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The latest from Chanel Skin Care line – Chanel Hydramax and Active Collection and Chanel Sublimage Sérum Essential Regenerating Concentrate are believed to revolutionize the world of skincare products.

Matriptase is what makes Chanel Hydramax and Active Collection so special. It’s a natural enzyme of which effects (I have no idea what it does, actually! But then again, this must be the charm of science) are enhanced by Ceratonia PFA.

Now, with Ceratonia it’s another story – it’s an ingredient made by Chanel from Maroccan carob trees and it’s meant to increase the effect of the natural enzyme named above. How’s that possible? Well, it’s quite simple – through a process named polyfractioning!

Ain’t science wonderful? I can’t understand a single word they’re saying even if they’re counting on these fabulous explanations to seduce the consumer.

The Active Collection means Active Sérum (it comes in 1.7 oz at $105 and 1 oz at $75), Active Moisture Cream (it comes in 1.7 oz at $65) and Active Moisture Tinted Lotion (it comes in 1.4 oz at $55 and it’s available in three shades). Continue reading →

Definitely I can’t get enough of “let it bling over me” today! This is the new Louis Vuitton Ad Campaign for Blason Jewelry line.

Trying to be hip (that’s for Louis Vuitton) and trying to be deep (that’s for Pharrell), the two names get together to form Blason LV. Sadly enough for me, I used to enjoy N.E.R.D. Now I’m asking myself who’s really the nerd when watching a hybrid music video-ad campaign for a jewelry line.

Will it be a success? Maybe a bit more than Ends, but it’s still bling! Bling with two letters on it. Pharrell saw the opportunity to pull a Sean John and he did it? Or is he truly innovating by giving us a real style lesson with LV?

Enjoy this deeply fashionable commercial!

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Today’s “let it bling over me” – Van Cleef & Arpels and Earnest Sewn created a limited edition jeans. Limited as in 10 pairs of each jean in “Zazo” style, high-rise, slim straight leg fit with Alhambra jewelry design to be auctioned at Christie’s.

The first style, in dark indigo with a white mother-of-pearl and yellow gold Alhambra button is about $9.700. The second style, in soft light grey with black onyx and white gold Alhambra motifs costs about $11.300.

If wearing bling around your jean isn’t your thing, then know that you can also wear the Van Cleef & Arpels as a necklace or around your wrist as a bracelet.

I’m declaring myself against this trend (if ever it settles to be one). I can only imagine my kids joyfully tearing off my precious Van Cleef just to innocently play with mum’s new bling and it makes me shiver!

I see nothing practical in wearing that precious chain around my jean and since that unhappy style of showing off your belly is everything but glam, I don’t recommend it either. So what use in wearing a painfully expensive chain if none can see it? Plus, even if I do enjoy listening to Ministry (especially “Bad Blood”) from time to time, my hard-rock days are a bit behind me.

What do you think? It’s the promise of a trend? Or just one sparkle in the ocean of useless creations?

Le Musée de la Mode from Paris is hosting until the 20th of April an important event for fashion – “Histoires de Mode”. It’s Christian Lacroix who put together the result of two years of research in over 150 years of style.

Wherever you go, whatever you do, it’s always important knowing where you’re coming from. It’s the same for fashion. If you’re taking a real interest in style, then it’s as important as present day trends to know where it’s all coming from and what a journey it has been up until now.

From 1850s through 1940s and 1960s, not forgetting the 1980s until present times, from Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent to our day’s designers, this new kind of project features three coordinates: a selection of historical outfits, models designed by Christian Lacroix himself showing his 20years of creation and a direct and innovative intervention putting together certain pieces from the museum and few items designed by Christian Lacroix in order to invent a new silhouette.

It’s about assembling/disassembling the mechanism of the creation process, chosing and assembling the ingredients, the data and the documents of patrimony with a certain look from today and the immediate future in perspective.

Said Christian Lacroix about the Histoires de Mode.

The exhibition will be exported (first of all in London) after closing in April in Paris.

What do you say? It’s worth to effort in a bit of history in order to better understand fashion?

Fashion is ever surprising. This time, accessories concerned. And more specifically jewelry. And even more specifically – earrings.

I’m a big fan of long straight earrings (not always since my toddlers all reach enthusiastic for mum’s new bling bling) but these ones just raised my eyebrows like “whaaaaat?!”.

The matchstick earrings by Laura Lobdell are made from sterling silver, copper tips and they measure 2 inches and come in a box saying “I play with fire” all that for $175. Just be careful not to get burned!
What do you say? It’s a hit or a miss?

Update: I posted the recently revealed models from the Jovovich-Hawk for Target Go international. You can find the pictures right after the text. Enjoy!

I’ve always been a fan of classic navy and bohemian dresses in summertime. The much awaited Jovovich-Hawk Collection for Target is all about bohemian chic, it seems.

The Collection is supposed to hit the stores debut march. It’s all bohemian chic as these scans recently spread on the internet announce it. I was afraid it’s gonna be something pulled out of the 5th element or the Resident Evil-Milla Jovovich but I was completely wrong! It looks far better than Mango by the Cruz Sisters.
Let’s hope the rest of the collection it’s at least as good-looking as these images here.

Call me precious, but these pictures really don’t get to me! They’re not bad, in a street fashion way, but ordinary nevertheless. I’m fond of the printed dress resembling the blouse shown in the first picture-glimpse of the collection, the white dress with flowers but further on I say it’s a nice collection, just nice. (oh, and in case you were wondering, the boots come from Steve Madden)

The world can’t get enough of them Cruz sisters! Or at least the Mango enjoy-ers. Penelope and Mónica signed another collection for the high street fashion giant. (or is it that nobody was available for the new season?).

The 38-piece collection features ads campaign shot by Mert and Marcus (need I remind you that the last Louis Vuitton campaign wears the same Alas-Piggott duo signature?) with the two sisters resembling like twins. The designs are in the general trend of celebrities designing for high street fashion labels:

red-carpet-inspired evening wear, jeans, knits and daywear based on vintage pieces from their own wardrobes.

Wonder why, if it was such a smashing-hit-collection (the first one), the Cruz-Mango line is a “limited edition” one… Could it be that, actually, it doesn’t sell that good?

If this Mango Mert and Marcus ad campaign doesn’t strike you as weird, then think about all those tabloids flooded with the Cruz brother’s music video starring his two sisters kissing each other.

Is marketing getting out of resources? Or are the two so desperate to get attention that they’re willing to cross over any moral boundaries?

Like I promised in an earlier article, here is the story of Chanel Reissue 2.55 handbag.

It caught my attention because I’m very fond of things that have their little piece of history. It makes them sort of ‘alive’ with a personality of their own (one of the reasons I’m a vintage hunter myself).
Here it comes:

The 2.55 handbag bears that particular name simply because it was originally issued in February 1955. Her features have all a piece of tale to tell. From the inside out: Continue reading →