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The Dolce & Gabbana “Dress me up” party or…

… the day Domenico Dolce stepped on my foot 😉

After which he of course said “scuza”, even though I would have much preferred him to jump on my two feet to later apologise with a bag from their latest collection! ^^

Kelly Framel and Suzie Lau

Crime scene:

The Dolce and Gabbana store in the center of Milan (if you visit Milan, it is worth having a look)

Event:

The “Dress me up” party organized during Milan fashion week to celebrate 6 internationals bloggers:

Bryan “Bryan Boy”, Deni Elias “The Chic Muse”, Suzie Lau “Style Bubble”, Kelly Framel “The Glamourai”, Kristin Knox “The clothes Whisperer” and Ingrid Chua-Go from “The Bag Hag Diaries”.

Deni Elias

Bryan

During the evening each of them had access to the entirety of the Dolce and Gabbana boutique to dress a set of mannequins that had been allocated to them in the shop windows.

Suzie Lau’s window

To make this party a real party, there was a cool Dj, delicious mini sandwiches and a few surprise visits.

Such as Anna Dello Russo (have you seen her blog?) who came to help the stars of the evening with their visual merchandising skills and of course Misters Dolce and Gabbana themselves who came to encourage the crew and also improvise a little photo session with the crowd. No need to say that I didn’t wait long to ask for a pictures myself… With a smile they kindly accepted. So after a very short reflexion I decided to drop the charges (mental charges of course!) against Domenico 😉 and we left things on a warm hand shake.

Kristin, Ingrid, Stefano, Deni, Anna, Bryan and Domenico

Bryan and Domenico

Ingrid, Deni, Bryan and Kristin

On and all, a great party and a great concept! Wish we had something similar in Belgium…

Here are some more shots from the party:

You can check the video of the event here on Swide.com the online magazine of Dolce and Gabbana.

Stefano, Me and Domenico

3 April 2011 By Valentine

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Armani, Tina and Me – Milan

After the Dsquared2 show I walked (under the rain) in the direction of the Via Bergognone for the Giorgio Armani show. With no umbrella anywhere near, I started looking for a taxi point with a scarf on my head… Fortunately, on my way there I came across a little umbrella seller. I decided to buy one after miserably failing any attempt of negotiation after witch I decided to drawn my sorrow in a cup of cioccolato caldo…

A taxi later, I started queuing… My invitation in one hand and my new umbrella in the other (that I was finally very happy to have as the wet sheep effect … it’s not that cool!) After a little sign from the “bouncers”, we could finally enter the long corridor leading to the Armani Teatro.

While looking for my place I bumped into an icon, but not just any… Tina Turner! I didn’t even have the time to sing her my version of “We Do not Need Another Hero” that she already disappeared…

When Mr. Armani appeared for the finale, everyone applauded. I did the same with a little extra for the goody bag which I highly appreciated: Acqua di Gio and Acqua di Gioa… Aaah Grazie Mille!

Tina Turner (above)

Mister Armani (above)

Anna Dello Russo (above)

I have no word for this…

The beautiful Elisa Sednaoui (above)

Me (wearing a vintage Lillie Rubin dress, Killah shoes and an Asos bag)

29 March 2011 By Valentine

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Outside the Dolce & Gabbana show – Milan

Above: Rumi Neely from Fashion Toast

Regarding the weather, Milan is much closer to Belgium than Sicily … Example outside the Dolce & Gabbana show where the sun decided to shine away and left his place to the rain.

Fortunately for us… it takes much more to scare the fashion crowd!

Above: Taylor Tomasi

On that rainy day I discovered two very distinct behaviors. The first, quite rational. “I’m cold so I cover myself”, I take my nicest coat or my glamorous fur (ah yes, as in Milan, its the fur that rules!) and I accessorize it all with an umbrella or some Wellington boots.

The second … “The rain? The cold? Who cares it’s fashion week!” Let me grab my mini skirts, backless dresses, sandals and tiny jackets…! I tried this method on the first day and then well… I thought that if I had to leave through the week, an extra layer and a coat wasn’t so bad…

In between the two approach there was Giovanna Battaglia in her little suit, Garance Doré well covered with her coat, but hey, she was wearing sandals… And then Anna Dello Russo in a yellow little suit wearing cute sandals… and a fur.

And the Oscar of bravery had to be for the “demoiselle” in mini skirt and studded Louboutin. Yes, she might have been wearing a fur but without tights … It really does not count!

10 March 2011 By Valentine

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Dsquared2 Show – Milan

9am: After breakfast I head to the Via San Luca for the Dsquared fashion show. True to the saying “fashionably late” the show started at 10.15 instead of 9.30. Which luckily left me some time to have a look around and say a big “hello” (virtually of course) to Anna Dello Russo, who I kept bumping in… One more time and I’ll invite her for a gelato 😉

The curtain raised and two silhouettes made their appearances on a remix of the 5th symphony by Beethoven. Show time! The rhythm was very dynamic. I was instantly transported to a world between Broke back Mountain and the Wild One. Hats, long fluid skirts, jeans, leather and a lot of black … Well I guess this is the wardrobe of … a rebel!

