Do people still wear brooches?
This post appeared first on %%PARISFRANZ%% Another lovely find from my grandmother’s jewellery box. I was reminded of the brooch collection of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, so I...
View ArticleKaffe Fassett – 50 years of textile art
This post appeared first on %%PARISFRANZ%% Spring may have been held up somewhere to the south, and the skies may still be grey and the wind cold, but there is a corner of London which is all warm,...
View ArticleChopines – most peculiar shoes
This post appeared first on %%PARISFRANZ%% Fashion can sometimes be strange (look at anything worn by Lady Gaga) but a look back through history shows this is nothing new. Odd fashions have been around...
View ArticleIn praise of designer glasses and high-density lenses
This post appeared first on %%PARISFRANZ%% I was pretty young when I first started wearing glasses – ten or eleven, I think. It wasn’t a joyous development. Take one shy, academic girl who already had...
View ArticlePrada Candy perfume advertising
This post appeared first on %%PARISFRANZ%% I recently came across this short film advertising Prada Candy perfume, and I have to say I was taken with it. Perfume ads always seem to try a bit too hard...
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