It’s winter break!!! And for the break, I’ve put together a little selection of photos I’ve never published. You’ll get to see some pretty cool stuff I found. It’s never too late for a good photo!!!
Today is my dear friend Yasmin, with her awesome sunglasses and her beanie and this was well before she…
I couldn’t leave London without going to visit my dear Yasmin, who we won’t see at the shows this year : She is 8 months pregnant, so she kind of deserves a break !
I met her in her neighborhood in Shoreditch, and I found her super happy, beautiful, super cool, full of projects and ideas.
In short: with her, pregnancy appears to be the easiest thing in the world.
For me it looks like the most complicated thing in the world, so I asked her a ton of questions and I thought it would be cool to share them here. I also asked you on Facebook and Twitter if you had any questions you wanted to ask her and how funny…
… We had exactly the same :
Yasmin, one of the coolest girls on earth, am I right? While I was in London this past trip, I made a stop at her place to take some photos for Vogue.com.
I spent a long and magic afternoon there talking about fashion, trips, spirituality (you really have to read the article in British Elle where Yasmin talked about her spirtual life)(You want me to scan it in for you?) all while devouring a bowl of hummus.
To me, Yasmin is a true model of a woman, independent, creative, spirtual, beautiful, funny and happy, and at the end of this Une fille, Un Style, she might even let out the secret of her amazing hair-cut…
You can click on the images to make them bigger. And now, I’m off to Balmain, yaaaaaaahhh… Bonne journee!
Translation : Tim Sullivan
Welcome to London, center of the tropics. Get out the fans. It is splendid outside. SPLENDID!
Yep, splendid weather. Especially for everyone else.* Because I spent all day inside my exhibition space, where I spend most of my days sketching on the walls and drinking lattes. The rest of the time, I’m talking about the balance of colors* with Bob, my printer. And then sometimes, I sneak off to go see my friends and have a coffee.**
Yesterday, I gave myself an hour to go see Yasmin. I simply loved her outfit, her awesome accessories (The sunglasses! The surfboard around her neck! The Bracelets! The to-die-for Acne heels!) I don’t know how she’s able to stay so completely herself and so completely fashionable all while being so completely against the grain. I just don’t know! I don’t know. But then, I thought about it,*** and it has to be something celestial. And then I remembered this photo…
Quick run down in 20 points of my London Fashion Week :
1. Cupcake and champagne sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble.
2. I want to be a red-head.
3. I’m having some trouble understanding English fashion. It concerns me. It’s a little too much… Not enough… Hmmm. I go in for a closer look, I get curious…. I get more curious. And then I go to the Paul Smith show who is neither the king of experimental nor of the fashion-forward, and have a blast and it gives me 200 ideas.
4. I dare not say it, but I have the impression that I’m not quite getting all-things-fashion.
5. People are indeed wearing a lot of black right now. And from time to time, it’s really quite beautiful.
6. I’m taking a closer look at the Christopher Kane show, and in the end I’m finding it pretty darn cool.
7. Where is the retail store of Alaïa in Paris? Why was it an English woman who had to tell me of its existence? You’re not hearing me, but for crying out loud I’ve got my arms flailing out in all directions. Dammit. I’m never on top of the cool stuff.
8. I’m going to Dover Street Market to touch me some Christopher Kane. Ah, ouais. Ouais, ouais!!!
9. Why is it that every well dressed woman wears Vivienne Westwood, and when I go into the boutique, everything strikes me as old-pirate-in-distress.
10. People wear a lot of black and sometimes, it’s cheery.
11. It’s no use, I am no party girl. When I party, I party too hard, but most of the time, I come back home early and make myself a rum toddy. Oh yeah, am I cool or what?
12. I want to learn how to do up my hair in a whole bunch of different ways. I want to be able to stylize my own hair.
13. Suzy Menkes is the most incredible person for her passion for fashion and her passion for her job. Suzy Menkes is amazing and will work on her laptop between shows, in her car, on the steps of a building… in the middle of the street. I wanted to sit next to her and bathe in the sun of her science, but i wouldn’t dare.
14. My credit card doesn’t work at Urban Outfitters. Everywhere else, yes. But not at Urban Outfitters.
15. I’m having lunch with Yasmin and she says to me that she is no party girl. Suddenly, I feel a lot cooler with my rum toddy.
16. I run into Vanessa at Dover Street Market in a room full of the most sublime shoes, each pair more so than the one before, and she is holding on tight to a gorgeous vase from the 30′s. It’s enough to make you want to buy some furniture. Then I think back to my apartment and I’ll raincheck the idea for now.
17. Today, I’m on my way to LIberty. And to V&A. And to Urban Outfitters. Yep, bringing some cash. And I’m going to Twenty8Twelve. I’m going to Feathers. On my way to Topshop. I’m heading over to… Wait, no… Today, I’m leaving. Crap.
18. People wear a lot of black. This bugs the hell out of me. But often enough, my camera makes a stand, and I’m totally in.
19. I’m wanting some lace. I see some in the Dover Street basement. I swoon, look at the price, and quickly faint. 950£. Crap!
20. This is going to be the last fur-hat post of the year on this blog. Fur-hat, I love you, but i mean c’mon with this cold. Allez. Goodbye Winter! Goodbye Cupcakes! Goodbye London!
Buongiorno, Milano!
Translation : Tim Padraic Sullivan
