Solli in Paris

Zadig & Voltaire

A sneak peak on Zadig & Voltaire’s vitrina in Paris. My favourites are the boots to the left and the tops to the right (grey and nude).

Zadig & Voltaire

Thierry Lasry & Quintessence Playground party @ L'ARC

On October 4th, my friend Thierry Lasry (sunglass designer) and Ludovic Messager (owner of Quintessence Playground) arranged a party during the fashion week in Paris at the nightclub L’ARC. Ludovic Messager decorated the nightclub for the party and it became a success. Here are some photos from the evening:

Me and my friends

Me and Vanessa

Me and my friend Harvey (one of the DJ's on the party)

Solli

Anna Dello Russo

Some more photos that I took during the last fashion week in Paris (Sept-Oct 2011), some nice details I caught with my camera:

Street style photos taken during the fashion week in Paris Oct 2011

Anna Dello Russo

Street style photos taken during the fashion week in Paris Oct 2011

Street style photos taken during the fashion week in Paris Oct 2011

Street style photos taken during the fashion week in Paris Oct 2011

Street style photos taken during the fashion week in Paris Oct 2011

Street style photos taken during the fashion week in Paris Oct 2011

Street style photos taken during the fashion week in Paris Oct 2011

La Maison Dior - Les Journées Particulières

During the weekend October 15-16th LVMH opened up some of their fashion houses for the public and arranged several workshops etc. I went to Maison Dior located at 30 Avenue Montaigne. I had to stay in the line for 3 hours before I could enter….the line was very long! I was a bit disapointed that it was strictly forbidden to take photos inside, but still it was worth the waiting.

I have been at the Dior boutique that is on the main floor, but going upstairs has been forbidden for customers but during the Journées Particulières I was finally permitted to go further in Maison Dior and have a closer look at the prestigious white and pearl gray Parisian salons where Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Jean Cocteau, the young Richard Avedon and many others were invited to see Christian Dior‘s very first collection on February 12, 1947. So you can imagine how magical it felt for me, walking on those steps in the famous staircase where the models have been showing his collection. The walls were covered with photos with different celebrities wearing Dior’s creatures….

While upstairs they had prepaired with different stations for the men’s and women’s Haute Couture workshops to show us some of the procedures behind the work. They showed their magic touch in the presence of master embroiderers, the jewelry workers demonstrated how to set stones in a ring, the leather workshop showed us how they carefully assembled a Lady Dior bag. The tailors revealed the secrets of how to make a tuxedo á la Dior. Shoemakers brought life to a Miss Dior (it was really fascinating to see since I love high heels) and the watchmakers exposed the inner workings of the new Dior VIII.

It was really mindblowing to have a glimpse of the work, I was amazed and I wish I could have shared some photos with you and it was too bad it was forbidden to take photos. When I left Maison Dior I recieved a goodie-bag with a beautiful miniature of the fragrance J’adore :-)

La Maison Dior - Les Journées Particulières

La Maison Dior - Les Journées Particulières

La Maison Dior - Les Journées Particulières

La Maison Dior - Les Journées Particulières (photo taken by Solli)

Me during the fashion week in Jardin des Tuileries, Paris (photo taken by Vanessa)

Another one of my outfits during the latest fashion week in Paris (Oct 2011), it was my most photographed outfit during the fashion week. Photographers from L’Officiel, ELLE (Spain), ELLE (UK), GLAMOUR (France) and some Japanese magazines that I don’t remember the names of took photos on me during that day. I was wearing the following:

• dress: Ted Baker
• sunglasses: Thierry Lasry
• bag: Zadig & Voltaire
• sandals: Zara
• nailpolish: OPI Lincoln Park After Dark
• haircolor (don’t remember the haircolor, but ask my hairdresser in Paris, Christophe – he is simply the best!)

