Some more shots snapped during the recent Paris Fashion Week. The grey suited look in the 4th pic was another one of my favourites spotted there. Love its simplicity and slouchiness, I would absolutely wear this myself.
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After a few seasons of snapping streetstyle pictures at fashion weeks I've become incredibly picky with it. I try to catch the looks that really inspire or impress me but that hardly ever means I go for the most striking looks. Honestly, this PFW I found myself bored by the more extravagant looks as well as a little annoyed by the lack of actual personal styles. I saw this girl outside the Vanessa Bruno show (if I remember correctly) who I thought looked fab and asked if I could take her picture and she asked me "why??" - turned out she had no idea fashion week was going on and what I would possibly need her picture for. It made me smile because there I am at PFW and who do I end up getting my inspiration from? Effortlessly dressed people who don't even know about fashion week. Ironic because it's these fashion weeks that actually usually make it possible for us bloggers and photographers to snap pictures of people we think look good without them thinking it's a weird thing. It's become such a big part of fashion week. So anyway, here's a bunch of pictures of people and details I thought were "snapworthy" and there's still more to come..
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(Topshop trenchcoat, Topshop shirt, Zara wide leg jeans, Mulberry bag and Ray-Ban sunglasses)
A very typical weekend outfit.. Jeans, trench and a big bag to carry around all my stuff in. Just slightly more dressy than the sweatpants I tend to walk around in the rest of the weekend. Admittedly, this pic was snapped over a week ago when the weather wasn't as cold yet - by now I've actually swapped this trench for a winter coat!
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The Chanel show during PFW is always a highlight - this goes for the actual runway show as well as the streetstyle circus outside of Grand Palais before and after the show - and in Chanel's 89 piece collection it wasn't difficult to find at least a bunch of looks I really like. First: some classic neutral Chanel tweed looks. These all seem to have a slightly more relaxed feel these days and I can áctually imagine myself wearing them as well. Second: bright pops of colour combined with loose fit leather trousers. These trousers were obviously surprising to see on a Chanel runway and, again, obviously I love them. BUT the biggest surprise came in the form of backpacks. I must have mentioned before how much I love backpacks and so obviously I find myself completely obsessed with these! I still have my old high school 'Eastpak' backpack lying in the back of my closet and seeing as, over the course of four years, all my friends left their messages and names on it with markers it also sort of looks like this. Except I never thought of attaching colourful ropes and Chanel keychains to it and unfortunately this is exactly what now seems to be missing and keeps my old backpack from looking quite this cool. I don't think I've ever wanted a Chanel bag this much before.
Also, below is a video with an impression of what goes on outside of (and before) a Chanel show at Grand Palais during PFW. Crazy.
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Always love discovering new brands, designers and collections and especially when the clothes appear to be right up my street. This is exactly the case for this Spring/Summer 2014 collection of modern luxury designs by German designer René Storck. He presented his collection at PFW this week and when I came across these images from photographer Axl Jansen I had to post them and show you what I'm talking about. These 3 looks stand out for me and I guess it's not hard to see why: while the proportions are perfect the outfits look like they could easily fit guys as well as girls, there's clearly been special focus on the quality of the fabrics and the overall feel of these looks is incredibly fresh and relaxed.
credit: Axl Jansen
