October 24, 2011

Upper East Side's Pachute

    Sharone Komoroff opened Pachute on May 2nd 2010. It’s a small boutique , about 400 square feet/35 m2, with a beautiful assortment of carefully selected brands : Oeuf, Nico Nico, Lamantine, Egg, Atsuyo et Akiko, Tane’ and Jess Brown. Pachute carries jewelry and…

October 22, 2011

Mimi'lou, what's new?

  Mimi’lou is a poetic and whimsical brand of home décor items that was launched by Miriam Derville in 2005.  A graphic designer, Miriam worked 10 years as an art director for Givenchy, Guerlain, Hugo Boss, before creating Mimi’lou.  A she loved designing for her kids…

October 21, 2011

Queenliness revisited

"In the series "Existing in Costume", Chan-Hyo Bae has chosen the iconography of queenliness to express his feelings as an Asian immigrant. He dresses in period costumes and photographs himself as unidentified members of English aristocracy from the 13th to 19th centuries (all…

October 20, 2011

Jenna & Olive – The style icons who made my day

Creative director and President of J Crew Jenna Lyons with son Beckett. Photos Martine Fougeron. Click here to read the full article about Jenna Lyons in NY Mag. .... Olive in her Sunday Best, wearing authentic 70s shirt and 80's hairslide from Porte de Clignancourt, Paris.…

October 19, 2011

Small, thinking BIG

The famous e-store Smallable is expanding, launching a multilingual version of the site, as well as So-Small, a platform dedicated to private sales. Photos from Smallable magazine number 10.

October 18, 2011

Paris Photo – Last year’s favourite

I am getting ready for another visit at Paris Photo in November. An annual rendez-vous that I wouldn't miss at any cost. This made me remember one of the artists I liked very much last year, and that I totally forgot to mention on Pirouette.  Never too late. Nelli Palomaki was…

October 17, 2011

New e-store, made in Switzerland

  . Name of the e-store: Boutikids.ch Country: Switzerland Date of launch: September 16, 2011 Name of the founder: Inga Aellen & Daniela Raia. Inga is mother of 4 year old twins — Jan and Sven. She worked in marketing & communication, sales and brand…

October 15, 2011

Nina, 6 & Tor, 4 years old – Nairobi, Kenya

Erin Allan contacted me about Toto Knits, the brand of ethically made knitwear for children that she founded in Nairobi. A good occasion to discover how it is to live in the capital of Kenya. I learned that Nina loves art- especially drawing and recycled/found crafts and that…

October 14, 2011

Photography crush – big time…

I got very excited when came through the photos of Joanna Paterson. There is a real energy in her work, somethink that we would call "dejante" in French, meaning a cool madness, something totally fresh and different from many things we've seen recently.

October 13, 2011

An e-store for Kidscase!

Kidscase is a small, indie company, founded in 2000 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by Jacqueline van Nieuwkerk and Merel Verbrugge. Simple fashion-forward style, love for clever details, an very good quality, edgy colour combinations are the key points that made the brand a…

October 10, 2011

Dandy house

. . . Rose Bamford's house in Cornwall - The Telegraph. Rose Bamford is the co-founder of famous British label  Dandy Star.

October 9, 2011

Niddle Noddle’s favourites

Thanks to Katrine Camillo  and Eilidh Fraser for this rich and playful selection. All products available at www.niddlenoddle.com