TRAVEL TIPS #2 PARIS

Edited by The Fashion Web

Here there is my travel tip number 2: Paris! I’ve spent a big part of last year in this amazing city, since my boyfriend had studied for a semester there… I am totally in love with it and I suggest everyone of you to go!

DRESS CODE: sober, elegant, extremely chic!

WHERE TO EAT: try Le Bonnes Soeurs (8 Rue du Pas de la Mule) for a lovely dinner and Kong (1 Rue du Pont Neuf) for the happy hour with the best view of Paris!

WHERE TO STAY: Mama Shelter Hotel (109 rue de Bagnolet) A new high -designed cheap chic hotel by Philippe Starck, where you can have the best technology, art, food for a very little price.

DON’T MISS: Colette (213 Rue Saint-Honoré) the famous concept store where you find almost anything and walk through Le Marais, the most indie and fashionable area of Paris, at least according to me.

DESIGNER TO KNOW: Jakub Polanka

Edited by Kirby Marzec

I think it goes without saying that Czech designer Jakub Polanka is one that the fashion industry has needed for a long time. As a finalist of 2008′s Mango Fashion Awards and winner of Vienna’s AFA Fashion Festival Kontakt Award, Polanka went on to design for Philippe Starck and eventually start his own label. While Polanka has Gareth Pugh’s futuristic volume and Alexander McQueen’s artistic appeal, the designer is certainly his own, combining one-of-a-kind draping with dramatic silhouettes and shapes. With experience in costume making, one would think that Polanka’s futuristic designs would be obscenely over-the-top, but his pieces and very much wearable for the more daring crowd. From his fall 2009 collection, I’m really digging Polanka’s version of the drop-crotch/harem pant as well as his blanket coats and draped dresses! Definitely a designer to keep you eye on! 

 

Check out Jakub Polanka here! 

Thanks Kingdom of Style!