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Le " Corset " viewed by Hubert Barrere

The whole fashion new wave from Jean-Paul Gaultier to John Galliano passing by Alexander McQueen or even Stella McCartney see in the corset, an elegant and erotic cloth as an enchanting accessory able to spice up their creations.

Coming from the military dress, the corset has lost its defensive role and character to become a tool of seduction over the centuries. While it is currently peaking again, French fashion designer Hubert Barrere teams up with art critic Charles-Arthur Boyer to tell the story.

Hubert Barrere, known for his designs of corsets, has collaborated with leading luxury brands such as Dior, Chanel, and Dolce Gabbana. In 1996, he received the Grand Prix de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Also artistic director of the embroiderer Hurel, the fashion designer was elected president of the Paris Fashion Group in 2008. His creations are presented throughout the world.

Here are some excerpts from " Corset ."

Photo @Sabine Pigalle

Three measures of lace, a score of corset-steel, corset cloth for the countenance, quilt "to give some flesh," eyelets and a lot of imagination......

Hubert Barrere

F/W 2010-2011 collection

Photo @Estelle Hanania

S/S 2004 collection

Courtesy Hubert Barrere

Parisian Chic: a Style Guide by Ines de la Fressange

Written by Ines de la Fressange and Sophie Gachet, Parisian Chic is a delightful book to have. After years of being the inspiration and Paris resource go-to girl for her many friends and fashion colleagues, Ines de la Fressange decided to put her fashion philosophy and favorite haunts in this great little book.

The eternally beautiful icon of French style shares the well-kept secrets on how Parisian women maintain effortless glamour and a timeless allure, with specific pointers on how to dress like a Parisian, including how to mix affordable basics with high-fashion touches, and how to accessorize.

Ines's smart and funny do's and don'ts are accompanied by her own charming drawings, and fashion photography featuring her daughter Nine D'Urso who clearly has not only the perfect jeans but also the perfect genes!
In addition to fashion, Ines also shares tips for how to bring Parisian chic into your home, and her favorite shops and resources for all things chic in her home town. In short, this adorable book is a must-have for any woman who wants to add a touch of Parisian flair to her own style.

As gorgeous and gamine today, at 53, as when she first hit the runway over thirty years ago, Ines de la Fressange - the former Chanel Muse - has long been the essence of Parisian style and elegance. Her drawings have regularly appeared in Elle and she is a brand identity consultant for Roger Vivier. Sophie Gachet is a fashion journalist for French Elle.

Part 1

Dress Like a Parisian

Brilliant basics are the key to a great look! Make sure your wardrobe includes the Magnificent Seven:

a man's blazer

a trench

a little black dress

jeans

a navy sweater, a tank top, and a leather jacket.

Spotlight on Accessories
The bag is central to every Parisian's personal style...

Golden rule
#1
Never follow convention
Never be bland
Never neglect yourself

Courtesy Rizzoli USA

@Parisian Chic: A Style Guide by Ines de la Fressange, Flammarion, 2011

Photographs of Nine D'Urso by Benoit Peverelli

Meet the divine Ines

Tuesday April 26, 2011

Parisian Chic

Ines de la Fressange

6:30pm-8:00pm: Reception and book signing
Saks Fifth Avenue
611 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017

rsvp: rogervivier@saks.com

Holiday Gifts: Murakami Versailles

A last minute gift, "Murakami Versailles." If you missed the exhibition of the Japanese pop art artist Takashi Murakami at the Palace of Versailles earlier this year, the once in a lifetime event was captured in the following book published by Editions Xavier Barral. The 280-page book is available at Colette -Paris, and also on line at Amazon.

Images courtesy Editions Xavier Barral

Babylon: Surreal Babies

I came across a series of 'bizarre' and delightful images, a collection of baby postcards featuring in James Birch's latest book "Babylon: Surreal Babies." These weird and wonderful postcards show babies as never seen before. Babies hatch from eggs, flower pots or cabbage patch, and bubble from cauldrons. They ride in zeppelins, and sit atop clouds. They also play instruments, drive cars, harvest the fields and more....
James Birch gathered this collection together as the result of his personal interest in Surrealism. He first discovered the postcards when he was a student in Aix-en-Provence. "A froth of smiling babies boiling away in a cauldron" caught his eye and he bought a small number of cards. He became hooked and started collecting until years later in the 1980s when he visited the Pompidou Centre for an exhibition on Surrealism, where a collection of fantasy baby postcards was on display.

The postcards were a source of inspiration to many artists in the 1920s and 30s, in particular to both the Dadaists and the Surrealists. They were collected by Paul Eluard, Andre Breton, Salvador Dali, Hannah Hoch, Herbert Bayer, and Man Ray. Little is known of their history. The postcards were produced from around 1900-1920 and were found from Russia, to Spain to England and most countries in between, however the majority appear to be from Germany.

A foreword is written by the late George Melly, best known as a jazz and blues singer, writer and broadcaster, he was also an art critic and an expert in the field of Surrealism.

A lovely holiday gift, "Babylon: Surreal Babies" is published by Dewi Lewis Publishing

All images courtesy Dewi Lewis Publishing

Herb Ritts " The Golden Hour "

Herbert "Herb" Ritts (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek sculpture. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography.

The Golden Hour, A Photographer's Life and His World reveals for the first time the personal aspects of Ritts’s world, work, and legacy. The book includes many never-before-seen photographs and scores of interviews from business associates, curators, staff, lovers, and family, such as Cindy Crawford, Elton John, Anna Wintour, Madonna, Calvin Klein, and Christopher Buckley (Ritts’s college roommate). The Golden Hour also includes images from Ritts’s personal archive—behind the scenes at photo shoots, parties, travels, intimate portraits, and moments with friends—along with notes and contact sheets that show how ideas became his best-known iconic images.

Introduction from Richard Gere.
....... Maybe this book is part of that good-bye. Herb was a superior person. A bit of a prince. A complex and compelling man and a dear friend. He was delicate, smart, loyal, tender, funny, forgiving, demanding, lost, rock solid, a total professional, a manipulator, an artist, a sweetheart, a lover of beauty, a knower of beauty, an encourager of beauty, a creator of beauty.....

The book cover

Richard Gere, San Bernardino, Ca, 1978

Fred with Tires, Hollywood, Ca, 1984

Woman in Sea, Hawaii, 1988

Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, 1989

Kim Basinger, Los Angeles, 1989

Versace dress, El Mirage, Ca, 1990

Herb and a soaking-wet Julia Roberts between shots, Malibu, Ca 1990

Mel Gibson, Hollywood, 1985

All photographs are from the book Herb Ritts " The Golden Hour."

Photographs by Herb Ritts@Herb Ritts Foundation

Courtesy Herb Ritts Foundation Archives

Courtesy Rizzoli

Corinne May Botz " Haunted Houses "

And the spirit of Halloween continues.....
Corinne May Botz is a photographer and chronicler of everyday spaces with secret, invisible histories. Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group shows. She is the author of The Nutshell studies of Unexplained Death and Haunted Houses.

" My venture into haunted houses began the summer following my college graduation. I was living in an old Baltimore apartment, where I passed the long hot days reading ghost stories by the female authors Edith Wharton, Charlotte Bronte, Ellen Glasgow, and Toni Morrison. I wanted to further understand the relationship among women, ghosts, and houses, but I didn’t want to escape into books like far too many women before me. Instead, I decided to use ghost stories as a means to voyage into the world, and embarked on a journey to photograph the interiors of America’s haunted houses. "

One need not be a chamber to be haunted,
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.
—Emily Dickinson

Book cover