Bonjour! My Paris Fashion Week AW16 Vlog is finally live on my YOUTUBE channel! I had such a great time filming this content (with a little help from my darling ANNA) at Paris Fashion Week, shooting outfits with GISELE and generally hanging out with some awesome friends.
I was lucky enough to see two amazing but completely different shows at Paris Fashion Week. Firstly I saw Manish Arora presenting at the earthy and vintage venue, Le Comptoir General. His AW16 collection features lots of customised denim, pops of coloured patchwork and serious prairie trend vibes. Then I saw the super sleek Pascal Millet show, which is a collection mainly made of black and navy colours but adding the oomph with white polka dots, sequins and sparkles. Anyway, I am spoiling it for you – go and have a look for yourself!
Bonjour! Enfin je vous présente mon vlog de Fashion Week de Paris! C’etait un plaisir de créer ce contenu pour vous (avec un peu de l’aide de ma chérie ANNA qui m’a filmé) – je vous montre la Fashion Week de Paris, les shootings en coulisses que j’ai fait avec GISELE et le temps que j’ai passé en trainant avec des beaux amis.
J’ai eu de la chance de voir deux défilés magnifiques mais très différents à l’autre – Manish Arora et Pascal Millet. Allez jeter un coup d’oeil à ma video!
Jeans – KILO SHOP, Top – secondhand, Beret – KILO SHOP, Boots – ASOS
Location: 7th Arrondissement, Paris
So Paris Fashion Week – and fashion month – has just finished and what a season it has been! For one of my days in Paris, I pulled out the clichés and wore my new pink beret and a marinière. I say cliché, but in fact the striped sailor top is an important part of French history. Originally the official undergarment of the French Navy, the striped sailor jersey gradually infiltrated the fashion world thanks to Gabrielle Chanel adopting this workwear garment paired with loose trousers as her resort-wear look. So thanks Chanel babes because I do love myself some stripes.
I am feeling pretttttty smug about this backdrop. There are not many people who have friends whose bedroom window opens onto the beautiful Parisian rooftops with an uninterrupted view of the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides. So I had to take full advantage whilst staying with the gorgeous Bella at the weekend and quickly capture my outfit full of clichés.
Et voilà, c’est fini Fashion Week de Paris – et le mois des Fashion Weeks aussi ! – et c’était une saison super ! Pour une de mes journées à Paris, j’ai mis plein de clichés avec une marinière et mon nouveau béret rose. Je dis un cliché mais en fait le pull marin est un symbole important dans l’histoire française. A l’origine, il était le sous-vêtement officiel de la Marine Française. Cependant, progressivement la marinière s’est infiltré dans la mode grâce à Gabrielle Chanel qui l’aimait porter pour son look détendu avec un pantalon ample. Alors je vous remercie Chanel parce que je kiffe des rayures!
Je me sens suffisante avec le fond de ces photos. Ce n’est pas tout le monde qui connait quelqu’un dont leur fenêtre de chambre s’ouvre sur les toits de Paris avec une vue ininterrompu de la Tour Eiffel et Les Invalides. Du coup, il fallait profiter en prenant des photos pendant que je suis restée chez Bella le weekend dernier.
Bonjour! I have just returned from an amazing four days in Paris filled with friends, food and, of course, fashion. For Paris Fashion Week Day One, I chose to show off the latest addition to my button down and suede collection and this little number could not be more perfect if it tried. It’s suede – pardon me, multicoloured suede – it’s patchwork, it’s tartan and if that was not enough, it is also a skort. Oh I do love a good skort because you have the silhouette of a cute miniskirt at the front with the comfort and security of shorts at the back (I am forever pulling down miniskirts as I walk – paranoid bum-flasher alert!).
When putting together this look, I found myself rather inspired by Le Kilt’s AW16 collection, over which I have been drooling ever since it was shown last month at London Fashion Week. I paired my gorge grungy skort with my new black wrap body from Zara – I have a feeling I am going to have a thing for bodies this season – and a classic black cocoon coat. I love accessorising plunging necklines with a statement choker and with a nod to St Trinian’s alternative school girl look; I topped off the look with a beret – when in Paris and all!
I have lots of other outfits that I shot while I was in Paris that I can’t wait to share with you as well as a Paris Fashion Week Vlog so stay tuned!
Bonjour! Je viens de rentrer de Paris où je suis passée quatre jours géniaux avec des beaux amis, de la bonne bouffe et, bien-sûr, de la mode. Voilà le premier look que j’ai porté à Fashion Week de Paris ! J’ai choisi de montrer l’addition récente à ma collection des jupes boutonnées et de daim qui ne pourrait pas être plus parfait. Elle est en daim – en daim multicolore pour être exacte – elle est patchwork, elle est à carreaux et elle est un ‘skort’. Ah oui j’aime bien un ‘skort’ parce que devant vous avez la silhouette d’une jupe mais derrière vous avez le confort et la sécurité d’un short.
