Inès de la Fressange

[Carla-A]

^ Hehe, me too. Inès radiates elegance on these Festival pictures. And damn, I was recently combing through her past Chanel campaigns and there's no denying Karl's late muses don't hold a candle to her (except for Freja). Thanks for the updates guys!

 

[newprincesita]

She looks wonderful lately but I really don´t like the flats for Cannes. It looks quite awkward, androginous in a bad way.

By the way, I just don´t get that "I cannot stand heels" and the "I´m too tall for heels" many women say. Heels are not meant to be stilts, they´re not just devices to be taller. They add something to a style, and mainly they´re not as comfy as flats. They mean to create an look, they elongate the leg, they change the posture, they change the "flow" of the body.

That black dress, with those openings to see the legs (great by the way) totally clash with a size 10 foot WITHOUT heels. It looks bad to me, so bad

 

[FrenchCactus]

^ I think it's part of her whole look. If you read her book, you'll see that she loves to mismatch things. From her point of view, wearing heels with evening dresses would have made the whole outfit too boring and classic.

There's a lovely interview in French on Vogue Paris (source of pics below)

 

[newprincesita]

^I´ve read her book and of course I understand the concept of deliberatedly mismatching, but I just think that those shoes with that black dress just doesn´t work, or better said, I don´t like it at all. Maybe for the beach, or the pool, but DEFINITELY not for the Cannes red carpet.
I love flats, but not that ones with that dress. That look makes her feet look huge, manly and not sexy at all.

The purple dress with the pink Viviers is a winner combo!

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ The dress itself is beachy, though ... I like that combination better than the pink with plum. To me it's the wrong pink, it should be a plum pink not a hot pink ... to me it looks like she forgot to take her slippers off

 

[Mirik]

Harper's Bazaar UK February 2011 ebook30
Ines de la Fressange with Karl Lagerfeld

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[daniellat]

Front page on tFS today: 2011 Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Review

 

[fashionista-ta]

What a great article from Ines! Thanks for posting, Mirik

 

[jacquelyn paige]

I loved her looks so far from Cannes, that black dress was just amazing!

 

[Mirik]

Harper's Bazaar Russia March 2011 ebook30

 

[FrenchCactus]

New pictures of Inès in Cannes. I think she's with her partner Denis Olivennes?
The dress is Chanel Couture.

nymag

 

[Virginielle]

She is so inspiring.

 

[Fatalefashion]

Her face is so richest.

 

[Boomer]

^ Partner as in business or as in boyfriend??

 

[NanaC]

^ Partner as in business or as in boyfriend??

Boyfriend

 

[fashionista-ta]

Iz a little confused ... she mentioned a husband in her article about reconciling with Karl. Is he history? Is the boyfriend in addition? I'm not French ...

 

[Boomer]

Boyfriend

Oh...I guess there is hope for all of us then....

 

[fashionista-ta]

He must have quite a personality.

 

[Boomer]

He must have quite a personality.

Or a Villa in Nice and a G-5...

 

[FrenchCactus]

Inès was married to Luigi d'Urso, the father of her 2 daughters, and he passed away suddenly in 2006.
Inès started dating Denis Olivennes (the man who went to Cannes with her) a couple of years ago. OK, he's not the most handsome man but he's super, super smart, cultivated and a very successful businessman. More importantly, it seems from documentaries and interviews that he is a rock for Inès and they are very happy together.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Olivennes