11 Aug 2020

BCBG -


BCBG


 Bon Chic, bon genre or  good style, good class is an expression used in France to refer to a subculture of stylish members of the Paris upper class living on the right bank (rather than the intellectual, countercultural left Bank). The main characteristics in its style are: 

polish,
good breeding,
good booming,

This smart uniform with classic luxuries items are: a cashmere sweater, kilts and twin-set, a pair of ballet pumps, an Hermès Birkin bag, and some accessories like a silk scarf,  school satchels, pearl necklaces, and  expensive watches.

 BCBG is also to be known as "seizieme' after the 16th arrondissement, one of the most chic neighbourhood in Paris. This style was the symbolism of the style had its greatest power, it often looked more old-fashioned, the young dressing much like the old, with safe conservatism.


Most of the French actresses is still wearing this style, like Marion Cotillard with a polished style, clothes with perfect figure, a glamorous evening gown, and understated makeup.


Catherine Deneuve

The queen of BCBG style and the favourite muse of the couturier Yves Saint Laurent. 






Grace Kelly





Francoise Hardy






Olivia Palermo







                                                      Clemence Poesy







Ines De la Fressange










Ines de la Fressange tips














2 Aug 2020

Indecent Proposal


From Nell Gwynn to Vivian Ward, the Julia Roberts character in the film Pretty Woman, the figure of the prostitutes has seduced or pitiful the audience along the history.
So, Why one of the oldest profession is still such interesting in fashion, art and films ?

On September 22nd 2015, at the  Musee d'Orsay in Paris I show one of the most interesting exhibition about this subject: "Splendour and Misery", a fascinated collection of important french and foreign artists, who were atracted and  involved in prostitution in the most different ways and artistic techniques.

So, let me show you one of my favourites paintings, collections, films pictures, which were represented the woman as an object of seduction and the fashion as well. 

in Art



Dante Rossetti, Lady Lilith, 1866










Edgar Degas, L'Absinthe 1875-76, Musée d'Orsay



 
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the salon of the Rue de Moulins, 1894




in Films



Dangerous Liaisons 1989. 




Catherine Deneveuve in Belle de Jour (1967)




Pretty Woman (1990)




In Fashion Show


Mario Testino Shoot, UK Vogue March 2013




Versace Collection 2012/13 Fall / Winter Haute-Couture.





Louis Voitton, 2013 








Saint Laurent collection 2015