Christmas Gifts (2) : Week-End Bags

Who doesn't dream of a few vacation days, so here is a selection of great 48h or week-end bags for a short getaway.

The Textured-leather tote by Burberry :





The Marc by Marc Jacobs Bianca textured-leather hobo bag :






The new Muse Two Oversized leather tote by Yves Saint Laurent :






and the more original and very graphic Cabas Muse textured-leather tote by Yves Saint Laurent too :






All these items are to shop in the Gift Boutique at Net-a-porter.

Lucinda Chambers

Kinga Rajzak for A.P.C. Spring Summer 2012 Photographed by Venetia Scott

credit : A.P.C.

Kinga Rajzak photographed by Venetia Scott for A.P.C.

Sara Blomqvist

Taylor Tomasi Hill Wearing Christopher Kane

Taylor Tomasi Hill is here wearing a sweater from the fall winter 2011/12 Christopher Kane collection.


A quite similar one, with a V-neck, is on sale at Net-a-porter, this Crocheted cashmere sweater by Christopher Kane too :





But if you want the exactly same pattern, here is the Crocheted cashmere cardigan similar to the sweater Taylor is wearing :

Taylor Tomasi Hill

Taylor Tomasi Hill arriving at the Louis Vuitton spring summer 2012 fashion show.

Marni to Design a Spring Collection for H&M

Marni will design a spring collection for H&M for both Women and Men. (Available from March 8th 2012, worldwide and online). As Consuelo said, it's a nice way for the younger generation to be able to buy as much as they want Marni clothes, shoes or accessories ! We will try our best to get almost everything of this collection as we like what we have seen.

[We already said here that we love Marni, which means that we are customers for real !]

credit : Magnus Magnusson

credit : Magnus Magnusson

Consuelo Castiglioni and Margareta van den Bosch with model Suzie Bird

All images : Courtesy of H&M

Nicole Phelps

Caroline Christiansson Gallois

Christmas Gifts (1) : Two-Tone

There's no need to wait for Christmas to find the opportunity to give people you esteem - yourself included - a present. So we selected some beautiful things from the Gift Boutique at Net-a-porter.

A great trend of this season is the two-tone pattern ; thus we first chose both useful and stylish colourful accessories belonging to this graphic mood.


The collection designed by Jonathan Saunders for Smythson is really wonderful, with the Jonathan Saunders for Smythson two-tone leather Soho diary :






and the Jonathan Saunders for Smythson two-tone leather iPad case







Then the very chic Dyna two-tone leather tote by Bally






as well as these Color-block suede ankle boots, by Bally too, are must-haves of the season :

New Faces Spring Summer 2012 : Nadine Ponce

Nadine belongs to our Top 5 New Faces for the spring summer 2012 season.
We photographed her here after the Miu Miu show.

Swarovski Spring Summer 2012 Campaign

credit : SWAROVSKI


Preview of the Spring Summer 2012 Swarovski Campaign.

Dries Van Noten Exhibition with James Reeve

We have previously talked about the Dries Van Noten Spring Summer 2012 collection, and his collaboration with the photographer James Reeve. So we were pleased to read on the Dries Van Noten website that an exhibition was on display in Vienna and will take place in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Paris. It will be possible to see some dresses, shirts, skirts and accessories alongside the nightscape series of photography by James Reeve.


Exhibition of Dries Van Noten
- Garments with photography of James Reeve

Vienna /17th - 24th November/ Song, Song. / Praterstrasse 11 – 13 /1020 Vienna

Hong Kong / 30th November – 12th December 2011/ The Fringe Club /2 Lower Albert Road/Central Hong Kong

Tokyo /2nd- 17th Decemner 2011/ AoyamaB1F, 5-5-4/ Minimi-Aoyama/ Minato-Ku /Tokyo

Paris /7th – 26th January 2012/Joyce Gallery/168 - 173 Galerie de Valois/75001 Paris/

Giovanna Battaglia

Pippa Middleton's Alexander McQueen Dress

Here is the Cowl-neck silk-crepe gown, available at Net-a-porter, designed by Alexander McQueen ; it is not exactly the same, but it's quite similar to the dress that Pippa was wearing at the royal wedding of her sister :

Jane Keltner

New Faces Spring Summer 2012 : Antonia Wesseloh

Barbara Martelo

Vogue Australia Ipad App

The first Vogue Australia Ipad app is available for free download at the App store.
It looks great.

And we thank Vogue Australia for their support (by publishing some of our pictures) !