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- &lt;i&gt;Giorgio Armani &lt;/i&gt;</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://quinntessentialstyle.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://quinntessentialstyle.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/690303018936521556/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Q.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213724847140301568</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="29" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Yk8FXkOeu0/S7FKs0l_Y6I/AAAAAAAAAZM/vMLnlagd0g4/S220/1268242105438.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>71</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/amLXW" /><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/amlxw" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>blogspot/amLXW</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUEBQXk8cSp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690303018936521556.post-8549909682867414415</id><published>2012-02-13T19:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T16:34:10.779+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T16:34:10.779+01:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="swarovski" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spring 2012 couture" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Paris Fashion Week" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="On Aura Tout Vu" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fashion" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fire" /><title>Set Fire To The Runway: On Aura Tout Vu S/S 2012</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QjV7_zxtiZs/TzkPOse4o7I/AAAAAAAABEo/rbscG-wgdTQ/s1600/IMG_0190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QjV7_zxtiZs/TzkPOse4o7I/AAAAAAAABEo/rbscG-wgdTQ/s200/IMG_0190.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;was set aflame as the phoenix of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onauratoutvu.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;On Aura Tout Vu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rose from the ashes and descended upon us at Garage Turenne. On&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;January 25, 2012, the Bulgarian designer duo Livia S. Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;presented their Spring-Summer Couture 2012 collection, 'High Light Fire'.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;The collection transcended its theme and heated the audience with incredible energy. Models were the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;quinn&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;tessential&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;femmes fatales&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;in garments blazing with blue, orange, and red flames, gleaming with thousands of Swarovski Elements crystals, and sizzling with high-drama silhouettes. We were lit up, watching a model gracefully walk the runway in a dress reminiscent of a billow of smoke, but we were dazzled when the next dress emerged from backstage literally billowing smoke. At this moment, the magnificence and genius of this collection was unmistakable. The model, also fully aware, broke character, and gave a gracious nod and humble smile knowing she was wearing an epic garment. Applause joined the epic soundtrack and then became cheers, giving me chills and highlighting the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;chaleureux&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;mood&amp;nbsp;of the show.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Me and Camille at the after party&lt;br /&gt;
Credit: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/vjkok"&gt;Ko Kok&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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When asked about the theme, 'High Light Fire', Samouilov &lt;a href="http://www.francetv.fr/culturebox/on-aura-tout-vu-enflamme-la-couture-direction-les-backstages-78131"&gt;explained&lt;/a&gt; the collection "is a reaction to the idea of the crisis... when all values go up in smoke. The crisis will end up coming... we need to set a fire then, so that things move... and that everyone does so at their own level." The duo told &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/m/article/2012/01/26/on-aura-tout-vu_1635099_1575563.html"&gt;Le Monde&lt;/a&gt;, "the old world is a blaze, but we can rise from the ashes".&lt;br /&gt;
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Opening the show: model removes bra made of matches and burns it on a bedazzled grill.&lt;/div&gt;
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Flaming Tights by Wolford&lt;/div&gt;
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Crowned in Flames&lt;/div&gt;
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Aurora Borealis mixed with Houndstooth&lt;/div&gt;
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Designer Blow Torch&lt;/div&gt;
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Fire tipped dresses&lt;/div&gt;
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I loved this dress with the black and cobalt mixture in the fabric and the crystal detailing.&lt;/div&gt;
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Amazing Swarovski Elements crystal detailing&lt;/div&gt;
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Sexy Cruella DeVille?&lt;/div&gt;
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Billow of Smoke Dress&lt;/div&gt;
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Dress Billowing Smoke&lt;/div&gt;
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The designers with a model at VIP Room for the after party&lt;/div&gt;
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After Party at VIP Room&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222;"&gt;Watch the full show with its soundtrack by DJ Manue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I'm truly honored to have attended this show, and I look forward to seeing the designers' work to come.&lt;br /&gt;
xx, Q.&lt;br /&gt;
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Couture is “the best laboratory [to experiment in] for fashion design”.
