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The stylists Era

After Zendaya became the youngest black woman to ever earn the fashion icon status, I decided to come back on the role of her stylist and others in the profession.

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The stylists Era
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Quant, et la mini jupe fût

Sadie Frost’s latest documentary is around to corner, honoring Mary Quant, creator of the mini skirt. We’ll come back to an incredible career, and a big influence on fashion.

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Charles de Vilmorin makes his debut at Rochas

With the arrival of Charles de Vilmorin at the head of the Parisian house Rochas, the spring-summer show of the brand was one of my favorites this season. Here's a look back at some mythical creations, and a story like no other.

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Charles de Vilmorin makes his debut at Rochas
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Olivier Rousteing celebrates 10 years of Balmain

J’ai eu la chance d’assister au défilé Balmain printemps-été 22, qui célébrait les 10 ans d’Olivier Rousteing à la tête de la maison parisienne.

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Olivier Rousteing celebrates 10 years of Balmain
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McQueen's golden shower: asserting his rain on fashion

For his Spring and Summer 1998 collection, Alexander Lee McQueen envisioned a collection named ‘Golden Shower’. When his financial backers found out, they made him remove the name, and the show was left untitled. No title, and yet, this show marked the fashion industry by its immense potential and candour. Let’s have a look.

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The new designers you should know about

Coming back on the designers that made their mark in the year 2020, and who are doing a tremendous job at kicking the codes of fashion in the gut - even though you may have missed them.

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The new designers you should know about
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A-t-on toujours besoin des Fashion Weeks? // Do we still need fashion weeks

How do we make fashion weeks sustainable? Do we need so many? Gucci has chosen to leave out 3 shows a year, should everyone do this?

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A-t-on toujours besoin des Fashion Weeks? // Do we still need fashion weeks
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Fascinating Designers series: Marine Serre

Marine Serre finds old textiles and turns them into haute couture. Her futurewear, a way of describing what the world would look like after the apocalypse, is making the world react.

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How do we make the fashion industry greener?

How is the industry of fashion polluting the earth? is there anything we can do to limit it? Come read all about this in YCBMV’s latest article.

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How do we make the fashion industry greener?

Esther Bancel - éthique + anticonformisme // Ethical fashion + anticonformity

Cette semaine, YCBMV se concentre sur une jeune marque crée par Esther Bancel et son mari, Morgan. Le duo se concentre sur une mode avant gardiste, unisexe et totalement éthique aux allures underground passionnantes. Venez faire un tour pour savoir ce que j’en pense et en découvrir plus.

Esther Bancel - éthique + anticonformisme // Ethical fashion + anticonformity
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Fashion in Africa – Attending Warwick Africa Summit 2019

After attending Warwick Africa Summit, I decided to write about the importance of African fashion and the challenges it faces today. This article features a couple of quotes from content Creator Eniafe Momodu, inspiration from fashion figures all over Africa and a little sum up of what happened at the summit. Only available in English.

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Fashion in Africa – Attending Warwick Africa Summit 2019

Is fashion useful? // La mode, ça sert à quoi?

After someone told me I was going into a useless industry, I decided to think about what fashion is and what it does to our everyday life. Come have a read!

Is fashion useful? // La mode, ça sert à quoi?
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Urban settings and Caribbean clips // Décors urbains et mousquetons

Comme il pleut des trombes d’eau là ou je suis en ce moment, et que soyons honnêtes, Nice me manque énormément, je me suis dit que j’allais vous ramener à l’ancien observatoire de Cannes pour vous montrer qu’on peut faire de la mode avec n’importe quoi, même avec un mousqueton.

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Urban settings and Caribbean clips // Décors urbains et mousquetons

Kim Kardashian and the standards of Beauty

This week, I’m wondering how Kim Kardashian has changed the image of the perfect woman and society and where her inspiration comes from. With the controversies surrounding her family and the divided opinions on her legitimacy, I thought this would be the perfect time to come back on the woman who inspires us, curvy women. This article is only available in English.

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Winter essentials // Les essentiels de l'hiver

With winter coming back to freeze us, I’ve decided to make you think about how you can wear non-black clothing and keep things interesting.

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Winter essentials // Les essentiels de l'hiver
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Streetwear for dummies

I’ve worked really hard on this article to be able to give you a full work up of where streetwear is at, and where it comes from. Hope you enjoy it!

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Streetwear for dummies

Rap & Fashion // Mode & Rap

Between Pharell Williams’ collaboration with adidas, the huge success of Kanye’s collection, and the amazing entry of streetwear into fashion, the links between rap and fashion are now becoming undeniable. Come find out why and how.

Entre la collaboration de Pharell Williams avec adidas, le succès indéniable des collections de kanye West et l’entrée fracassante du streetwear dans le monde de la mode et du luxe, les liens entre mode et rap sont maintenant indéniables. Venez en savoir plus sur le pourquoi du comment.

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Buren Baby, Buren.

I took a couple of pictures on a sunny day out in Paris. And I’m telling you a bit about the Colonnes de Buren, because I’ve spent quite a bit of time there during my year in paris it seems. Ah, Paris.

Buren Baby, Buren.