My top 10 Fashion Films

Here is my list of my favourite fashion related to fashion or films where fashion is a major feature or that I love the costumes in the film.

Dix:

The Devil Wears Prada 

Neuf:

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Huit:

Atonement

Six:

The Duchess 

Marie Antoinette 

Cinq:

Coco Avant Chanel

Quatre:

The September Issue

Trois:

A Single Man

Deux:

Bill Cunningham New York

Un/Une 

(I'm not sure if it is masculine or feminine :-/)

L'amour Fou

Happy Heritage Day South Africa!

Remember where you come from, but don't let that prevent you from reaching your future.

Much love for everyone back home.

:)<3

xxxxx

Soho Dolls - Stripper

Desmond & The Tutus - Tattoo

Rues J'adore

Check these places out for amazing Boutiques and stuff

:)<3

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Rue Saint Honoré 

Place Vendôme 

Rue de la Paix 

Rue Saint Honoré 

Rue de Rivoli 

Galerie de Valois 

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Rue Tiquetonne 

Place des Victoires 

Galeries Vivienne

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Rue Vieille du Temple 

Rue des Francs Bourgeois 

Rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie

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Boulevard Saint Germain 

Rue Bonaparte

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Rue de Beaune 

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Rue Royale

Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré
Avenue Montaigne
Place de la Madeleine

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Avenue de L'Opera
Boulevard Haussmann
Rue de Provence

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Rue Yvonne le Tac 

l'Ecole Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode

This week was my first week at ESMOD (Thats why I haven't blogged the past few days. I have been quite busy). So far, I don't have that much to say, but it is everything I have hoped it would be.

I have classes in the afternoon, and in the afternoon are two classes, in those two classes there are about 45 students and out of those 45 students, there are about 20 different nationalities.

Pretty cool right?

I love it so much. 

Here are some pictures from my first week.

On orientation day, I had to collect my mannequin, book, supplies and all that stuff.

Trying to carry it all by myself around Paris was the hardest thing I have ever had to do and it was so embarrassing because I kept on dropping everything.

When I finally got a taxi, he started laughing and was seriously like

"What the fuck is all this shit".

I wish I could have seen myself and laughed at this skinny ass white boy carrying all these things. 

OH, btw my school is like older than the country I come from and it is where the Tape Measure and the Mannequin were invented. 

This is my mannequin Vivienne. She is pretty cool.

She is single long walks on the beach and Vivaldi, so call me if you want a date with this beauty 

;).

I think she has become suicidal after listening to all my drama and depressing movies and music I have.

Yes, my school is prettier than yours.

In such a beautiful building, how can you not be inspired to create something wonderful?

<3

C'est Très Cool

It is so strange for me to think that you have Notre Dame, this like 1000 year old church, and a few metres down the road you have Centre Pompidou. 

A side not always seen :)

(Its the underside of the Eiffel Tower if you couldn't tell)

C'est Jolie :)

La Vie en Rose

A day in Le Marais <3

This is Anna.

She is one of my best friends from South Africa, she is so amazing.

Just like a female, prettier version of me. 

She was in Paris for the weekend on a Contikki tour so naturally she snuck away and came and saw me instead of being with the group.

Since she was only here for Saturday night and today I decided to take her to my favourite place in Paris - Le Marais.

Le Marais is an area of Paris between the 3eme and 4eme Arrondissement. 

It has kind of a bad reputation for being dirty and a bit dodgy (which it isn't really). 

It is like the jewish, gay and up and coming area of Paris. A lot of artists, up and coming designers and young people live there so it has a really cool vibe, similar to like Camden in London with a lot of cool stores, vintage stuff, street art and amazing people.

Here are some of my favourite things from there: 

(Most of it is like street art. Whenever you are in Le Marias, look out for some amazing stuff. It is really cool and there is a lot to see).

(After that SS2013 collection, I don't think so.)

(Penis shaped baguettes from Legay Choc bakery. 

This is the gay district after all darling ;)).

My ring from Addicted - Rue Saint-Croix de la Bretonnerie, 75004

Modern art fountain outside Centre George Pompidou

Love you long time lil Minx 

<3

Running with Wolves and I'm on the Prowl.

In Paris, fashion is more than just what you wear.

There is a whole fashion culture here, that is unheard of in many other places.

It doesn't matter what you are doing everyday, you just have to look good.

So, here are a few of my looks and some of my favourite purchases I have made in Paris so far.

(Sorry for the terrible picture quality. I don't have someone to take pictures for me :P)

Looks du Jour

Un

Blazer: Zara

T-Shirt: Zara

Jeans: Zara

Shoes: T.U.K

Deux 

Shirt: Zara

Cardigan: Vertigo

Belt: Trenery

Jeans: Vertigo

Socks: Emporio Armani

Shoes: Carducci

Tote: Saviour Brand Co.

