While NellyRodi recently gave an exceptional conference for Kenzo, this is the ideal time to mention the rue de Rennes flagship store, the first to feature the new store concept developed by creative directors Carol Lim & Humberto Leon. its

This colorful space modernizes the brand’s original codes : multiple ethnic references – not necessarily linked to a specific origin – a nod to naturalness with stylized plants and retro, graphic lines. The boutique is also constructed in the style of a concept store since it completes the offer with magazines, vintage editions and transversal reference books representative of the Kenzo lifestyle.

The two-floor store is broken down in various zones to present ideal wardrobes. A perfect place to discover Kenzo’s new and capsule collections – at the initiative of the one realized with Van’s. And don’t forget to connect to the Kenzine blog, Kenzo’s view of Paris. Enjoy the new Kenzo experience !

We met Delphine Delafon, a bag designer who makes custom-made creations in her workshop in Paris’ 10th arrondissement. After a quick passage at Penninghen, Ateliers Chardon Savard and Studio Berçot, Delphine worked at Maison Carven (before the company was creatively-directed by Guillaume Henry) and then was hired by Michel Klein to design a lower-priced line.

She then met her future ex-partner with whom she co-founded the HEIMSTONE brand. After a few divergences on their vision of the brand’s evolution, she decided to leave the company in 2009.

In 2010, the creative, very inspired Delphine relaunched her fashion career : she began to create bags at home that she sold to close friends.

At NellyRodi, we adore them. We interviewed her for you :

1/ What started this adventure ?

I began to create bags at home for my friends. I only sold them to reimburse the cost of the skins.

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We’ve been used to seeing Marilyn Monroe under the spotlights of Hollwood projectors. With a smile on her lips and flirtatious eyes, she still fascinates us today and will always be the absolute incarnation of American glamour.

On the famous icon’s birthday, Maurice and Stéfanie Renoma pay homage to her in an exhibit with an evocative title : « Alone ». A desire to show a new face – what remains when the glamorous mask falls – of a woman who was timid, touching, troubling and often alone. The other Marilyn, marvelously incarnated by Michele Williams in Simon Curtis’ film « My Week with Marilyn ». Following the film’s example, the exhibit unveils the myth with her relaxed modernity, presenting never-before-seen photos by Bernard of Hollywood – who immortalized crucial moments in her life – in the Renoma boutique that also welcomes the work of photographer Yury Toropstov and his series « Marilyn and I ».

Marilyn Monroe seule chez Renoma par adelap

Exhibit from May 11 to July 25, 2012

Boutique :
129 bis, rue de la Pompe
Paris 16e
Tel : 01 44 05 38 25

Woman bared …

For the first time in France since the artist’s death (1920-2004), the Grand Palais dedicates a retrospective to the man considered the father of “porno chic”. This is the ideal occasion to take a new look at his daring, provocative works which marked and influenced their era and are today more present than ever in our collective imagination.

© Affiche Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais

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We love this pretty ethical brand that finely reworks old-fashioned handkerchiefs. Having become obsolete a few decades ago, they again find a certain credibility. We especially like the pretty embroideries and vintage motifs discovered in Paris and London flea markets which are delicately blend with white fabrics.

These handcrafted, custom-made creations are also destined for men.

http://www.tamielle.com

Currently closed for renovations, the Musée Galliera is pursuing its “extramural” programming with a double exhibition signaling the reopening of the Docks de Seine. One is devoted to designer Cristobal Balenciaga and his popular Spanish folkloric inspirations, while the other is a conceptual installation presenting the Spring-Summer 2012 collection of Rei Kawakubo.

… In the footsteps of Cristobal Balenciaga

The Musée Galliera, with the support of the maison Balenciaga, presents a tribute to the designer and collector who left us 40 years ago already. A sublime collection of fashion assembled by Cristobal Balenciaga throughout his life, generously lent by his family for our sheer delight.

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White is the color of Thomas Gleb’s tapestries. It is the carnal evocation of white matter, the union of every color that metamorphoses into white, a white observed or invented by man. White is the color that the Passage de Retz proposes to those artists whose compositions in white create a movement opening the way towards great freedom of expression.

« Thomas Gleb was one of the greatest poets of tapestry this century has seen. A bard of wool who played on yarns and weaves as one plays the strings of a harp. Like King David’s harp, that he offered like a white elevation, a prayer woven between heaven and earth, textile and tactile tool, from where the music linking the material and the spiritual is born (…) »

Charles Dobzynski

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We fell in love with Merci’s window-boutique in Trouville.

Lacking the space of its Parisian flagship, Merci decided to take over the boutique opposite its Trouville annexe (opened this summer) to transform it entirely into a window. A fabulous way of recreating the Merci universe complete with its store codes, and a lovely idea faced with the constraints of smaller towns.

The Merci window-boutique

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Far from the usual assessment that tends to accompany birthdays, Colette celebrated its 15th year by organizing a Carnival a few weeks ago in Paris. During this giant « school fair » animated by friends of the famous store at 213 rue Saint Honoré, « Le Colette » was introduced.

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The Rabouan Moussion gallery is presenting the exhibition “The Dark Side” – an artistic account of an intense, somber, very personal story – until 28 April 2012.

Erwin Olaf is renowned for his fashion photos that upset the codes of contemporary photography, with their provocative esthetics tinged by a slight obsession for nudity, and which never leave the viewer indifferent.

This exhibit however invites us to discover another facet of the artist. It will present six series of his photographs and videos.

Unforgettable are Dusk ;

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