It’s almost May and it’s freezing cold when I arrive in Paris. It’s also raining. The day before it had been really warm and sunny. I am not dissapointed at all because I am used to it. It’s always like that when I go to Paris (or Berlin). But at least I get to see … Continue Reading
Paris/Istanbul Diary: Some people can spend a ton of money on designer clothes and still look like nothing special others can make trash look like a million dollars. What’s the secret? The secret is that you have to ‘understand’ a piece. See what it asks for. Dodo’s jumpsuit doesn’t asks for much, it has a … Continue Reading
Paris/Istanbul Diary: Paris stinks – it’s true. Especially the metro is probably the smelliest place on earth. I really do like Paris, it’s such a beautiful city, delicious food, beautiful people, good energy, but once you get into the metro you wonder what on earth is rotting away in those tunnels. Especially after a good … Continue Reading
It’s raining in Paris, when it should be sunny and springlike instead. It is my last day in Paris and we have a lot on our list. Fleamarket at Porte de Clignancourt – expensive but lots of inspiration (and lots of Americans) – is first. We spend a few hours at the fleamarket, the drizzle … Continue Reading
It’s the ability to recognize potential that makes a good designer, a vision that unfolds once you see something special. It can happen anywhere, at a fleamarket, a charity shop, a souvenir stall. Something catches your eye, pops out of the junk and reaches out for you and within splitseconds you get that picture in … Continue Reading
Paris is wonderful. Not because it’s the city love and light and romance and fashion….etc. – no, because it’s the city of food. Great, heavy, weird food. You go to some non-descript brasserie on the corner, sit down at a tiny little table (if you are lucky enough to have a friend with you who … Continue Reading
Paris / Night 4: I meet Dodo at ‘Le Bon Marché‘ where we took this picture a few minutes before closing time. A tough and exhausting day at the fabric show lays behind her – time for a nice glass of wine at our hotel, a little bit of ‘girls’ talk’ and a change of … Continue Reading
Paris / Day 1: When I meet Dodo at Café de Flore she had just returned from a trip to New York. She told me that she was so inspired by the energy of this city that she HAD to get herself a pair of sneakers at Nike town to become part of this ‘DKNY … Continue Reading
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