2 days ago, Jeanne-Salomé and myself attended to this beautiful exhibition by our friends Stéphane Devidal (1st picture—he does not actually look as gangsta as on his picture!) and Charlotte Herzig (both of ex Blakam Madame) and Jean-Christophe Hugenin (2nd picture). Stéphane And Charlotte are also known for their DIY tattoos those they used to make with former group member Nicolas Party.

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After all that fashion (and there still are like 5 shows I need to blog… argh…), we need some tattooing. I have to apology though, I have not written down the names of the bearers and the artists… What I remember is: the man with the lines on his throat is the owner of Steele Workshop Tattoo , he tattooed himself in the mirror. The man with the head tattoo and biomechanical chestpiece is a tattoo artist from LA (I have his card, I will check tomorrow). He is a friend of Hooper and his head tattoo is by Hoop. Chestpiece, I don’t know. Will ask him. And the girl… Sorry I just don’t remember. If anyone knows, please share! The dude with the cap is from Paris, I have a card somewhere too. They were a hole posse there, some very good artists I had never heard of before. Thank you and congratulations to Dats of Tattoopassion for the invitation and congratulations for a (I admit) unexpectedly good show! And last but not least, thank you to the amazing Travelingmic for good company and uplifting exchanges.

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Fluro industrial workwear chaos at the Bernhard Willhelm presentation during Tranoi on Saturday. Foam roadworks followed by rainbow smoke flares, and a hyper-real mix of athletic club gear and ethnic-inspired sportswear. Can’t think of another designer that could pull this off. The fanboys were loving it. Photo by Volker Ketteniss.

The Boris show was beautiful, Jayjay’s casting was on point and the location was impressive, but since I stupidly forgot to buy an adapter for my camera’s charger, I had to shoot the actual show with a film camera. While I wait for the pictures to come back from the lab, here are a few ambiance images I managed to get before I powerlessly witnessed its temporary death. You will find here some close-ups of Boris’ latest experimentation on transparent leather. Somewhere between wow and yuk, you know? I also made a portrait of Boris and one of Jayjay.

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The spectacular show offered a vision between Spring Summer Fall Winter And Spring, and Solaris. The impeccably tailored clothes defined silhouettes harmonizing the ample and the fitted, yet never looking stiff. It almost made me wish I worked in an office to fully enjoy the relaxed, airy style and smooth matters this collection offered.

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I was very lucky to be invited to the YSL show (thank you to Guilhem and all the YSL crew). The collection blew me away. A very subtle—not all out—deconstruction of a classic wardrobe into partial pieces, still managing to respect the house’s legacy of classicism and elegance. Chapeau. Unfortunately, my positioning in the tiny venue and some technical mishaps didn’t allow me to take great pictures. Sorry

At the entrance of the building, was presented a movie by Ari Marcopoulos on LA tattoo artist Mark Mahoney. An interview with Ari and Stefano Pilati is coming up…

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The last show I went to today was the greatly appreciated Raf Simon (were to be found among the attendees, nothing less than Riccard Tisci and the Givenchy Family, Panos Yipanis and Nicola Formichetti).

We all particularly liked his latex jumpers, all in hospital-y colours worn over classical outfits. (Obviously, the openings in the back do also evoke surgical suites, but I can’t really say it seemed a real theme in this collection either.)

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