Fashionably Yours

French Fashion brand, ELLE is making all the waves at Splash this season with its French inspired style for women  and men.

Elle at Splash, Middle East

Elle at Splash, Middle East

I’m loving the collection for its four key trends ‘Mes Essentials Adores’ which is all about formals and corporate dressing, ‘Mon Chic Dressing’ an everyday fashion collection, occasion wear is summed up in ‘Mon Look Party’ and ‘My Favorite Denim’ is simple and sophisticated. The selection includes dresses, tops, light jackets, pants and skirts that come with an unmistakable Parisian charm. Tres chic!

Elle At Splash Middle East

Elle At Splash Middle East

It’s official: Louis Vuitton, of the coveted accessories, is all set to offer its fans a whiff of luxury- The LV perfume! LV collaborates with the famous master perfumer, Monsieur Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud for this scented offering- it’s first in 80 years!

Louis Vuitton announces its new fragrance

Monsieuer Jacques is the third generation scion of legendary perfume makers and is credited with the success of brands such as Stella McCartney’s Stella, Poeme by Lancome, Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey and Dior Addict. He is currently travelling the world in search of the perfect concoction to befit the LV brand.

‘Joining Louis Vuitton is an honor and a pleasure,’ says Jacques. ’It is a unique and particularly exciting adventure, all the more so as I share the Maison’s values: respect for expertise, craftsmanship and the choice of the finest materials. The Maison’s Heritage is also an inexhaustible source of inspiration.’

A bag from the new Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2012 Collection

Louis Vuitton marketed three perfumes back in the 1920s and 30s but discontinued them soon after. The name of the new fragrance, its launch date and concept will be disclosed soon and the spokesperson has confirmed that once it is created, it will appear exclusively in Louis Vuitton stores worldwide.

Source: Marie Claire UK

Speaking of collaborations, LV has also tied up with Japanese pop artist, Yayoi Kusama, who’s known for her red-and-white polka-dot art. According to a report by WWD, her spots will appear on LV products ranging from bags to clothing to jewelry this summer but her collection might not feature on the runways this February. Watch out for some pop art fun from the house of Louis Vuitton this July!

One of Yayoi Kusama's artworks Photo: Designboom.com

I was like “What? You mean, no more frantic gestures to the mall attendants asking where on earth is H&M again, for the third time on the same day?”  Being directionally challenged is just no good in the big bad mall with shiny objects all around. And kilometers to go before you finally find you want…Sigh!

FashLink to the rescue! Why break into a sweat when you can window shop while sitting pretty at home?

FashLink app: News

Fashlink, The first ‘Online Social Window-Shopping Fashion Guide’ is launched today to offer us, fashion crazy girls, a new way to give vent to our passion. It’s a website, it’s an app, its a social network…its an all- you- need guide to everything fabulously fashionable!

Pallav Patel, Partner at Fashlink.com, explained: “We have been overwhelmed by the response we have received from various brands and boutiques in the region. We have partnered with more than 70 brands ranging from high street to luxury to local boutiques; such as Top Shop ME, Splash, Noosh Couture, Polka Dot Cat, Fay Bijoux, Iconic, Miss Selfridge, New Look, Aldo, Reiss, BCBG MAXAZRIA, H&M, and United Designers to name a few. This amounts to over 3,500 individual items consisting of apparel, accessories, bags, shoes and more which we will keep building and updating weekly as we get more brands and products on board.  Our aim is to offer our users a wide variety to window-shop and style from!”

Fashlink.com

Features:

Users can now find the items from fashion catalogs, create their own ‘Looks’ on the “Make A Look” page and add the items to their ‘Wish List’.  Users can then save, print and take the Wish List with them on a shopping trip to purchase their desired items.

The ‘My Closet’ feature located in the “Make A Look” page allows users to upload photos of items from their personal wardrobe, which the Fashlink team will crop and prepare, to be used to create looks.  Something like Polyvore, only more personal. Fashlink is also available as an app for the iPhone and iPad.

Make A Look Feature @Fashlink.com

 

Ipad-Fashbook

Community: FashLink will facilitate a public fashion community where people can share and find inspiration from looks created by brands or other users. This unique way to discover new brands and share great finds with friends makes online window-shopping a fun base to the real-life shopping experience.

View and Vote: This feature enables individuals to view ‘Looks’ created by other users and also display their own ensembles.  They can also upload pictures of themselves wearing creative Looks that they need opinions on. Users are now able to share and receive opinions and rate others’ ‘Looks’ allowing them to engage in a creative dialogue on fashion.

“Consider us to be a Fashion search engine with styling and social aspects built in.” Payal Patel, Business Development Director at Fashlink.com sums it up in style.
  Check it out here: www.fashlink.com