Me during the fashion week in Jardin des Tuileries, Paris (photo taken by Vanessa)

Me and my heavy bag during the fashion week in Paris (photo taken by Vanessa)

It was a nightmare running around with my  heavy bag during the fashion week in Paris….I only had my Canon G12 camera in it but that was enough to make it a total weight of 7 kg…..had pain in my back every night. Why are there not any good professinal cameras that are not that heavy?! And why do they always have to use thick leather for the leather bags?! The bags are going to be filled up and they’re not going to be used empty…mine is heavy even when it’s empty. See no other alternative that I need to pump up my arms for the next fashion week so that I can handle it ;-)

Espace Ephémère in Jardin des Tuileries

I always do a selection before I go out shooting streetstyle photos during the fashion week in Paris. As soon as the fashion show schedules are official I check up where they all take place and then I start to do my own schedule for the photo-shootings. The location where I ALWAYS go to is Jardin des Tuileries, when the fashion shows takes place there (Espace Ephémère) Im always there 30 minutes before the show begins so I can take street-style photos on the guests arriving to the shows. Why Jardin des Tuileries? Because its the best shooting spot! White ground, green trees and babyblue sky…couldn’t find a better place. Here you can see some of my street style photos taken in Jardin des Tuileries: Outside Lanvin ss12 fashionshow, outside Guy Laroche SS12 fashionshow, outside Viktor & Rolf fashionshow and outside Christian Dior

For the street style photos its the top location…but for the shoes its a nightmare! See the photo below and you’ll understand ;-)

Me walking in Jardin des Tuileries

Carine Roitfeld on her way to the Lanvin fashionshow in Paris (photo taken by Solli)

The lace up sandals that Carine Roitfeld was wearing on her way to Lanvin fashionshow in Paris a couple of weeks ago are just so sexy! Would love to have a pair of those sandals from Azzedine Alaïa ;-)

Azzedine Alaia lace up sandals

Me sitting on a bench in Jardin des Tuileries (photo taken by Vanessa)

One of my outfits during the fashion week in Paris in October.

• boots: All Saints
• shorts: Zara
• top: Weekday+Preview
• watch: vintage Casio
• sunglasses: Thierry Lasry
• nailpolish: OPI Lincoln Park After Dark

Me in Jardin des Tuileries in Paris (photo taken by Vanessa)

It might sound paradox, I don’t have any iPad BUT I’m a lifestyle-editor on an American iPad Magazine….and it’s working all fine! If you have an iPad you should definately download the app here.

In the first issue I wrote about the restaurant Schmuck in Paris (check for the article called “A Schmuck – At Rive Gauche” in the iPad magazine) and for the upcoming issue’s I’m writing about fashion and interior..fun, fun  :-) The photos below are snapshots on parts of my article:

Catwalk Grazia

Not only the supermodels did the catwalk during the fashionshows. The French Magazine Grazia came with hundreds of cats outside the Lanvin SS12 fashionshow in Jardin des Tuileries. I recieved one cat…very cute indeed…but it only knew how to fly ;-)

Me and my cat from Grazia (before it went up in the sky) (photo taken by Vanessa)

@ VOGUE Le Bar at Hôtel Crillon in Paris

It was not easy running around with high-heels and carrying a super-duper heavy bag with my camera between the fashionshows during the fashionweek…. That’s why it was great that Vogue had created a space at Hôtel Crillon where you could go for a drink while relaxing. Me and my friend Vanessa went there to recharge our batteries before we set off again ;-)

@ VOGUE Le Bar at Hôtel Crillon in Paris

@ VOGUE Le Bar at Hôtel Crillon in Paris

Me @ VOGUE Le Bar at Hôtel Crillon in Paris

@ VOGUE Le Bar at Hôtel Crillon in Paris

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Here are some of my photos I took when I was at the Vanessa Bruno fashionshow during the fashionweek in Paris, enjoy!

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno - S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno S/S 2012 fashionshow

After shooting some streetstyle photos outside the Chloé S/S 2012 fashionshow at Jardin des Tuileries a nice photographer gave me her invitation for Vanessa Bruno‘s fashionshow because she didn’t had the time to go there. I happily accepted and was even more happy when I at the place discovered it was a frontrow seat :-) Here are some photos before the fashionshow and the goodie-bag which contained a perfumed mist called L’Eau, made by Vanessa Bruno and Biotherm.

Vanessa Bruno S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno S/S 2012 fashionshow

Vanessa Bruno S/S 2012 fashionshow