February 01, 2009

Joan Burstein, Influencer of All Fashion Browns

February 01, 2009/ Anne Enke

Browns Boutique is a very fashionable boutique on South Moulton Street in London, long filled with often cutting-edge, but always influential fashion from designers like Sonia Rykiel, Comme des Garçons and Azzedine Alaia.

Joan Burnstein: ‘When I started out, I didn’t know a thing - but I had passion, and a husband who knew all about business’I’ve always assumed that the person behind Browns Boutique was herself a style-maker, but I smile today, seeing Mrs. B’s photo and learning that she is 82-years-old.

January 30, 2009

Inès de la Fressange: A gorgeous French masterpiece

January 30, 2009/ Anne Enke

Inès de la Fressange, the 51-year-old mother of two; 1980s model and former face of Chanel; sometimes designer; spokesperson for handbag brand Roger Vivier; a woman honored as Marianne; and recipient of the French Légion d’honneur recently took two turns down Jean Paul Gaultier’s haute couture runway Gaultier’s runway.

French model Ines de la Fressange presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier for his Spring/Summer 2009 haute couture collection.The Wall Street Journal called Inès de la Fressange “voluptuous”, suggesting that the rest of us might just as well retire from being seen on the street.