Parisian designer, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.3ds.com/fashionlab/en/stylist/julien-fournie"&gt;Julien Fournié&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;, chose to enter the world of custom fitted
garments not only because of the tradition of couture lying in Paris’ history,
but also because of its role in the changes of fashion and his strong belief in
its future. On January 24, 2012, Fournié presented his Spring-Summer 2012
couture collection, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Première Extase&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;,
at the Showcase as a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;membre invité &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;by
the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chambre Syndicale de la Couture
Parisienne&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Melissa of &lt;a href="http://pretemoiparis.com/"&gt;Prête-Moi Paris!&lt;/a&gt; and me at the show.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;© Julien Fournié&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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This young designer is
fashion-forward, maybe even ahead of our time. While working on his collection,
he collaborated with &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.3ds.com/fashionlab/en/about"&gt;Fashion Lab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, created
by &lt;b&gt;Dassault Systèmes&lt;/b&gt;, a technology
incubator which enables the collection design process to transform its 2D
aspects into 3D, allowing the exploration of line within the designs. “Thanks
to an original online digital library, [designers can] investigate materials to
visualize, study, improve a virtual prototype before they make the real-life… piece,
accelerating and enhancing thus [the] creative process before they get to work
on the real-life mannequin”. With such advances in the design process, “codes
of Haute Couture are being redefined for generations to come”. Considering the
‘&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVptO7o4L8"&gt;trickle down theory&lt;/a&gt;’ of fashion, eventually standardized sizing may not be
necessary, made-to-measure garments could be more readily available at lower
costs. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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His collaboration with Fashion Lab is a reflection of his
belief in the future of fashion and how “this field of excellence will develop”
especially if it continues to include future technological improvements. Fournié
and Fashion Lab worked on
reproducing fabrics’ would-be reactions, using digital tools. A few kinks need
to be worked out though in regards to the custom fit of the garments, which became
apparent with the tugging of several hemlines. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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All in all, the end result of this
technological partnership birthed a line of youthful, vibrant, tropical looks
from the ‘&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg/1024px-The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg"&gt;Garden of Earthly Delights&lt;/a&gt;’ 2.0. To the soundtrack of a thunderstorm,
Fournié’s ethereal beings guided us through a rainforest. Some dresses
resembled hibiscus flowers with pleated, undulating yellow and pink floral
structures blooming from the shoulder and wrapping around the body. Others sprouted
plastic fringe that reinforced the rainstorm soundtrack with every swish of the
hip.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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See photos from the show after the jump.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;Julien Fournié at the Showcase&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Claudine Ivari SS2012&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"&gt;by Melissa Ladd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Set in the sumptuous&amp;nbsp;and historic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;hôtel particulier&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;on 79 bis avenue Marceau,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Claudine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ivari's fashion show venue looks like something even a princess would daydream about! It is also the setting for her Paris Fashion Week debut. And what a place to show the world her talent...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pretemoiparis/6203544046/" style="color: #1155cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank" title="P1110480 de PreteMoiParis, sur Flickr"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img alt="P1110480" height="300" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6203544046_390bef821b.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The theme of her Spring 2012 collection, "L'Or des Moissons" (Harvest Gold), is the golden color of wheat and the weave of its form, as well as the graphic silhouette of the Hallgrimur Church in Reykjavik, Iceland. The entire collection is rampant with elegance and femininity, enough to make you swoon. The marrying of such a natural element (the golden wheat) to such a human made structure (the church) brought out a contrast that doesn't even look like one it blends together so well. Miss Ivari has an artist's eye for shape, design, and texture, and the ability to put them all together to create something that accents the feminine form to perfection. These pieces can be worn for decades to come. They are stunning, timeless, and sophisticated. In addition to her talent, she also has values. Her work is 100% Made in France.