As you know, I am a big fan of Max Mara. It’s a brand I wear and I love. That’s why I was super honored when the Max Mara team came to me offering me… My first video commission !!!

That’s also the reason why this video is a little bit different : There are a few interviews ! And one of them is… Anna Wintour.

Oh my god I was so stressed before I dared asking her my question !!! But she was very sweet…

Kisses, have a good show !

The film on the Max Mara website…

Ready for an extreme opposite-of-glamor explosion? Okay, so let’s do this, I’m totally up for it. And don’t act like it’s never happened to you before.

We’ve all woken up, some normal morning, and realized there’s a huge pimple right in the middle of our forehead. Everyone, yep. Even… ME. And more than once. Life’s just a bitch sometimes.

How we got there is never really the question. The fact that one of my 10 basics in life has to be all chocolate M&Ms is certainly something to look at, but for the moment, the thing to concentrate on, the task at hand is… HOW TO YOU HIDE THIS ENORMOUS MOUND THAT JUST RUINED MY DAY?

I’ve tested a few solutions. Some good. Some not so good. There are also a few things that have come to mind. Some I’ve tried, others not. Something like:

- Cut myself some bangs. Yep, just like that, bam, right there, dry. I’ve thought of it, yes I have.

- Put make up on the intruder. Pffffff, yeah, a little obvious. But in the end, I think it would make it even more noticeable and we’re trying to hide it here.

- Wear something absolutely delirious to create a diversion. Like a giant Vuitton Duffle bag, for example.

- Say something absolutely delirious to create a diversion. Something like, “Oh! This morning, I had breakfast with Arnold Schwarzenegger,” for example.

- Do what this girl I know does who draws on a little mole (no, not a real mole kids, not like a whack-a-mole mole, we’re talking a fake little beauty mark). I don’t know why I think it’s so gross. Maybe because I have a beauty mark myself, ahah, oh man, I really gotta stop diving head first in the snow every morning.

- Or this guy who puts on a nice little band-aide. A nice idea? Not when you’ve gotta answer 657 times a day, “A BLOB!!!” whenever someone asks you gently what happened.

- The radical option = DON’T GO OUT. The thing with that is if I don’t go out, I’ll be so embarrassed by the whole situation that I won’t be able to look at myself in the mirror, even though that when I get a pimple, I have to look at myself in the mirror 35 times an hour just to get updates on the state of the maturity of the disaster.

- Say YEAH OKAY OKAY TOTALLY to the girl who tells you she will apply super smart essential oils that will make the evil bulge disappear in a few hours. Let her put the essential oils on, and then suddenly, watch the bulge grow right in front of your eyes. Powerless.

- Wear a hat that goes down really low (in case the pimple is situated on the forehead.)

- Or a scarf worn really high (in case the pimple is situated on the chin.)

- Cry (in case the pimple is situated on the nose.)

- Make up stupid jokes. Like :

- I don’t have to give up on a modeling career. I can still be a hand model.

Jokes are stupid. But stupid jokes are perfect to show that you’re totally cool with yourself and in your own skin.

I’ve looked hard, but I think the best solution is the last. Unless you’ve got something better? I mean like, a little bulge, it’s nothing right? Do we really have to make a whole bunch of hoopla? Or wait, is that exactly what I just did?

Translation : Tim Sullivan

Aaaaah Isabel !

It’s like I was a little bit over the hippie-rock vibe of the last collections (don’t get me wrong, this not not mean ONE SECOND I wasn’t going at least three times a season try on the whole collection or that I didn’t get a Marant fever at the first signs of any sales, you are a petite parisienne or you are not) but I was totally delighted by the 50’s energy of this show. I want the shoes, the red leather pants and a teddy jacket.

Right now.

Don’t you ?

It was really great to read all your comments yesterday. Funny, full of advice, and great taste. While I was reading them and drinking a hot chocolate*, I was looking through some of my pictures and I came across this one here.

This is one of the impossible bags from the spring-summer Vuitton show. I was cracking up thinking it was the complete antithesis of yesterday’s post. That is to say, what could be more anti-basic than this bag?

The total opposite of a timeless accessory. You see this thing and right away you think: Oh, that? The Vuitton S-S 2010, remember that wacko collection with afro wigs and clogs with mustaches on them?

I’ll never buy it, but goodness I love it. It’s just so delusional, anti-serious, ugly and proud of it, two steps away from grotesque, with all its bizarre nicknacks, it’s useless frillies and its colors that match nothing at all. I think it’s just as delicious as a dripping Peach Melba with a fluorescent parasol right smack dab in the middle of it.

I like when fashion speaks to something other than good taste. And when it’s done with so much exuberance.

So do you like it? Vuitton’s Peach Melba?

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I’m in the snow!!! I’m drinking hot chocolate!!! I’m tanning!!! I have a jumpsuit that changes colors in the sun!!! Total anti-good taste, everyone loves it!!!! I had breakfast with Arnold Schwarznegger!!! I’m going snow-mobiling!!! I’ll tell you all about it soon!!! Big hugs!!!

Translation : Tim Sullivan

Emmanuelle. I don’t have her wardrobe nor her sense of style. But because of the public demand and the crazy amount of comments (=2 1/2) asking about my 10 basics, I just couldn’t resist.

But on one condition. I want to know your basics as well. Maybe we’re not just like Emmanuelle, but we all have our own style and we can all share a few good ideas about basics. For me, the things I’m always coming back to are….

1 – A white shirt that saves me in every situation. I always get a men’s shirt because I don’t like the overly refined feminine shirts. Makes me think too much of Katie Couric.

2 – A pair of slim jeans. I wasn’t much of an early adopter, ohhh noooo, but I got real tired real fast of the boyfriend pants. I don’t get ‘em hemmed, I never really knew how to do it right anyway, I just cut them right off with scissors, right above the ankle. My favorites? Helmut Lang and… Zara.

3 – Grey cashmere sweaters. Bompard. The only ones to understand a true plunging V-neck. Sexy, soft, and warm!

4 – Still a V-neck, the super thin Gap t-shirts. They get the most perfect wear-holes.

5 – My Vuitton bag by Sofia Coppola. Simply the best.

6 – Brown M&Ms, without peanuts. They’re irresistible and go well with everything.

7 – Super bright red nail polish. My ideal is to always have my hands well done, and short nails freshly polished. My reality is that my ideal only happens about once every two months. The rest of the time, I have working-man’s hands. But this’ll change. We’ve walked on the moon, can we really not invent a nail-polish that dries in less than five minutes?

8 – Really high and pointy pumps. I dream about Louboutin Pigalles with the red outer-soul, but I can’t do it anymore, makes me think too much about Pamela Anderson.

9 – Watch, Rolex, only steel.

10 – For soirées, I always dream about a Yves Saint Laurent smoking jacket.

Okay, off we go. I’ll stop it with the narcissism. I’ve gotta be missing a couple of basics here, but actually, as I’m rereading this, I really think I could dress myself just with the clothes listed here without getting tired of them.

Okay… Your turn!

Translation : Tim Sullivan

EDIT : The more I read your comments, the more I am like, oh my god, I forgot my scarves ! And a trench ! And a leather jacket !!! Pfff, 10 items is not enough ;-)

Let me tell you one thing :

If that video makes you feel just an ounce of the joy everybody feels at a Lanvin show (Even though we didn’t even have time to film the champagne rosé and the chocolate raspberries that are offered before it started) then I can go snowboard in a state of total bliss.

I promise, I will try not to hit a tree.

So, can you feel it, the Lanvin happiness ?

So, what do you think of the new Vuitton woman ?

It’s true that Emmanuelle Alt is mysterious. … That she’s beautiful, so Paris and responsible for some of my most favorite fashion moments, whether it’s from a series of photos, a collaboration with a designer, or simply one of her outfits.

I love her style. I love that one of the biggest stylists of our generation is so unique in her simplicity. And she’s been like that for a while now ! It definitely hit me one day. I was perusing around on Fashion Spot, and I found this :

It’s from when she worked for 20 ans. It was quite a while ago, and I find that you get the essentials of what marks her style today from her 10 favorite style accessories. Sparse, simple, sexy. Very Emmanuelle, you know? Except for the fact that she doesn’t smoke anymore. How cool is that?

It really inspired me.

Bonne journée!

Translation : Tim Sullivan

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Hey all, here’s a translation of the interview, just ’cause I care.

1- Shoes : Black plastic flip flops, practical, chic and sexy.

2-Socks/Stockings : black stockings by Wolford (just because of the amazing Newton ads)

3-Trousers : Black trousers by Helmut Lang, because they are timeless, loose, but not huge.

4-Dress/Skirt : I don’t wear them but from time to time I enjoy wearing a perfectly cut black Ann Demeulmester skirt barefoot, and you gotta wear it with tan legs.

5-Jacket/Coat : A black coat by Costume National, totally modern.

6- Underwear : A sheer ‘Glossies’ bra by Gossard, either in black or beige, like tights, no couture there.

7- T-Shirt : An APC black T-shirt, short sleeves, and because it’s small, it looks like a 70s T-shirt.

8-Sunglasses : Armani black ones, totally Bono.

9-Accessories : Air King watch by Rolex because you could never do better.

10- Absolute basic for an evening : A long black dress by Galliano, chic without being granny-style, sexy and pure with Manolo Blahnik sandals

A ‘From the Front Row’ not really from the front because as you won’t see me I was seated at the feet of… Suzy Menkes, yes !
Aaaaaaah Chloé. Love it! Kisses, have a good défilé !