Spring Pastels In Paris

Blue faux fur coat - KILO SHOP, Culottes - &OTHER STORIES, Beret - KILO SHOP, Boots - ASOS

Location: Quai de la Gare metro station, Paris

Photos by GISELE

So I know what you are thinking - 'pastels in Spring Izzie? That's really groundbreaking…' Well all I can say in my defence is that I like pastels ok? Furthermore, due to the fact that the pastel pieces in question are a mighty thick faux fur coat and a cute pink beret, I would say that this is actually more of a pre-Spring look; a transitional look from the darks hues of winter to the upcoming brights of summer. 

This blue fur is becoming quite the regular on this blog. I have already styled it up smartly with BLOCK HEEL PUMPS and with a DENIM SHIRT DRESS but here I am wearing it done up to let its A-line shape and pastel colour do the talking. I think its turquoise blue and the baby pink of my new favourite beret go perfectly together, especially when paired with some simple black culottes and leather boots.

What colours and patterns are you channelling in this pre-Spring transitional period?

Alors, je sais ce que vous pensez - 'des couleurs pastels pour printemps ne sont pas révolutionnaires Izzie!' Ben, j'aime bien les couleurs pastels ok? En plus, vu que ces pièces pastels sont un gros manteau en fausse fourrure et un béret rose, je trouve que ce look est plutôt PRE-printemps; un look de transition entre hiver et printemps.

Ce manteau bleu a l'habitude d'apparaître sur ce blog maintenant. Je vous ai déjà montré un look élégant avec BLOCK HEEL PUMPS et un autre avec DENIM SHIRT DRESS mais aujourd'hui je porte le manteau fermé pour que vous puissiez voir sa forme trapèze et sa couleur magnifique. Je pense que sa couleur bleu-turquoise va très bien avec la couleur rose de mon nouveau béret preferé, surtout vu que je les ai mis avec un pantalon simple et des bottes en cuir noir.

Quelles couleurs portez-vous pendant cette période de transition pré-printemps?

Izzie x

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Paris Fashion Week AW16 Vlog

Bonjour! My Paris Fashion Week AW16 Vlog is finally live on my YOUTUBE channel! I had such a great time filming this content (with a little help from my darling ANNA) at Paris Fashion Week, shooting outfits with GISELE and generally hanging out with some awesome friends.

I was lucky enough to see two amazing but completely different shows at Paris Fashion Week. Firstly I saw Manish Arora presenting at the earthy and vintage venue, Le Comptoir General. His AW16 collection features lots of customised denim, pops of coloured patchwork and serious prairie trend vibes. Then I saw the super sleek Pascal Millet show, which is a collection mainly made of black and navy colours but adding the oomph with white polka dots, sequins and sparkles. Anyway, I am spoiling it for you - go and have a look for yourself!


Bonjour! Enfin je vous présente mon vlog de Fashion Week de Paris! C'etait un plaisir de créer ce contenu pour vous (avec un peu de l'aide de ma chérie ANNA qui m'a filmé) - je vous montre la Fashion Week de Paris, les shootings en coulisses que j'ai fait avec GISELE et le temps que j'ai passé en trainant avec des beaux amis. 
J'ai eu de la chance de voir deux défilés magnifiques mais très différents à l'autre - Manish Arora et Pascal Millet. Allez jeter un coup d'oeil à ma video!
Izzie x


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Parisian Rooftops

Jeans - KILO SHOP, Top - secondhand, Beret - KILO SHOP, Boots - ASOS

Location: 7th Arrondissement, Paris

So Paris Fashion Week – and fashion month – has just finished and what a season it has been! For one of my days in Paris, I pulled out the clichés and wore my new pink beret and a marinière. I say cliché, but in fact the striped sailor top is an important part of French history. Originally the official undergarment of the French Navy, the striped sailor jersey gradually infiltrated the fashion world thanks to Gabrielle Chanel adopting this workwear garment paired with loose trousers as her resort-wear look. So thanks Chanel babes because I do love myself some stripes. 

I am feeling pretttttty smug about this backdrop. There are not many people who have friends whose bedroom window opens onto the beautiful Parisian rooftops with an uninterrupted view of the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides. So I had to take full advantage whilst staying with the gorgeous Bella at the weekend and quickly capture my outfit full of clichés. 

