What a shock when designer Jean Paul Gaultier announced a few days before his Haute Couture show that it would be his last! The ‘Bad Boy of Fashion’ has been at it for over 50 years and has decided to take another direction. Closing his ready-to-wear line a few years …
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After the passing of Karl Lagerfeld last week, Chanel pulled together and created a beautiful tribute to Karl the Kaiser with a winter chalet-themed show. This would be his final collection with the help of longtime colleague Virgine Viard. Penelope Cruz, Cara Delevingne,Gigi and more walked the elaborately decorated runway …
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During the night last night, my sweet baby girl, Ms. Coco, passed away under the moonlit sky and warm breeze near her favorite window in the house. She was 19. Always loyal, sometimes fiesty, and never too dependent… she was the queen of the kitty brood in our home. Rest …
Read More »Wow… It’s really the end of an era. I remember first discovering Jean Paul Gaultier when I was still in high school during the mid -nineties …. Bjork (Debut), Madonna during her Blonde Ambition Tour and MTV’s House of Style days. I admired his ability to marry avant guard (without being …
Read More »Marc Jacobs can go back to roasting his chiseled moobs on a big-ass piece of foil full-time now because it was his last show at Louis Vuitton. He went out with a somber shuffle, rather than a bang with all his funeral chic clothing. Everything was black… I mean, every …
Read More »These past few months have been rough. First, I lost Mr. Marmar to PKD in October and now Miss Darcheen (half sibling to Mr. Marmar) has also passed away on January 11, 2013. She was a special soul. Ten years ago we learned that she suffered a spinal cord injury …
Read More »A sweet creature with a swishy tail and David Bowie eyes sashayed into my life when I was 19. I named this kitten Mr. Marmar (‘Marmar’ means marble in Farsi) and promised a life of luxury even if it means I’d have to wear clothes from Sal’s boutique to make …
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Read More »In honor of Steve Jobs retiring and his contribution to mankind, I thought I should post stuff inspired by computers. Seriously, because geeks run the world whether you give them a wedgie and throw them in a locker or not. Beware, because they will hack your ass when …
Read More »Ever since John ‘Heil’ Galliano got fired earlier this year, the House of Christian Dior has been merde -ing their pantalons on getting couture right. In my opinion, no one can compete with Galliano’s craftsmanship and ultra-precise cuts, not even the 2 relatively unknown designers it took to complete this collection. …
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Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina