The store of my dreams

As one of the pictures say: Le paradis. It's a fantastic store. If you're ever in Paris then go to Rue Faubourg st Honoré 22. On the first floor there's lots of shoes! And on the ground floor all the lovely catwalk clothes are. Lanvin always have some crazy and funny windows decorations. Here is just a few of them, but do your self the favor and go to lanvin.com and watch all the windows, plus you can see the current collection. One of the things I really love about Lanvin is the balance between something funny and yet very sophisticated, classy and elegant. I think that since Alber Elbaz came to the house it is now one of the few fashion houses in the world that in a very nice way are able to both have fun at still be beautiful. John Galliano does it, Marc Jacob does it and Jean Paul Gaultier. 

All I want for christmas...

If I could decide, then this would be the only thing under my christmas tree. 

All I want for christmas...

This year for christmas i would like some shoes (big surprise...). Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, Roger Vivier, Manolo's, I want them all. There are so many lovely, crazy, chic, and beautiful shoes. 

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards

The CFDA/Vogue (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Fashion Fund celebrated its fifth anniversary last monday night. The fund's top prize, $ 200,000 and a years worth of mentoring, went to Alexander Wang. Alexander Wang is only 24 years old and said when he won "Four years ago I was reading about this ward in my dorm room in a magazine". Here are some pictures of the Alexander Wang's latest collection, Spring/Summer 2009, and a picture of the designer himself. A bit weird but still sweet. 

Pinocchio is trendy

Pinocchio is totally in according to Alexander McQueen. We all have to be made of wood next summer. Like it or not, he knows his stuff when it comes to tailoring. It's different and very McQueen in the way the clothes were build, the type of material and the choice of patterns and colors. 

Shoes

I just wanted to show this Lanvin shoe. Pearls, simili and flowers at the same time can actually be nice. 

Dresses I want

I have become a big fan of Victoria Beckham. First of all I think her taste in clothes is very elegant and classy. At the fashion week in New York this september she took a new turn and became a fashion designer her self. And I must say, the collection of only 15 looks were really nice. Very feminine and sophisticated. 

Haute couture

I know that this is an old collection, but I think this is John Galliano for Dior's best haute couture collection ever. When I saw it I was breathless when I saw it first, and I keep on returning to watch the master piece of a collection. He is an artist! So enjoy this Spring/Summer 2007

My to-do list

Before I'm 50 years old there are some objects I need to own:

• Lanvin dress
• Birkin Hermés bag
• A pair of Azzedine Alaia shoes
• The quilted Chanel bag
• A little black dress from Chanel
• Louis Vuitton suitcase 
• Harry Winston earrings
• Dior Couture dress
• Hervé Léger cocktail dress
• A tailored Alexander McQueen jacket
• Balenciaga bag
• More Christian Louboutin shoes
• Kelly Hermés bag
• Bottega Veneta bag and knot bag
• Oscar de la Renta summer dress
• Victor and Rolf pants

The list is long, but I also have a lot of years until I'm 50. Lucky me.

Shoes

I just wanted to show some very lovely shoes I just found. Yes they are very tall and probably not very good for your feeds. But who cares if you can have something like this on your foot?! Roger Vivier, Nina Ricci and Pierre Hardy. It took me a really long time, and a lot of pain to be able to walk in a pair like these for a hole evening. Now it's no problem, but it sure hurt in the beginning. But I don't care about it, because I really think it will be worth the pain to put my foot in a shoe like  this. I know that at time I'm 35 I will probably not be able to ever wear something like this again, but I take a change, and live life and enjoys it on my 12 cm. high heels. 

The love for Louboutin

This is my kind of girl. Vacuuming her Christian Louboutin shoes! I like it. It's an old photo of Gemma Ward, from some Vogue I think. It so great.

Dresses I want

Usually I think DolceGabbana is a bit trivial. Always the same sexy dresses that look great on girls like Victoria Beckham or Jennifer Lopez. But then came along the spring/summer 2008 collection and my opinion about DolceGabbana change completely. The collection was really beautiful. It wasn't the typical Milan show, it was very Parisan. The climax was at the end with five outstanding dresses, all draped and hand painted. Once I saw one of them in Vogue, and the price was 'to order', so I don't think it will be in this lifetime I will get my hands on one of those dresses. 

