Today, let’s practice our French comprehension with a video from French Vogue’s YouTube’s channel, posted above. In this video, a style expert comments and critiques the cool and unique looks encountered in the Parisian streets. **Please note, I divided the quiz into 2 parts: today, my questions are about the looks 1, 2 and 4. My […]
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🇯🇵 Gucci Revisits Japanese Folklore
For the 75th anniversary of their iconic bamboo top-handle bags, Gucci released a campaign movie called “Gendai Taketori Monogatari” (現代竹取物語 – Contemporary Taketori Monogatari). It revisits and reinterprets one of the most famous and beloved Japanese ancient fairy tales, “Taketori Monogatari” (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter). The original tale of the Heian period (794-1185) tells […]
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🇯🇵🇫🇷 Fashion: Sacai x Dior
🇺🇸 Japanese brand Sacai’s latest collaboration with French maison Dior looks very kakkoii! Check out the behind the scene video here (in English): https://youtu.be/dXoTU5nhhlI You can also see Japanese actor Yokohama Ryuusei giving a tour of the pop-up store in this video, in Japanese with Japanese subtitles: https://youtu.be/2Liz2yq8Bqs
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🇯🇵 Miss Dior x Haruka Kojin
Twelve artists around the world were chosen to interpret the iconic fragrance Miss Dior and show their work in the Miss Dior Exhibition at the Le Château de La Colle Noire near Grasse on the French Riviera. One of them is Japanese artist Haruka Kojin (荒神 明香). Her installation is truly beautiful and so delicate, […]
🇺🇸 Today, a quote by French journalist Raphaëlle Bacqué about Karl Lagerfeld and his fashion empire👑 « Connu partout, riche et parfaitement seul. Il est, dans le royaume qu’il s’était choisi, le dernier empereur. Kaiser Karl. » Raphaëlle Bacqué Kaiser Karl (2019)📚 🇯🇵 故カール・ラガーフェルドの栄光と孤独について、「ル・モンド」紙ジャーナリストの言葉📚 ( Ko Kaaru Ragaaferudo no eikou to kodoku nitsuite, “Ru Mondo” shi jaanarisuto […]
🇺🇸 Excited to see that this hip and talented Japanese artist Yamase Mayumi just designed these beautiful sneakers for Nike. Yamase is a Tokyo-based painter who has collaborated with many fashion brands including Comme des Garçons, and she regularly shows her art in galleries. In addition to being a visual artist, she also writes for […]
🇺🇸 This looks beautiful: a new documentary about the art of making perfume, following its own parfumeur at the French maison Dior! 🇫🇷 Ça a l’air magnifique : un nouveau documentaire qui suit pas à pas un parfumeur et son travail chez la grande maison française Dior. 🇯🇵 観たい！フランスが誇るビッグメゾン、ディオールで活躍する調香師に密着したドキュメンタリー映画『NOSE』。
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🇯🇵 🇫🇷 The Louvre and Uniqlo’s partnership
🇺🇸 Like art? Me too! The prestigious musée du Louvre and Japanese brand Uniqlo have started a collaboration, and it looks good! I personally like the sweatshirts. See anything you like? 🇫🇷 Vous aimez l’art ? Moi aussi ! La marque japonaise Uniqlo vient de commencer un partenariat avec le célèbre musée du Louvre, et c’est […]