Sunday 3 March 2013

Viktor & Rolf Paris 2013 Runway show


When I was in Houston last week, my D Mike sent me an email to say that his work colleague had managed to get hold of two tickets for us to go and see the Viktor and Rolf Fashion Show in Paris.

You recall that at the end of last year Sigrid and I went to visit their amazing studio, well Lisa one of the key designers for the V&R brand managed to get us tickets to see the live show.


We took the Eurostar out from London on Friday evening, and found a hotel close to the Champs Lysees so that we were close to the Jardin Des Tuileries where the event was to be staged.

The Venue was a huge marquee in the Jardin Des Tuileries and when we arrived there were crowds of people, that grew and grew as we got closer to the entrance time.  As this was the first time we had ever been to an event like this, we were a little unsure what was happening, but every now and again all the many photographers clustered into groups and were frantically taking photographs and while we didn't necessarily recognise everyone, some were famous models or actresses such as Jessica Chastain who caused a mad flurry, or people like Nina Garcia (Project Runway) and Yolanda Sacristan, the editor-in-chief of Spanish vogue.

There were many people dressed in all sorts of weird or wonderful clothes - I guess some of these people were characters in their own right, but sadly we didn't know them as well as the photographers seemed to as this was our first foray, but hopefully not the last into the world of fashion.

Here are some shots we took while we were waiting to go into the show, which incidentally was over and done with in approximately 10-15 minutes!!!!!




I took a video of the finale but click here for some much better close-ups of the fashions we saw.  Some of the beautiful white shirts, Sigrid and I saw at the end of last year as work in progress,  made it to the runway, so it was wonderful to see them in their final form.

In the photo collection above, you can see a copy of our entrance tickets, and Nina Garcia's seat tag, which I picked up before it was put in the bin with all the others.................

This was a really frantic time for Lisa, but she came out and saw us briefly after the show, and informed us that they had been working all through the night until 6am on the day of the show, and that she had only had 1 hour's sleep before heading back to the prepare for the show.  Mike and I  were with her fiancee Anthony, which is how we were so fortunate to get this invite in the first place.

Lisa was one of the key people for this collection, and was eager to see the reviews for the show, which I am delighted to say were all very positive.

Congratulations Lisa, and good luck for future collections and Mike and I will be delighted to attend again we had a great weekend, a real treat.

We are back in London now, and back to reality - work tomorrow, however we did go wedding ring shopping.  I have chosen my ring, but they need to make it, and we have bought Mike's ring so that is another job off the list.

Hope you have all had a good week.  Catch you later...........................



12 comments:

  1. It looks like you had a fabulous weekend in Paris. Glad to hear that all the reviews were great.

    Friends of mine won a trip to New York City which included plane tickets for two and a couple of nights in a posh hotel. They tried to get two or three more nights and found out it was Fashion Week and the cost of rooms were out of their reach. They went out into the suburbs to get a hotel for their extra nights. We still giggle about it. And no they didn't go to Fashion Week; no tickets.

    Glad to hear you are getting things off your wedding list.

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    1. I think we were very lucky to find a hotel with rooms - normally whenever there is an event of any kind on in the major cities its almost impossible to find rooms.

      I feel glad that I am ticking items of my list - but I still have loads to do.

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  2. No! Your life cannot be that perfect - gorgeous grandchildren (congratulations BTW) travel and shopping - just not fair!

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    1. ha ha, trust me my life is far from perfect, but we have had some wonderful events happen this year, yes first our new little baby and then the tickets for this show.

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  3. How exciting! It must have been an incredible experience.

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    1. Dixie it was incredible, however ironically it was the people outside that were very interesting which anybody coud see.

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  4. Now that's my idea of a great weekend!

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  5. I'd be excited just to be in Paris, but to a Fashion Show. Wow! Lucky you!

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  6. Diana, I guess that is one of the bonus points of living in Europe and having the benefit of the Eurostar which only take approximately 2 1/4 hours to get from London to Paris.

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  7. what fun! clearly your D Mike is a great companion.

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  8. Wow, what a brilliant opportunity!! needless to say I am completely green with envy! How fantastic to have seen such creative and beautiful pieces up front and for real like that!

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