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Supermarket À La Chanel

The days of showing a collection to a selected few in Mademoiselle’s private salon at 31 rue Cambon are long over. In these golden Karl Lagerfeld days, it’s all about the spectacle of the runway at the Grand Palais in Paris…about how to one-up the last one in the over-the-top department. It’s so much fun to see the show and …

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FIMTSO: The Mariner Shirt

Ever since Coco Chanel made it cool to look like a gondolier I’ve been collecting Breton or mariner shirts. A fashion editor in one of my favorite magazines once wrote that women over the age of 30 should stop wearing stripes, especially the horizontal kind. I was past 30 when I read that and stored it in the back of …

Do You Imagine It To Look Like Vianden?

  If and when you think about fairy tales, do you imagine it to look like Vianden (Veianen)?   Actually, my fairy tale looks more like 31 rue cambon, but for today let’s just say it should be this charming commune in northeastern Luxembourg.   As I amble through this cobblestoned town that dates back to the medieval ages,   …