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pretemoiparis/6195855269/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="P1110394 de PreteMoiParis, sur Flickr"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img alt="P1110394" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6195855269_37009f7484.jpg" width="375" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"&gt;Between prête-à-porter and couture,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;Claudine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ivari's has a talent for design, and an ability to work with noble materials turning them into what looks easy, classic, and simple, though there is nothing simple about her work. It is finished, polished, and has intricate detail (embroidery or weaving) or a well-designed cut for a perfect fit on the body. Frankly, every piece looks divine to slip into.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"&gt;The show was so beautiful and in such an exquisite setting that it quite literally lifted spirits. Applause at the end was as enthusiastic and exuberant as it was sincere. Spectators had these authentic smiles (a rarity at a fashion week event) on their faces as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;Claudine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;took her graceful bow. We were all impressed and exhilarated. Those who wanted to stick around afterwards, were invited to nibble on hors d'oeuvres and sip champagne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;What I found to be an especially warm touch, was her three sisters who were so involved in her endeavor. Two of them walked in the show and the other greeted and seated guests. All of them have an incredible glow and gentle personalities that draw you into their intimate world of joyful beauty and sisterly support for one another. The Ivari sisters are as refreshing to Paris Fashion Week as a golden ray of sunlight on a gray day. I will be following this designer, hopefully for years and years to come!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What I Wore:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Reformation&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;open-back striped blouse,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;JBrand&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;skinnies, &lt;i&gt;Aldo&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;black wedges,&lt;br /&gt;
vintage pearl necklace worn as bracelet&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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As the sun set over the Seine, September 30th, we enjoyed a small Fashion Week&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;apéritif &lt;/i&gt;before the &lt;a href="http://www.amayaarzuaga.com/"&gt;Amaya Arzuaga&lt;/a&gt; show. We sipped&amp;nbsp;the Spanish designer's very own Crianza red wine,&amp;nbsp;Ribera Del Duero Amaya Arzuaga, &amp;nbsp;from her father's winery, Arzuaga Navarro. On&amp;nbsp;the quay at the Cité de la Mode et du Design (the strange green building in the 13th arrondissement) models in sheer pastels,&amp;nbsp;plunging necklines, and&amp;nbsp;tubular silhouettes introduced Arzuaga's Spring/Summer 2012 collection. The collection is defined by 'plurality', the designer described, "Unity is built by the sum of many parts, structure is created from fragility, hiding some by overlaying, unveiling shapes, as if layers of reality create a new context for developing the natural use of materials." Displaying this structure from fragility, undulating, 'concentrically pressed pleats' made of silk and linen blends and double taffeta, and 'geometric patterns made out of raffia' streamed throughout the show. A single black line also coursed steadily with Arzuaga's technique of using bicolor axes. I particularly enjoyed the almost kissing pleated details,&amp;nbsp;the use of accordion pleats on swimwear,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the overturned cone raffia dresses.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.a-v-h.com/en/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.a-v-h.com/en/"&gt;Anne Valérie Hash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"&gt; presented her Spring/Summer 2012 collection - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="color: black;"&gt;Blue tangerine&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"&gt; - at the Jeu de Paume in the Jardins des Tuileries on September 30, 2011. Once housing the tennis courts of Napoleon III, this now art museum's blank walls awaited the impressionistic designs of AVH.&amp;nbsp;Whitewash walls absorbed the delicate cotton chiffon, linen voile, silk, and taffeta color melanges of tangerine, Klein blue, pomegranate, powder, sand, and smoky blue.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The towering fairies wore menswear structures that&amp;nbsp;contradicted&amp;nbsp;themselves with flowing design details such as soft folds on low slung trousers, or chiffon capes attached at the shoulder and wrist, which bloomed behind the models as they tiptoed down the runway on amazing wooden platforms by Marie Petrakova. "Anne Valérie Hash's woman builds a new elegance in soberness. The balance of the silhouette lies in the contrast between draping and vertical lines" described the collection information packet. Although dresses weren't the stars of the collection, nonetheless, AVH created an elegantly structured yet&amp;nbsp;beautifully feminine&amp;nbsp;show.&lt;/div&gt;
