What’s funny is that I used to not like Louis Vuitton a lot. The reasons are plenty.

I couldn’t resist posting some pics that leaked from the Victoria’s Secret fashion show yesterday night.

After winning CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund Award, worth US $200,000, last year, Alexander Wang adds the Swiss Textile Award 09, a $150 000 prize to his crown.

It won’t be 2, but 4 covers for Ellen together with Oprah on O magazine cover. The 2 extra covers will be released with holidays special issue.

Looks like that Ellen has it all at the end. I love those covers. They exude such a joy and happiness. That’s it. I can’t wait for Xmas to be there.

I discovered Camilla Skovgaard label while searching my shoes for my sister’s wedding. Yeah, I know, it’s not the first time I’m talking about that, but it was a large part of my Spring 2009. She’s my big sis I love. We live in different continents, and I’m lucky if I see her 10 days/ year. You guess how it was a very special event for us. I started looking my ‘wedding outfits’ 6 months before the due date. I wanted something unique. No way my shoes or my clutch could look like my cousins’. I made up my mind on a short dress and I knew my mom would find that inappropriate. I needed original, sophisticated and remarkable shoes to make her forget those legs out. But, even if San Francisco may be very honorable in terms of fashion, I found out only ‘classic’ pieces. They don’t go into special things as Paris and NY do. Or if they do, it’s with well established brands like Louboutin, Balenciaga, Balmain, Zanotti and like. For example, I stopped on those black gladiator Balenciagas and those jewelled Balmains Jennifer Connelly donned at ‘He’s just not that into you’ premiere. But they were beyond my price bracket.

Balenciaga heels

I liked those 4” heel Jean Michel Cazabat sandals as well. Though the glitter and cork finish looked great, I judged that they were too expensive for such a poor material. Plus, they didn’t dress up my feet enough to balance my undressed legs.

Jean Michel Cazabat Oxus heels

Then I tried desperately to get Rodolphe Menudier booklet. I got snubbed. After days of research on the Internet, I stumbled into Camilla Skovgaard green Saddle python sandals. Once I saw them, I have known they were the ones. The booty-style would dress up my feet enough. The python was noble enough and the green color unusual enough. Between us, I don’t like green usually.

It’s been quite some time than Ellen de Generes is teasing Oprah to appear with her on O magazine cover. Checked. They’ll hit newsstands together for December 09 issue. 2 different covers: the first for subscribers, the 2nd for newsstand buyers.

“I’m a racer. I just want to win the race” said the 3 times winner of NYC marathon, Paula Radcliffe. No wonder why she’s today favorite. Like every first Sunday of November and for the 40th year, NYC streets beats at the rhythm of runners’ footstep paving the macadam. This year, the bad economic outlook has made the committee rise the fee to $138 for members of the NY Road Runners, $171 for non-member, and $231 for those entering the international lottery ($13, $16$, $21 extra over 2008 edition). Yeah, that’s a lot of money to have the privilege to throw up your heart and soul after 42.195 km (about 26 miles).

NYC marathon 2008. It's like they're flying. Paula Radcliffe, first on this pic, averaged 12.5 mph (20 km/h). Can you believe that? 

My very first pair of luxury shoes has been camel Rodolphe Menudier mules. It was seven years ago in July 02. I was in Paris for some days between my finals and coming back home. It was the middle of summer sales and Zara and my usual stores has been devastated. Hence I decided to make some luxury stores. I got into Rodolphe Menudier store (14, rue de Castiglione, Paris) at walking distance from Place Vendôme. While I looked like a student (i.e. poor), the shoe advisor was truely friendly.

(pic from Nobelprize.org)

Washington D.C. was still sleeping when the Nobel Prize committee released the news. Are you kidding? The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 awarded to Barack Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people”! Seriously? Is that a joke? And Michelle Obama has incredible sense of fashion as well? What does the committee think about Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel or Grodon Brown to name a few? Yes, they pamper bilateral relationships with countries they trade with. It’s part of the job.