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l’Antichambre, à Bruxelles: des parfums sur mesure

Posted on December 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

En panique mode à deux jours de Noël :

vous recherchez un cadeau délicat, personnalisé, loin des santiers battus? Voici une adresse à garder confidentielle, l’Antichambre, Place Brugmann qui crée votre parfum sur mesure!

Pour les fêtes, comme on s’y prend vraiment tard, on choisira parmi les parfums et bougies maison aux noms évocateurs, élaborés à Grasse.

J’aime le parfum éprouvette à glisser dans le sac, avec sa gaine en cuir, très chic et prix doux, présenté dans un emballage raffiné. N’hésitez pas à demander conseil à Anne Pascale Mathy-Devalck, la propriétaire qui est une ancienne photographe.

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Lancel: The Paris Party for the 135 Years Old of Lancel

Posted on December 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

November 24th, Lancel organised a big party in its huge Champs-Elysées flagship, to celebrate the house’s 135 years old. At the entrance, the usual paparazzi fauna waiting for peolpeand Paris socialites, editors in chief and bloggers from all around the world, including your favourite blogger (me, without myself and I, lol!). Sorry you won’t find any celebs here, darling you’re visiting a fashion blog, not a gossip blog!). But let me tell you babe, there were many French actresses like the charming Louise Bourgeois, several French TV hotsts and some international celebs like Sienna Miller… Pictures above : Mark Ronson, the famous producer of Amy Winhouse, which is also a musician and a DJ. Pictures 2, 3 & 4 : Marc Lelandais, the CEO of Lancel and Alison Le Borges, the superb new ambassador of Lancel and Leonello Borghi, the Creative Director of Lancel . Pictures 4, 5 & 6 : the feisty Nica Broucke, the ELLE Belgie Editor, with a new friend, the lobster. En communication avec Bruxelles, Jean-Pierre Tordeurs, Editor of Paris Match Belgique and the smiling Trui Moerkerke, Editor of Knack. And last, but not least, two top bloggers “Sopa styleee”, comparing their big cameras (lol!) : me and my buddy Sofie (Fashionata)! And our muse, the peacock baby!

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Brussels: Costermans by Gérald Watelet

Posted on November 27, 2011 | Leave a comment

Crazy rythm between Paris-Brussels and Antwerp.

Last friday I jumped in the Thalys (express train between Paris and Brussels) and guess who was sat next to me : Christian Lacroix himself! Wow…

Then I rush to the Grand Sablon, for the Costermans by Gérald Watelet‘s press presentation. For the second consecutive year, Gérald Watelet, the Belgian former couturier puts on the costume of an “assemblier” (a shopfitter) to collaborate with Costermans, the famous antique dealer. I’m late. Damned!

Gérald doesn’t remember our interview in the backstage of the TV program Sans Chichi, where he is playing a chef! He’s also a fantastic cooker. Here a quick sample of rooms decorated by Gérald Watelet, with the furniture mocked by Arnaud Jaspar-Costermans.

It’s open to the public for free. Picture above : the “wallpaper” that’s not a wallpaper, is an unique composition directly drawn on the walls by Julien Colombier, a French young artist who has already worked for Chanel.

Picture 2 : Gérald Watelet in the “70’s-80’s” room. Pictures 3 & 4 : the room with the great exotic wallpaper, next to the big window transformed in a lush conservatory. Awsome! Picture 5 : Arnaud Jaspar-Costermans.