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UJD | Fashion Coverage: Conversation With: Stella McCartney

2013-05-18T03:59:01.594Z

Neiman Marcus Fashion Director Ken Downing chats with designer Stella McCartney.

UJD | Fashion: Neiman Marcus Fashion's Conversation With: Ippolita

2013-04-15T21:18:07.083Z

Neiman Marcus Fashion Director Ken Downing chats with jewelry designer and modern woman Ippolita Rostagno.

UJD | Fashion: A Day in the Life of Ken: Spring 2013, Paris Part 3

2013-03-04T16:30:30.197Z

Follow Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing on his four-city Fashion Month!
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We're headed to the Chloé show in the Tuileries in a tent, with the designer Clare Waight Keller, who's actually been designing the collection now for the last year and a half. This will be her third runway for Chloé since taking over as the creative director.

Moments till the show happens, so we'll have to wait and see what happens...

Well, Chloé is all about a buoyant volume. There seems to be a lot of flounces, a lot of ruffles, the idea of just volume everywhere on the runways here and certainly at Chloé. It's all about that perfect balance of something that has very girly attitude juxtaposed with something that has just the right amount of tailoring.

The lights are beginning to come up on an absolutely gorgeous city and I'm on my way to the YSL show or as for now we're going to be referring to Yves Saint Laurent, Saint Laurent Paris.

This is the premier collection from designer Hedi Slimane, his first runway for the house since he has taken over as creative director. There is a lot of buzz in the air about this collection. Black everywhere in Paris, so I'm sure, knowing Hedi the way I know his collections in the past, there'll certainly be some black.

If it's Saint Laurent, there's bound to be a le smoking moment, but moments will tell. I'll let you know.

UJD | Fashion: A Day in the Life of Ken: Spring 2013, Paris Part 2

2013-03-04T16:28:03.334Z

Follow Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing on his four-city Fashion Month!

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I love the charming presentations that Bruno puts together for Roger Vivier, using the furniture and the lamps, and all the beautiful decorative elements within a space. And then that whole idea of bringing the garden inside with the mosses and the gorgeous flowers.

Now off to Giambattista Valli to see what, as we refer to him, Giamba, has to show for us on the runway.
Always a very lady-like polish to his collection. A real sense of couture. He actually has an haute couture collection as well as his ready-to-wear collection. So interesting to see what he puts forth for the spring season on this glorious day as we're in Paris.

Were you watching me?

Yeah.

Paris continues to love the whole idea of masculine, feminine and that tug of wars always in play here in the city of lights. It's interesting at Giambattista Valli where it was truly all about a very feminine experience at the beginning of the show, with ribbons that were reimported on to organza on beautiful very lady-like dresses or juxtaposing all of that with the tropical-weight, pale gray suiting. Masculine on one girl, super feminine on the next, masculine on the one girl, super feminine on the next.

But beautiful collection. I loved all the idea of white on white, which we are seeing everywhere this season, and those bright pops of red.

He is such a sweet man. It was great to see him backstage.

UJD | Fashion: A Day in the Life of Ken: Spring 2013, Paris Part 1

2013-03-04T16:26:07.287Z

Follow Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing on his four-city Fashion Month!
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Good morning. Bonjour, actually. Welcome to Paris, the city of lights. It's Monday morning. We've actually been here for a few days doing shows. But this morning I'm going to take you to some of my favorite haunts, my favorite locations.

We're actually going to start with one of my favorite designers Stella McCartney. I adore Stella. I've known her for quite some time. I think she's pretty spectacular. It's always a really fun show, super flurry clothes, little bit of a masculine element.

Later on, we'll stop by and see Giambattisa Valli, Chloe and a couple other little things along the way. So enjoy. Come along for the ride.

Stella McCartney, she always shows at the Opera. It's always a fun show. I love Stella. She's a mother, she's a wife, she's a designer, career woman. She's a girl on the go.

And she really understands how a girl wants to dress and she brings all of her life and life experience to the runway. So it's always a really great way to start the morning in Paris. It's always a really terrific show and I'm thrilled to see what she's going to be putting together. I'm actually going to be catching up with her backstage.

How you doing? You're looking fine. You're looking fine.

Look at you. You're the sister I never had, my love.
Do you know how happy you made me..

Wow! A lot of pandemonium backstage with Stella McCartney. She has a lot of fans. Not only the fashion press, but certainly people that are there to see the show that love and adore her. And even the models Karlie Kloss doing interviews for MTV's House of Style. An amazing show.

Now off to Roger Vivier to see some really terrific shoes and a few terrific handbags, as well. So off to the other side of the river.