Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside

Go further to Dalston!

Why Dalston? Why not Brinklane?

Myself, i live in East London for the past 9 years and i've seen all the changing, in the beginning when i moved here, i used to live in Bricklane

Back then, it was cool, very underground because the accommodations were very cheap and for the students (specially fashion/music student) or people came from other countries were affordable, i remember i paid £200 a month for a room and i live in in the middle of Bricklane.

Sunday Market in Bricklane is like a fashion show for us, watch the show and walking the run way in the same time, the market was mainly selling bikes, vegetables and building equipments, so it wasn't anything excited about the market but the people who is going to the market.

Now, Bricklane became more and more well known, nowaday is one of the sightseeing attractions, in the last couple of years i live above spitalfields Market, every single sunday as soon as i opened my door, i'd see people holding the map and look for Bricklane, i even came up to them few time and asked if they were looking for Bricklane and i certainly knew they were going to say yes.

For me, Bricklane is not like the Bricklane that i knew from the beginning anymore, now is like very hippies and touristy. So where is the next step for the people who used to live around there? Just go a bit further. Go Dalston!

Dalston / London Fields / Victoria Park / Stock Newington are kinda new area for those people who a bit fed up of the Bricklane  area,  I now moved to Kingsland Road, i have my nice neighbours who love talking about the past of East London, and when we talk, we'd talk for ages.

The vibe in this area is incredible, up coming bars also every week or every other week, is full of excitements place to live, a lot of nice private events, gigs and exhibitions, bars are in every single corners and cafes are everywhere in the area, the crowd surely different than the one in Bricklane, at least they are not holding the map, so you will feel like you are a one of our local people and very into the East London scene.

Jean-Paul Gaultier SS 2011

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Avoid the touristic attractions, what else can you do in Paris? Part 3 (Shops shops shops)

I love vintage, i walk everyday during fashion week in Paris, and i discovered a lot of very nice vintage shop, if you like vintage, there are few shop i highly recommend you

1) Freep 'S' Star

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For sure you will find something nice in there, they have 2 shops in the same area, i bought 8 top/dress/pants for 8 euro! Such a bargain and i have got a lot of compliment with that! Beware that you do have to wash it after you bought it, i bought an amazing top but it was a bit stink, i wanted to throw it away but i love the top so much so i washed it, and soaked the top with softener over night.

Freep 'S' Star Bretonnerie
Monday to Saturday 12pm to 10pm
Sunday 2pm to 10pm
Tel: 0033 142760372
8, rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie 75004 Paris

Freep 'S' Star Verrerie
Monday til Saturday 11am to 9pm
Sunday  2pm to 9pm
Tel: 0033 142780076
61, rue de la Verrerie 75004 Paris

http://freepstar.com
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2)  Episode

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Nice selection, if you have less time or you can't be bother to search nice stuff, you better come here instead, whatever you take it out with your hand, you will hesitate rather you buy it or leave it, price is not so cheap but you do find a very good stuff, not just good, it is very good!


Monday 1pm to 8p
Tuesday til Friday 11:30am to 7:30pm
Saturday 11am to 8pm


Tel: 0033 142611465


Rue Tiquetonne 12-16
75002 Paris


www.eposode-online.eu
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3) Vintage Desire

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Vintage Desire Probably is my top favorite vintage shops in Paris, i always bought really nice stuff there, and everytime i go back to Paris, Vintage Desire is always be my first shop to visit. Price is very reasonable, no hassle looking for good stuff

Monday til Sunday 11am to 9pm

32 rue des rosiers

75004 Paris

Tel: 0033 140270498

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4) FRIP ' IRIUM

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FRIP' IRIUM is a very clean and tidy vintage shop, you wont get broken or missing button stuff that easily, nice stuff and very retro, they have a lot of nice dresses and jackets. I bought a trench coat from there a while ago and this time i bought another 2 jackets!

