Azzedine Alaïa is one of the last major living couturiers. The exhibition focuses on Alaia’s work in the 21st Century. It is the sequel to the presentation of his designs from previous decades, also shown at the Groninger Museum in 1997-1998, and which subsequently travelled to the Brant Foundation, Guggenheim Soho in New York in 2000. Tunisian-born Azzedine Alaïa is one of the most important fashion designers of the last decades. The name Alaïa stands for glamour, sensuality, style, cut, self-confidence, comfort and, of course, sex appeal. His tight dresses embrace the bodies of the world’s most seductive and successful women.

This exhibition displays the most fantastic Alaïa fashion creations of the last ten years. Each room in the exhibition will focus on a different material that Azzedine Alaïa has consistently used over the past decade: velvet, fur, wool, leather, cotton, animal skins, chiffon and knitwear.

This is your Last chance for Haute Couture of the fashion houses Chanel & Dior!! Last chance for fashionable romance!

Imagine it is just a boring Sunday.. You have two options: 1 to stay in bed or 2 you decide to do something nice today!  In that case you can visit the exposition Voici Paris at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. (Until 6^th of June 2010). It is worth the visit!! You can also combine this visit with a visit to the Japanese Garden in Clingendael (also Den Haag) 2 euro p.p.  So put on your new wonderful dress & high heels and visit these two nice events!  Nice to combine with a high tea!

Voici Paris is a wonderful exposition. Your imagination will be stimulated ! You see world’s most fashionable dresses! Of the Fashion houses Dior, Chanel.  Only a few fashion houses may call themselves House of Haute Couture. This is very special. There are strict membership rules. You have to be a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. There are only 200 Haute Couture customers worldwide! That means that they visit the shows and order for Haute Couture!

Here you will find dresses of Givenchy, Ellie Saab (the wedding dress of Silvie van der Vaart). The dress witch Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Romance, dresses and Chanel….all that she wants! Really Something else!

www.gemeentemuseum.nl expositition Voici Paris Den Haag

Recently Dior presented the new Haute Couture spring / summer 2010 collection by John Galliano in Paris. And as always it was a phenomenal show. Charles James inspired John Galliano new Haute Couture collection.
James is the man who in 1947 inspired Christian Dior for his new look collection.
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Zelfs de wereld van de haute couture in modesteden als Parijs, Milaan en New York zegt last te hebben van de economische recessie.

Vorige week maakten twee luxe mannenlabels, Marni en Valentino, bekend dat ze de komende maand geen dure modeshow geven, maar kiezen voor een goedkopere presentatie in een showroom. Een modeshow van enige allure kost al snel veel meer dan 100.000 euro en om die reden schijnen volgens de Amerikaanse media ook verschillende ontwerpers in New York te twijfelen aan het nut van die investering.
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