When Fashion is Sitting Down: Thierry Yves Barbier

Fashion takes a seat in the Designs of Thierry Barbier

Sitting pretty, not on your life. These furnishings are vibrant, brave and take charge of your interior design. We're huge fans  of Thierry Yves Barbier, Furniture Designer. He's taken on French Furnishings with a vengeance, and put the Zing back into the French Living room. No, this is not your mother's favorite French, it's tradition, on its head.  Then, there's the fabrics; his choice of fabrics works inside the framework that is often traditional, such as when he adds a surface of decoration that reinvents furniture as precious object.  They are at once arresting, fashionable, and we feel we should really, order shoes and a dress to go with them...and pop open the champagne...they're something to celebrate!

We're fans, and we know you will be too!

For more information, see his blog at:

http://thierrybarbierusa.wordpress.com/

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GOLDEN GLOBES DEBUT: The Passion for Fragrance at HAYARI Couture, Paris

The Fashion for Fragrance:  Luxury has a name...its "Only for Her"




Only for Her”, the new fragrance by HAYARI Couture, of Paris is made in Grasse, France in hand-numbered bottles, each one of a kind.  The fragrance ingredients feature the white peony, queen of the oriental flowers combined with the elegance of the magnolia. This duet is blended with notes of jasmine, reminiscent of Mr. Hayari’s childhood garden.  Some fruity notes of grapefruit and freesia bring to perfection the floral bouquet with hints of woody and powerful scents of sandalwood and patchouli to add a touch of mystery. The strength of the fragrance is “eau de Parfum” which is a unique formulation that allows you to wear it for day or night.  The bottle is an elegant presentation of a 12 sided flacon topped with a crystal stopper and 14K gold details.  All the Celebs lined up to see this fragrance and experience the chic and luxurious bottle, hand numbered and filled individually which makes it a true boutique luxury fragrance. Pictured here on the beach...it promises to be a beautiful fragrance already worn on the red carpet...news is it was present at the Golden Globes 2012...but we're not telling on whom...

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www.hayari-parfums.com

Hello, Red Carpet season!  Let the games begin!

Reese is sizzling on the carpet here, very blonde, beachy, and Los Angeles but let's review:  Why are the girls trying to match and compete with the carpet? Wouldn't a designer who is smart (Zac Posen) advise that on camera, a red dress just blends in with the carpet, and, well, takes over the wearer? 

While the dress is nice, the purpose of a red carpet dress is to shine ON the carpet, not WITH the carpet. Sadly, the cut is beautiful, fabric beautiful, but the carpet is a platform and backdrop, designed to showcase what is glamorous and beautiful about Hollywood.  

Its a backdrop, girls, not the "center attraction".  Oddly, it seems as if the Scarlet O'Hara "curtain dress" has appeared again here, only this time, its the carpet, that's become the dress, not the drapes from that famous window. 

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"Reel Style for Reel Life"

More tips on Red Carpet "Do's and Don'ts"  all Week at STYLIST PRIVEE PREMIERE WEEK. 

New Color for 2012: Tangerine

Oh Joy, Oh Rapture:  Tangerine is the new color for 2012 according to PANTONE.  

We have it on good authority that the fashion industry was well ahead of this somewhat conservative body of color experts.  Some of us even have friends who have always been committed to this color (you know who you are). Now that we've cleared that up, let's discuss what this color really means to the rest of us who only just arrived.   A few tangerine facts:  Steve Jobs put out a Tangerine computer back in the 1990s.  Where was Pantone then?  Oh, and Hermes, that storied brand that is very French and has been selling this color for decades;  already on board. Have you seen a Hermes bag in this lovely shade of orange fetching upwards of 35,000 dollars in price on special order?  Seems like the color is already a classic, but finally has reached the mainstream.  That's really the story here.  When a color like tangerine, reaches the minds of the regular joe, or you begin to see it at Walmart, then you know its time to move on.  

For the moment, we'll enjoy its debut and be prepared for next year when they announce that the color is LIME GREEN.  We can't wait. 

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Latest Patterns in Fashion: We're in!

We love how patterns have appeared in the last two seasons Fall/Winter and now in the Springtime looks for 2012.   Its a refreshing change to add to our already dedicated closet of black, tan, beige, gray.  We're all about property ladies handbags and this one by YSL is perfect for those little black basics done in a computerized houndstooth that brings it right to a sort of digital chic.

Also, the snake trend, sure, we saw it before but in the hands of Tom Ford its practically new and fresh again..so we're sure you'll agree that getting a bit "snakey"is the way to add a fresh up-do to your already back-in-black closet basics. Worn with sheer black tights, matte tights, or even those nude fishnets we're sure you'll be date-ready or business sexy no matter what you need to do.

All available online and in stores or at your favorite
destination like neimanmarcus.com.
or...

www.ysl.com
www.tomford.com

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This just In: Pierre Balmain Casual...

Edgy streetwear in the mini-luxe category makes its debut this collections week.  Shown in the showroom with a few models modeling in a street/cas style, the line appears to be a great mix of rocker, street, luxe all wrapped up in pieces that are going to add to anyone's wardrobe.

We're already BALMAIN fans...so it was just a matter of time for them to put this all together for those of us who are not currently shopping for couture. But, I want something I can wear for a few seasons and not be so much in fashion that I'm either "IN" or "OUT"  as Heidi Klum says.  After all, with this economy who knows?  Some pieces range in price from DKNY levels to a few things at the top like the leather jacket.  Of course, we wish other lines would do this...because its great to mix and match the "high" with the "low"  in our closets. French fashion houses are always in danger of becoming too rich, to fat, and to slow to run with the youth market and this has a perfect ring to it. Also,  for the new emerging markets like CHINA or BRAZIL where the pocketbooks are flush with cash, and the kids love fashion they can afford, wear, and mix around for fun

it makes sense for a very established almost....historic brand to emerge as some thing new, fresh and fun.    Bravo!

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Happy Anniversary MAX MARA! 1951-2011

 

While the French Fashion rage on this week, we couldn't help but notice our favorite classic house, MAX MARA was busy celebrating an anniversary. Born in 1951, the house created the classics in days when a women wore a bag, shoes and gloves all to match with her perfectly tailored coat. Did we say that was 1951? Well, now that the ladylike bag has returned, and you can purchase dreamy gloves at Perrin Paris (glovemakers to Chanel, Hermes) I think its fair to say that MAX MARA has taken what was an Italian sportswear name, 

and, made it continually successful and solid, even through the 1960s when London took over and the entire world went MOD. The Fall Max Mara collections continued to please their typical customer, with an array of classic shapes and coats and skirts that were not only classic but affordable.  I know my fashion friends will tell me, that the clothes are dull, and a bit conservative.  Well, I never met a man who didn't want a proper girl in a Max Mara outfit to meet his mother, no? Or, that perfect power meeting where you have to leave the leather mini at home. That's the purpose of Max Mara, keeping a girl on the up and up, if you know what I mean. 

Fabrics, are always a must at an Italian house, and MAX MARA can be trusted to provide solid camels, great wools, and delicious leathers. We're fans of just how easy it is to get dressed with the basics, and then there's that touch of luxe that makes them Italian:  fur cuffs, collars, leather trims, patent leather accessories, delicious shoes, and bags, that are not inspired, but solid.  Sometimes a girl just needs to depend on things that work.   

Spring Collections offered a welcomed relaxed and architectural mode that made much of a girls figure, simple shapes, gorgeous fabrics and clothes that said VIVA DOLCE or VIA ROMA or Vive L'Italia as there is really no substitute for a beautiful Italian fabric that has been cut to to perfection. 

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