of Parisian Couture).

She took fine art lessons given by Salvador Dali at the Meurice Hotel and entered in 1970 at Cristian Dior working next to Marc Bohan as an assistan for the Haute Couture collections.

In 1981 Adeline decided to launch the brand ADELINE ANDRE.

August 27th of the same year Adeline registered the original pattern of her three-sleeve-hole garment at the I.NP.I. (National Institute of Industrial Property) in Paris and February 26th 1982 at the W.I.P.O. (World Intellectual Property Organization) in Geneva. Among other works three-sleeve-hole garments are also part of museum collections such as the French Fashion Museum in Paris, the F.I.T. (Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York and recently the new Fashion Museum in Lisbon.

Her first show a ready-to-wear collection for Fall-Winter 83/84 was held at the Daniel Templon Gallery in Paris March 16th 1983. Staged within a grand painting-set by Gerard Garouste the guests, wearing the garments posed for giant Polaroid shots.

The label ADELINE ANDRÉ has been officially registered in Paris November 1983.

Up until March 1987 Adeline presented her collections in places that had never before been used for fashion shows for example the "Cour Vitree" of the Natial School of Fine Arts at Rue Bonaparte, or the "Grand Salon" of the International Conferences Center at Avenue Kleber. In these places she showed her collections on models such as Dovanna, Anh Duong, Terry Toye... whom she asked to mingle among the guests.The following years Adeline André concentrated on creating collections exclusively for her private clientele, male and female, for whom she produced new bespoken designs, displayed for the first time at parties called "topowear", traveling private shows in galleries, ateliers or the salons of her friends in either Paris, London and New York.

May 1997 Adeline became an invited-member of the Syndicate Chamber of Parisian Couture. For the first time, as officially part of the Haute Couture shows organized by the Syndicate Chamber she presented her Fall-Winter 97/98 Couture collection July 7th at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art at Boulevard Raspail.1997 December Adeline was appointed "Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.

Adeline André is one of the greatest and important Couture designers from all time, check out her designs:

Lovely Movies: The Lost Valentine

In this movie Jennifer Love Hewitt is a TV journalist; Susan, who knows Caroline Thomas (Betty White); an old woman waiting, every Valentine's Day in a railway station, his husband, who disappeared in the World War II.

Caroline then, in an interview, tells Susan her story and how her husband disappeared. The journalist touched by Caroline's story, promise her find out what happened with her lost love, while she tries not to fall in love with Caroline's grandson.

Fashion Designers A to Z: Achille Maramotti

Maramotti is a italian fashion designer who born in 1927, maybe you don't know that but he is the creator of Max Mara brand.

After studying in Rome, he received a law degree from Parma University. While working on behalf of a Swiss client that manufactured raincoats, he decided to go into the garment business for himself.According to the family, the name Max Mara was a blend of Maramotti and that of a local bon vivant called Count Max, who apparently, drank away his fortune across Europe.

To have his clothes seen by women, he persuaded local fabric shops to give him selling space and promote the new label in their windows. To give Max Mara's classic look a sense of chic, he hired designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Jean-Charles Castelbajac to work for him anonymously.

Although Max Mara was based on the ideal of real clothes, Maramotti used the world's top fashion photographers, including Sarah Moon an Richard Avedon, to give the company's advertisements a visionary look.

Responding to the youthful demands of the 1960's, he added a younger-looking line under the Sport max label. Today the company has mora than 20 different labels, about 1, 700 shops around the world.

Lancôme: Rouge in Love

Rouge in Love is the name of the new lipsticks and nail polish of Lancôme.

You haven't seen the commercial with Emma Watson yet, darlings? What are you waiting for?

Check it out here:

I completely adore it! And I bet you will too.

Fashion Designers A to Z: Abigail Keats

Abigail Keats is a South African designer.

She attended Dainfern College in her teen years. Later that, she graduated top of her year from the SA London International School of fashion in 2007 and launched her first collection at Audi Fashion Week 2008 as part of the Autumn/Winter New Generation Designer Show.

Since then also showed her collections at Joburg Fashion Week, Audi Fashion Week and Arise Africa Fashion week.

Keats has also been invited to showcase in New York, London and Miami, and has been selected as "The Designer of the Month" in South African Elle Magazine.Keats signature style is best described as a sophisticated contemporary art form. The focus throughout all her collections is embedded in exerting the power of a woman magnifying the beauty and grace.

Lovely Movies: Pretty Woman

I've always been a hopeless romantic lame girl. What can I say darlings! I love the love. One of my fav is this one; Pretty Woman.

I know is a classic, and I know most of you guys, have already seen it. And who doesn't yet, what are waiting for? You gonna felt in love with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as much as I am now.

Fashion Designers A to Z: Abed Mahfourz

Abed Mahfourz are one of the Cinderellas in the Fashion Industry, darlings.

He born in 1956, raised of a modest family in Lebanon.

Being surrounded with all what it takes to become a designer -fabrics, threads...-Mahfouz decided to enter the exciting -and divine- world of fashion.

He joined to his older sister in designing and making evening gowns. After that he recognized his true fervor, in which, led to the birth of Abed Mahfouz brand.

He commenced his career with solely designing intricate and refined bridal gowns for rhe in vogue and graceful woman.

In 2001, after the big success of his first and private wedding collection; "Al-Halimah" (The Dreamer), Mahfouz moved on and joined the world of Couture.

In 2002 Mahfouz showcased his first Couture collection during the Fashion Week in Rome, "Alta Roma", and was one of the first Lebanese designers to join, and continues to showcase his Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter Couture collections there.

In 2009, Mahfouz added a new addition to his brand -a luxurious evening ready-to-wear line designed to savor his woman with a new taste for the brand. The ready-to-wear collections was launched during New York Fashion Week, a thriving product continues to receive international coverage and recognition.

So I let you here darlings, a little taste of some designs 2011 from Mahfourz, totally amazing, charming and divines!

The Fashion History: Ancient Egypt

How much you know about cosmetics, guys?

I bet you use it every day: Eyeliner, Mascara, Lipstick, Eye Shadows, Nail Polish, Blush... etc. But what you don't know is where they all come from.

Well, darlings. Many years ago, before cars, before electricity, before all, the Egyptian Culture had all that and more.

The people from the Ancient Egyptian used oils and unguents to protect their skin from the hot air, kind of sunscreen we used nowadays. They used white make-up based on minerals. Red ochre was ground and mixed with water and applied to the lips and cheeks (the first lipstick and blush of the history!). Henna was used to dye the fingernails yellow and orange because they were the first to make a manicure.

Kohl was applied to the eyes with a small stick, both upper and lower eyelids were painted and a line was added extending from the corner of the eye to the sides of the face -the precursor of the Eyeliner-. The eye brows were painted black too, and it was believed that the makeup had magical and even healing powers.

Nowadays, of course, we don't believe that, sweethearts, we know that is true.

XOXO