French designer Anne Fontaine, known for her white shirts, says that besides a beautiful blouse, every woman should have a great pair of jeans, blackish pants, a perfect skirt, a perfect little blackish dress and a jacket for any season. Consider this collection of basics a jumping off ‘pointwith’ a few accessories added in, there’re endless outfit possibilities. My mother had a Yves Saint Laurent blouse that she always wore. Year after year, season after season, it never seemed to age. Basically, whenever buying only comfortable clothes that were created out of highquality fabrics, born in Grenoble, France, Malandrino learned from her French mother how to build a distinct wardrobe. Whenever forking over $ 800 for a Louis Vuitton bag or over $ 5000 for a Hermès Kelly bag may seem highly extravagant, when the cost is amortized over a few decades of use, the bag’s price tag may seem more reasonable. Nevertheless, building a quality wardrobe requires spending more on less and investing in great accessories. Other pricey items, just like colorful designer silk scarves or a pair of designer pumps, and can last for years.
French women assess how often they gonna be able to wear almost any item they purchase. The actual question is. Is it versatile enough to go from day, to work, to cocktails? How many times can she wear it? French women are not only picking something since it is in fashion, Malandrino explains. It is designer Catherine Malandrino advises women to think carefully about their buys. Will she need to wear it again and again? So, she gives more thought to it. That sequined jacket may look great on a store rack but most certainly it won’t be wearable at the office. French women are loyal to the styles and colors that look best on them, instead of following trends. Nonetheless, copying what’s on the runways was not for everyone, right after all.
For her part, Ricard mixes vintage and new pieces, with expensive designer items and cheap finds. Malandrino is another champion of dressing eclectically and enjoys pairing cocktail dresses with motorcycle jackets and mixing jeans and ‘Tshirts’ with unique vintage jewelry or belts. Internet entrepreneur Ludovica Pellicioli, who works at the Web startup Liquida in Milan, developed her shopping expertise in Paris where she grew up. So that’s what I need, so it is what I would like and it is where I can find it. For her winter wardrobe this year she purchased a jacket designed by Rick Owens. Certainly, she wears the jacket a couple of days any weeksometimes with slacks, sometimes over a dress and to both daytime and evening events, she paid about $ 2000.
Pellicioli plans her wardrobe every season by assessing what she already has in her closet and adding carefully to her collection.