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What Austin and I wore to Dévastée...&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;tsquared&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;white vneck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Paige Denim&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;camo skinnies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Zara&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;nude pumps&lt;br /&gt;vintage brown braided belt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Betsey Johnson&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;charm necklace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;vintage cheetah bandana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pimkie&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;brown purse&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Austin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Audrey&lt;/i&gt; grey open-back tank&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dylan George&lt;/i&gt; black skinny jeans&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jeffery Campbell&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;seafoam suede wedges&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Betsey Johnson&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;black purse&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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French designers Ophelie Klere and François Alary of &lt;a href="http://devastee.tumblr.com/"&gt;Dévastée&lt;/a&gt; invited us to their spring/summer 2012 fashion show with smiling popup churches. The invitation gave us a peek at what was to come down the runway at the parisian club Showcase underneath the Pont Alexandre III. &lt;a href="http://quinntessentialstyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/monastic-yet-maniacal-thimister-ss12.html"&gt;Another macabre show&lt;/a&gt; of Fashion Week in Paris, Dévastée presented a playfully creepy collection of stripey menswear cuts, translucent, patterned pieces, and silky rompers.&amp;nbsp;As if apart of some cheeky funeral procession, the models were dressed in monochromatic black ensembles, many with the smiling pattern of jack-o-lanternesque churches, crosses, tombstones, and skulls mixed with Eiffel Towers, flowers, and hearts. Dévastée using dark, gothic motifs on flowy fabrics, created dresses, skirts, shorts, and blazers that will blend nicely from winter to spring.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Front Row&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"&gt;Smiling print constant throughout the show&lt;br /&gt;
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Next time, something more light from the Paris runways.&lt;br /&gt;
xx, Q.&lt;br /&gt;
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My Paris Fashion Week began&amp;nbsp;in the Marais&amp;nbsp;with the medieval,&amp;nbsp;monastic,&amp;nbsp;macabre and maniacal &lt;a href="http://thimister.com/"&gt;Thimister&lt;/a&gt; collection entitled "The Conformist" of dutch designer, Josephus Melchior Thimister. Personally inviting us to his spring/summer 2012 show, Josephus requested "wash your hair well before attending". No one checked us at the door, but the odd request added to the ethereally lit and mysteriously heavy air of the Garage Turenne.&amp;nbsp;Beginning in summery, lightweight whites and ending in black and earthy browns, models strode out of a medieval cloister down the modern, industrial runway in shredded, gauzy ensembles cinched with heavy leather corset-like belts or multi-closure belts with pouches.&lt;br /&gt;
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Two-pairs-of-shoes owning Louisiana native turned New York City fashion maven, &lt;a href="http://ashfordgetsdressed.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ashley Knox&lt;/a&gt;, is competing in Lucky Magazine's Search for a New Lifestyle Contributor. At round three in the contest, Ashley and 118 others were asked to write about their "Best Connection" be it a best friend, sister, cousin, etc. and discuss their styles, personalities, shopping habits, and beauty choices - how they differ and how they're the same. Below is an excerpt from Ashley's post about her and her just as fabulous sister, Rachel. Make sure to click on the link and vote for Ashley. Her fashion and beauty advice accompanied by quirky tales of her migration from Louisiana to the Big Apple deserves some recognition.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;HANDS DOWN MY BEST CONNECTION&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Of course, it has to be my sister.