HATS: MARIE MERCIE'

Marie Mercié was born in the forest of Fontainebleau and her roots marks her art to create hats.  She conceives his creations as a detachment of reality, something real and unreal at the same time, dominated by nature. Her style is playful, contemporary and chic. Flavor of a Parisian allure.

She opened her first shop in Paris in 1987, becoming soon an emblematic figure of fashion with the international press latching onto her most outlandish hats.

SASKIA, STEFAN (DIEZ) AND THEIR PAPIER BAGS

From a brilliant collaboration between husband and wife, born a gorgeous line of bags, Papier (Paper bags). The bags are made of Tyvek, a material developed by Dupont which is water-resistant and completely recyclable. The visual and tactile effect is undoubtedly a huge sheet of paper folded like origami.

The project was launched last year during the Paris Fashion week.. and only now I see them on sale in LN-CC one of my favorite places where i can find escapism when I'm in London.

http://www.ln-cc.com/ 

 

 

LEIGH BOWERY, THE BRUTAL BEAUTY.

Leigh was a drag mama, an intellectual, a space alien, a club queen, a trans-performer and an advocate for creating your own reality. He was so avant-garde to transform himself into a living artwork.

 

He was a freaky icon. Was the London underground scene of the 80's-90's. Inspiration for special artists such as Galliano and McQueen. Creative energy, pure.

KATHARINE HAMNETT ( IN AN ORGANIC OUTFIT ) MEETS THE QUEEN

Famous since the 1980s for sending slogans down the catwalks, designer Katherine Hamnett meets Elizabeth the Queen last month, wearing an eco friendly dress and a gorgeous Philip Treacy hat made from cockerel feathers, which is a bi-product of food waste.