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au revoir, paris

By Marlene | Published: 4. October 2011
Last night my friend Ines took me out for a great good-bye dinner in the Marais. I was running late and she sent me a text: "I'm waiting at the bar. Don't break your ankles hobbling here!" I'm not quite sure how I managed to wear heels for much of the week - but if these ladies on their way to the shows in the Tuileries could do it, so could I! Still, [...]

a week in fashion #38: postcard from paris

By Marlene | Published: 2. October 2011
Hello! It's day 5 in Paris. It feels like day 100, because I've seen so much in such a short time. I'll tell you more about it - once I've slept and my brain has returned to functioning normally again instead of mainly forming thoughts like: Shoes! Everywhere! Shoes! - but let me start by telling you that this little gold number is the least flamboyant [...]

isabel and the marantettes

By Marlene | Published: 1. October 2011
So what does a designer do an hour before the runway show? If you're Isabel Marant, you're outside in the sun, having a smoke. And if the women that were standing all around her are anything to go by, she has very good reason to be relaxed. It was like her fans decided to hold the fashion show outside. There was Isabel Marant everywhere. Here! The pumps with [...]

something for the weekend…

By Marlene | Published: 30. September 2011
Since I'm in Paris this weekend, the list of what's making me happy is pretty short: I'm in Paris this weekend! Seeing Natalie Joos from Tales of Endearment smiling in her bright-blue dress is putting me in an even better mood today. And maybe you too, wherever you're spending your weekend - like Okka in Berlin and Steffi in Hamburg.