you know that cliché french girl who sits at a cafe smoking gitanes, drinking coffee, flicking her hair, pouting her lips, refusing advances from elderly gentlmen and in general exuding that all-out lolita-esque vibe? well this is her with her dog.

somebody stop her! ileana shows us how its done: smiley + mickey + stripes + shades = repeat after me: “tout va bien”

some boys opt for all-out bling, others prefer to delve into the mission of sporting gold in more discreet ways. enter christian weinecke and his gold t-shirt and matching shoes combo. i first met christian about 6 months ago through ileana as they work together at comme des garcons (christian does sales, our little lady ileana takes care of textiles). when they take lunch breaks together its usually in the jardin des tuileries and more often than not i pass them laughing and joking around as they pass rue st honoré so i usually take a snapshot of them. christian is one of those rare species who was blessed with a super-strength dose of coolness at birth. the difference between himself and about a million others is that he’s evidently managed to maintain it throughout his thirties.

because nothing says rue de rivoli quite as poetically as a souvenir shop window display…

as men’s fashion week approaches in paris – a time of the year when editors miraculously appear relaxed between shows and emaciated looking stick figures walk the streets in dior jeans – everyone on rue st honoré anxiously awaits the superstrutt of marko matysik.
if he wasn’t an accessory designer legend. if he wasn’t a spirited beauty reporter for japanese vogue, or if he wasn’t such an intriguing conversationalist (be sure to ask him to spill the beans on his meeting with mouna ayoub, the one where he literally sold the shirt off his back), then oh what a world it would be if marko started teaching wannabe models how to prance!
just moments after taking this photo late last year, an elderly english gentleman (who was observing marko as he sauntered along the street on his way to an appointment at colette) remarked how he found the women in paris so remarkably confident. go figure!

as men’s fashion week approaches in paris – a one-off time of the year when editors miraculously appear relaxed between shows and emaciated looking stick figures walk the streets in dior jeans – everyone on rue st honoré anxiously awaits the superstrutt of iconic figure, marko matysik. if he wasn’t an accessory designer legend, if he wasn’t a spirited beauty reporter for japanese vogue, if he wasn’t such an intriguing conversationalist (be sure to ask him to spill the beans on his meeting with mouna ayoub, the one where he literally sold the shirt off his back), then you could be sure marko would indeed be teaching pre-pubescent femme fatales how to walk the streets the world over with that matysik pizazz.
just moments after taking this photo late last year, i remember observing an elderly french gentleman watch marko sashay off on his way to an appointment at colette and overheard him say how remarkably confident the woman were in paris. go figure!

because more is more. because leopard print will never go out of fashion. because i’ve been watching this woman consistently for about four years now and i have never ever seen her wearing anything other than this ensemble, regardless of the season (she even sports the leopard tights and bag imprinted with cat breeds). wild thang!

i’m not sure if a more beautiful woman exists other than uslu airlines founder and number one style icon, feride uslu. once upon time she lived in turkey, then she went to new york, and now she’s in berlin raising two kids, pumping out brilliant make-up products and making dreams come true with her partner in crime (jan). there’s nothing i don’t love about feride, she liberates everyone to go that extra mile and that there is the stuff that magic is made of.

alex is the colette library chief and used to be the biggest pessimist i know. that all changed when he found love. he likes ny brand ANYTHING and campy house music. his biggest drawcard however is his artwork: now not many people are aware of this, but he is a really talented illustrator. he also makes amazing mix tapes if you’re nice to him…