Artists, Fashion Designers and Jewelers Create Custom Dolls For Charity: Frimousses Designers for Darfur.

For the tenth year, UNICEF France's Frimousses Creators bring together the greatest designers, artists and jewelers who put their talent toward helping UNICEF and children worldwide by creating one of a kind dolls that are auctioned with the proceeds going toward vaccinating children in Darfur.

Gaultier Brings The 80s Back With Fashion Homages to Grace Jones, Madonna, Annie Lennox, Boy George and More.

As the latest Ready-to-Wear collection by fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier walked down the runway during Paris Fashion Week, some might have felt they were tuning into MTV circa 1984.



Inspired by eighties Pop singers who have influenced fashion over the past three decades,Gaultier presented various pieces ranging from tuxedo styled pantsuits to corsets and fishnets, accompanied by era-appropriate music such as Bowie's 1980 hit "Fashion" and Madonna's "Vogue"



Nods to The Culture Club (Boy George) with Japanese-like flowing kimonos and David Bowie a la Ziggy Stardust circa 1972 with glitter platforms marched down the runway:





...along with androgynous and beautifully tailored suits reminiscent of both Grace Jones and Annie Lennox:


The Material Girl (Madonna) was fully represented in looks harkening back to her 1985 movie, Desperately Seeking Susan and Michael Jackson's fedora, glove and jackets were made an appearance as part of the Spring 2013 collection.




 

Satin and leather baseball jackets and matching knickers brought up flashbacks of ABBA and Amanda Lear made a cameo appearance as the show came to a close.




The hair, make up and styling deserves a bow as well, that's for sure.

See the entire Jean Paul Gaultier 2103 Spring RTW collection here.

Ho Ho Haute Christmas Trees. The 16th Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs (all the trees).

above: Louis Vuitton's Christmas Tree for the 16th Les Sapin de Noel des Createurs

The 16th Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs, an exhibition of Christmas Trees designed by top French Fashion Designers, Architects, Photographers, Interior Designers and other creative personalities, just took place at the Hotel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris.



This is my third year in a row blogging about this charitable event and this year the proceeds from the auction of the trees designed by the likes of Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Stella McCartney and Jean Paul Gaultier will benefit the Association pour la Vie-Espoir contre le Cancer (A.V.E.C.), a children’s cancer charity.


above: a detail of Sonya Rykiel's Christmas Tree

The exhibition at the hotel took place from the 2nd of December through the 7th and featured personal artistic interpretations of Christmas trees by the following (in alphabetical order):

Ali Mahdavi:

Barbara Rihl:

Blind Adam:

Chanel:

Chantal Thomass:

Christophe Josse:

Damien Da Rocha:

Diane Von Furstenberg:

Dior:

Dries Van Noten:

Dsquared:

Elie Saab:

Esmod:

Jean-Claude Jitrois:

Jean-Paul Gaultier :

Jean-Jacques Ory:

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac:

José Lévy:

Louis-Marie de Castelbajac:

Louis Vuitton:

Les Garçons:

Mathilde de L’Ecotais:

Marc-Antoine Barrois:

Maxime Simoëns:

Olivia Putman:

Pierre Hermé:

Rachid Khimoune:


Ruben Alterio:

Sonia Rykiel:

Stéphane Rolland:

Sébastien Parfait:

Smalto:

Stella McCartney:

Thanos Kyriakides:

Trussardi:

Wooyoungmi:


The only participants whose images of trees I do not have are those by Christian Biecher and Christian Ghion.

Images courtesy of Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs,, Journal des femmes, Diane Pernet and Les Petits Bout2fee

•See the designer Christmas trees from the 15th Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs

•See the designer Christmas trees from the 14th Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs