Spring, also known as springtime, is one of the four temperate seasons, succeeding winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs.

Spring and “springtime” refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Subtropical and tropical areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, e.g. dry or wet, monsoonal or cyclonic. Cultures may have local names for seasons which have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe.

As we may all have had a difficult winter, let’s try to think pink and add some of it to our routine.

It is definitely needed more than ever..!

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For your business mornings…!

Dolce & Gabbana

Pink Viscose Blend Top

595 euro

CHLOÉ Flared pants Women’s SWEET LILAC Size 8 100% Virgin Wool

Casadei

Casadei Sandals In Rose-pink Leather

713 euro

Dior Dior Diorgipsy1 Rose Gold Sunglasses

350 euro

VALENTINO

RED Valentino Pink Leather Bucket Bag With Resin Chaini Detail

452 euro

Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta Lido Sandal

1.107 euro

Jennifer Behr Oleander Earring, Violet

$425

VERSACE

Versace Jeans Couture Backpack In Rose-pink Leather

204 euro

Alicya Blazer White

212 euro

Kenzo

T-shirt Tiger white

74 euro

Valentino

Sneakers Valentino Garavani Backnet Sneakers In Zebra Print Leather

$ 577

Valentino

Mini Bag Valentino Garavani Rockstud Spikes Bag In Leather With Studs

$1175

Dior Dior Sostellaire1 Bordeaux Sunglasses

299 euro

Mirta

Ludi

$ 637

Mirta

Playa

309 euro

Chloe

CHLOÉ Fiji bracelet Women’s VINTAGE GOLD Size S 100% Brass, Mineral glass

Chloe’

Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta Stretch Sandals

8.36 euro

CHLOÉ Mini Tess day bag Women’s SOFTY PINK Size OneSize 100% Calf-skin leather

1.650

Jennifer Behr Tori Headband in Hammered Silk, Dusty Rose

188

For your Coffee Breaks…!

Lanvin

Lanvin Pink Dress

691 euro

BALMAIN

Balmain B-buzz 23 Bag In White And Pink Canvas

1.582 euro

Mirta

Piazzetta

241 euro

Salvatore Ferragamo

Salvatore Ferragamo Medium Studio Bag In Pink Leather

 2.076 euro

Night time…!

Self Portrait

self-portrait Rose Pink Lace Midi Dress

584 euro

Valentino

Heeled Sandals Valentino Rockstud Ankle Strap Sandal In Laminated Leather With Metal Studs

$1.075

Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta The Chain Pouch

2.902 euro

All time classy…!

Chloe’

CHLOÉ Dress with print Women’s PINK – GREEN 1 Size 2 100% Silk

$ 2.395

VALENTINO

RED Valentino Pink Nylon Hobo Bag With Oversized Bow Detail

282 euro

Chloe’

CHLOÉ Lauren espadrille wedge sandals Women’s Maple Pink Size 10 100% Calf-skin leather

$595

Jennifer Behr Large Jardinia Hairpins, Peony

$275

Bottega Veneta The Shell Shoulder Bag

1.884 eur0

Sundays…!

Blu Girl

Blugirl Flower Embroidered Dress PINK

$477

Dolce & Gabbana Phone Cover In Pink Color Leather

$956 euro

Michael Kors

Michael Kors Croc Embossed Leather Pumps –  PINK

$203

Jennifer Behr Twist Headband in Silk Satin, Dusty Rose

$198

Wouf – Glycine Laptop Case – 13″

$57

In a totally Spring time mood…!

BALMAIN

Balmain Six-button Blazer In Pink Wool

1753 euro

Valentino

Mini Bag Shoulder Bag Women Valentino Garavani

$ 1.875

BALMAIN

Balmain Pink Check-print Minidress

1645 euro

BALMAIN

 891 euro

Bottega Veneta

Mini wallet pink

$ 336

Gucci

Gucci pink shawl

442 euro

Dolce & Gabbana

Silk Cardigan Pink

$284

Dolce & Gabbana

Floral Silk Skirt

595 euro

Valentino

Pumps Shoes Women Valentino Garavani

$995

MISSONI

M Missoni Long Pink Lamé Dress

772 euro

Giuseppe Zanotti

Giuseppe Zanotti Harmony Pink Leather Sandals

331 euro

Bottega Veneta

The Pouch pink

1967 euro

Dolce & Gabbana Pink Lace Dress

1.551 euro

Holistic Silk – Lavender Eye Mask – Rose

$90

Mirta

Emera

$1668

Mirta

Rosalba Big

$556

Chloe’

CHLOÉ Clint low-top sneaker Women’s Delicate Pink Size 7 100% Bovine leather, Rubber

585

Cashmere sweater

245 euro

Tory Burch

Gemini Link tote small

205 euro

Chloe’

CHLOÉ Woody flat mule Women’s Delicate Pink Size 10 100% Polypropylene

$370

Ralph Lauren Logo Cotton Shirt – S / PINK

$111

Mirta

Gildo

$136

Mirta

Albicocca

371 euro

Mirta

Lavinia

612 euro

Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta Key Chain

202 euro

Mirta

Iside

433 euro

Kenzo

Kenzo Tiger Embroidered Hoodie – S / PINK

505 euro

Balengiaca

Sneaker triple s

615 euro

MSGM Pink Shorts

83 euro

Kenzo

T-shirt Tiger pink

$ 103

HOGAN

Hogan Hyperactive White & Pink Sneaker

271 euro

Mirta

Megane

241 euro

Chloe’

CHLOÉ Chloé C card holder Women’s GRAPHIC PINK Size OneSize 100% Bovine leather

$295

Reina Olga High-cut Pink Ruby One Piece Swimsuit

190 euro

Jennifer Behr Vintage Wide Velvet Bow Barrette, Hot Pink

$148

For your baby girl

Moncler

Pink Vest

 219 euro

Isabel Marant Dolessa Dungarees In Pink Denim

474 euro

MONCLER

Moncler Pink Lightweight Jacket

309 euro

Dolce & Gabbana Pink Dress With Embroidered Flowers Dolce & gabbana Kids

1.058 euro

Billieblush Pink Cardigan For Girl With Flowers

71 euro

Blumarine Pink Dress For Babygirl With Logo

246 euro

Moncler

Moncler Pink Jacket For Babygirl With Iconic Logo

285 euro

Blumarine Pink Dress For Babygirl With Logo

119 euro

Little Bear Pink Cape For Babygirl

175 euro

MONNALISA

Monnalisa 2-piece White And Pink Swimsuit

154 euro

GUCCI

Gucci Pink Dress For Babygirl With Double Gg

741 euro

Little Bear White Dress With Pink Bow

237 euro

For your Home…!

Lalique – Fish Figure – Pink

$107

Orrefors Kosta Boda – Make Up Mini Lipstick Ornament – Pearl Pink

$49

Lexon – Mina M LED Light – Pink

$69

Normann Copenhagen – Magic Jar – Candyfloss Rose – 3.5L

$153

Ladurée – Caramel Candle – 220g

$56

Villari – Large Tea Pot – 2000ml – Baby Rose

$696

UGG® – Bliss Pillow 50x50cm – Quartz

$69

Versace Home – Alphabet Trinket Trays – P

$53

Lacoste – Le Croco Towel – Pale Pink – Bath Towel

$62

Versace Home – La Scala Del Palazzo Vase – Pink – 30cm

$758

Alessi – ‘Big Love’ Teaspoons – Set of 4 – Golden Pink

$45

Mrs Moore’s Vintage Store – Alice Flamingo Chintz Pink Plate with Gold Trim – 21cm

$53

Villeroy & Boch – Boston Colored Red Wine Goblet – Rose

$23

Bitossi Home – Rio Mug – Blue Stripes

$12

Orrefors Kosta Boda – Make Up Hotlips Ornament – Cerise

$67

Seletti wears Toiletpaper – Upholstered Padded Chair – Pink Lipsticks

$538

Missoni Home – William Pillow – 159 – 40x40cm

$207

Versace

Versace Home – Break The Bank Money Box – Pink

$255

PODEVACHE – Girl Gang Zebra Vinyl Floor Mat – White/Pink

$218

For your pink beauty routine…!

Mirta

Bellezza

575 euro

Lip balm pomegranate 15 ml

 8 euro

Face scrub 100 ml

22 euro

Koh Gen Do Cosmetics

Maifanshi Mineral Eye Shadow Palette

46 euro

Maifanshi Mineral Cheek Palette

35 euro

Maifanshi Makeup Color Base Lavender Pink

52 euro

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Happy Spring Time…!

By Georgia Papadon & team

Who was Christian Dior?

From Princess Margaret’s 21st birthday dress  and Princess Grace’s favorites  to Jennifer Lawrence’s red-carpet couture, here is a preview of what to expect from Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams.