7 March 2011 By Valentine

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Designers night at Spiga2 – Milan

Right after the Gucci show, I strutted my way to the Dolce & Gabbana store in Via della Spiga…

On the menu, an evening dedicated to new designers! Spiga2 as they called is a great concept store. Each season their buyer travels the globe in search of future fashion talent. The lucky winners will then have the great opportunity to have their collection sold within the store side by side with the Dolce & Gabbana accesoiries collection!

Of course Belgium, birthplace of the greatest designers 😉 was represented thanks to Marc-Philipe Coudeyre and Girls from Omsk.

A mixture of models and girls next door had been recruited for the occasion. After getting their make up and hairstyles done, the ladies would then strutt outside along the shop to finally finish their walk in the window.

During that evening I came across familiar faces such as Bryan Boy and Chiarra from The Blond Salad. And new ones like such as Justin Wu the partner in crime of Tommy Ton from the Jak and Jil blog.

Justin Wu

Chiara from The Blond Salad

For more pictures of this event read my report on ELLE.be.

5 March 2011 By Valentine

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Valentine’s blog for ELLE Belgium

Check my reports on Milan Fashion Week and soon Paris on ELLE.be, the online platform of the Belgian ELLE magazine. They are written in french and will vary slightly from the ones on my blog.

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4 March 2011 By Valentine

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Milan Fashion Week- Outside Gucci…

Yesterday was the first day of the Milan Fashion week… For that occasion I decided to have a walk outside the Gucci show… I had the opportunity to see a lot of people including Giovanna Battaglia; fashion editor of Vogue Uomo, Anna Dello Russo; the excentric editor at large of Vogue Japan, Chiara Ferragni from the Italian blog “The blond salad” and Bryan from “Bryanboy“.

And last but certainly not least… The Fashion duo, Garance Doré and her Sartorialist boyfriend, Scott Schuman!

Giovanna Battaglia

Anna Dello Russo

Chiara Ferragni

Bryan Boy

24 February 2011 By Valentine

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The story of a Fringe…

These pictures were taken two weeks ago when I attended the cool Eastpack, Matinée dans la rue – Saturday Brunch at Les Garçons hair salon in Milan. I followed the beautiful Andrea through her little hair transformation.

I believe a fringe is the best and easiest way to create a fresh look without having to cut all your hair off. Also it lower the risk of leaving the salon completely traumatized having lost 10 centimeters of hairs while saying to the hairdresser you only wanted to cut 2! Aah that’s one of the advantage of my afro… No hairdresser wants to risk his hand (or scissors) into it 😉

Anyway… Back to Andrea…

Before the cut…

And Voila!

19 February 2011 By Valentine

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Time for …

Returning your unwanted Valentine’s gifts and treat yourself to some well deserve luxurious items…

So last week I attended the presentation of the new Cartier collection in their prestigious Brussels boutique. To be honest, Cartier is not where I do my usual Saturday shopping but it was interesting to see what they had to offer and to get some more knowledge about watches…

From what I understood, Cartier watches are like women… You have the ones with the little complications and those with the big complications. And like with women, only a big man can handle big complications…

Does all this seems too complicated to you??

Ok… The “complication” is actually the term used to describe the mechanism of the watch. The vast majority of watches you see are made of around 30 pieces or less… Well a Cartier watch can have up to around 457 pieces which are all hand assembled. Talking about complication..! For example the Cartier Rotonde Jumping Hours watch on the top first picture has 217 pieces.

Of course, like a complicate woman, a Cartier watch is not for all budget… Their range starts from 2000 euros to… Well the most expensive I had the pleasure to see that day was around 140.000 euro…

As you can imagine only a few people will have the privilege of wearing a Cartier watch… But that shouldn’t stop us from appreciating the work and craftsmanship behind the name…

Here is a little video showing you just how intricate their watches are:

16 February 2011 By Valentine

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Matinée dans la rue – Milan

The Italians sure do know how to cure a hangover..!

One week ago, on a Saturday morning (obviously on weekends mornings start at 12), I attended a special brunch organized by the hip milanese hair salon Les Garçons de la Rue and the famous bag label Eastpack.

The concept was simple… You went out the day before and as usual, you woke up hangover… So, instead of staying at home with a headache, why not come over to get your head done?

Listen to some funk with your head full of “bigodini” while others have brioches and coffees with a drop of elektro… Well, this is just how real Saturdays should be like, right?

So I arrived there around 1pm, had a few bites of… hum, everything that was offered on the tables and then I had a walk around…