Charlotte - Style & fashion
Bonsoir, my name is Charlotte. My mother, ex-model for Saint-Laurent, is American but I’ve lived in Paris since I was 4 years old. Since my mother was often abroad for fashion shows, my French grandmother, a dressmaker for Chanel, taught me the way to become a real Parisian. Today, I’m a wedding-planner and my husband directs a famous fashion magazine. I don’t have to tell you that I have a front seat at all of the fashion shows and I’ve developed a good general culture about fashion. Although I’m the personal shopper for my friends, my strong points are marriage and elegance.
THE STORY BEHIND THE DIOR’S ICONIC LADY DIOR BAG
- Time:Monday, 27 May 2019
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The Parisian girls love the Lady Dior bag, one of the most popular designer handbags of all time and Princess Diana‘s favorite. “Real luxury requires the best materials and the best craftsmanship”, Christian Dior declared! Amazing story of a legendary bag…
HOW TO DRESS TO BE CHIC IN ROLAND GARROS?
- Time:Saturday, 25 May 2019
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The 118th edition of the French Open tournament runs from May 20 to June 9, 2019. Roland Garros is an annual sporting event, and is also the place where elegant people of all stripes meet. The idea is to look good, and to adopt a look that goes everywhere as well as stylistically flawless... while admiring the matches! The days can be cool, rainy or even particularly sunny on the Roland Garros central court. Here are some tips to be in style and enjoy the show to the fullest...
COMPTOIR DES COTONNIERS, A UNIQUE IDENTITY
- Time:Tuesday, 19 December 2023
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Comptoir des Cotonniers made its mark in the 90s. Mothers and daughters met up there to put their wardrobes together. It was revelation... a revolution. Transgenerational marketing was born. This was the beginning of the \"mother-daughter\" campaigns, a simple idea translated into photos by top figures.
Europe began opening trading posts worldwide in Antiquity. Cotton first became fashionable in the 17th century. The Industrial Revolution made it a must that conquered department stores in the late 19th century. The name \"Comptoir des Cotonniers\" (Cotton Trading Post) encapsulates this vision to reach everyone with strong roots in French culture. The Comptoir wardrobe means classic signature pieces that are both ancestral and timeless. We follow them from one season to the next... they go through the years without a wrinkle and are true to themselves just like the Comptoir woman.
WHEN VALUES ARE PERSONAL
Honesty
Comptoir means the emotion of imperfection and durability. It means conjuring a sense of otherworldliness and tradition... the guarantee of always finding your basics.
Independence
Here, clothing is a language, a friend who brings out your femininity and helps break the rules to express your true self.
Appeal
Comptoir believes that creating the perfect balance between your inner and outer self is the very essence of femininity.
Spirit
Bringing the classics to life, blending genres, contrasting styles... doing it in a tasteful and playful way, that\'s the Comptoir spirit!
FROM DESIGN TO MANUFACTURE
The Parisian studio works on the collection and its themes. Next come sketches by the stylists then collaboration with the design team for assembly and the workshop to make prototypes. Comptoir carefully selects the fabrics to provide softness, shine and crease-resistance.
At this stage, a colour palette is outlined to make its mark on the collection.
Sweet prints come together with design to give Comptoir clothing its signature style.
Model makers, a permanent feature at Comptoir, use the studio\'s flat designs to make the template and initial canvas. The design department then works on the sizing for each piece in the collection. At the same time, an extensive colour palette (from Persian pink and royal blue to bottle green, lilac and apricot) gives each collection its own identity. Support and technical files are then sent to the in-house workshop to make the first prototypes. Last but not least, technicians perfect every piece to the last detail as finishes are an absolute priority.
Comptoir des Cotonniers epitomises style that is real yet polished, casual chic that\'s never too sophisticated. Here, we\'re all about simple and stylish clothing. We put our own modern and instinctive twist on French chic.
By day and by night
No frills for work or accessorised to take you into the night, Comptoir clothing adapts to the modern wardrobe: from easy-to-wear basics to must-have classics.
\"Be free and be yourself!\"
Forget about labels and ready-made looks! At Comptoir, we dress to suit our personality, we know how to use our past to create a better future. We love contrasts, bold statements, we\'re free to be ourselves!
A unique and multi-facetted woman
The Comptoir woman knows every aspect to her character. She thinks outside the box. She\'s 20, 30, 40, 50! Who cares! She isn\'t perfect, she isn\'t done up, she is timelessly modern and owns it with a natural feel that inspires admiration.
Copyright photo, le Comptoir des Cotoniers
HIPANEMA: UN SUCCESS STORY ALLA FRANCESE
- Time:Sunday, 31 July 2022
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Creato da due Parigine, Hipanema è conosciuto sopra tutto per i suoi braccialetti brasiliani, in qualche anno, il marchio è diventato imprescindibile nel mondo della moda e dell’accessorio. Adoriamo e J’adore…
THE LEOPARD PRINT SPICES UP THE STREETS OF PARIS
- Time:Monday, 20 May 2019
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A wild claw hit the Parisian women: the leopard is back. Even if the famous French rule of elegance "less is more" is still valid, this year the Parisian women are leaving their reserve: the leopard print is worn all over, i.e. on imposing and striking pieces such as coats and dresses. If it has long been rejected and decreed vulgar in the capital of good taste, it is now over. On the contrary, black spots have never been so famous and worn by influencers. There are as many leopard prints and ways to wear it as there are styles and women, it's up to you to play with the beasts, but let's see together HOW TO DO....
CONSIGLI DI STILE DI PATRICE BRANDMEYER DELLA RIVISTA MONSIEUR
- Time:Wednesday, 15 May 2019
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Ma l’abito da uomo è compatibile con un t-shirt o come valorizzare una giacca nera ? Da Parigi a Cannes, ecco i consigli di stile della rivista più chic fra i magazine di Parigi… Per un per un viaggio impeccabile durante le due settimane a Cannes.
FROM PARIS TO THE RED CARPET, HOW TO WEAR RED WITH ELEGANCE
- Time:Monday, 13 May 2019
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The well-“red” Parisian… In summertime, I think the color red gives us Parisians a little lift. It’s warm, it looks good, and it’s flamboyant! We Parisians wear it with black, gray or white. Anything can look great in red (handbag, gloves, coat, that sexy little dress). But keep the look sober, if you want to achieve Parisian elegance.
THE HEART OF FRENCH LUXURY
- Time:Thursday, 30 November 2023
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Luxury is today a major actor in the French economy, the creator of wealth, added value and supplier of foreign currencies. However, in reality, the real force of Luxury has been to maintain against all obstacles, in the twentieth century, period of excessive automation and robotics, conservatories of craftsmanship, thereby giving priority to the individual over the group. The nobility of Luxury becomes evident to all those in contact with it, because it’s impossible to remain insensitive to the beauty of the skills of the craftsman…
Master Glassblowers, Chasers and Engravers with proverbial skills, Furniture Makers with a traditional knack, able to obtain incomparable quality and finish, all these and many others, form this high craftsmanship imbibed with the Culture and History that have brought honor to France.The names Baccarat, Hermès, Yves-Saint-Laurent, Lalique, Dior, Puiforcat… are all flags that float throughout the world, calling to mind the existence of our country and its traditions. They are synonymous with “beauty”, “purity”, “creativity” and the luxury that they generate answers the needs of Humanity which has a need for evasion and dream, both as necessary for equilibrium as the air breathed and the bread consumed.
Our world would really be dreary if it wasn’t peopled with objects of Art that move us and instill us with interest, enthusiasm and Passion!
Who speaks of the superfluous in this respect, whereas it really involves the essential, a “supplement of soul” without which the things in life would really appear to be pathetic? Luxury thereby has a soul, ours, that of the Creators, the Buyers, the impassioned.
It remains a barrier against a standardized civilization, as well as the guarantor of our finest qualities. Finally, it today appears as a major actor in our economy and this is well earned.
So, we wish good luck and a long life to French luxury with the new world clients and future generations …
Text by Jacques Mouclier (former President of Fédération Française de la Couture)
Bonne soirée, Charlotte
Copyright homepage photo Baccarat;
Copyright inside photo:
1. Luxproductions per Christofle;
2. Van Cleef & Arpels;
3. Lalique;
4. Dior;
WITH THE 2019 BEIGE REVOLUTION, THE TIMELESS TRENCH COAT IS BACK AGAIN IN PARIS
- Time:Saturday, 27 April 2019
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Throughout the season, the trench coat has undergone several transformations, and whatever your personal style, has always been able to adapt to it. This year, there are many interesting trench coat styles to choose from. Classic or stylish a trench coat can be worn over a suit, jeans but also on a feminine lace dress. But let’s talk before of the story of the original trench coat.
BEIGE IS 2019’S POWER COLOR IN PARIS
- Time:Wednesday, 24 April 2019
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It's been hard to deny the appeal of natural colors in recent months, thanks to a flood of designers who refreshed them on spring/summer 2019's catwalks. Burberry led the charge with its traditional trench coats and checked shirt and coordinating camel trousers, but the palette was everywhere from Chanel to Dior, Fendi to Loewe. So, why beige, why now? If fashion is the constant push and pull of action and reaction, then we could call beige a backlash to the 'look at me' showboating that Instagram and the rise of street style have spawned. Maybe in a world of overstimulation, designers were issuing an official invitation to pare things back and start afresh. Whatever the reason, we're all aboard the beige train.
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