Christian Dior ( 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world’s top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior, which is now owned by Groupe Arnault.

Christian Dior was born in Granville, a seaside town on the coast of Normandy, France. He was the second of five children born to Maurice Dior, a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer (the family firm was Dior Frères), and his wife, formerly Madeleine Martin. When Christian was about five years old, the family moved to Paris, but still returned to the Normandy coast for summer holidays.

Dior’s family had hoped he would become a diplomat, but Dior was artistic and wished to be involved in art. To make money, he sold his fashion sketches outside his house for about 10 cents each. In 1928, Dior left school and received money from his father to finance a small art gallery, where he and a friend sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso. Three years later, after the death of Dior’s mother and brother and a financial disaster in the family’s fertilizer business, during the Great Depression, that resulted in his father losing control of Dior Frères, the gallery had to be closed.

From 1937, Dior was employed by the fashion designer Robert Piguet, who gave him the opportunity to design for three Piguet collections. Dior would later say that ‘Robert Piguet taught me the virtues of simplicity through which true elegance must come. One of his original designs for Piguet, a day dress with a short, full skirt called “Cafe Anglais”, was particularly well received. Whilst at Piguet, Dior worked alongside Pierre Balmain, and was succeeded as house designer by Marc Bohan – who would, in 1960, become head of design for Christian Dior Paris. Dior left Piguet when he was called up for military service.

In 1942, when Dior left the army, he joined the fashion house of Lucien Lelong, where he and Balmain were the primary designers. For the duration of World War II, Dior, as an employee of Lelong — who labored to preserve the French fashion industry during wartime for economic and artistic reasons — designed dresses for the wives of Nazi officers and French collaborators, as did other fashion houses that remained in business during the war, including Jean Patou, Jeanne Lanvin, and Nina Ricci.  His sister, Catherine (1917–2008), served as a member of the French Resistance, was captured by the Gestapo, and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she was incarcerated until her liberation in May 1945.

In 1946 Marcel Boussac, a successful entrepreneur known as the richest man in France, invited Dior to design for Philippe et Gaston, a Paris fashion house launched in 1925. Dior refused, wishing to make a fresh start under his own name rather than reviving an old brand.  On 8 December 1946, with Boussac’s backing, Dior founded his fashion house. The actual name of the line of his first collection, presented on 12 February 1947,  was Corolle (literally the botanical term corolla or circlet of flower petals in English), but the phrase New Look was coined for it by Carmel Snow, the editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar.

Grace Kelly in Dior for ‘Rear Window’ film, 1954

The house of Dior was led by Marc Bohan from 1961 to 1989, one of the biggest designers of the era. During her years in Monaco Grace Kelly often turned to the timeless elegance of his pastel-pale looks, made-to-measure wool suits and classic Dior accessories, with a particular weakness for his hats.

In 2014,

the french fashion house announced its longstanding partnership with The Princess Grace Foundation. A perfect match, indeed. Fashion and celebrities’ never-ending romances make us wonder…Is haute couture anything without its icons?

“…Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest..”

Christian Dior

Natalie Portman in a vintage Christian Dior couture red dress from 1954, accessorised with Harry Winston jewellery and a Charlotte Olympia clutch, at the 2012 Oscars.

“…I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape..”

Christian Dior

Jennifer Lawrence in red Dior dress  at Golden Globes 2013

Dior’s designs were more voluptuous than the boxy, fabric-conserving shapes of the recent World War II styles, influenced by the rations on fabric. He was a master at creating shapes and silhouettes; Dior is quoted as saying “I have designed flower women.” His look employed fabrics lined predominantly with percale, boned, bustier-style bodices, hip padding, wasp-waisted corsets and petticoats that made his dresses flare out from the waist, giving his models a very curvaceous form.

The “Bar” suit, Corolle, 1947, as displayed in Moscow in 2011

Christian Dior died while on holiday in Montecatini, Italy, on 24 October 1957. Some reports say that he died of a heart attack after choking on a fish bone. Time‘s obituary stated that he died of a heart attack after playing a game of cards.  However, one of Dior’s acquaintances, the Paris socialite Baron de Redé, wrote in his memoirs that contemporary rumor was that the heart attack had been caused by a strenuous sexual encounter. As of 2018, the exact circumstances of Dior’s death remain undisclosed.