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;It could be because she's my &lt;em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;only &lt;/em&gt;sister, but there are a whole host of other reasons - both hilarious and sartorial - why Rachel is my best connection. Truth be told, it wasn't always that way. At age 16, &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Rachel packed her bags and headed for college (two years early, mind you, being the ambitious Aries that she is), while I was still navigating the halls of raging hormones, a collective experience we like to &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;call the seventh grade. I was experimental and angsty. She was wild and brave. The only common grounds we shared at the time was a cup of coffee every morning, and mine was mostly milk and sugar. &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Hers, I'm sure, was black and&lt;em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; mature&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;So when I showed up at Rachel's door in 2005, with a duffel bag in hand and essentially homeless, we didn't really know one another. I mean, &lt;em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;really &lt;/em&gt;know each other. It was the eve of Hurricane Katrina, and &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;there I was, a senior in college evacuating from New Orleans to Baton Rouge with no home, no job, no school, no car, and only two pairs of shoes (one of which were flip-flops!) to call my own...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"&gt;Continue reading here and be sure to vote!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://contribute.luckymag.com/blog/my_best_connection-136/hands_down_my_best_connection-807#.TowI97clmB8.blogger"&gt;HANDS DOWN MY BEST CONNECTION : Lucky Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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With the whirlwind of Fashion Week coming to a close, I finally have a chance to sit down and write about all that is stylish, fashionable, and &lt;i&gt;à la mode&lt;/i&gt;. Over the next few days, you will receive images, videos, and musings on all that was Fashion Week in Paris this season - from what was worn to shows to what was worn during shows. Keep a look out for posts on the following...&lt;br /&gt;
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Thimister&lt;/div&gt;
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Dévastée&lt;/div&gt;
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Antoine Taurin&lt;/div&gt;
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Anne Valérie Hash&lt;/div&gt;
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Amaya Arzuaga&lt;/div&gt;
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Lie Sang Bong&lt;/div&gt;
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Viktor &amp;amp; Rolf&lt;/div&gt;
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Odeeh&lt;/div&gt;
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Igrid Vlasov&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;A très bientôt...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/29407143"&gt;The Mystery of Miss Booch&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user6386738"&gt;Don Connors&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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...do you receive Fashion TV with a relatively standard cable subscription (and this is no &lt;strike&gt;Style&amp;nbsp;Network&lt;/strike&gt; of the US). This station plays fashion show after fashion show, right now focusing on this past week's runway shows in NYC for &lt;b&gt;Spring-Summer 2012 Ready-to-Wear&lt;/b&gt;. Now, when vegging out in front of the television for a few hours is needed, I won't feel too guilty because I'll be culturally and fashionably enriched at the same time! For those of you not graced with this channel, they do have a website where you can access streaming runway shows and view the different channels for different countries: &lt;a href="http://www.ftv.com/"&gt;www.ftv.com&lt;/a&gt;. (pretty cool.)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OZ-3NTtLZTY/TnNeaSuOqeI/AAAAAAAAAzw/cpPgnaLQiRw/s1600/lens17572680_1296093547coco_Chanel.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OZ-3NTtLZTY/TnNeaSuOqeI/AAAAAAAAAzw/cpPgnaLQiRw/s1600/lens17572680_1296093547coco_Chanel.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Coco in White&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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What does this have to do with &lt;i&gt;Vendredi en couleur&lt;/i&gt;? I have Fashion TV to thank for my color inspiration this week. White is running rampant through the &lt;b&gt;SS12 RTW&lt;/b&gt; New York shows with flowing white fabrics mixed with structured white ensembles. Diane von Furstenberg &lt;a href="http://www.wwd.com/runway/spring-ready-to-wear-2012/review/diane-von-furstenberg"&gt;claimed&lt;/a&gt; "I did something I've never done before - I started with white," opening &lt;a href="http://www.wwd.com/runway/spring-ready-to-wear-2012/review/diane-von-furstenberg/slideshow/?type=article&amp;amp;id=5143840&amp;amp;slideId=5143841#/slideshow/article/5143840/5143841"&gt;her show&lt;/a&gt; this season with five white looks featuring slouchy dresses and relaxed translucent jackets. New York saw another all white opening during the &lt;a href="http://www.wwd.com/runway/spring-ready-to-wear-2012/review/nicholas-k/slideshow/?type=article&amp;amp;id=5120544#/slideshow/article/5120544/0"&gt;Nicholas K show&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and with Cushnie &amp;amp; Ochs' "Space Age meets 'Mad Men'"&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.wwd.com/runway/spring-ready-to-wear-2012/review/cushnie-et-ochs/slideshow/?type=article&amp;amp;id=5121750#/slideshow/article/5121750/0"&gt;collection&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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For the &lt;b&gt;Fall 2011 Couture&lt;/b&gt; shows, the big shots like Givenchy, Elie Saab, and Valentino proved to us that although summer is on the outs, white isn't going anywhere. Forget the fashion &lt;i&gt;faux pas&lt;/i&gt; of "no white after