Take a Bow//

INSIDE the Lion's Den/

Just before a shoot in Berlin this week, I decided to hop over to Paris to see 2 couture shows:  Chanel and Armani Prive. 2 masters at work, 2 entirely different shows.  The dramatic landscape of Chanel allowed me to watch the cubs dance about the enlarged lion of Karl's throne. For those of you wondering, the lion inspiration was from a small statuette standing on a pearl Karl found in Coco Chanel's apartment earlier this year.

Armani was a bit more intimate showing - in a much smaller space than usual, but a whole lot of fun.

INTRODUCING/

In case you haven't seen her before [and at this point you must have], meet Sigrid Agren. She opened Karl Lagerfeld and YSL. She's 16, half-Swedish-half-French, and a new darling of the backstage. Always fun and energetic, she's still finding her way and hopefully we'll see her soon her in editorial and advertising. Click below to see my feature of her in the New York Times magazine's Model-Morphosis.

IT'S the music

Michel Gaubert, maybe you've heard about him. Or maybe, you've just heard him. He's the sound behind the show and the sound in your ear the whole day thereafter.. I always try and stump him w/ some obscure song, or band my brother's been following, yet somehow he manages to hum the tune. I remember once having a conversation w/ Karl Lagerfeld and Michel at Karl's studio in Paris, where although I played a part in the talk, needless to say, it was a bit role. Look for a photo in the next few days. I ran into him somewhere today (was it Nina Ricci?). Still the soundtrack he pieced for the Jil Sander show in Milan, left both Raf and the models crying backstage. I'll try to get the set list for you. In the meantime, here's a link to style.com's review of the collection, where you get some of the music in background.