The outfits below are only my picks, only my favorites, it’s not an over-all look of the complete collection. Click the designer for the full collection.
Sinha-Stanic: Despite these few looks, it’s a horrible collection.
archive for februari, 2008
The body of the former top model Katoucha Niane has been found in the River Seine, police in Paris said today.
The model, one of the first African women to attain stardom on the catwalk, disappeared on January 31 as she returned late at night to her houseboat moored near the Alexander III bridge in central Paris.
There were fears that the 47-year-old may have fallen into the river after a heavy drinking session. Police said today that her body was found yesterday and a subsequent autopsy showed no sign of foul play.
1993 & 2008
”She fell into the water and went straight to the bottom,” a source close to the investigation said.
Katoucha, as she was known in the fashion world, was born in Guinea and became the face of Yves Saint-Laurent, the French haute couture guru, in the 1980s before stepping off the catwalk to launch a campaign against female genital mutilation.
When her handbag was discovered by the front door to her boat there was initial speculation that the woman dubbed the French-speaking Naomi Campbell could have committed suicide. But police thought it more likely that the mother of three lost her footing and slipped into the river accidentally.
Her success as a model was largely credited to Saint-Laurent, who turned her into a global icon nicknamed the Peul Princess after the Peul ethnic group of Guinea and eight other West African states.
“He loved her enormously,” said Dominique Deroche, head of PR at the fashion house. “She was exactly like an Yves Saint-Laurent drawing, a proud head on a long neck, very slim but with strong shoulders, made for haute couture. She looked magnificent on the catwalk and often wore very powerful outfits like a Cubist navy-blue dress with doves around the neckline.”
From Times Online and agencies in Paris.
I wore jeans for a day, and because the outfit isn’t that special itself, I added a lot of accessories. I wore the second-hand bangles and button-up floral top for the first time.
Yesterday when I got home, there was a large package waiting for me. I finally recieved the Friis & Company bag and clutch I got for free with my year’s subsribtion to Grazia (Dutch weekly fashion mag). It looked sooooo much better in real! I expected it to be half the size! I thought there were made pictures to make something look better than in real…
Look! Dip-dye buttons! No, just kidding, but I do love the different tones of pink.
As you can see I lost one of the pins on my shoes, so I’m just ripping the other one off too.
Jeans, cardigan: H&M
Top, bracelets: Second-hand
Bag: Friis & Company
Snakeskin belt, watch, small ring, scarf: Vintage
Earrings: Valentino Perfumes
Large stone ring: Some shop in Koln
Pumps: Graceland
She always shoots the most amazing pictures, but isn’t this just simply too beautiful to only call it ‘amazing’?
