Thursday May 6, at 1:45 pm Strabello was invited by Chanel Italy to attend a preview presentation of the new Chanel women’s wear collection named Coco Cocoon in Milan.
“A staff composed by friendly Chanel PR ladies guided us on a tour through the Milanese Chanel headquarters, ending in the Chanel Showroom. A selection of the new Coco Cocoon collection was presented with the explanation that the Chanel stylists created the collection in line with the style and design of the previous Chanel prêt-a-porter collection.”
French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, personally selected by Karl Lagerfeld as one of the Chanel faces, …

French designers are high on our wish list for the on-going 2010 spring-summer collection, so add a French twist to your spring days!
It’s easy, you just need to combine the right pieces together.
First, take the season most wanted, a floral print dress from Cacharel.
This multicolored short sleeves dress made of cotton and linen is perfect for the sunny days as well as your wild spring nights. You can shop it at Matches for only £320.
Combine it with Vanessa Bruno best-seller bag for a glamorous look with the silver sequins (£248)
And for the final touch that will make you look like …

Ungaro’s owner Asim Abdullah is looking for a new talent since Estrella Archs, the Spanish designer who joined the French House last year, is leaving her position as Head of Design to concentrate on her own label she created in 2007.

Since Emanuel Ungaro sold his brand in 2005, the fashion house has experienced difficulties in finding the right designer. Entrepreneur Asim Abdullah and president of the company, Mounir Moufarrige, tried their best to replace the legendary designer and also to give great visibility to the aging brand.
Who was Ungaro?
Emanuel Ungaro was born in the south of France from Italian …

The fashion house was founded in 1945 by Madame Carven in Paris on a very high-end location, le Rond point des Champs-Elysées. The Parisian designer at first dedicated her craft to petite women, being petite herself, and then became famous among royalties and most American post war movie stars that she used to dress.

Only two seasons ago, Guillaume Henry – who used to work for the likes of Givenchy and Paul ka – was named Creative director of the Couture House. He transformed it into a ready-to wear House and has since, experienced a striking success. Even Net-A-Porter founder, Natalie …

The new “it bag” of the season is without any doubt the new Mulberry “Alexa” satchel.

The satchel was named after Alexa Chung, a British model and style icon who was voted 2009 best dressed by none other than Vogue magazine, dethroning Kate Moss; she even had her own show on MTV last year!!
She earned her “it girl” status a few years back so it was just about time to get such a recognition. And contrary to other models or stars who have created their own pieces and launched their own lines, she was indirectly involved in the project.
Indeed Mulberry creative …