FALL | WINTER 2008 66498_p1-25.indd 1 6/25/08 p110:27:08 AM FRENCH LESSONS Here’s what I wore to 4. the Louvre: blue Comme de Garcons with matching tights, FEATURES my Karen Walker shades, Jan at Paris cropped biker jacket. Repeat DARK ANTHEM 4. after me: medieval cobblestone Sleek leathers, pleathers and platform storm-troopers Fashion Week! streets were not made for SCULPTURE GARDEN 10. these Pierre Handy platforms! Fabrics pleat, fold, twist and distort LESSON FOUR LUXE LIBERATION 14. Fine tailoring, finished shapes and royal grandeur LESSON ONE Translate: See Jan run. Run, Jan, run! Repeat after moi: J’adore Paris! La crème de la crème – the best of the best: DEEP VAULTED 18. I’m here, and I love Paris! Precious tones ennoble JASMINE DE MILO – The pop of corks – and gem-hued fabrics Compare and contrast: real champagne (legally, champagne can only New York: Neon and adrenalin be made in France, you know) sets the scene DREAMS & EXHAUST 22. Luxury throws off its heavy wraps Paris: Incandescent. Simply glows. MON ONGLES at the Paris Ritz for this elegant private show. (My Nails) Luminous. No wonder it’s called Long pointed almonds with LOUIS VUITTON where every detail is “The City of Lights.” 10. extended nail beds in a creamy, scrutinized and set like a perfect diamond into femme pink. An undertone a priceless setting. of silvery shimmer, and GIAMBATTISTA VALLI where innocence turns crystal clear tips embedded 14. savage. The models in “Little Red Riding Hood” with flickers of blue-green mode literally eat the Big Bad Wolf during on DEPARTMENTS holographic cello. stage theatrics. KILLER DETAILS The shapes were extreme and 26. ANTONIO BERARDI – Fierce women know their Small, subtle touches matter more than ever arched...I felt like I was wearing place is at the top of the food-chain. Dark and the most fabulous over-the-top BACKSTAGE PASS 28. LESSON TWO commanding, these Alpha Females are always CND transforms supermodels’ hands Use in a sentence: “The French Paradox” pair of Louboutin stilettos on in charge! and feet into beauty icons my fingertips! Starting the day off right for me always means And the night at the JOHN GALLIANO show CND ALLSTARS 30. a good, hard run. Keeps me sane, especially Liza Smith from London created The global style-makers really made me feel the fashion in my cells. I felt on the road. these wonders…they even my DNA morphing as I breathed it in. Fashion as captured the approving glances GET THE LOOK! 32. French women would not be caught dead wearing culture, fashion as art, fashion as a diary of life. From run-way to real-way; of the front row set! sneakers and sweats in public – quelle horreur! how to get the look For most Parisians, the day begins with coffee and PARTING SHOTS 34. Australia - down under a fantastic, buttery baked sweet. Often followed by MERCI et AU ReVOIR a cigarette! Surely they regard people like me, who Winging west to the sunny SoCal beach-town CREDITS 35. never eat bread, as utterly folle (crazy). I call home, where cut-offs, flip flops and a cute cotton hoodie are considered appropriate dinner My first day begins with a yummy treat which IS low-carb: attire most of the time, I felt giddy. Maybe it The International Herald Tribune, gleaming in a glossy was the tickly memories of the champagne. 18. COVER IMAGE armour of glorious four-color photography. In Paris, To feel welcomed as part of what truly is an Nails by Roxanne Valinoti fashion, like all of life itself, is pure art. ancient culture. To be embraced so warmly by such strict, Old World taskmasters, and to have OUR art form as nail professionals understood, LESSON THREE acknowledged and respected. CND en Paris -- c’est magnifique! FALL | WINTER 2008 Compare and contrast: New York: Fashion shows are held in tents, like the circus. Jan Arnold Paris: I attend my first Paris fashion show of the THEIR NAILS Co - Founder / Style Director 22. Classic red or perfect French manicures CND season at the Louvre, the most important museum with Cartier diamonds ruled the VIP seats in the Western world, built in 1546 (not a typo). at the shows. 