labor day". This &lt;i&gt;passé&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;style law is&amp;nbsp;speculated&amp;nbsp;to have been established by the re-entry into the city by the elite on Labor Day, who then stowed away their summer whites as a farewell to their estival holidays. Laura Fitzpatrick for &lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1920684,00.html"&gt;Time Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;wrote that this rule has been in challenge since "as far back as the 1920's [when] Coco Chanel made white a year-round staple."If we were to respect this American taboo worldwide, France and the United Kingdom wouldn't be wearing whites past mid-spring as their 'Labor Days' hit in the beginning of May, and besides, haven't you heard of &lt;a href="http://www.style.com/community/lookbooks/view/mylookbook1419475?iphoto=0"&gt;winter white&lt;/a&gt;? I think it's officially time to put this rule to rest.&lt;br /&gt;
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So, without further ado, I re-introduce you to: White - for all seasons.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;Givenchy Fall 2011 Couture: I'm in love with these elegant open-backed dresses.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U7k53YG4oqQ/TnNDwU7nJII/AAAAAAAAAzs/yOMujBR2lUE/s1600/00070m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U7k53YG4oqQ/TnNDwU7nJII/AAAAAAAAAzs/yOMujBR2lUE/s400/00070m.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Elie Saab Fall 2011 Couture. This &lt;a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/F2011CTR-ESAAB?event=show2322&amp;amp;designer=design_house183&amp;amp;trend=&amp;amp;iphoto=0#slide=0"&gt;collection&lt;/a&gt; is absolutely stunning, please take a second to look through the entire show. The models walked right out of a fairytale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZwITHBRKL_E/TnMvzvTxTxI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/CFyNaHNVibs/s1600/00200m.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZwITHBRKL_E/TnMvzvTxTxI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/CFyNaHNVibs/s400/00200m.jpeg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Valentino Fall 2011 Couture&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GgRQl9RK68w/TnMv1DqYNmI/AAAAAAAAAzY/klmJisWIIvE/s1600/chushnie02.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GgRQl9RK68w/TnMv1DqYNmI/AAAAAAAAAzY/klmJisWIIvE/s400/chushnie02.jpeg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Cushnie &amp;amp; Ochs SS 2012 RTW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qzyzMptocbc/TnMv13gNaeI/AAAAAAAAAzc/pnEzPsqwT9A/s1600/dvf04.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qzyzMptocbc/TnMv13gNaeI/AAAAAAAAAzc/pnEzPsqwT9A/s400/dvf04.jpeg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Diane von Furstenberg SS12 RTW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kwVhTedwr1M/TnMv2Uk1QAI/AAAAAAAAAzg/pLod0wCp0us/s1600/tadashi26.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kwVhTedwr1M/TnMv2Uk1QAI/AAAAAAAAAzg/pLod0wCp0us/s400/tadashi26.jpeg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Tadashi Sohji SS12 RTW. Beautiful gown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LajI8Rg-MGw/TnMv28_4weI/AAAAAAAAAzk/5XBuPl8etWM/s1600/tumblr_l5g7hqHYos1qzlriyo1_400_large.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LajI8Rg-MGw/TnMv28_4weI/AAAAAAAAAzk/5XBuPl8etWM/s400/tumblr_l5g7hqHYos1qzlriyo1_400_large.jpeg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Nothing is better than curling up underneath a fluffy white duvet. A favorite winter activity of mine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-II7hldAQt6Y/TnMv0LClZZI/AAAAAAAAAzU/b0NAt362bPI/s1600/177082334.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-II7hldAQt6Y/TnMv0LClZZI/AAAAAAAAAzU/b0NAt362bPI/s400/177082334.jpeg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;I'm welcoming autumn and white with open arms this season.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-whgTly1Td00/TnM0OWNK2sI/AAAAAAAAAzo/BvBnBK9f3II/s1600/lb_f11_trend4_04_v1_m56577569832246205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-whgTly1Td00/TnM0OWNK2sI/AAAAAAAAAzo/BvBnBK9f3II/s400/lb_f11_trend4_04_v1_m56577569832246205.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Maria Grachvogel Emperor Coat in Bone. How luxurious.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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How will you wear white this fall/winter season?&lt;/div&gt;
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xx, Q.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;*Special thanks to Melissa of &lt;a href="http://pretemoiparis.com/"&gt;Prête-Moi Paris!&lt;/a&gt; for showing me Fashion TV.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bV5IxJsVIyc/Tm5lxTF_LNI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/Uob2APAYPxg/s1600/IMG_8890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bV5IxJsVIyc/Tm5lxTF_LNI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/Uob2APAYPxg/s320/IMG_8890.