When hearing about who’s going to cover Paris Vogue May Issue, I expected a discreet but glacial-looking Julianne Moore. Because that’s her way.

After her Harper’s Bazaar appearance, I was even certain that it’s going to be a soft-looking, normal freckled redheaded modest into her forties woman. I was sooooo wrong! Not only her usually small eyes were completely changed by the makeup and her face worked wonderfully with the hair updo, but the t-shirt and the leopard-print accents were just the thing missing there to add a little pepper to the scene. Of course she had her Photoshop rejuvenating session, but nothing as sick as Gwyneth’s little wax-dipped-iron-figure in US Vogue.
Isn’t it refreshing to see a (even so) normal Julianne Moore? Carine, chérie, you’ve done it! Thank you Mario Testino for the charmingly warm Vogue Paris with Julianne Moore!

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It seems Harajuku was actually promoted by Gwen Stefani as a prototype for Japanese street style culture.

Under many names and resulting from numerous inspiration sources, the Japanese fashion sense couldn’t have been imported as such because it would have been too complicated for the average style consumer from the non-japanese-world.

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Many designers work over their heads to create something original. White nights and stressful seasons to create daring patterns and innovative accessories.

Some work with fabrics. And not in the conventional way. They too work tremendously to put together art objects in the true meaning of the word. Fashion for the eye and the spirit and not so much on the material side in us.
Jennifer Collier creates dresses and shoes from unusual materials – paper, tea bags, letters through weaving, waxing, stitching, laminating.

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I know I’m usually playful and cheerful every Friday Break. Today, nevertheless, you’d have to indulge me for a special anniversary – mine and my husband’s.

It’s a video you can easily consider a spoiler because it shows the main plot and the idea behind the film, so if you haven’t seen it yet, I strongly advise you to. The only regret I have is that this very inspired put together clip, is in Italian. I would have preferred the original French version… Anyway, happy anniversary to us! Let us enjoy it with you!

You know, the word in the industry is that the Chanel No.5 face has been replaced. No more Nicole Kidman. The future in under French charm. Audrey Tautou – you may find her more familiar under the name “Amélie” from the Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film (said to be the one directing the upcoming Chanel No.5 Ads too).

I look at this girl and then it suddenly hits me – she’s perfect for the Chanel No. 5 Ads! All the women of the world put together, you can hardly find more sterile femininity than Nicole Kidman’s (or Keira Knightley’s or Kate Moss’s for the matter, but unfortunately, they’ve made Coco Mademoiselle, so I can’t get into it … momentarily). Ok, maybe except for Claudia Schiffer’s (but that wax goddess too is another story). Anyway, my idea is that more Karl grows older, more his eye for feminity decrepit and thus he goes from sterile to desert-like-sterile and no wonder he ditches the iceberg – she’s an expectant mum after all, and it’s notorious that Karl doesn’t like children.

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I sometimes ask myself what is there left to innovate in fashion… And every now and then, I come across new, so daring things, I can hardly take my eyes out of them. I stare for some time and then ask myself why, from all those potentially wonderful creations left there, I absolutely had to find these atrocities?

Karlie is perfectly fitted for this kind of weirdness so I see no contradiction between her figure and the fork earrings by Tom Binns. Or the silver and Murano glass bracelet by Delfina Delettrez.

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Have you noticed recently how music takes over the world? No matter where you turn your head, music is there. Designers consider revolving the job descriptions for the personnel just to take care of their music…

And there’s more! Have you noticed how our fashion experts tend to lower in age? How the young and the restless are living walking and talking fashion and style magazines? Seems like everybody and their dog have a blog or a myspace account to talk about what’s hype and share passion for music and fashion. Now Tommy H. sensed the opportunity there and got his own little Tommy TV online thing. But Tommy’s not your average entrepreneur so he’s collaborating with Sony BMG, delivering the audience live recordings of The Hilfiger Sessions, interviews, and the possibility to upload your own music. Of course this music deed doesn’t go unpunished and the Tommy TV links to the Tommy Hilfiger online (clothing) store.

MTV who? Meet Tommy TV! Do you think this Tommy TV will benefit the Tommy Hilfiger original brand? Like people will come listening to music and buying a t-shirt while they’re there?
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For $55 you can sleep on a candy pillow. Or a chocolate pillow. Or cake pillow. It’s like you were sleeping on your favorite menu from Bonjour Mon Coussin.

I can easily imagine how your sweet dreams turn into living nightmares when sleeping on a pillow like this! And how exhausted you must feel after eating candies all night long. And discovering it was all in your head. All that sweet eating thing, it was just a dream… What would the actual purpose of these pillows be? Subversively messaging your brain to see how fast the suicidal rates can be inflated with just a touch of interior decoration?

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