FASHION Diaries
FASHION goes to the shows
FASHION Magazine
Check out our behind-the-scenes blog from the Fall 2008 international runways.
Our FASHION editors went to New York, Milan, London and Paris to get the first look at Fall 2008. They blogged in the behind-the-scenes scoop, runway photos, reviews and much, much more! Click here to see all galleries.
Chanel Resort 2009
Posted on May 21, 2008
Want to know the best way to throw Chanel Paris PR into a perfectly French fit? Accidentally try to climb into the car with actress Diane Kruger (wearing a satin navy mini-dress with a jaunty straw hat and open-toed booties), that’s how. "Oh non, non. Sorry, sorry!" says Chanel, flapping you to the next car. What? Is it my faute I mistook her for a 17-year-old model?
Categories: Runway Report
Chanel 2009 Resort, South Beach pre-show
Posted on May 15, 2008
The town is crawling with everything and everyone Chanel as they get ready for Chanel's resort presentation tonight around the pool at The Raleigh hotel (I was a bit blue to hear it was going to be a pool, I was hoping for a show on boats in shark infested waters. And Don Johnson!). Every elevator is full of impossibly chic Paris girls in oversized Chanel watches and "I don't care if my hair is messy you'll never be as beautiful and slim as me" airs (insert smoky French laugh here.)
Categories: Runway Report | Girl About Town
Paris: Day eight
Posted on March 1, 2008
Paris: Day eight
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Nina Ricci Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
So sad that fashion week is drawing to an end. I have truly loved every moment–from the mad crush at the tent entrance to the metallic accents on coats, bags and shoes to the mid-afternoon macaroon fashion refuels.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
Paris: Day seven
Posted on February 29, 2008
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Chloé Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
Back to the Accessories Show on Saturday morning with my Starbucks in tow (at this point in the week, caffeine and gel foot cushions are a fashion girl's best friend). Ran over to the Chloé show and managed to squeeze into an amazing seat (perfect view of Anna and Bee) before the show began.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
Paris: Day six
Posted on February 28, 2008
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Chanel Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
Literally jumped out of bed this morning. Kind of felt like Christmas morning...reality check: it was the Chanel show. Ooh la la...total crush of the cool (Claudia Schiffer), as I grabbed my seat in front of the giant iconic Chanel merry-go-round. Pearls, tweed jackets, fresh blowouts and chain-handled bags surround me–think I am in heaven.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
Paris: Day five
Posted on February 27, 2008
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Stella McCartney Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
Started the day with Stella McCartney – big celeb draw (Kanye et fiancée, Twiggy looking very chic in her beret, Sir Paul), although judging from the mélange of oversize sunnies, there had definitely been some late-night revelry.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
Paris: Day four
Posted on February 26, 2008
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Karl Lagerfeld Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
Early start to the day, but somehow the lack of sleep is manageable, due to the prospect of seeing Kaiser Karl at Lagerfeld. Carine Roitfeld and photog Patrick Demarchelier are the last to be seated and then the show begins. Funny how suddenly, when the music starts and I see the models take the runway, sleep is the last thing on my mind. See photos from this show.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
Paris: Day three
Posted on February 25, 2008
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Tsumori Chisato Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
A rainy start to the day – oh mon Dieu, my freshly flat-ironed locks! – so I snuck in a grande Starbucks to wakey wakey while reading the WWD review of Dior yesterday.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
Paris: Day two
Posted on February 24, 2008
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Dior Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
Started the day with a croquet-madame and a café au lait outside near the Palais Royal. Frenchy females are wearing: black ballet flats, wayfarers (still), black mini capes, leather bombers, chain-handled lady bags or everything-but-the-kitchen-sink totes.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
Paris: Day one
Posted on February 23, 2008
By Sarah Casselman
Shown: Balmain Fall 2008. Photography by Peter Stigter.
Ah, Paris! The people watching, the shopping–I am lusting after a white patent, oversized Longchamp clutch.
Categories: Runway Report | Paris