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Everywhere you look in Paris, English fashions seem to popup. From H&amp;amp;M's &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150276372175913.327626.21415640912&amp;amp;type=1"&gt;fall collection&lt;/a&gt; straight from Carnaby Street during the 1960's to Le Bon Marché's new exhibit, &lt;a href="http://www.lebonmarche.com/bonmarche.html#magazine/L_invite_du_Bon_Marche/Inauguration_de_l_exposition_So_London,424"&gt;So London&lt;/a&gt;, the UK is taking center stage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Saturday, for probably our last beautiful summer day in Paris, I decided to &lt;i&gt;profiter&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and spend my day wandering. Sure enough I found myself acquainted with the Union Jack as I passed shop after shop. Inspired, I eventually drifted towards the So London exhibit. From top to bottom, customers were greeted by cutout men in bowler hats and suits sporting umbrellas and newspapers. Each floor exhibited a mixture of british dandy and punk rocker styles featuring UK designers like Burberry, Stella McCartney, and Alexander McQueen; as well as newer to the scene Charlotte Olympia GORGEOUS shoes and singer Lilly Allen's Lucy In Disguise.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1pSWvadjftE/Tm5mGJg140I/AAAAAAAAAs0/u0fhOgPZ2OY/s1600/IMG_8900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1pSWvadjftE/Tm5mGJg140I/AAAAAAAAAs0/u0fhOgPZ2OY/s320/IMG_8900.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My favorite room was the British wonderland setup on the third floor with display after display of luxurious UK goods from clothing to teacups to Royal Wedding hat influenced headbands. Here I found the platformed and &lt;i&gt;catted&lt;/i&gt;-out pumps of &lt;a href="http://www.charlotteolympia.com/"&gt;Charlotte Olympia&lt;/a&gt;. The half british, half&amp;nbsp;brazilian&amp;nbsp;designer takes inspiration from the hollywood glamour of the 1940's and incorporates it into her flashy, standout shoes. My favorite design of hers was the Tessa red velvet 6 inch super wedge, not just because I adore incredibly high wedges, but because of the clever black stitched cat's face on the front of the shoe. Of course, I would have bought them in an instant... if I could afford 714€ shoes. Ah, one of these days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tessa red velvet super wedge&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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On display next to the Charlotte Olympia dream shoes were london based&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.paperself.com/"&gt;Paperself&lt;/a&gt; false eyelashes. I was a little excited and felt very &lt;i&gt;en vogue&lt;/i&gt; because Christina actually gifted me a set for my birthday this year. These &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_paper_cutting"&gt;Jianzhi&lt;/a&gt;-inspired falsies come in 11 different patterns, each with a symbolic meaning within the Chinese culture. Mine are the &lt;a href="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/199131_10150135179283657_134813883656_6577352_3535067_n.jpg"&gt;Deer &amp;amp; Butterfly&lt;/a&gt; pattern - which I intend on wearing at some point to a show during fashion week - and symbolize freedom, beauty, and sensitivity. Thank you, Tina!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Lucy In Disguise&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Throughout the third floor exhibit, pieces from &lt;a href="http://lucyindisguiselondon.com/"&gt;Lucy In Disguise&lt;/a&gt; by Lilly Allen and her sister, Sarah Owen delicately waited to be noticed - which did not take long at all.&amp;nbsp;Exclusively being sold at Le Bon Marché, the first collection visits the 20's, 30's, and 70's beautifully blending their styles in with those of 2011. Perusing through the pieces felt like turning the pages of a century-old book. Each one I handled with the highest care, not because they were overly delicate, but because the silks and lace deserved the respect. My favorite piece from the collection was a cap sleeved short cream lace dress that I unfortunately did not photograph and now cannot find it online. If you happen to find a photograph of this dress, please send it my way!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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If you're in Paris, definitely stop by So London. Besides the third floor wonderland, there is the cultural exhibit featuring Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music and an exposé of Kate Moss photographs within a So London café.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;View more photographs from the exhibit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;amp;captions=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F114234839470154387714%2Falbumid%2F5651566348944238401%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCMqW3PTz9dTLoQE%26hl%3Den_US" height="192" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="288"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Le Bon Marché, 24 Rue de Sèvres - 75007 Paris, until October 15, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;
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As of Saturday, I officially moved back to Paris, setting up shop in the 15th arrondissement. To celebrate my return to blogging and France, I decided to take it slow and rekindle my dear &lt;i&gt;Vendredi en couleur. &lt;/i&gt;This week I chose &lt;strike&gt;camo&lt;/strike&gt;... wait what? Yes, that's right, CAMOUFLAGE. But, before I continue, let me first explain that I'm not speaking about any old &lt;a href="http://camoformal.com/"&gt;camo&lt;/a&gt;. The soldier and hunter basic needs to be included in your wardrobe with caution - a litte bit goes a long way. If worn correctly, camouflage, instead of blending you into your surroundings, will make you pop-out, creating the perfect army inspired ensemble for fall.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The pants that inspired this post.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Paige Denim Exclusive Verdugo Jegging in Tanzania.&lt;br /&gt;
