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Entries in Paris (2)

Tuesday
Mar062012

Fashion Week in Paris

By Valerie Lawrence

Reporting on Fashion Week in Paris, German Vogue focuses on Isabel Marant’s 2012 Winter Collection, described as easy-going Western-Style. Marant combined western-inspired shirts and cowboy boots with a western version of Bavarian lederhosen with flowers—a personal favorite. 

See the entire show at Vogue.

Credit: GoRunway.com and German VogueCredit: GoRunway.com and German Vogue

Thursday
Jan192012

Hey Doll, Where’d You Get That Kachina Dress?

By Donna Poulton

My-West’s fashion savvy friend, Diane, turned us on to the latest fashion to hit Paris this year. Japanese designer Issey Miyake, who was inspired as a youth by Japanese artist Isamu Inokuma’s paintings and sketches of Kachina Dolls, has created a new line of summer clothing based on those early sketches. 

Credit: isseymiyake.co If you can’t quite afford the 60,900 yen for the ensemble, you can pick up a pin for a mere 6000 yen…go figure.

Credit: isseymiyake.coFor the Hopi, the hand carved Kachina has a number of meanings, the most important being the representation of the spirit life.  Other spirits include: the corn maiden, the cunning wolf, souring eagle, the ceremonial dancer, the singer, the ogre, the buffalo, the badger, the crow, hawk, sun, clouds and rainbow. See HistoryKachinaDoll.com.

Credit: ewebtribeMade from the root of cottonwood trees, other tribes such as the Navajo, zuni, Pueblo and Apache also made Kachina dolls.