Last night it was all about the Model as Muse. Embodying Fashion but the trick is that even if some played the sure value with Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Versace and so on, there weren’t many pointing in the good fashion direction. Of course, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala started on a [...]

Wearing a gorgeous gown for a Red Carpet Event has its demands. In this case, you have to sacrifice some of the gown’s beauty and in the same time, induce a permanent state of apnea to the proud wearer. Blake Lively’s body was a bit restrained by the seams of the Nina Ricci blue dress. [...]

Olivier Theyskens drew this sketch the first days spent at Nina Ricci wanting to create a spiral sensation, like the dress would take off on its own. The dress was presented as part of the Spring-Summer 2007 Collection. Said to be inspired by the very bottle of “L’Air du Temps”, this dress hits me like [...]

Nina Ricci’s ad prints for Spring Summer 2008 are finally out. Featuring Karlie Kloss and Courtney Smerski wearing some shredded colorful outfits in a splashy background. Mario Sorrenti was behind the camera which explains the apparent grunge look. I can’t feel too comfortable looking at these pictures, there’s a weird feeling of discomposure coming from. [...]

There’s another heavy player announced for the accessories market. Nina Ricci plans to tag the Nina Ricci brand on small but oh-so-profitable luxury objects. “We are 90 per cent a fragrance group and we can move to be a more balanced luxury goods group. We have all the ingredients to play in the luxury goods [...]