New book: Style in Paris presents the most famous French celebrities, fashion icons and Parisians, who reveal to readers how to follow in their footstep to have timeless style. This is a must-have fashion insiders guide to the best of Paris, which also includes how to create the perfect wardrobe, how to appear more glamorous and effortlessly chic as well as the best beauty places to visit and most stylish places to dine and shopContinue reading
Milla Lapidus was first scouted at the age of fourteen with her sister. CAREER CHALLENGE: Milla Lapidus: I have always been faithful to myself, my personality and I’ve never changed anything about it, even when people asked me to. BEST ADVICE:Milla Lapidus: Don’t be mean to yourself. Do what ever you want to do, what makes you happy and don’t listen and care about people’s opinions because they will always judge. YOUR STYLE:Milla Lapidus: IContinue reading
Personal Style: Sylvia Toledano: Since I was born in Paris I do believe that my city betrays a chic, easygoing and creative state of mind. As an artist, I believe in freedom and don’t want to dress up like everyone, I don’t follow the fashion codes and always dress up as I want, and love to be original. How did you become interested in fashion?Sylvia Toledano:I’ve always loved beautiful attires from my childhood because myContinue reading
How did you start in the fashion industry? Irene Krauze: I came to the fashion industry from architecture. I had a desire to transfer my love for minimalism in architecture to clothes. From that moment on, I started sketching and this is how the first collection was created. Personal Style: Irene Krauze: I like to play with masculine and feminine codes. My style has become more minimalistic with years. After creating my own brand, 80%Continue reading
Speaking with Owen Wilson about some of his latest films to what he loves most about Paris. If you remember the movie; Midnight in Paris, a comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Paris, the film follows Gil Pender (Owen Wilson), a screenwriter, who is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his materialistic fiancée (Rachel McAdams) and their divergent goals, which become increasingly exaggerated as he travels back in time eachContinue reading
Jo Malone is a pioneer in the fragrance industry, creating her eponymous line of fragrances luring a cult-like following of customers in the mid 90s, before selling to Estée Lauder. In 2011 she launched Jo Loves, designed to capture the inspirations in Jo’s life. I think everybody has something in life that they are really good at. There are lots of things I can’t do, but I have an amazing sense of smell. Everything I seeContinue reading
Rachel Zoe is a fashion designer, stylist and businesswoman. She is best known for dressing some the world’s most celebrated women in her signature effortless, glamorous style Prior to the journey of my career, I was a student at George Washington University majoring in sociology and psychology. Growing up, I didn’t know what a stylist was, but I was obsessed with fashion magazines and inspired by the images they conveyed and the stories they told.Continue reading
Even at a young age, I was passionate about fashion and naturally sought to grow within an industry that I loved. I began by studying at the American University in Paris where I was fortunate enough to receive my first professional experience, as an intern at Quest magazine . It was there that I gained insight into how a magazine should run along with learning first-hand about all the different facets within the industry. At Quest,Continue reading
Noella Musunka’s Malaika is a non profit that operates in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It aims to empower the next generation of change makers through access to education, sport and health programs for girls and their communities. I had quite a difficult childhood with my Dad passing when I was five. My mother knew I wouldn’t get an education if I stayed in Congo as she didn’t have the financial means to support it. I was an only child, so sheContinue reading
The Game Changers book. From our journey’s around the globe, we selected a few distinctive women, who were making changes in the world. The women featured in The Game Changers share their tribute stories of success and failure, inspiring readers to follow their dreams Featuring stories from: Charlotte Tilbury, Barbara Sturm, Elle MacPherson, Meghan Markle, Arianna Huffington, Rachel Zoe, Aerin Lauder, India Hicks, Marianna Hewitt, Olivia Palermo, Noella Coursaris Musunka, Kristin Cavallari, Sophia Webster, TamaraContinue reading
Fashion designer, Rebecca Vallance talks to us about her passions, lifestyle and what inspires her most. What inspired your new collection?Rebecca: My SS12 Collection was inspired by Palm Springs, California circa 1960’s. Back then Palm Springs was the playground for Hollywood’s biggest stars. Late last year I travelled to Palm Springs and was fascinated by the architecture and simply by the concept of having this super cool desert exist in the middle of California. YourContinue reading
You launched Ralph & Russo in 2007, tell us about how you formed your partnership, how did you first meet? Michael Russo: Tamara and I quite literally bumped into each other on the King’s Road in London and started talking, naturally bonding over our native accents. I had just sold a business in London and Tamara was visiting for the first time to explore Europe. We immediately connected through our shared drive and determination, andContinue reading