Et voilà, c’est fini Fashion Week de Paris – et le mois des Fashion Weeks aussi ! – et c’était une saison super ! Pour une de mes journées à Paris, j’ai mis plein de clichés avec une marinière et mon nouveau béret rose. Je dis un cliché mais en fait le pull marin est un symbole important dans l’histoire française. A l’origine, il était le sous-vêtement officiel de la Marine Française. Cependant, progressivement la marinière s’est infiltré dans la mode grâce à Gabrielle Chanel qui l’aimait porter pour son look détendu avec un pantalon ample. Alors je vous remercie Chanel parce que je kiffe des rayures!

Je me sens suffisante avec le fond de ces photos. Ce n’est pas tout le monde qui connait quelqu’un dont leur fenêtre de chambre s’ouvre sur les toits de Paris avec une vue ininterrompu de la Tour Eiffel et Les Invalides. Du coup, il fallait profiter en prenant des photos pendant que je suis restée chez Bella le weekend dernier. 

Izzie x

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Paris Fashion Week: Patchwork Suede and Tartan Skort

Patchwork suede & tartan skort - vintage, Wrap body - ZARA, Beret - KILO SHOP, Boots - ASOS, Coat - secondhand (borrowed)

Location: Le Marais, Paris
Photos by Gisele

Bonjour! I have just returned from an amazing four days in Paris filled with friends, food and, of course, fashion. For Paris Fashion Week Day One, I chose to show off the latest addition to my button down and suede collection and this little number could not be more perfect if it tried. It's suede - pardon me, multicoloured suede - it's patchwork, it's tartan and if that was not enough, it is also a skort. Oh I do love a good skort because you have the silhouette of a cute miniskirt at the front with the comfort and security of shorts at the back (I am forever pulling down miniskirts as I walk - paranoid bum-flasher alert!).

When putting together this look, I found myself rather inspired by Le Kilt's AW16 collection, over which I have been drooling ever since it was shown last month at London Fashion Week. I paired my gorge grungy skort with my new black wrap body from Zara - I have a feeling I am going to have a thing for bodies this season - and a classic black cocoon coat. I love accessorising plunging necklines with a statement choker and with a nod to St Trinian's alternative school girl look; I topped off the look with a beret - when in Paris and all!

I have lots of other outfits that I shot while I was in Paris that I can’t wait to share with you as well as a Paris Fashion Week Vlog so stay tuned!

Bonjour! Je viens de rentrer de Paris où je suis passée quatre jours géniaux avec des beaux amis, de la bonne bouffe et, bien-sûr, de la mode. Voilà le premier look que j’ai porté à Fashion Week de Paris ! J’ai choisi de montrer l’addition récente à ma collection des jupes boutonnées et de daim qui ne pourrait pas être plus parfait. Elle est en daim – en daim multicolore pour être exacte – elle est patchwork, elle est à carreaux et elle est un ‘skort’. Ah oui j’aime bien un ‘skort’ parce que devant vous avez la silhouette d’une jupe mais derrière vous avez le confort et la sécurité d’un short.

Quand j’ai créé ce look, j’ai pris de l’inspiration de la collection printemps-été 16 de Le Kilt avec qui je suis tombée amoureuse dès qu’on l’a montrée le mois précédent à Fashion Week de Londres. J’ai mis mon skort magnifique et grunge avec mon nouveau body de ZARA – j’ai l’impression que des bodies seront mon truc cette saison – et un manteau noir. J’aime bien mettre un choker avec un décolleté plongeant et j’ai fini le look avec un beret - pour avoir un style d’une écolière alternative comme dans le film ‘St Trinian’s’.

J’ai hâte de vous montrer les autres looks que j’ai faits pendant que j’étais à Paris! En plus, il y aura un vlog sur Fashion Week de Paris qui vient très bientôt !   

Izzie x

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Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture SS16 Faves

Bonjour! Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture has literally just finished and I have been following the  reveal of each new SS16 collection re-li-gious-ly. So without further ado, let's have a look at my favourite collections and chat about my reflections for the upcoming season. 

ALBERTA FERRETTI

‘Seductively gorgeous’ is the best way of describing Alberta Ferretti’s Haute Couture collection and I fell instantly in love with it. Venetian legend Marchesa Luisa Casati was the inspiration for this powerful collection that combines strong structures, hourglass shapes and the softness of sheer and lace. The rich colours and varied textures give the collection a baroque feel while the animal prints and curling snake accessories add an element of danger. I particularly love the 1920s-esque beaded tassels on some of the dresses and the super flapper girl hair style.

