The Costume Institute's Party of The Year

While I was sick and feverish in bed, the fashion world was enjoining the annual Costume Institute gala whose motif were Superheroes, due to the upcoming exhibition Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

La Wintor and Naomi Watts were the ones who stick to the motif more than anyone else, although cuffs in women weren't rare to see, a clear Superwoman hommage...

I hope I will be invited some day!, but meanwhile, I'm happy to enjoy the pictures style.com shares with us...

Coco Rocha & Anja Rubik, stunning



Sofia & Marc, surnames are no needed


Lou Doillon & Consuelo Castiglione, European style


Michelle Trachtenberg, probably my fave


Christina Ricci, lovely


Tilda Swinton & Justin Bond, matching shoes and charm

More Sun and More Fun

Yes, I've been away again and couldn't let you know earlier because of my lack of success in finding an internet connection somewhere.

When I got back from Puerto Rico, my hubby proposed me a trip to Key West, the Southernmost point in the US (just 90 miles / 144 km from Cuba), home of writers such Ernest Hemingway or Tennesse Williams, as well as French writer Anaïs Nin honeymoon nest.

Here is the preview of the short-film Key West Picture Show, by BJ Martin, where you can get a glipse of the kind of place this used to be...

The reason why my dear fella asked me to go there was Fantasy Fest, a once a year festival/parade that celebrates the originality of Key Westerners.

Taking advantage that he knows quite a few people there, we packed and road-tripped down south to help create one of the floats, King Cock, where we cut and painted card boards to shape it into all kind of things. I loved to get dirty in papier-maché ...

Each float in the parade chooses a theme and the members create the costumes around it. Even though there's a general theme that the City Hall picks up each year, the floats normally do what they please.

Our float theme was a parody of the film King Kong, using a rooster instead of a gorilla because Key West is full of wild chickens everywhere. Now you know the meaning behind the name King Cock.

Unfortunately or not, I got a call to assist in a commercial back in NY and couldn't say no.
For this reason I came back earlier than expected (that's why I'm now being able to write this post) and have only pictures of the before show.
Hopefully someone will send me images of the parade to see how everything went.
Meanwhile, enjoy what we did and some other treats... It was fun, sniff...

* Big thanks to Cayman for putting all this together, to Arlo for sharing his car with us and to everyone else in the float for welcoming us the way they did.

The Mermaid Parade.- Coney Island

The Mermaid Parade is one of those typically NY events... crazy, crowdy and very fun. It takes place once a year, the first Saturday after the Summer solstice. Today was the day... and now that Coney Island is in danger of extinction,

the atmosphere felt different. It's like everyone's afraid of the end and wants to burn it while it lasts. I saw Ellen Von Umwerth, but shame on me, i didn't tell her anything. Crazy and G R e At costumes. And people willing to have their picture taken, which is always beautiful for a shy photographer like me.
Enjoy!