Quand j’ai créé ce look, j’ai pris de l’inspiration de la collection printemps-été 16 de Le Kilt avec qui je suis tombée amoureuse dès qu’on l’a montrée le mois précédent à Fashion Week de Londres. J’ai mis mon skort magnifique et grunge avec mon nouveau body de ZARA – j’ai l’impression que des bodies seront mon truc cette saison – et un manteau noir. J’aime bien mettre un choker avec un décolleté plongeant et j’ai fini le look avec un beret – pour avoir un style d’une écolière alternative comme dans le film ‘St Trinian’s’.
J’ai hâte de vous montrer les autres looks que j’ai faits pendant que j’étais à Paris! En plus, il y aura un vlog sur Fashion Week de Paris qui vient très bientôt !
Tassel jacket – KILO SHOP, Jeans – ASOS, Lace top – KILO SHOP, (similar via ASOS) Western belt – KILO SHOP (similar via TOPSHOP), Boots – ASOS, Sunglasses – secondhand (similar via RAYBAN)
Location: Passeig Picasso, Barcelona
Sometimes it is just a great idea to wear all black everything. Some people would surely argue against this because what is life without colour? Don’t get me wrong, I love colours from deep rich hues in winter to pastels and brights for spring and summer but black is foolproof, reliable and does not require too much thinking.
What do you think?
I am off to Paris in two days for Paris Fashion Week! I cannot wait to get back to the city that has my heart, catch up with friends and create some amazing content for your guys! Make sure you follow my adventures on INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK and TWITTER. <3
Il y a des moments quand c’est une bonne idée de vous habiller tout en noir. C’est sûr qu’il y aura des gens qui penseraient que c’est dommage – c’est quoi la vie sans couleur? Moi, j’adore les couleurs mais des fois c’est plus simple et plus infaillible de s’habiller tout en noir.
Que pensez-vous?
Je vais à Paris dans deux jours pour Fashion Week de Paris! J’ai trop hâte de revenir dans la ville qui tient mon cœur, voir des copains et créer du contenu genial pour vous! Suivez-moi sur INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK et TWITTER pour des nouvelles directes! Bisous
According to the press release handed to me on entrance, Minki Cheng looked to retro entertainment of his generation for his AW16 collection, taking inspiration from his childhood memories of anime robots, warriors and guardians. He makes fantasy wearable in this modern world by mixing vibrant colours, complex textures and contrasting shapes. Of course with any art form, fashion too is open to interpretation and this is mine.
Walking into the Minki Cheng AW16 presentation, you feel instantly transported to another world. The whole room is full of the sound of eerie, moaning music which pulls you towards the scene, transfixed in a sort of trance. The magical collection is presented on a moss-like carpet, complete with twisting dark green reeds and the odd small Perspex dome, that could be interpreted as either the ocean floor or another planet’s surface. The collection is gradually revealed as one of the five models carefully steps off this fluffy carpet, making sure not to entangle her spindly silver heels as she goes, to make way for her comrade.
I am instantly taken by the first silhouette right in front of me: a silver, pleated maxi skirt complete with pink and orange fluffy ruffles that remind me of the coral reef paired with a simple but beautiful navy cropped jumper, also complete with coral reef ruffles. I soon realise that these super cute ruffles decorate many of the pieces in Minki Cheng’s AW16 collection, which mixes season appropriate metallics and fun pops of colour perfectly.
Of course the stand out piece is the egg-shaped metallic bomber jacket/dress, which comes in both bronze and turquoise and is simply worn zipped right up to a V neckline. Once again I see an ‘under the sea’ theme forming here with the wispy texture of the bomber reminding me of sea urchins.
The more tailoured pieces make up in shapes what they may lack in colour. The wide leg trousers fall beautifully from a high, pinched in waistline and the block line motif carefully breaks up what would otherwise be a rather overwhelming silhouette. The biker style jackets are perfectly cropped and have an interesting double zip feature at the front, which avoids the look of a slightly awkward jacket zipped up at one side as we have all experienced with this style of jacket. These looks are an inspired contrast from an otherwise leggy presentation featuring many miniskirts and zipped up dress-jackets.
Minki Cheng’s AW16 collection is exquisite, interesting and I found it hard to leave the presentation – I was addicted. I love the metallics, varying textures and shapes and of course the quirky fluffy decorations. The accessories are certainly the icing on the cake with some models wearing one large hoop earring decorated with string, fluff and/or bells while one long leg warmer bridges the gap between mini mini hemlines and strappy metallic heels.
Do you like Minki Cheng’s AW16 collection? What is your interpretation?
