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Let me take you to...

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

For many fashion students it's graduation time. Instead of strapping on a cap'n'gown like the rest of us, fashion students put on shows. They've been letting us inside their imaginations and revealing their personal take on design. Some of them keep us guessing...

If you're going to San Francisco

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

More on student work here: commercial constraints kill creation. Exibit number 1: Milan Fashion Week. That's why we all love Paris, and that's also why we love student work. When freed from their constraints of constantly having to worry about selling students create what comes from their mind and heart and we remember what design is.

Summertime in the city.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Oh hey look, the sun is out! Boys, grab your Louis Vuitton clutches! Seriously? No not seriously, but actually please do put on a great white hat, a pair of plaid shorts in preppy as all get out shorts and some suede lace-up. Your enormous aviators will make it look as if you're on the Riviera even if you're stuck in Paris, that's fine though, what matters is where you're head's at!

Cherish is a word I use to describe you.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Students are the future. As cheesy and terrible as it sounds, we all have to take a second to admire their work because even if we choose not to talk about them now before we know it their names will be on everyones' lips and we'll regret not cherishing them while we could still get into their shows!

I'm going to cut that sweater off.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Hey, I just saw you and this is crazy, but you need to take your sweater off so please do baby.

It's Fashion Week Yo!

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

It's Fashion Week. We all know what that means: stylish people from around the world are litterally flocking to our city to show us how it's done and we love it. How does a Japanese girl wear her Isabel Marant sneaker wedges? Why with a baggy pair of silk pants of course! And how does her male counterpart sport his Bottega Veneta bag? With a bright gingham blazer layered over a simple cardigan and t-shirt. This week we're running from show to show but the magic is also happening in the street.

Pack your bags, we're getting out of here!

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000

We're done. Completely. We cannot stand it any longer, the weather here has taken it's toll on us and the lovely summer we were expecting when buying our summer essentials hasn't come. Our solution? Keep a lovely vintage suitcase on you with your bathing suit and towel in tow at all times and put a jacket on over your summer collection. It's the only way we can pretend August has arrived.

Summertime is like...

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Summertime is like a walk in the park. We've all started our countdown to August when we can finally escape the city and return to our homelands, in the meantime Parisian/Bordelais Summer it is. We hope your's is fab.

It's Menswear.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000

London Collections Menswear SS 2013 starts tomorrow! We're celebrating by showing you the great designers of the future. This look from the Mod'Art show in Paris a few days ago we think illustrates perfectly student work: it's inspired by their ideals in terms of design and strives to innovate, it shows the growing importance of menswear in the global fashion market and it's young, fun, and dynamic.

Happy Fashion Week Boys!

His and Her's.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000

His and her's bags are great. We love a good backpack and this navajo inspired piece is perfect for picnics and festivals this summer. For the girls we're loving totes, they're great for storing books and magazines, a bottle of water and some sunscreen for all of your holiday adventures.

Hats are nicer than Nigella's Burkini.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Hats, you all know we love them but this season we might be loving them just a little more. We are firm believers in sun protection, and although we are not taking it to the Nigella Lawson level and sporting a Burkini we do feel that it is important for your health and safety to wear a hat on sunny summer days. Thankfully straw hats are fetching and we suggest you buy them by the dozen.

And she travelled in style accross foreign borders.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Tourist garb can be the worst. We've seen so many fanny-packs and baseball hats, it's nice to know that some people know how to travel in style. Wedges should be your best friends this summer, a big crossover bag allows you to carry all of your necessary maps and cameras and a short summery jacket is perfect for changing temperatures. Please remember that as a tourist you are also an ambassador, show off your local flair.

There's a band of sunlight.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:11:00 +0000

There is no telling why this look draws you in, when we're forever told to never mix patterns, when two shades of the same color are always wrong, when a black watch should never be worn with a blue ensemble, we don't understand it but it somehow stands for a laidback summer.

A big big collar, like a dutchman.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

The bigger the better, at least that's true when it comes to Peter Pan collars. We've seen them everywhere this past season and it's easy to forget who really brought them to us: the older generation.

Get under my big umbrella.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Sudden downpours this time of year mean that being prepared is of the utmost importance. A big umbrella is an accessory, like a fancy walking stick for the younger generation and worn with a vintage inspired cardigan, some cool boating shoes and a pair of bordeaux colored pants, you couldn't be more chic for spring.

I couldn't be more envious.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:44:00 +0000

Well, we wish this was our reality right now. The truth is I don't know if we will have a spring to wear gorgeous vintage inspired shift dresses and flatter than flat barely there sandals. For now, spring seems further than ever as we tread through unexpected torrential rain and cold, every meeting ruined by bad hair and the perpetual smell of wet dog in the air.

I can see your socks there underneather your moccasins, take them off please!

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

It's a holiday! Again! So wear the vest but put a casual checked shirt underneath and pair it with some brand-new looking jeans and don't forget your moccasins. However, we would like to remind you that moccassins are worn strictly without socks Mr!

Springtime is for cardigans.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Springtime and the basics are coming out. A cardigan truly is your best friend so grab that, a pair of khakis and some boating shoes worn with your best pastel shirt and you have your springtime uniform.

Everything small is cute.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Kids in style are possibly the most stylish. Ever wonder why sample size shoes are so much better looking? Because everything small is cute and neon pants are no exception.

I've just always wanted to wear a bow tie.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:23:00 +0000

Creating your own norm.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Oftentimes it's all about the detail and what you make of it. A look can be oppressing, a uniform that fits poorly or hides one's true style. With adorable details like this one you can regain your personality without getting in trouble.

All rolled up...

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Welcome to May, the month to roll up your sleeves, your pant legs, strap on some more colorful shoes and get out your pastel colored striped! This guy gets it and so should you, now you just have to rifle through your piles of scarves and sweaters to find those darned Ray-Bans!

May Day Leopard.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Happy May Day! Here in France they know exactly how to celebrate spring: with a day off! For those of us still in the city we feel a little lonely, it seems as though almost everyone was given Monday off to get out of town and go exploring. That's why we're loving the urban safari taking place this spring: leopard here, leopard there, leopard prints are great for every season but springtime in the city with a touch of animal love couldn't be any cooler. So please enjoy this day of sun and let's toast to many more!

The Princess of Paris

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000

You're a Parisian princess with your long romantic tu-tu and your flats that disappear onto your feet. You don't seem fazed by your royal status so you borrow Prince Charming's blue office shirt and style it to fit yourself. Your short afro is fun and flirty, it illustrates your effortless elegance. There is such thing as a low maintenance princess and that's you.

Afterwork Ready.

noreply@blogger.com (AVOGAIRE) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000

This week it seems as though the office is the most social place there is. With deadlines coming to an end everyone is going out with their co-workers and that means being prepared for anything. Give your workwear a little pizzazz with a long flowing skirt, some dangerously high platforms and a great spring nail polish, you'll still be office friendly but you'll also be cute for cocktails come 6 o'clock.