Article by Frank Cierpial Why do we celebrate holidays? Why do we celebrate anything? We celebrate to feel a certain magic. We can all recall a special holiday with our family…let it be Christmas, Passover, or Ramadan. Holidays and religion help us to find an identity. For fashion lovers, Fashion Week can feel like a holiday. It is a time… Read more →
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Real Street Style : Is Street Style a Big Fat Sell-Out?
Article by Melissa Ladd Street style, we need to have a talk. Fashion week has come and gone now, and the frenzy with it. Whew… But there is still a bone that I have to pick with fashion week… (hang in there, this is a long post). I randomly listened to a song the other day that got my… Read more →

Chandran #PFW SS16 – The Active Intellectual
Article by Frank Cierpial The Active Intellectual…we all know her. She’s the woman who walks into a room in a striking outfit that only she can wear. She’s unique. She’s her own woman. She’s funny. She’s sporty. She loves embellishment in her wardrobe. She knows how to pop color and she is the queen of avant-garde finishes. She is the… Read more →

Diogo Miranda #PFW SS16
Article by Frank Cierpial The Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris is a great place to see a fashion show. It is a little isolated into the 8th and the further you go down this cobblestone street the more you fall in love with the calm serenity that Paris also has to offer. It was my first time there and I… Read more →

Luis Buchinho #PFW SS16
Article by Frank Cierpial As a contributor to this blog, there are times when I feel nostalgic. I look back into the archives and dig out articles that Melissa wrote that I really enjoyed, or that other contributors wrote that I really enjoyed, and of course I love to look at the evolution of my work. Fashion Week is my… Read more →

Vu dans Vogue: Candide Bag Release By Zadig & Voltaire
Article by Frank Cierpial Each Fashion Week, I aways try to push myself out of my comfort zone. I either try to add new pieces to my wardrobe, or I wear colors that I have never worn before, or I try to discover new brands. Living in New York, I have had access to see a lot of brands but… Read more →

Paris Fashion Week : FW15 Augustin Teboul
Article by Charles Gillman Here I am sitting on my sofa, with the sun beaming through the window and the cat is passed out on the floor. I seriously know how she feels! It’s a few days after Paris fashion week, as well as after having quite a few 3:30AM wake up calls for clients having sun rise photo shoots… Read more →