Surfwear designed by Kenzo

Kenzo, one of the most renowned japanese fashion designers has just design a new collection of designs for the surf brand Longboard. The collection will be available as of April 2011 and will feature more than a dozen models, for men, woman and children. And if you are not an affluent person, fear not, as these designs will be available in major retail outlets. T-shirts, shorts and sarongs are just some of the designs available so that you can surf with style.

Kiss Kiss Kiss - Broken Hearts

They're called Kiss Kiss Kiss and are a refreshing band from Denmark. Some may thing Prince when seeing this name. But Kiss Kiss Kiss brings me rather to Kiss me Kiss me Kiss me, the great album by The Cure. This band of five will be playing at the Lounge, a club in Lisbon where you can come across great surprises from Portugal and abroad every week. On the first day of the Lisbon Fashion Week here's a nice suggestion to end the night listening to this band which brings us back to the sound of the magnificient band The Associates.

José António Tenente exhibits his Summer collection

José António Tenente is one of the best Portuguese fashion designers. He has been around for 24 years doing clothes, accessories and wondeful outfits for both theatre plays and dance shows. In the last quarter of 2010 MUDE (the Lisbon museum for fashion and design) invited him to curate an exhibition. It was up to him to select some iconic designs from the museum's collection and display them in a exhibition. On the ground floor of this museum we were therefore able to admire some of the best dresses and outfits by some of the wold's best fashion designers, from Balenciaga to Yamamoto, from Chanel to Vivienne Westwood. And on the 1st floor we had the opportunity to admire some of the best creations by Tenente himself. This exhibition ended on January 30 2011 and, one week after, this very same museum hosted a rather unusual fashion show where Tenente showed his Spring/Summer Collection. Guests were invited to see his creations and walk the room as if they were in an exhibition. The setting was the same as the exhibition and you could see the designs from up close and chat with Tenente himself who wandered through the room being  interviewed, greeted and giving directions to the male and female models.
It was a excellent opportunity to see the work by this fashion designer who opened recently an online store (http://www.lojatenente.com/) where you can buy different items from stationary to shades, cups and dishes, shirts and a lot more signed Tenente).

Front Row and Around - Paris Fashion Week

Fashion shows are there to see the latest creations by the world's top designers. But on the front row and around there is always an interesting array of people dressed up for the occasion. Here's some pics taken at the Autumn/Winter 2011/12 in March at the Paris Fashion Week

He was the boy with the coolest look and attitude at the Manish Arora fashion show and he was nice enough to let me have his picture taken.

 This Japanese had the perfect shoes by Prada, the must have of this spring/summer and a great snake skin coat with a great texture. The picture was taken outside the fashion show by Felipe Oliveira Baptista, a Portuguese designer living in Paris and the new creative director of Lacote.

 Loved this haircut seen at the backstage of Portuguese Fashion Designer Fátima Lopes.

 Dandies are back in force, particularly in London. Don't know whether this was the case but it was nice to see this gentleman in full attire. Photo taken at the fashion show by the Portuguese designer Luis Buchinho.

 Great look, with hat and everything. I would perhaps replace the All Star sneakers by something cooler, like a pair of Walker hightops by Marc Jacons or some cherry velvet Doc Martens. Front row at the fashion show by the Portuguese designer Luis Buchinho.

 He is someone famous in France, but I forgot his name. But the look was cool. Photo taken at the fashion show by the Portuguese designer Fátima Lopes.

 This transvertite hasn't missed the last two fashion shows by Luis Buchinho in Paris. This time without wig.

 The Japanese are everywhere with their cameras and never miss a bit. Photo taken at the fashion show by the Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista

After the fashion show by Manish Arora these two will probably take to the The Face parties, new romantic revival parties hosted by Visage's Steve Strange in London,

I came across this lady for four days and I was always astonished by her daring looks. Photo taken at the fashion show by the Indian designer Manish Arora, the new creative director of Paco Rabane. After his show some claimed Manish could be the new Galliano.

 She's probably American, and once again I would probably dump the boring All Stars.

 No, as in No Comments. I forgot to ask what statement did he intend to make with that oufit.

Great shoes with gold aaplications and great fur coat. Front row at the Manish Arora fashion show.

 The always elegant Jivi, from India and a fabulous fashion photographer from Bulgaria. Outside the show by Manish  Arora.

The cool crowd outside the show by Spanish designer Amaya Arzuaga at the Grand Palais. Loved this girl's coat.

Sita Murt shop in Paris

She's one of the best fashion designers from Catalonia and is famous for the exceptional knitwear. She now has three shops in Barcelona and is considering doing a pop up store event in Lisbon at some point. After seeing her collection at the Madrid Fashion Week I was happy to see her store at the Marais, one of the coolest neighbourhoods in Paris. I like designers with a thoughtfull comercial strategy. 

Prada shoes were all over at Paris Fashion Week

They were probably the most common item to be seen in Paris this week at the Fall/Winter 2011/2012 fashion shows. I mean the new Spring/Summer Prada shoes. The renowned shop owner and trend setter Maria Luisa was using a pair in black with blue on the sole at the fashion show from Manish Arora at Rue Turenne. And at the show from Amaya Arzuaga today at the Grand Palais, black was also the preferred model. But my favourites were definitely these ones worn by a Japanese outside the fashion show from the new creative director Felipe Oliveira Baptista at the Palais de Tokyo.