Tuesday til Saturday 10am to 9pm

Sunday 2pm to 9pm 

Monday Closed

2 rue de la Verrerie 75004 Paris

Tel 0033 140299557

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5) Noir Kennedy

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You will find so many interesting stuff in Noir Kennedy, second hand/vintage/rock/punk  and (Cheap Monday)

Very nice gent clothes selections, also Noir Kennedy reminds me a lot of London, they use London phone booth for the fitting room, all the stuff they have reminds me of Camden (London), also they are selling Cheap Monday jeans so make the shop more interesting, they have 2 shops located on the same street 

Tuesday til  Saturday 11am to 8pm

Sunday 2pm to 8pm

Monday 1pm to 8pm

22 Rue Roi de Sicile

75004 Paris   

tel 0033 1 42 71 15 50     

12 Rue Roi de Sicile

75004 Paris   

Tel: 0033 1 42 74 55 58

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6) The King of Frip

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I can't say this is a very vintage shop, for me is more or less like a secondhand shop, i do found nice clothes there everytime i visited, price rise is very good, you will get a lot of stuff for less than 10 euro, during fashion week, i saw a lot of models went to this shop and for me is like watching a fashion show, they try on and walk around the shop, nice hats they have, mostly for 5 euro.

33 Rue Roi de Sicile

75004 Paris  

Tel: 0033 148870406

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Avoid the touristic attractions, what else can you do in Paris? Part 2 ( restaurants and food stores)

Issey miyaki SS 2011

Barbara Bui SS 2011

Vivienne westwood red label SS 2011

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Avoid the touristic attractions, what else can you do in Paris? Part 1 ( Museums and Galleries )

If you have been to Paris before and done all the sightseeing stuff, then the next thing you probably would think of is  WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO, I travel to Paris about 5 times a year and every times i discovered more and more things to do, and i am here to share with you. Part 1 (galleries and museums)

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Le Petit Palais
The Petit Palais was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, like its neighbour the Grand Palais, on avenue Winston Churchill. It became a museum in 1902. Designed by Charles Girault, it is based on a trapezium shape and is made up of four wings around a semi-circular garden bordered by a richly decorated peristyle. The architect achieved a successful blend of traditional and modern architecture which is evident in the natural flow of visitors around the building and in the bold openings he created onto the Champs-Elysées gardens and inner courtyard garden.
http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/
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Centre Pompidou
The Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou was the brainchild of President Georges Pompidou who wanted to create an original cultural institution in the heart of Paris completely focused on modern and contemporary creation, where the visual arts would rub shoulders with theatre, music, cinema, literature and the spoken word. Housed in the centre of Paris in a building designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, whose architecture symbolises the spirit of the 20th century, the Centre Pompidou first opened its doors to the public in 1977. After renovation work from 1997 to December 1999, it opened to the public again on 1 January 2000, with expanded museum space and enhanced reception areas. Since then it has once again become one of the most visited attractions in France. Some 6 million people pass through the Centre Pompidou's doors each year, a total of over 190 million visitors in its 30 years of existence.
http://www.centrepompidou.fr
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Musee d'Orsay
he museum building was originally a railway station, Gare d'Orsay, constructed for the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans and finished in time for the 1900 Exposition Universelle to the design of three architects: Lucien Magne, Émile Bénard and Victor Laloux. It was the terminus for the railways of southwestern France until 1939.

By 1939 the station's short platforms had become unsuitable for the longer trains that had come to be used for mainline services. After 1939 it was used for suburban services and part of it became a mailing centre during World War II. It was then used as a set for several films, such as Kafka's The Trial adapted by Orson Welles, and as a haven for the Renaud-Barrault Theatre Company and for auctioneers, while the Hôtel Drouot was being rebuilt. The station's hotel closed on 1 January 1973.

http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/visits/welcome.html

Paris Fashion week Street style part 1 (2010)

 

Manish Arora

 catwalk pictures by www.style.com

Manish Arora 'Futuristic Baroque' Ready to wear collection
15 mins show wasn't enough time for me, i was wishing the show last forever! Even though I still had so much fun!
This Manish Arora's collection is a very big piece of ART,  the balance structure style, the latex legging and the unconstrained style hats, for sure that will be Lady Gaga's next favorite

Damir Doma

catwalk pictures by www.style.com

Damir Doma Spring ready to wear 2011
I love Doma's menswear a lot, when i looked at the menswear, somehow i wish that i have a male body.
And when i heard about Doma is having his womenswear show in Paris, i wasn't really convince but also very curious at the same time, surprisingly, i love it as much as i love his menswear collections.

Sexy, Comfy, Sharp,  Zipless, sounds like what i wanted! Love the orange so much, plus matching with the black and shortie top makes the whole thing looks very chic and interesting.