2 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 3 66498_p1-25.indd 2-3 p2 6/25/08 p310:27:52 AM LYN DEVON Mustafa ASLAN TURK ANTONIO BERARDI Dark WILLOW AnthemThe beast in chains. Lock-down has never felt so tight, or so right. Slick and sleek leathers, pleathers, plexis and platform storm-trooper boots seem as final as fate, as inevitable as destiny. Fabrics mimic building supplies like steel or concrete and are held in place with braces and studs. Beauty rules are iron-clad: small, neat head, slicked hair, nude face, and the extreme nail that’s the color of skin, or black as sin. 4 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 5 66498_p1-25.indd 4-5 p4 6/25/08 p510:28:42 AM 66498_p1-25.indd 6-7 6 A Look Book Look NTONIO B ERARDI FALL | WINTER 2008 | FALL LYN DEVON p6 THE BLONDS ANTONIO BERARDI LYN DEVON FELDER FELDER Felder Felder LUCA LUCA HERVE LEGER THE BLONDS ASHISH GILES DEACON ANTONIO BERARDI Look Book Look BABY PHAT FALL | WINTER 2008 | FALL 6/25/08 10:29:55 AM p7 7 LYN DEVON 66498_p1-25.indd 8-9 8 Look Book Look FALL | WINTER 2008 | FALL LYN DEVON THE BLONDS BILL BLASS LOUIS VUITTON BABY PHAT LOUIS VUITTON THE BLONDS LYN DEVON FELDER FELDER Mustafa ASLAN TURK p8 FELDER FELDER THE BLONDS BILL BLASS grainy blacks sooty, and gritty, latte, dove-softgray, texture: • the face brows • black lips for moment the also is dangerous • Nails rulewith Squared-off black beige is Suddenly, boldlysculpt creamy –butnow LOUIS VUITTON Dark Anthem G ET GO THE BLONDS I TT T Look Book Look A L OUIS FALL | WINTER 2008 | FALL V UITTON 6/25/08 10:31:07 AM p9 9 GILES DEACON & MONIQUE LHUILLIER BLASS UITTON V BILL OUIS L culptureGarden Restless stirrings rise up. Fabrics pleat, fold, twist and distort the body’s shape to S mock poured plastic and sculpted marble, ushering in shocks and blushes of color to already-extreme forms. The once-constricted body breaks free, morphing from concrete chrysalis to surreal confection. Dewy textile shine invites touch with a surprising flurry of ruffles. Giambattista VALLI 10 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 11 66498_p1-25.indd 10-11 p10 6/25/08p 1110:32:13 AM DI R ASI ALLI B V EACON BERA D RMAND ILES A G NTONIO A iambattista Sculpture Garden G GOTTA URK GET IT T SLAN A ALLI V ustafa M • Extreme shapes iambattista call for fashion’s G most extreme nail HUILLIER in high contrast L UE Q ONI • Puffed, stuffed, M padded, quilted, pleated shapes URK contrast super-skinny ALLI T black pants V SLAN A • Nude, matte face iambattista G ustafa makeup tops the M fashion mix of dull- with-glossy finishes ARMAND BASI EACON D ILES G ASI B EACON D RMAND ILES A G LOUIS VUITTON EACON D ILES G 12 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 13 66498_p1-25.indd 12-13 p12 6/25/08p 1310:33:21 AM LASS B BILL J. MENDEL CAROLINA HERRERA UXE IBER TION Fine tailoring and finished shapes fit for the Ahunt and the ride. Beginning with the natty look of menswear, then seeking pure sensation. Forbidden furs caress bare skin against winter chill, and trophy feathers reach for the skies from which they fell. The body preens to find itself in classic form, Lsharpened by narrow jackets and skirts that gleam with metal. Worn with AVSH ALOM GUR a bit of royal grandeur, and anything but common. 14 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 15 66498_p1-25.indd 14-15 p14 6/25/08p 1510:34:09 AM BLASS BILL GOTTA Luxe Liberation ILO IM M L DE HILLIP ENDEL GET IT ASMINE . M J J 3.1 P HUILLIER L UE Q ONI M ERRERA H BILL BLASS AROLINA UR C G LOM A VSH A BLONDS EACON THE D ILES G ERRERA H CAROLINA HERRERA ENDEL AROLINA C . M J ERRERA H • Sink into deep-dish AROLINA C furs, plushest velvets and lush, gold-shot tweeds • Meow! Big pussycat bows at neck, the more oversized the better • Pour on the richest nail in gold, silver, burgundy and surprising sapphire blue Z tam FEI FSHIN IVIENNE FALL | WINTER 2008 A FALL | WINTER 2008 16 Look Book V Look Book 17 66498_p1-25.indd 16-17 p16 6/25/08p 1710:35:12 AM HUILLIER L UE Q ONI M GILES DEACON MONIQUE LHUILLIER DKNY GILES DEACON Their facets inspire pure coveting. Deep within every cold gem burns the memory of fire at the earth’s core. Sapphire, emerald, amethyst and ruby have encrusted centuries of crowns, swords, altars and all things sacred. Today their precious tones ennoble us in gem-hued fabrics as well as frankly fake but fabulous imposters. 18 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 Look Book FALL | WINTER 2008 19 66498_p1-25.indd 18-19 p18 6/25/08p 1910:35:51 AM EACON HUILLIER L D UE Q ILES G ONI GOTTA Deep Vaulted M BLONDS BCBG THE AM T IVIENNE GET IT V HUILLIER L UE Q ONI M Z MONIQUE LHUILLIER RODRIGUE Y KAT • Gloriously faux gems replace ILFIGER BLASS the “It” bag as the accessory to Y H covet – as baubles, beads, BILL OMM and even buttons T • One strand of pretenders: just plain sad.