Picture from an Exhibition: Lanvin © 2015 Chant Wagner (You can click on picture for a larger view) Yesterday, the exhibition on Jeanne Lanvin at Palais Galliera ended. It turned out to be an opportunity to study some rare...
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Miu Miu Debuts an Eau de Parfum - And What's the Difference with Prada? (2015) {New Fragrance} {Fashion Notes}
Miu Miu have launched their debut perfume clearly labeled so as Miu Miu eau de parfum......
Jean Patou to Return to High Fashion First with Bespoke Perfume {Fragrance News}
Nearly 30 years after the last Jean Patou fashion show took place in Paris in 1987 under the aegis of Christian Lacroix, there is talk of reawakening the stylish house from its sartorial ashes. But first, the brand have...
& Other Stories Sirocco Sands (2015) {New Fragrance}
& Other Stories caught my eye with their kaftan fashion story because kaftans are the best during summertime - and to go with it, it turns out that there is a new fragrance in town called Sirocco Sands......
Thierry Mugler Avant-Première Les Exceptions Cuir Impertinent (2015) {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance} {Fashion Notes}
Perfume Review of Thierry Mugler Cuir Impertinent Cuir Impertinent is the latest one of Les Exceptions, just launched by Thierry Mugler. In France, the fragrance benefits from a different, inaugural launch packaging and marketing ; it was introduced as...
Art, Fashion & Perfume Combine at the MET with Red Empress {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}
Vivienne Tam at the MET in front of her Mao patterns Fashion designer Vivienne Tam wanted to create a fragrance which would mark the occasion of the MET Gala inagurating the new exhibit, "China: Through the Looking Glass" opening...
Men with Flowers II - A Hat for Two, or Three {Paris Photo} {Fashion Notes}
A Hat for Two, or Three © 2008 Chant Wagner For some reason, this is a picture I really like on a personal level. It makes me happy just looking at it. The pastel yet vivid colors and the...
Best Fragrances for Coachella & Music Festivals {Perfume List} {Paris Photo} {Fashion Notes}
Coachella - The View from Paris © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner How To Escape the Mass-Marketing of Coachella? That is the Question As I was perusing slideshows on Coachella street style, I have to say that in 2015 I come...
Paul Poiret - A Flamboyant Fashion Name is There for the Taking {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}
A historical name in fashion & fragrance is poised for a comeback 80 years later...
Wacky Wacko Perfume Maniac Tee & Tights (2014) {Fashion Notes}
Wacky Wacko have released a tee-shirt and a pair of tights called Perfume Maniac Tee and Perfume Maniac Tights illustrated by artist Seth Bogart to include an avalanche of perfume bottles for the perfume lover who can't get enough...
New Book on Chanel Awarded the Prix Goncourt for Best Biography {Fragrance News} {Cultural & Fashion Notes}
Chanel, the MuseThe book Notre Chanel (Our Chanel) by Jean Lebrun, newly published this year in April 2014 has been awarded the Prix Goncourt, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in France, in the category dedicated to biographies......
Pierre Cardin Innovation (2013) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne} {Fashion Notes}
Pierre Cardin introduced a new men's cologne in 2013 called Innovation named after a key concept defining his fashion philosophy and action. It is also the title of a 2010 tome published to celebrate the 60 years of the...
New Book on Coco Chanel in Russian {Fashion Notes} {Fragrant Reading}
Fashion history and criticism outside of politics might be a fairly new genre in Russia given the history of the country. Here's a 2013 book on Coco Chanel entitled simply transliterated Koko Shanel' by Bronuin Kosgreyv, a contibutor to Vogue...
Mugler Follies and a Dash of Liqueur for Angel (2013) {New Perfume} {Fashion Notes}
French fashion designer Thierry Mugler is doing something blue and old this fall as well as reinventing himself as a showbiz maverick... ...
You're So French, Men! New Book on Sartorial Advice {Fashion Notes}
Hot on the heels of You're So French! published last year, authors Frédérique Veysset and Isabelle Thomas are adding a second volume to their study of real-life style. This time they focus on the opposite sex in You're So French,...