ELIE SAAB

Elie Saab’s Haute Couture collection is a fairytale dream, with silhouettes that would not look out of place in a high end version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It is dead romantic – mega keyword for SS16 - with lots of pretty lace, mesh and jewels. The colours are mainly neutrals – burnt nudes, silver and white – but with the occasional pop of gorgeous blue hues. I have some serious envy for those amazing silver military boots with jewels entwined in the laces – gimme!

VALENTINO

Valentino’s SS16 Haute Couture collection has to be my favourite collection of the season so far – it is just quite simply breathtaking. The combination of rich colours like deep reds and mossy greens with pale creams and gold is not something that we would normally associate with Spring/Summer but it works so well. Especially because the pieces themselves are lovely, long flowing dresses with Grecian-style plunging necklines worn by barefoot models – boho yet sexy.  What I absolutely LOVE is the velvet. It’s pleated, it’s embossed, it’s patterned and it comes in the form of full length dresses, cute jackets and decorations.

DIOR

Operating without a Creative Director has certainly not affected the beauty of what the young Dior design team has created for this season’s Haute Couture collection. The show opened with straight necklines and lots of bare shoulders, which is going to be a huge trend this SS16 and I am a massive fan. There are also lots of interesting layers combining different colours and clashing prints to create quite unique looks. This season, designers are showing us that embellishments and sparkle are certainly not just for Christmas and Dior are leading the revolution. 

DICE KAYEK

And finally, for me, Dice Kayek’s Haute Couture collection sums up perfectly the key trends that you need to know about for SS16. It is all about shapes - think A-line silhouettes, enormous bishop sleeves and a hella lot of pleats and ruffles.

So those were my favourite Haute Couture collection from Paris Fashion Week - which were yours?

Izzie x

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Boyish

Top - second hand (MOTEL ROCKS similar), Trousers - second hand (TOPSHOP similar), Trainers - VANS

Photography by GISELE ISNERDY

Location - Cité Dupetit Thouars, 75003 Paris

For my final day at Paris Fashion Week, I went for a boyish and minimal look. I kept the colours fairly monochrome with a white turtleneck top (still such a fan), these oversized tailored trousers and finishing off the look with my new favourite trainer - the classic black with white stripe VANS. Even my nails are pale so for a contrast I added maroon lips and darkened my eyebrows. I really like this look - it's simple yet stylish and very parisian (cue dancing salsa woman emoji - my fave). 

Pour mon dernier jour au Fashion Week de Paris, j'ai mis un look boyish et minimaliste. J'ai utilisé des couleurs monochrome avec ce top blanc, ce pantalon costume oversized et mes baskets favoris du moment - les VANS classiques. Même mes ongles sont pâles du coup j'ai mis un rouge à lèvres bordeaux et j'ai foncé mes sourcils. J'aime beaucoup ce look - il est simple mais stylé et très parisien. 

Izzie x

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Paris Fashion Week: Street Style

Blogger Miranda from LET'S GET FLASHY

My babe Christina <3

Vlogger IRENE KIM

Blogger Yuwei from YUYU FASHIONBOOK

My one and only Anna (in the middle) from PRETTY GIRLS MAKES GRAVES

There is no better place for finding some inspiration than at fashion week so here are my favourite street style looks from Paris Fashion Week. I ran around the beautiful streets of Paris looking for the creme de la creme of fashionable ladies as official PFW reporter for MOTEL ROCKS - the looks are so varied but that is also what's so inspiring.

Hopefully you have been keeping up to date with my recent Paris Fashion Week posts but if not, do check out my MOTEL ROCKS SEVENTIES SUIT outfit, looking MINIMAL IN MOTEL ROCKS on day two, plus my AF VANDEVORST show review.


Fashion Week est une des meilleurs façons de trouver votre inspiration alors voici mes looks street style preferés de Fashion Week de Paris. J'ai couru entre les lieux différents à Paris pour chercher la crème de la crème de filles stylées comme reporter officielle pour MOTEL ROCKS - les looks sont vachement variés et ça c'est pourquoi ils sont tous tellement inspirants.

J'espère que vous avez lu mes postes récents sur Fashion Week de Paris mais si vous en avez raté - allez voir ma tenue MOTEL ROCKS SEVENTIES SUIT, mon look MINIMAL IN MOTEL ROCKS et ma revue du défilé de AF VANDEVORST.

Have a great Tuesday! / Bon mardi!

Izzie x

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