Trois 

Leopard Vest: Topshop

Blazer: Holmes Bros.

Jeans: Vertigo

Boots: Zara

Quatre

Trench: Vertigo

Shirt: Zara

Belt (Separate): Vertigo

Jeans: Zadig & Voltaire

Shoes: Carducci

Envelope: Ami

Ring: Topman

Sunglasses: Burberry

Cinq

Blazer: Vintage

Shirt: Sisley

Jeans: Levis

Shoes: Kenzo x Vans

Watch: Ice

A Few of my Favourites

Zadig & Voltaire Deluxe Gold Jeans

Ami Envelope

Printemps Homme - Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 

Kenzo x Vans Yellow Floral Print Shoes

Kenzo x New Era Navy Floral Print Cap

Kenzo - Place de la Madeleine, 72008

Indian Skeleton Ring

Addicted - Rue Saint-Croix de la Bretonnerie, 75004

Ma semaine avec Paris

I know this is kind of overdue since I have been in Paris for a good few weeks now, but I have been crazy busy.

Thats a lame excuse, I know. But since the french are too efficient and the country runs too smoothly and everything takes forever to sort out, I haven't had the chance to do it before today.

So, anyway:

Here are some pictures of my past few weeks.

Remember to follow me on Instagram: BrettYves and share my adventure with me.

:)

(I was listening to "Sur les quasi du vieux Paris" (On the old banks of Paris) while I was here. It was just like in the movie "An Education", except I was not with an old married man. 

I was by myself, which is probably worse).

Église de la Saint-Trinité, one of my favourite buildings in Paris.

And it is even better because I can see it everyday. It is like a 1 minute walk from my school.

In Durban, There is Gateway.

In Cape Town, there is the V&A 

and in Johannesburg, there is Sandton City.

But none of them come close to Printemps and Galeries Lafayette.

Opéra to most, the place where Edith Piaf did a large amount of Performances and Gala events, but to me it is the most beautiful Bus Stop in the entire world...

And the place where Edith Piaf performed 

(I love her music so much).

I remembered this place from when I was in France last time on Rotary Exchange, simply as a place where I bought postcards, and then I saw the antique book store again on the Paris Fotopedia app on my iPhone and it was "très cool" ;), so I had to go back.

And it is even better because there is a Jean Paul Gaultier boutique next door.

(Cliché I know, but I thought this picture was cool and it got me happy because the trees are starting to change colour and Autumn is my favourite season).

And even more cliché, but everyone loves a little razzle-dazzle.

Place des Vosges is one of my favourite places in all of Paris.

It reminds me of something out of a Tim Burton film.

I try to go every Monday at around 4 to chill, and the Victor Hugo cafe there is really nice too.

(They have good Sea-Bass)

(Just in case one of you wants to come and say Hi one day and pay for my lunch).

It is strange for me to think that most of these buildings are older than the country I come from.

Everything is just so beautiful. We have hardly any old buildings in South Africa.

I love street art. 

This looks like it was done by the street artist Invader, but it might just be by a knock of. I don't know.

I have seen them all over Paris, but this one in particular always helps me remember the way to Place des Vosges, because I always end up getting lost in Le Marais. I have seen this, along with the following two pieces (The boy and the guy holding the No Entry bar) all over Paris and I love them. They add a sense of quirkiness and I would love to walk all over Paris finding different ones, but that will take up a lot of time that I don't have.

:(

I love Le Marais and the area around Centre George Pompidou. 

My dad was with me for my first week in Paris, and one day we were walking by Le Musée du Louvre and I said to him: "We sure don't have any street lamps like this in Durban" and he was like: "Yeah, if we did they would probably just get stoles". 

O_o

So true. ....

(This streetlamp is actually by Opéra though, not Louvre)

(This forms the basis of my Parisian diet)

These make me think of my bffe Alicja and I miss her so much.

Food defiantly isn't my kind of thing, but I love interesting and new things and Paris defiantly has a whole bunch of that.

These are my new favourite things. They are crisps (chips) made from some type of magical purple potato. They are amazing in every way.

One day when I was walking home, a very beautiful Paramedic said hello to me and I was so taken aback, I squished and then broke my baguette and ran away.

It was so embarrassing. 

It looks gross, but it tastes sooooo good.

I feel bad after seeing those ducks at the River after I eat this though.

:(.

Thats all for now.

I will do another post ASAP, because I have a whole bunch of other pictures, including ones from Vogue's Fashion Night Out: Paris (Which I did go to), and my looks from my days in Paris which will go up soon, before I start school on Monday.

Have a great week everyone.

Bisous Bisous 

:) 

xxxxx