Running with the Fash Pack...Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

I think she looks like a beautiful, modern day cavewoman.....maybe what Pebbles from the Flintstones would wear when she grew up (and, errr, if she was living in the noughties going to the shows in Paris!) : the fur, the beaded necklace with the saber-teeth, the "deconstructed" shorty shorts paired with the white tank and perfectly mussed up hair.

Running with the Fash Pack...Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

What she was wearing made me happy- it's fun, bright and bubbly: probably a reflection of her personality! I love the little knitted creatures cascading down her torso (I would just look like I had had a collision in the Hamley's fluffy toy aisle if I attempted to wear such a thing); her earring...if you look closely it has a"safety pin" mechanism looping through her ear; and her turquoise Ray- Bans.

Running with the Fash Pack....Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

Outside the Dries Van Noten show at the Palais Brongniart.

I think he was Swedish but living in Paris to study. He was wearing a variety of Swedish labels including Acne but his most prized possession was a pair of beautiful brown tassel loafers (from the 1950's or 60's) which he had just unearthed in a shop selling vintage in Paris.

Running with the Fash Pack....Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

Outside the Wooyoungmi show, at the Le Palais de Tokyo, on Sunday.

Sorry for the lack of posts- my bad. We got back from Paris on Tuesday evening (after the Eurostar we were on broke down!) and I have been trying to catch up with emails and work since then. I will give you a rundown of my first Paris men's collections experience in my next post :)

Running with the Fash Pack...Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

My absolute favorite guy from the men's collections- I think he either works for Vogue Hommes International or L'Uomo Vogue- I couldn't quite work it out. Anyone know?

Edit: Francesco Cominelli from Vogue Hommes

Anyway, he always looked completely fabulous- I LOVE that yellow shirt with the tiny balloon detailing on the left side. What shoes was he wearing? A pair of pale tan lace-ups sans socks. In fact, I barely spotted a sock all week-everyone was sporting the rolled pants with dress shoes, loafers or (gasp) deck shoes and no socks look. Well-turned ankles were an absolute must :)

p.s. Does a man wear those little sockettes/ped socks to keep his feet and shoes from becoming too whiffy?

Running with the Fash Pack...Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

Outside the Rick Owens show at Bercy.

p.s. Cannot believe that I didn't notice that bag lying there on the ground- arghhhh. Honestly, I think all the photography skills I have learnt over the past year went out the window this last week-more on that later.

Running with the Fash Pack...Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

Outside the Bernhard Willhelm show at the Palais Brongniart.

Running with the Fash Pack....Paris Men's Collections SS 2010

What continually amazed me during the 4 days of the Paris Men's Collections was how fabulously fresh all the men (and the women) looked despite the weather being desperately hot and the show schedule, tight. I saw barely a sweaty underarm nor a bead of sweat forming on the upper lip (botox or maybe the Fash Pack simply refuses sweat?)...me on the other hand- Mon Dieu!

Note this guy's shoes? Pristine white. I, on the other hand, purchased new white Converse (an inspired, very practical choice, huh? ;-)) on Wednesday last week and, now, they are a fetching shade of greige. I think I am going to have to give them a whirl in the washing machine...

London Street Style...Colours of Claude Monet

Immediately I saw this dress I thought of a Claude Monet painting (gees I hope it is Claude Monet I am thinking of, or I will look rather silly- please correct me if I am wrong!)- it is the watercolours or something.....Anyway, it was beautiful. And was from Zara :)

p.s. Paris is going well although it is VERY hot and I got stuck in the Metro yesterday for about 25mins on the way to a show. I spotted Usher (I am an idiot, he was standing right in front of me and I thought he looked familar but I didn't think to ask for a photo. I then saw him coming out of Colette but there were so many people about and I didn't want to appear like a Pap so I didn't bother asking if he would pose for me. Fingers crossed I will spot him again.) The Sart and Garance are here, Facehunter, Jak&Jil and a whole host of other bloggers. I haven't got as many photos as I want yet but I am working on it for y'all! I am squirreled away in an internet cafe in the Marais typing this before I have to run to the next show, Bernhard Willhelm at 2pm :)

p.p.s. The Dries Van Noten show was fabulous! The music from this truck that pulls up just before the show starts was absolutely pumping (I suspect I have a wee bit of hearing loss now!) and there was a huge crack of thunder just as the models were on their final walkthru down the catwalk. Everyone started cheering! Good times people, good times :)

London Street Style...The Matryoshka Doll

When I spotted this girl I noticed her boots, the checked shirt, her aviators etc but when I started photographing her I spied her very sweet Martyoshka Doll necklace which kind of reminded me of that fabulous Russian Doll Chanel bag....We started chatting and it turns out her Chanel handbag was stolen last week- grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I would be completely devastated 1. because it's Chanel and 2. because my handbag contains half my life so I would be lost without it. Hopefully someone nice will buy her a new one soon (hint, hint to her boyfriend from both of us!)

London Street Style...Hearts and Glasses

Love the little heart detail on her mustard dress (they kind of look like those heart lollies?)....and see that teeny tiny pendant around her neck? It is her doll's shoe!

London Street Style...Retro-Futuristic

London Street Style...Men Behaving Stylishly (Round 3)

London Street Style...Espadrilles

I have arrived in Paris and I am seeing LOADS of espadrilles on the streets- fabulous! (although I haven't got many photos yet.... Wish me luck for the next few days :))

I photographed this gorgeous women on the street in London. She had a short black pleated skirt on which I wanted to get a photo of but there were too many people about and I couldn't get a "clear" shot. So you are just going to have trust me when I say she looked wonderfully chic :)

p.s. I won't have internet access for the next few days except for if I pop into an internet cafe....so I won't be able to reply to comments but I will get to them next week!

London Street Style...Monochrome

Simple and Fresh

Black and White

London Street Style...Un shoulder

Love this little blush one shoulder dress.....and the white Chanel 2.55 slung over her other shoulder wasn't bad either!

London Street Style...Stripes and Ballet Flats

Love her style especially those two-tone Chanel ballet flats.

London and Paris Street Style...Electric Dreams

Remember that song "Together in Electric Dreams" from the movie Electric Dreams? Well, I have been humming it in my head since 4:00am this morning (don't ask me why: re the song and the crazy hour... insomnia is a hideous thing). Actually, as I type, I realise that most of you wouldn't even have been born in 1984 when the song came out- arghhhhh I feel so old! You have to watch the clip though... those 80's fashions. Damn Skippy!

What has Electric Dreams got to do with Electric Blue Jeans? um, nothing....except Jeans and Dreams rhyme. Wow, it's going to be a loooooooooong day.

London blue jeans (above) from Topshop

Paris blue jeans (below)

Love how she's blinged up her Speedy....you may not be able to see from the photo but she has a gold smiley face and a tiny little Eiffel Tower attached to the handle of her LV.

p.s. I am cringing- I had a pair of togs (swimmers) almost exactly the same as the electric blue pair with white buttons in the beach scene in the Together in Electric Dreams YouTube clip! You know the really, really high cut togs- the ones that were never, ever flattering and exposed waaay too much hip and leg? I think they were suppose to "lengthen the leg" but instead they just looked kind of odd.

Petite Street Style

I couldn't resist asking if I could take a photograph of these two littlies...they looked so summery and pretty in their sweet little pink frocks.

I love that the little girl (below) pulled her dress out for me to photograph! I didn't ask her to do it- she just suddenly did it :)

London Street Style...Georgia

Remember Georgia? She of the fabulous fringed boots, 70's- style floppy hat and denim shorty shorts? Well, I photographed her again at Graduate Fashion Week!


This time there is no lame-ar*se Austin Powers imitations from me :)