I bought these this summer and am so excited to wear them this fall.&lt;br /&gt;
Similarly to the picture, I pair the pant with my&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldoshoes.com/us/women/shoes/wedges/80715187-sandidge/37"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Black Wedge Sandidge Booties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;from Aldo - a gift from a very nice&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9Yk8FXkOeu0/TECzUNlF1kI/AAAAAAAAAc0/vmbzkhI2EhI/s1600/IMG_4582.JPG" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;someone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2006RTW/MKORS/RUNWAY/00280m.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Michael Kors SS 2006 Ready-to-Wear&lt;br /&gt;
Not camo but plays nicely with the army inspired theme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/215036_yn4YNC58_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/215036_yn4YNC58_c.jpg" width="297" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;A different kind of camouflage. Blending in the &lt;a href="http://pennylifeinpics.blogspot.com/2010/03/editorials-garden-of-delights-caroline.html#"&gt;Garden of Delights&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://data.whicdn.com/images/2477584/tumblr_l3jzdgzIw41qaliy1o1_500_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://data.whicdn.com/images/2477584/tumblr_l3jzdgzIw41qaliy1o1_500_large.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6033713805_b372ec980d_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6033713805_b372ec980d_o.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Blogger &lt;a href="http://disarmingdarling.blogspot.com/"&gt;Disarming Darling&lt;/a&gt; in a vintage camo shirt... I love this outfit!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/2011/fashionshows/F2011CTR/JPGAULTI/RUNWAY/00140m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/2011/fashionshows/F2011CTR/JPGAULTI/RUNWAY/00140m.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 Couture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Blogger &lt;a href="http://www.theblondesalad.com/"&gt;The Blonde Salad &lt;/a&gt;sporting Zara Militar Jeans in Paris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;See some more interesting camouflage in Chinese photographer &lt;a href="http://www.ekfineart.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=82&amp;amp;testing=true&amp;amp;offset=0"&gt;Liu Bolin's&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;work, where he paints himself to blend into different backgrounds. Really interesting art.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have you gone camo? Let me know how you intend to wear this trend.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Merci to those who continue to read and support Quinntessential Style even though I fell off the blog train this past year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Until next time...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;xx, Q.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://minkette.rebeccaminkoff.com/retweet-reblog-share-to-win-endless-summer-sale-edition/"&gt;RETWEET, REBLOG &amp;amp; SHARE TO WIN: Endless Summer Sale Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://minkette.rebeccaminkoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Endless_Summerretweet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://minkette.rebeccaminkoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Endless_Summerretweet.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;xx, Q.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/690303018936521556-2592068435164120164?l=quinntessentialstyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k7A-Y1LmR0Y/TcgGdHUErOI/AAAAAAAAAgM/y2_v0zMOGQg/s1600/cocoa050911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k7A-Y1LmR0Y/TcgGdHUErOI/AAAAAAAAAgM/y2_v0zMOGQg/s400/cocoa050911.JPG" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/Cocomania.html"&gt;http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/Cocomania.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What a great article :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;xx, Q.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/Cocomania.html"&gt;The Advocate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/690303018936521556-2754205282637994829?l=quinntessentialstyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hope you come!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;xx, Q.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/690303018936521556-7139363563256104611?l=quinntessentialstyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;97 days...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;xx, Q.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;[source: &lt;a href="http://weheartit.com/"&gt;weheartit&lt;/a&gt;, Simon Harrison]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/690303018936521556-6164983743413114737?l=quinntessentialstyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Happy Valentine's Day&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I'm still awaiting my heart shaped macarons &lt;i&gt;de Paris&lt;/i&gt;....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;xx, Q.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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