Five Days at the Paris Haute Couture: Of All the Breathtaking Fashions, Which Will Wind Up on Oscar’s Red Carpet? Considering the ever-increasing importance of Oscar’s red carpet, and the scary-to-the-stars proliferation of best and worst-dressed lists, the haute couture shows surely offer the ultimate picking grounds for anyone else heading for this month’s Academy Awards. These made-in-Paris confections, designated haute couture, feature intricate handwork, the most elegant fabrics, precision tailoring for a perfect fit and unique – and often exotic – embellishments. This season, for example, On...
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Who Will Wear Red Carpet Favorite Elie Saab at the Grammys, Oscars, Other Award Shows Ahead? Given Elie Saab‘s status as a longtime red carpet favorite, no doubt Hollywood stylists and celebrities have been sifting through his spring summer 2013 haute couture collection ever since...
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Sheer Beauty – Literally – at Alexis Mabille, plus a Couture Costume for Dita Von Teese Not surprisingly, burlesque artist Dita Von Teese sat front row at the Alexis Mabille spring summer 2013 haute couture show in Paris. Coincidentally I originally met Von Teese and...
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Three Days on Scene at the Paris Haute Couture Spring Summer 2012 Collections What else but the Paris haute couture shows could attract the former First Lady of France Bernadette Chirac, along with rock stars, top actresses, heiresses, the international press and other VIPs?...
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Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2012 Collection Pays Tribute to Amy Winehouse The curtain opened to a jazz quartet. As Catherine Deneuve, Dita Von Teese, Charlotte Rampling and Beth Ditto of the rock band, Gossip, watched from the front row, models in black cat’s-eye makeup...
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Best Galas in Los Angeles of Fall 2011 An Unforgettable MOCA Moment No one will soon forget the Museum of Contemporary Art‘s Nov. 12 Gala in 2011, where performance artist Marina Abramovic created table centerpieces of nude women and human heads. Added to the unearthly atmosphere,...
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