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Modern Man is Afraid of Dandyism. Except for a few… When you think of silk handkerchiefs, pink corduroys, tweed and double-breasted tailoring, would you associate such a style of dress with some of the poorest slums of Africa? What you’re looking at is the phenomenon of Sapeurs, a subculture of extraordinarily dressed dandies from the Congo. In [...]
Vanessa, designer, Métro Fourche, 18th arrondissement, Parisienne There’s been quite a lot of Paris stuff coming your way from MessyNessyChic this week so I thought I might round it off with a nice little Friday photostory. “Paris wouldn’t be Paris without it’s parisians” says celebrated Franco/Anglo photographer Baudouin– yep, he only goes by one name, [...]
The Man Behind the Camera Street style bloggers wish they had taken his photographs. Magazine editors wait for him to snap their photo. But who is the man behind the camera that zones in on all the little fashion details that the other photographers miss? Of course, you would only care if you follow street [...]
Before Hollywood Steals Him Okay, so I don’t normally do this… If I have a crush on a boy, he’s always the last to know. My semi-coy, semi-’not-even-that-interested’ act works pretty well for me most of the time, thus if Guillaume ever happened to read this article, it would be all over for us, the [...]
Perhaps it’s because we share the first name (yes, if you haven’t figured it out, Nessy is short for Vanessa), perhaps it’s because she’s a Parisian and I’m now attempting to call myself one or maybe it’s just because we both like Johnny Depp– whatever the reason, Vanessa Paradis is my girl crush du jour. [...]
After eight years of living out their relationship under the nation’s watchful eye, Prince William and Kate Middleton have decided to marry, announcing their engagement at a sensational photo call yesterday in London. While fashion bloggers all over the internet begin to speculate on which designer will create the future bride’s wedding dress, MessyNessy can’t [...]
“Tavi is styling the Alice + Olivia show at NY fashion week,” says feisty fashionista, AlModa. I’m about to make her slap her forehead in shame when I ask, “who the hell is Tavi?” (I secretly enjoy how much it annoys her that I’m such a fashion dummy). Tavi is fashion’s blogger of the moment. [...]
Move over Olivia Palermo and Sienna Miller, there are some new girls in town ready to grab your column inches… The term “It Girl” was coined by English romance novelist and screenwriter Elinor Glyn to describe actress Clara Bow as she appeared in the 1927 Hollywood silent film It. With the hype surrounding Tamara Drew, I’m quite sure Arterton is being [...]
Bardot and Birkin– two of the most beautiful and iconic actresses that I have aspired to for their style and spirit ever since I first laid eyes on their photographs. When I visit the hairdresser for my seasonal make-over, I’ll either be clutching a tear-out of Brigitte Bardot’s romantic and tousled boudoir coiffe or Jane [...]
There are just too many great images of this beautiful icon not to make up any excuse to do an
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It’s Monday, so let’s contemplate time travel… 1. For the Cars (obviously)
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The most glamorous film festival the world ever saw kicks off again this weekend in dreamy South of
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For those of you who regularly follow this blog, you may have noticed by now that I am very much
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Two great names, one very special meeting. Allegedly, Picasso refused to paint the French beauty,
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So the summer holidays are being booked and now there’s nothing left to do but countdown
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Nope, sorry, I refuse to stop imagining that I live in the sixties. Let me introduce my style icons
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I know I go on a lot about Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin– if I’m not attempting something
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I‘m bracing myself for Paris Fashion Week– the circus comes into town on March 1st and like
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Wow, so those protesters in the Middle East are getting pretty serious huh. Two heads of state
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The DOs and DON’Ts of Achieving the Seasoned Skier’s Confident Swagger DO: Act like
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Perhaps it’s because we share the first name (yes, if you haven’t figured it out, Nessy
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