Les Parisiennes de Mamansnet: Emergency thread!!

[Papyrophile]

Bonjour Mariannes. Sans botemps, I've taken action; if I am one of many, I'll ask MNHQ to remove this.

You did tell me so bo and you were absolutely right! I think I have a romanticised idea of 20th century designers honing their craft in a maestro's atelier and I'm always disappointed when they clearly haven't.

I had a similar reaction as you to the Cecilie Bahnsen / Uniqlo collab. I kept going back to look again in case they'd added more stuff but it wasn't to be. I like your Mango collab skirt and shirt.

The weather here is pitiless.I got out of London just in time!

I don't think it's that romanticised Flo, there's definitely a good bunch of those, Balenciaga and Dior definitely fit that mold. I think Schiaparelli and even Chanel sort of were the ones who broke with the tradition and the role transitioned more from designer/maker to creative director and I think a move to a globalised business model sort of cemented it. Probably why Japanese designers are revered as they still retain something similar of a crafts person working their way up and improving their skills as they go. None of this wunderkind stuff.

I think I saw a documentary about Schiaparelli some time ago that was probably decent (don't remember it as exceptionally good or bad anyhow) but not sure if that would shed more light on her than the biography.

I'm very much over the heat but we still have days to go... ugh... had initially planned to go to Paris this week but postponed it as that's just not fun in this heat.

Hi Bo just coming quickly to say that October busy for me as travelling to South America, and September will be visiting Unis at weekends (yes ds is going to uni in a years time!) so really tricky for me those months.

Agree, also say CB at Uniqlo and was so disappointed.
And it is way to too hot here too. I love dressing in the summer but this is not fun anymore.

I am with you there red.
I wore all linen to London via train and Tube on Thursday and all cotton yesterday, and linen definitely won for coolability.