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Comme des Garçons “White Drama”, Cristóbal Balenciaga “Fashion Collector” & PGL by Pigalle // Les Docs, Paris.
12th November
Rei Kawakubo, the designer behind avant-garde Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons, created an intriguing exhibition of her spring/summer 2012 collection titled “White Drama”. The exhibition showcased monochrome pieces from the collection, which magnified the four stages of life – birth, marriage, death, and transcendence. Kawakubo conceptualised the installation design and styled it in the same way as they appeared in her runway show – in giant clear plastic bubbles…
Around Paris During The Design Week // 2012.
6th November
I was going through some of my Paris photos the other day, and I realised there were still a few gems I never got to tell you about. So I decided to bundle them all together in a post which is mostly related to Paris Design Week, but also the awesomeness of Paris in general (as a couple of the things I am sharing with you here are not related to the design week). Due to a huge amount of images which I always have such a hard time culling, I will bring you a couple of other posts focussing on different topics. So here goes…
NOW! LE OFF // Paris Design Week 2012.
22nd October
So did you guys think I was all done with my Paris report? Well, you see, I’m only just getting started. Today I’m going to tell you about my time at Paris Design Week (10th-16th Sept 2012).
One of the more interesting places we visited was now! le Off held at Les Docs, Cité de la mode et du design (City of Fashion and Design), an exhibition dedicated to emerging talent. Just the sort of thing that gets me really excited. Here are some of the highlights of the things we saw…
MAISON&OBJET September 2012 // MINIMUM by Elizabeth Leriche.
15th October
As promised in my posts last week, I’m really excited to share with you my personal highlight from MAISON&OBJET held in Paris in September. MINIMUM, curated by Elizabeth Leriche, examined the idea of “revealing the essence of Beauty in all its purity.” This exhibition resonated with me on several levels – I rediscovered a number of old favourites, and added a few new ones to the list…
MAISON&OBJET Highlights, September 2012 // Part 02.
9th October
As promised, I’m back with with Part 2 of the highlights from my recent visit to MAISON&OBJET in Paris. Today’s post is a small collection of my favourite moments related to products, home-wares, accessories, sets, styling, other bits and pieces… Some are crafty, others more closely related to design, and all of them caught my attention in one way or another. So here goes…
