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Barbie Fest 2009 continues!
In honor of the doll’s 50th birthday, Karl Lagerfeld is creating a Barbie & Ken exhibit exclusively for Colette. From March 9-15, his photographs will be on display — and dolls available for viewing only on March 12.
I wonder how Baptiste Giabiconi felt posing for these classy — yet creepy — shots…?
GALLERY: Barbie & Ken by Karl Lagerfeld.
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WWD recently reported that Sergio Rossi has teamed up with Puma to release a new capsule collection that will debut next January at Colette during couture week. The Sergio Rossi’s design team have reinterpreted Puma’s trademark classic Clyde sneaker – creating a high heeled mary jane styled pump featuring velcro straps. The collection will also include a lace-up pump coming in a variety of colors. Here’s a sneak peak thanks to TrashBagAesthetics.
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Colette, the Paris store which is the European inspiration for NY hubs like Opening Ceremony, just got a major makeover thanks to the handiwork of Japanese interior designer Masamichi Katayama, aka Wonderwall.
The store now looks completely new, a welcome change from a spot I couldn’t leave when Becks and I visited Paris in the Spring. The new spot has white walls with glass, steel and black leather, with tons of graphics to add flavor to the walls.
Can’t wait to see if we get any preview of the new store now that the Gap plans to open a pop-shop for the Parisian gem in NYC this fall. Oh, the Gap, how cool you are slowly becoming.
Thanks to WWD for having the cash to send photographers to the spot and for keying us in on the story.
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I know we wrote about the Collete Pop-Shop already but new developments are coming in.
I hate to admit it but Gap is getting cool. They just secured a deal with Colette to host the Parisian shops pop-up store in their New York flagship. What has the world come to?
The two retailers got together on the project which will run from Sept. 6 – Oct. 5 adjacent to Gap’s 54th Street and Fifth Avenue flagship.
The shop will feature exclusive Colette items and limited edition artist created Gap tees. Damn their good.
Colette plans to freshen the store with new product every week and will feature signature products, including candles and artist editions. It also will stock limited edition Colette merchandise designed by the likes of Oakley sunglasses, Hello Kitty watches and Asics sneakers.
I fucking hate to admit it, but I’ll be shopping at the Gap come September. What about you?
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For all New Yorkers that have been to Paris, or have heard of Colette by word of mouth, should be jumping for joy to know that a mini Colette is opening right next door the the Gap flagship on 54th St near 5th Ave, from September 6th to October 5th! The pop-up store is sure to be a frequent stop for all, and Colette’s promising exclusive collaborative items just for the occasion.
Source: Fashionista
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The glory days of huffing noxious fumes—magic markers, paint thinner, fixatives—never included nail polish. Until now, thanks to Berlin’s Uslu Airlines, a quirky cosmetics company known for its DIY airbrushing contraption and who commissioned Bernhard Willhelm to develop nail polish colors (expect three more later this year). A collaboration with Colette, Uslu’s metallicized screen-blue shellack comes smelling like figgy FRIA, the boutique’s best-selling fragrance—which makes it the world’s first perfumed nail polish. Maybe now we won’t get raised eyebrows when we do a quick mani touch-up in public.
Source: Hint Mag
