Reviews of the Andrew Gn, Costume National and Valentin Yudashkin Paris Fashion Shows

A number of designers in Paris turned to the dark side for autumn 2012, producing collections dominated by black. But by mixing fabrics and finishes, they have revealed how versatile the many shades of black can be. For Andrew Gn, the Victorian-era portraiture and photography that inspired the show lent itself to a dark palette. [...]

Reviews of the Akris, Andrew Gn, Alexis Mabille, Emanuel Ungaro and Costume National Fashion Shows

Every woman has had a princess moment in her life. But even if most of us have put away our tiaras, we still want to feel like princesses, or even queens, when we get dressed. At the Akris show, a real life princess was sitting front row. Princess Charlène of Monaco, who has been slipping [...]

Designer Andrew Gn Expands on the Classic Twin Set

I had lunch last week with the charming Andrew Gn. But before we went off to chow down on at his favorite local restaurant “le Bouledogue”, which is the frenchifide way to say “The Bulldog”, I got to take a look at his cruise collection that was being shown in his retro glamour salon on [...]

  To Be “On Trend” This Summer All You Need To Decide Is What 1970s Style Suits You Best

The decade that defined spring/summer 2011 was the seventies. This trend might sound like a bit of a broken fashion record for die hard fashionistas who once again saw designers seemingly unable to pull themselves away from the style vortex that is the seventies. And it is true that as often as fashion brakes new [...]

Reviews of the Akris, Costume National, Andrew Gn and Rue du Mail collections

The close-knit fashion tribe that used to travel the globe hunting out the best ready-to-wear has turned into a three-ring circus. Today everyone fancies himself a fashion critic, photographer or stylist. And why not? Shows are live-streamed into stores, instantly fed onto Facebook and snapped with cellphone cameras for instant Twitter criticism. But there is [...]