Author Archives: classiq

Giorgio Armani: The Book

  The man and the fashion designer Giorgio Armani, in his own words. It couldn’t get better than this. The man is discrete, meticulous, honest, uncompromising, loyal, constant, determined, perfectionist, loathing exhibitionism and excesses, whose trust is hard to gain, … Read More →

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Interview ZOOBEETLE Paris

  ZOOBEETLE Paris is a “sisters’ story”, as its founders, Elsa Lepeu and Johanna Lepeu El Iman beautifully call it. A personal touch that inherently conveys a desire to create something special, to be cherished and with a lasting importance, … Read More →

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Isabelle Huppert’s Red Leather Gloves in A Comedy of Power

  With this year’s Elle and Things to Come, Isabelle Huppert is challenging female stereotypes. But the truth is she has been honing her ferocious talent for over forty years. In Claude Chabrol’s 2006 L’ivresse du pouvoir (A Comedy of … Read More →

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Seven of My Favourite Films Noir

  There are too many films noir I’ve watched (being my favourite genre), but I viewed many of them (some of the best, I might say) so long ago that I have recently started to revisit them. So here are … Read More →

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DERUJINSKY: Capturing Fashion & An Interview with Andrea Derujinsky

Model Sunny Harnett in a black and white Swiss rayon tweed dress suit by Andrée, February 1952   Sometimes I believe that glamorous fashion was created so that it could be photographed in unusual, picturesque or spectacular locations in order … Read More →

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