Year: 2013
I am Addicted for …. Shoes!
Turkish origins. Born in Germany. Inspired by Helmut Lang . Passionatly influenced by Architecture and Art. Studied in Vienna Fashion Institute. Headed to Paris where joined Givenchy. Finally joined Gianbattista Valli that elevated his name in the fashion world. In 2009 Burak Uyam opens his own line. Today we have young brands like Jimmy Choo,… More
The Amazing World of PRADA
I will sound very repetitive , but I am in love with PRADA and this season is not an exception. Miuccia is an exceptional artist in her field and maybe because she is so passionate about ART, she manage to create something unique every season. You can easily read her origins and her passion in… More
Art & Fashion since 1920
Almost every fashion season the designers/big fashion names try to impress us not only with amazing collections, but also with the latest collaborations with some incredible artists. In the past few years the runways have been filled with some print designs with art by the likes of Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Mondrian, Picasso, Murakami and… More
JouJou De La Mode new design
I’m proud to introduce our brand new home. Totally redesign by great people at Digital Ideas. I’m sure you’ll love it!!! Enjoy!!!
C. Z. Guest – American Icon
Several times I came across this name going through biography books. And it came to my attention again recently while I was reading about Diane Vreeland . Once I looked up on internet , I got even more fascinated about this beautiful with an aristocratic look , but at the same time very modern and fashionable woman.
“We all get dressed for Bill”
“I sometimes will look at his pages in Times or online and just be so amazed that he and I and all my team and all the rest of the world we are all sitting in the same fashion shows… but he had seen something on the street or on the runaway that completely missed… More
“The great fur caravan”
Veruscka began to appear in Vogue, photographed by Irving Penn, from 1963, but her Veruscka persona came out with a whole new splendor once she met Avedon . He thought Veruschka was the most beautiful women in the world. “What Antonioni was saying in the photo-shoot scene between David Hemmings and myself in Blow-Up was happening… More
Alexey Brodovitch in American Fashion
Alexey Brodovitch – Photographer , Designer, Art Director and a teacher to many great artists. Russian by birth, Brodovitch was forced into exile during the Russian Civil War. He came to Paris where he found himself at the center of dadaism, constructivism,Bauhaus , futurism…. he worked as a backdrop painter for the ballets Russes. But… More
The curious case of Ian Schrager. Sex and the City?
Reading his biography my head is spinning. This is what I call “a business instinct” . He has started of by opening the Studio 54 with his business partner Steve Rubell, which followed by the opening of the night club Palladium in the old Academy of Music building in New York City.
The 70’s DNA.
70s, Studio 54 : The era that left the largest milestones in fashion, music and design. We can start with some names to get an idea of who are the idols of fashion designers today: Farrah Fawcett, Bianca Jagger, Iman, Debbie Harry, Diane Von Fusterberg, Faye Dunaway, Joni Mitchell, Angelica Huston, Jane Fonda, Nico, Jerry… More
A visual story.
For the most of us fashion is a dream, a fairy-tale and every time we go for shopping, all we want is being part of this creative world. We dream about a bag or about a pair of shoes or anything else. Once we are in the shop, our questions are more like : You know… More
The book: “Grace, A Memoir ” Grace Coddington with Michael Roberts – Random House NY
It has been already one year since I bought this book online , but for several reasons I never read it until now. To be honest, despite loving fashion, I didnt know much about Grace and I started to refer to her name only after I’ve seen “The September Issue”. Yet , buying the book,… More
The Book: “In my shoes”
‘The Sunday Times once wrote that I seemed ‘less an actual person than the heroine of some dicey Danielle Steel Bonkathon’. The basic Danielle Steel conceit is to take a plucky heroine, set her on a quest, and then subject her to every villain and viper and obstacle imaginable. Which, I suppose, is not an… More
Discovering Irving Penn….
“A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” Irving Penn