In February 2019, the V&A will open the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever staged in the UK on the house of Dior. Spanning 1947 to the present day, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreamswill trace the history and impact of the couturier, and the six artistic directors who have succeeded him at his namesake brand, in what will be the museum’s biggest fashion exhibition since Alexander McQueen: Savage Beautyin 2015.

The V&A team, led by fashion and textiles curator Oriole Cullen and set designer Nathalie Crinière, will reimagine the major exhibition Christian Dior: Couturier du Rêve, organised by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, for the south-west London gallery space.

Jennifer Lawrence’s sculptural Dior gown,  on the Oscar 2013 red carpet

“We have about 50 per cent new content and it is all haute couture,” Cullen tells Vogue. “It’s quite phenomenal to think that every single garment in the show is handmade. Throughout the 70 years of the house, we see the high points and the amazing imagination of the designers at the helm. The garments themselves speak volumes, so this is very much a show that focuses on the fashion.”

Christian Dior with model Lucky, circa 1955

Within the 11 sections, which include “The New Look” (a focus on Dior’s famed Bar suit) and “The Dior Line” (the designer’s 10 defining looks from his 1947 and 1957 tenure at the house), will sit a new installation exploring the designer’s fascination with Britain. “It’s a story that hasn’t really been told before,” Cullen says of her extensive research into what the 21-year-old man from Normandy connected with upon his first visit to the country to perfect his English. “It was a very formative moment, and something he really associates with freedom and falling in love. From the grandeur of the great houses and gardens and British-designed ocean liners to the food he ate, which, most found less than appealing in the ’50s, the culture became an endless pool of inspiration for him. “And he loved British women – the way they wore their tweeds as well as their ballgowns,” adds Cullen.

Princess Margaret, 1949

“..Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess…”

Christian Dior

Princess Margaret, who paid his boutique a visit during her first European holiday in 1949, was one such woman Dior was “delighted” to count as a client. “He was very proud of the secret shows he staged for the royal family,” Cullen explains. After he had shown his first collection at The Savoy in 1950, he presented the looks to the Queen, Princess Margaret, Princess Marina and Princess Olga of Greece at the French embassy. “The models were told they were going there for lunch!,” Cullen laughs of the covert operation. Accordingly, a highlight of the exhibition will be the Dior dress Margaret wore for her 21st birthday celebrations on loan from the Museum of London.

Christian Dior 1956

Dior’s historical approach to fashion – he said of Britain, “I love this country because the past lies all around” – is often linked with the sober figure he presented in later life. But, Cullen advises, one of the most striking personal possessions on display will be a portrait of Dior from the 1920s. “He’s portrayed as a young, colourful figure, not the grey suited one that comes to mind,” she says.

Christian Dior with his models at his fashion house, 30 avenue Montaigne in the 50’s. Christian Dior founds his own house with backing from textile manufactures Marcel Boussac in 1946. Christian Dior shows his first collection in 12th February 1947 and the “New Look” is born. Paris, FRANCE – 50’s

Another piece that piqued the interest of the curator was Dior’s lucky star – an old metal token the designer found outside the British embassy in Paris. “He spotted it just when he was being approached to set up his own house, saw it as a sign and retained it as a lucky charm throughout his life,” notes Cullen. “He was always very superstitious – he consulted a medium and believed in signs and symbols. What’s lovely, though, is that the star has survived and it’s something that his successors have referenced.”

Christian Dior – Evening dress, 1950

Each successive artistic director – Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri – and the sensibilities each has brought to the house are given equal weight within the exhibition, as well as the beauty division that has thrived under each helmsman.

Christian Dior – Bride 1950

“Dior was always very interested in scent, it’s an important part of his story,” Cullen says of how the two have been interlinked since 1947, thanks to his childhood friend Serge Heftler-Louiche and his sister, Catherine, who worked closely on the perfume business with him.

Though the curation of 500 objects and transformation of the Sainsbury Gallery into the Dior world has been quick in relation to the V&A’s usual time frame, the museum laid the foundations of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams long ago. “We’ve worked closely with the house and Soizic Pfaff, the wonderful archivist there, since the ’60s, so they were happy for the Paris exhibition to come to us,” Cullen summises. “The V&A audience has a real hunger for fashion, so we thought it would be great to show the amazing spectacle through our own lens.”

The exhibition “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” runs from February 2 – July 14, 2019 in the V&A’s Sainsbury Gallery. Tickets will go on sale in autumn 2018.

by Georgia Papadon

part of source: British Vogue

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