Solli in Paris

As soon as I put together this outfit I fell in love and that’s the dangerous part stumbling around at net-a-porter looking for inspiration… If it wasn’t for the snow outside and if I had a magic wand I would have been happy finding this outfit in my wardrobe :-) Imagine Notify‘s black leather moto-style pants with the delicate and feminine light-pink silk blouse from Stella McCartney, with a pair of nude suede platform Louboutin sandals, a ring from Aurélie Bidermann that has been hand dipped in blackened silver, a classic black matelassé leather bag from MIU MIU and lot’s of doses of LOVE Chloé…a romantic and edgy outfit ;-)

Draped-front silk blouse – Stella McCartney

Bamboo 75 Biker low-rise leather pants – Notify

Toutenkaboucle 150 suede buckle sandals – Christian Louboutin

Blackened silver-dipped lace ring – Aurélie Bidermann

Matelassé leather bag – Miu Miu

Images taken from net-a-porter with permission, collage made by Solli

Christian Dior

The Bois d’argent -fragrance from Christian Dior’s latest collection with scent of Absolute of Iris from Florence and woody heart notes is a complete bless to all your senses! It comes in a bottle of 450 ml, yes you read it right..you can just indulge youself without getting worried finishing it!! It can be yours for €330…ok, maybe not something you buy when you’re on the run..but if you have a boyfriend just tell him he need a new fragrance (it’s a unisex fragrance!)  and look innocent when he wonders when the bottle is empty. For me, I’m just going to wish that Santa Claus have noticed I’ve been a good girl this year :-)

My favourite is the Bois d’argent but there are nine other fragrances in the exclusive unisex-line from Christian Dior’s latest collection, La Collection.

Ralph Lauren's flagship store in Paris, 173 Boulevard Saint Germain

Last week I went for dinner at Ralph Lauren’s restaurant in Saint Germain. I had grilled jumbo shrimps as a starter and seared ranch steak. The jumbo shrimps were delicious but the steak…well, it turned out to be a way too big of a portion for little me :-( I’m not a big fan of American food and totally not in meat so I really don’t know how come I ordered meat…. the steak was eat-able…. Ok, I have to admit it…. the REAL reason why I chose Ralph Lauren‘s restaurant for dinner was simply because I had an urge for their cheesecake!!! And YES it was worth the steak that I barely touched…..because the moment I had with my piece of cheesecake was just…..heavenly ;-)

I’ve never tried their brunch that they have on Sunday’s, but I would love to go there during the Spring and try it sitting outside in their beautiful courtyard :-)

Louis Vuitton

Last week I stopped by Louis Vuitton‘s flagshipstore at Champ’s Elysée. But I didn’t step in through the regular entrance, instead I went to the back of the building at 60 Rue de Bassano and took the dark elevator with no lighting to the last floor just to step into the on-going exhibition “Qui es-tu Peter?” (Who are you Peter?). It was definately not the way Disney presented this child who-never-wanted-to-grow-up in the Disney cartoon years ago. This exhibition that was made by 13 artists showed the darker side of being Peter Pan, the fear and anguish of a childhood.

The installation that touched me the most was Melonie Foster Hennessy‘s “Qui a le temps de grandir?????? (Who has time to grow up???) It was a 4-d installation where you could take part of a conversation between Peter Pan and Wendy. Peter Pan, still a child who refused to grow up and who had chosen eternity and Wendy that had grown older and now was a married woman. The meeting/conversation between Peter and Wendy is a bit tense, the time is ticking, while Peter still doesn’t change when it comes to aging Wendy is getting older and older until she explodes into stardust with the ending line:“Dying would be an awfully big adventure”. Wendy became a star, and a star is how children transform their loved-ones that are dead….

Address & date: Oct 1st-January 9th 2011 @ Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton 60 Rue de Bassano (in the corner of 101 avenue des Champs-Élysées)

"I'm sorry I wasted time on you, I'm sorry I let you hurt me, you were clearly my wrong person"

Sometimes you just need a bit of time to see if you’ve made the right or wrong choices.

Red silk-chiffon gown with a ultrafeminine finish, a golden cuff, a classic clutch from MIU MIU a rock-n-roll leather jacket from 3.1 Phillip Lim and Yves Saint Laurent‘s iconic Tribute high-heel sandals upgraded in luxurious black calf hair….and suddenly I recall this outfit, from a beautiful dream….

