Auteuil

On my last day in Paris I went to Auteuil, in the 16th arrondissement. It was once a village high on a hill about two miles west of Paris, overlooking vineyards, farms and eventually the country retreats of wealthy Parisians and a few mansions. It’s very quiet with many villas and hameaux (private streets or culs de sac). Some find it too bourgeois but I really enjoy the peaceful village atmosphere and the fact that there are no tourists around. Auteuil is also known for its architecture. Although most of the buildings are haussmanian, there are also a lot of Art Nouveau buildings, especially from Hector Guimard, which blossomed all over the district at the turn of the century. It was really cold so my promenade around the streets of Auteuil was very brief even if I was wearing my oversize coat from Marant combined with black cashmere turtleneck and jeans.

Isabel Marant coat and boots / Acne jeans / Louis Vuitton bag

Ménilmontant

A good pair of jeans are an essential part of my wardrobe. I basically live in my jeans because I always where them at home, at university and I like to dress my jeans up for any occasion, during the day with a casual top or a sweater, and in the evening with a fancy top and a pair of heels. I’ve always been faithful to Acne skin 5 (I have them in five different colors) but recently I wanted to change so yesterday I went to Acne store in rue Froissart and I find out that the Pin model is exactly what I was looking for. It’s a skinny model with high rise in mid blue wash with a vintage touch. This style is everything I need in a look, as they keep everything into place: super tight and fitted, accentuating curves and giving that urban chic vibe. I immediately worn them with the v neck cashmere sweater and Dicker boots: so simple but so chic at the same time.

Isabel Marant boots / Acne jeans / Eric Bompard cashmere sweater

If one day i disappear will you find me

While I am waiting for my new lessons’ start, I decided to go to Paris to study for a couple of week. This morning I was in Marais and after a coffee break at Café Charlot I went to Picasso Museum at Hotel Salé that houses the largest collection of his works including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs and texts. It reopened to the public last year after substantial restoration work. Picasso painting is powerful, his personality is definitely over the top and eclectic. He wrote in 1935: “My picture is a sum of destructions. I do a picture, then I destroy it. In the end, though, nothing is lost: the red I took away from one place turns up somewhere else” and his inner tension is evident in all his work, and well represented by this exhibition that really helps to penetrate into his world, or at least part of it. 

Acne jeans / Stuart Weitzman boots / Isabel Marant sweater and coat  

Creativity takes courage

The past weekend I have been at Artissima, one of the most important contemporary art fairs that takes place annually in Turin at the Oval, a glass pavilion built for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in the industrial archaeology complex of the Lingotto. The event is divided into different areas of interest, which can be grouped into four different sections: the largest one regards the tout-court event where exhibitions of international galleries are consolidated (Main Section), active Turin galleries from less than 5 years (New Entries) and galleries specializing in editions and artists' multiples (Art editions). The other sections are Present Future, devoted to emerging talents; Back to the Future, dedicated to the names that have made contemporary art with a focus this year to the pioneers of the years from '75 to 85; PER4M, section dedicated to performance.

Isabel Marant boots / Acne jeans / A.P.C sweater