The Bottega Knot

The knot. Not just an ordinary knot. A little clutch for the theater, party or a night out with the girls sipping cocktails. I am in love. And so is my mother. We are thinking about buying one and share it because they are so expensive. That would be a good idea I think :) Half a year ago I got the wonderful news that Bottega Veneta was opening a store in Copenhagen. Now I don't have to go to Paris or London to get one. There are many different to choose from. Here is just a small selection. Go to bottegaveneta.com and check them all out. 

Comme des Garçons

So two days ago was once again my annual big H and M day. A day I skip school to stand in line in front of one of the H and M shops in Copenhagen to get some of the special edition clothes. First it was Karl Lagerfeld, then Stella McCartney, then came Victor and Rold, Roberto Cavalli and now it was Comme des Garçons. It is by now a tradition for me to get at least one piece from every one of the H and M collection. 

I didn't knew that much about Comme des Garçons, just that it was made by a Japanese woman and that it often was very avantgarde. I had this idea that Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake would be the asian input to the western world of fashion. 

I went to the website of H and M and looked at what I would like to have. And I must say that they wasn't really any thing that I would die for... Okay I thought, I will go there anyway and check it out. I had made a strategy to go to one of the smallest shops and hope that there wouldn't be too many people. That was a good tactic, because when I got to the shop there was still a lot of clothes left. Back in the metro I got my self a paper were there was this article about Comme des Garçons and their collaboration with H and M. Comme des Garçons had been H and M first wish on their list of designers they wanted to work with. But it hadn't been possible before now. Another thing I didn't knew was that a designer like Marc Jacobs gets alot of his inspiration from Rei Kawakubo who is the designer of Comme des Garçons. So i don't think I have been giving Comme des Garçons the credit that they deserved. I will just post a picture from the Comme des Garçon runway spring/summer 2009 and a picture from H and M's website with a picture of the pants I got. 

Jewels

So I will just advertise for the Danish jewel designer Julie Sandlau. She makes the most beautiful earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings. I must say that I am a huge fan of her earrings. So here is a small selection of some of her work. A great part of it all is that is's not very expensive. 

Accessory Report

I really like these. Alber Elbaz for Lanvin. Do I have to say more? I imagine this is what Marie Antoinette or a russian czarina would wear if they lived to day. They are so cool in a vintage-futuristic kind of way. I would love to see the green one on a woman like Eva Green. Very femme fatale. The white one would be great on Natalie Portman or some one like Keira Knightley.  

The mix of the old school bijouterie with diamonds and pearls, plexiglass, screws and silk is just great. Alber Elbaz really knows what he is doing. 

And speaking of the little black dress (previous post) I think these necklaces would be a great choice of accessory. A very simple dress and then spice it up with a beautiful necklace. I want one! I just think that if I want one I need to work from now until christmas 2009! 

The little black dress

The little black dress is an evening or cocktail dress, originally made popular in the 1920's by the fashion designer Coco Chanel. Intended by Chanel to be a long lasting, affordable, accessible to the widest market possible and in a neutral color. The little black dress is considered essential to a complete wardrobe by many women and fashion observers, who believe it is "a rule of fashion" that every woman should own a little black dress. In 1926 Gabrielle Chanel published a picture of a short, simple black dress in Vogue. Vogue called is "Chanel's Ford", like the Model T, the little black dress was simple and accessible for women of all social classes. Vogue also said hat the little black dress would become "a sort of uniform for all women of taste". 

Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's epitomized the Chanel ideal by wearing black dresses, accessorized with pearls, as was frequently seen throughout the early 1960's. Betty Boop, a cartoon character, one of the 1920's "it girls" was drawn wearing a little black dress in her early films, though with Technicolor, Betty's dress became red.

Even though the idea behind the dress was that it should be a dress every woman could afford, Chanel makes some of the worlds most expensive dresses.

Shoes

Okay it's no secret that I love shoes, as in adore shoes and can't get enough of them. Seriously. With the right shoes you can spice every outfit in the world. All that said there are of course some shoes that are more foxy than others... Lets take a look at John Galliano for Dior's latest collection, spring/summer 2009. Of course one could only expect the unexpected from John, and most of the time he really makes me fell that the world is a better place with him in it. But then again what went wrong here John?! Are we all suppose to dress up as african/inca ladies now or what was your thoughts about this?  

Models of crap # 2

Iekeliene Stange... Some times a picture just says more than a thousand words... No one thing that maybe could explain it; she is from the Netherlands, perhaps she has been a little to much in Amsterdam... 

Models of crap # 1

Agy oh Agy you are so amazing, so refreshing, so.. so.. so full of fifteen-minutes-of-fame-London-chic. She has such a pretty face and then she just spoils it with that feeling of I'm-my-own-stylist-and-the-crowd-loves-me attitude. Some say she has that edge and is a younger model of Kate Moss - just without the coke part(!?) I must say that I think Kate has been played out and yet you can't open a Vogue without her face promoting designers such as Donna Karan to Roberto Cavalli. But will the world love Agyness Deyn when a paparazzi gets her with white powder up her nose. I'm thinking yes they will, because then she will be more like Kate. 

When it comes to style - look at her for Christ's sake. What went wrong Agy!?? It's just tiring and annoying and not cool. 

Queen Elizabeth vs. Pink

I really love Alexander McQueen! My birtish god. My lord he is great. He is funny but stil really know what he is doing. His shop in Old Bond Stress in London is one of my favorite places in London! But I must say that I don't really know how I feel about Pink wearing Queen Elizabeth on her body... But then on the other hand, if Pink could't pull this off then who could?! 

I miss the god old days of Prada...

I must say, while the hole fashion world is so amazed by Prada I stand back and think to myself, is it really that great? Of course she is a talented designer and she is always giving the Milan fahion week something else than all the (almost boring) hot sexy dresses from Vercace and Cavalli. Yes she is different but that is not necessary always a good thing. Some years ago I was a big fan of Miuccia Prada, but I most say "good feelings gone". Around 2005 she made collection after collection with the most beautiful sophisticated and very chic dresses. She would have made Jackie Kennedy proud. But now her collections makes me think of the something cheep just sailed in from Poland or so. I think it's bad, really bad. Also her models have change. A couple of years ago the models looked strong and fierce, now her models are not women, but young girls, who are nothing but bones. 

On the left we have spring 2009 and on the right fall 2005

Christian ohh Christian

When it comes to shoes (and it often does) I have one man I see as my shoe god. I am totally in love with Christian Louboutin. Every time I go to Paris I must go to either rue Jean-Jacques Rosseau or rue de Grenelle to look at all the beautiful shoes. It is truly marvelous to enter a Louboutin store with the blood red floor and the large mirrors, and then of course all the shoes, each and every one shown as a little piece of art. I am so extremely lucky to be the owner of no more than three Louboutin pairs. The latest pair I got in London where I used all my money on that pair of boots. All the money spend in one place, but I do not regret it for a second. I think they look like a woodlouse, but in a good way (if that is possible?!). I must upload a picture of them later on. But for now I will just show a bit of his fantastic work. Else go to his website www.christianlouboutin.com or www.net-a-porter.com (one of the many online stores). 

Narciso Rodriguez and Michelle Obama

So in the first place I did not really fancy Michelle Obama's dress when she and the rest of the world celebrated her husbands winning the american election. But the more I look at it the more I like it. I have been a fan of Narciso Rodriguez for a long time and think his dresses are very sophisticated, sexy and very feminine. She really shows that you don't have to be a skinny skinny model on a run way to wear that dress. She looks very sophisticated and relaxed at the same time. Very nice I must say. Well done for the future first lady. Thumbs up!

The Love for Lanvin

Two weeks ago I went to Paris with two of my very good friends. Because I’m so in to fashion, I had to take them with me to the perhaps most import fashion spot in Paris - the Lanvin store! If I ever win a million my first thing on my to-do list will be: go to Paris and by a Lanvin dress. I am a huge fan of Alber Elbaz. What he does is amazing and all of items in the collection from the dresses to the shoes to the jewelry what sublime and of another world. When I go in to the store I become very sentimental because all of the clothes is so beautiful. Elbaz is a true artist. Men wants a Ferrari, women wants a Lanvin dress!