Antimonide - fashion spot -

Hard to ignore that Barbie’s turning the big 50 this year ~ it’s being marketed like crazy EVERYWHERE!
Barbie celebrates her 50th birthday at colette, March 9th-28th ! Barbie embodies glamour, fashion and feminity for over 5 decades. She naturally settles down at colette for her birthday, where designers make theirs her environment. An amazing event for 50 years of success and for a tribute to the icon of the biggest designers.
For the occasion, a “Barbie room” will be installed on the first floor presenting Jeremy Scott’s collection of Barbie clothing and accessories as well as various exclusive products: MP3 players, Barbie Rocks of Beverly Hills jewellery, Stila Make-up, stationery, Dylan’s Candy Bar sweets and also a brand new line of beauty products. Limited edition collaborations with designers selected by colette will also be available, among which Married to the Mob t-shirts, a Bless hairbrush, an Uslu Airlines 219c pink nailpolish, a hat-bag Azumi & David, Linda Farrow glasses, Alexis Mabille bow ties, a Goyard trunk, a Jawbone headset, Domestic stickers, Bruno Frisoni stilettos… Even the water-bar will be Barbie style with a special edition of dessert Le Baiser by Ladurée.

In the gallery, enjoy the “Barbie and Ken” exhibition by Karl Lagerfeld. In swimsuit, cocktail dress or a pair of jeans, Barbie strikes a pose with model Baptiste Giabiconi as Ken. Attention collectors: each picture will be available for sale, one silkscreen print on plastic only per picture.

Also, March 9-15, come check out our Barbie and Ken windows and the high security exhibition of the very first Barbie and Ken dolls, only on March 12th.

The Shimmer and sheen trend is on the fashion radar this season and has been highlighted across the designer floor at shops with a surge of sequins.

Sequins originated from an amalgamation of the Arabic and Venetian words used for coins ‘Sikka’ and ‘Zecchin’. For many centuries coins were customarily stitched onto women’s clothing in order to display and store the family’s wealth – the method to adorn clothing with sequins was born. In the 20th century with our money safe in the bank and our wealth displayed according to title, sequins have become a key embellishment across both fashion and cultural clothing, however perhaps the traditional method is due a revival soon.

Oversized, gilded and multi-colour hued, sequins dominate the catwalk in 2008 and lightens up everything from tunic dresses to straight cut trousers, taking luxury to a new extreme.

Alexis Mabille makes an exclusively decadent statement with head-to-toe sequins. Classic trouser shapes are paired with relaxed luxe jackets in matt pewter shaded sequins and matching over-sized bow clutch bag completes the head-to-toe sequin look. Dries van Noten does not fail to deliver; an outstanding array of colourful embroidered tunic dresses all elaborately embellished with multi-hued sequins sit alongside simple high neck tops revived with flecked sequin shoulders, adding a subtly decorative touch.

’s eclectic collection includes his trademark wet-look sequins which dominate with dogstooth trousers flecked with gilded sequins and harlequin all-over sequin patterned mini dresses. A subtler effect is favoured at Miu Miu where must-have staples have been updated with an element of shimmer as sequins peep out of large lapel collars on silk shift dresses.

Anita Barr, Selfridges Buying Director for Womenswear comments: “Sequins is a key embellishment this season and every winter wardrobe should have an element of shimmer to complete a look – all over sequins or even a little splash, sequins is a definite staple for the coming months.”

With the sequins trend continuing on the Spring/Summer 09 catwalks brighten up your wardrobe with a key item that can be followed through to next season.

Alexis Mabille sets your plates with cute lemon flavoured bow “Poussin” + mint and chocolate “Dragée”.

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Myrthe – FALL 2008 COUTURE – ALEXIS MABILLE – RUNWAY

it’ s the second couture show for Alexis Mabille, really cool, I really like the myrthe’s dress.

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“For me unisex means clothing for both boys and girls, but not just androgynous. It’s simply the fact that the cut and the fit of my clothes works for both. But a man stays masculine, if he wants to, and girls can be boyish or feminine. It’s all frivolité!” – Alexis Mabille

Demure Untamed: an event which aims to promote luxury and originality in fashion jewellery/accessories by showcasing the work of some of the most avant-garde and visionary jewellery/accessories designers working in fashion today.From newcomers Alexis Mabille and Anna Vince, to established names such as Scott Wilson, House of Flora, Husam el Odeh and Scott Stephen, each designer will show edited highlights of their new collections as well as pieces specially created for the installation.