Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion

Pure Haider Ackermann and the You Wear it Well 2 Paris screening

Dear Shaded Viewers,

I am soooo missing Sonny's photos here but....no back stage

Haider Ackermann

Haider Ackermann

Haider Ackermann

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Haider Ackermann

Haider Ackermann

Haider Ackermann

The Paris screening of You Wear it Well 2 at ACADEMIE L'OREAL

After the screening my dinner for 6 turned into a dinner for 12 and when we arrived everyone already at the table took one side of the banquette to make room for the additional 6, it was quite a riot as they all fit where normally only 4 would be seated. The YSL party came next but I skipped it, as usual.

More fashion later but I have to get dressed and run to Chanel and first I wanted to show Dino Dinco how the screening went last night. Anyway , you will be happier with Sonny's photo's instead of mine.

Later,

Diane

Yesterday on Style.com

DINO DINCO : In case you were looking for them...

I found this in Elysian Park yesterday while conducting research for a photo project:

Talk about the kindness of strangers....

- Dino

You Wear iT WELL in Paris tonight

Please rsvp to the e mail on the invite and not to me. Thanks, Diane

Shame on You

Dear Shaded Viewers,

This season we finally see the return of Black and Asian models on the runway, bravo, but what do you think of a new magazine that is about to launch with a title that sounds like an open sore who dictates that no black models are to be booked for their jazz story. And what is the history of jazz....shame on you. May the editor in chief burn in hell.

Later,

Diane

tsumori Chisato by Sonny Vandevelde

All photos by Sonny Vandevelde

Viktor & Rolf by Sonny Vandevelde

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Sonny Vandevelde

All photos by Sonny Vandevelde

Day 4 Paris

Dear Shaded Viewers,

After a rather dismal first two shows of the day I was very happy to find myself seated at the Dries Van Noten show. Sonny's photos tomorrow.

Dries Van Noten

Dries Van Noten

Toga

Toga had a lovely presentation at Rendez-Vous, the only problem was the photographer that was shooting the show kept stepping in to the frame and arranging the clothes making the model feel awkward and uncomfortable. Aside from that the collection was very well done.

Every element of the Ricardo Tischi collection was perfection from their hair to their toes. Beautiful and you will appreciate it more tomorrow when I show you Sonny's photos but for now...here are a few of mine.

Givenchy

Givenchy

Givenchy

Givenchy - Karen Binns and I were absolutely loving this show.

Before Bernhard's show I met up with Graham Tabor and Miguel Villalobos at Cafe Marley, I had not been there for years.

The wild world of Bernhard Willhelm

Bernhard Willhelm

Bernhard Willhelm

Bernhard Willhelm

More pics tomorrow from Sonny and I wish that I could have played the soundtrack for you.

After Bernhards we ran off to Da Mimmo's to meet Franca Soncini for dinner, here she is with Tilda her dog and Miguel Villalobos. Bernhard's show started 90 minutes late so Franca was waiting for us for more than one hour and still smiling.

Rick Owens by Sonny Vandevelde

all photos by Sonny Vandevelde

Paris Day 3

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Before going to Lutz today I stopped by the Flanders Fashion Institute to have a look at the 6 designers.

Mikio Sakabe and Heaven Tanudiredja

Heaven Tanudiredja

You saw Mikio's runway show last week in Milan. Heaven was commissioned by Dries Van Noten to do the jewelry for Dries' show. This however is his personal work.

Lutz

Lutz

Lutz

Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

Ann Demeulemeester

Ann Demeulemeester

Ann Demeulemeester
More pics from Sonny later

Comme des Garcons

Amy Winehouse - Rehab was played on the soundtrack that opened the show of Comme des Garcons and it appeared that Amy was also this season's muse.

Comme des Garcons and Jun Takahashi the day after his strong and poetic show.

After the show I ran into Undercover's Jun Takahashi wearing that amazing blue jacket. It's funny because the way I know my friend Miguel Villalobos is indirectly through Undercover. One day Miguel was researching Jun Takahashi and was directed to my blog, he became a Shaded Viewer and a few months later after Raf Simons show he came up to me and introduced himself. He wanted to thank Jun for our friendship and also to tell him how much he loved his work and his show but... the words were never said.

Take Hirakawa and Jun Takahashi and Christian Astuguevieille and Rosa of Persuade and Graham Tabor

After Comme des Garcons we were going to go for a tea but then decided to have an early dinner at Cinq Mars and then check e mails.

The Cinq Mars and Graham Tabor and Miguel Villalobos

Later,

Diane

Cherry Vanilla with Tab Hunter and his boyfriend Alan at their home