Camilla silk-chiffon strapless gown – Jason Wu

Stud-embellished leather jacket-  3.1 Phillip Lim

Ladurée, 21 rue Bonaparte, Paris

At the intersection of Rue Bonaparte and Rue Jacob you’ll find the place where I used to work and practice my French during my studies at Sorbonne, a place where I have endulged myself with macarons, Marie Antoinette’s, St-Honoré’s, a place where I met Jane Birkin, the supermodel Karolina Kurkova, a place where I used to prepare boxes filled with macarons for clients such as Christian Louboutin, a place where I once in a while had to pinch myself in the arm just to see if I was dreaming or not…It was so surreal for me working in that beautiful boutique of Ladurée Bonaparte. Before Ladurée opened their boutique at this spot it belonged to the famous French decorator Madeleine Castaing. Her work was timeless and poetic, she tried to create stories and that’s what signified her style and work. She used to say “There is always beauty in mystery.” – no wonder why the magical spirit and the mysterious ambiance has still remained.

Madeleine Castaing - "Je fais des maisons comme d'autres écrivent des poèmes"

CHANEL Diabolic

When I visited Polhem PR in Paris last week they had a nailbar and I was offered a manicure by a guy from Nailfactory. I picked the Diabolic from CHANEL, love that color…and the name ;-) It felt heavenly beeing taken care of even though it was only my nails having a treatment. In Sweden I used to get massage, facial treatments and visited my hairdresser regularly, my life in Paris is far away from the living standards I had in Stockholm, but I’m not complaining ;-)

Nailfactory in Paris

Anna Ruohonen

Some photos on details/clothes and shoes that drew my attention when I visited the showroom at Polhem PR in Paris last week:

Dress from Kaffe

Skincare line from Odd Molly

Laptopcase from MHANN

Details on a tunic from Odd Molly

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron is in Paris…almost at least ;-) She and Orlando Bloom are the new faces for the Japanese Fashion brand Uniqlo. She definately draws attention where she’s placed on the back of the bus ;-)

@ Polhem PR in Paris

The Swedish PR-agency Polhem PR had a presentation of  Spring 2011 collections of different Scandinavian brands earlier this week in their showroom/office here in Paris. I went there to have a look and I will update my blog with some of the highlights soon ;-)

Odd Molly @ Polhem PR in Paris

Vagabond @ Polhem PR in Paris

Odd Molly Skincare @ Polhem PR in Paris

This is for all my blogreaders living in Sweden:

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Just nu firar Bosch att det världen över har sålts 10 miljoner exemplar av den populära IXO-skruvdragaren. Det gör den lilla maskinen till världens bäst säljande elverktyg någonsin. Ett jubileum som firas med en specialutgåva av skruvdragaren – en maskin så exklusiv att den inte finns att köpa någonstans.

Delta i tävlingen genom att kommentera detta inlägg med namn samt din e-postadress, det kanske blir just DU som får möjligheten att imponera på dina vänner med detta kompakta och eleganta verktyg?

Tävlingen avslutas på torsdag den 25 november nästa vecka kl.23h59 då jag drar en slumpvis vinnare. Så skynda att kommentera ;-) Lycka till!

Uppdatering fredagen den 26 november: Den lyckliga ägaren till den blingade Bosch-skruvdragaren blev Therese, stort grattis!

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DC Comics @ Taschen, Paris

Finally it’s here, the book with a big B that DC Comic fan’s shouldn’t be without. I’m talking about the DC Comics XL edition,  a limited edition for the publisher’s 75th anniversery. Batman seems enjoying guarding them at Taschen , 2 rue de Buci in Paris ;-) But if you’re willing to pay €150 I’m sure he will share a copy with you ;-)

Superman

Wonder Woman

Marilyn Monroe - Vanity Fair

Marilyn Monroe is on the cover of the latest issue of Vanity Fair and with the latest book about her (Fragments) once again she’s on everybodies lips…the legend..the myth. Who was she really? Beyond the beautiful face and charming personality? For many she was a sex symbol and she got used and abused by people around her. For me she was a talented woman with a BIG heart and all she ever wanted in life was to be loved, for the person she was and not as an object. She was always rejected and even though she was famous and had millions of fans she felt very lonely.

“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.” Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe