http://nagoya-collection.com/about.html

I will be there during the event next month, exciting!

In Japan we had: Kobe Collection and also Tokyo Collection and now we have Nagoya Collection!

CBC Nagoya television

CBC Nagoya Television network asked their viewers who would be interested to be a model on stage during the fashion show in September, and to be trained by me. The response I heard was huge and they received more applications than expected. I will be going to Nagoya next month to meet the candidates that I selected.

Initially, 40 women have been selected based on pictures and details, among many applications received by CBC Nagoya television network. I spent all afternoon in my garden quietly making notes and narrowing down to 15 girls only. (photo)

Now, I will be in Nagoya on Aug 12nd and 13th to train the 15 selected candidates to walk and behave as a model on the stage/catwalk .

Hiroko Mima, Miss Universe 2008, top 13th will be training the working with me and helping me training the girls how to walk. I love working with Hiroko because she is a great teacher.

At the end, 3 girls will be chosen to walk with many famous models, at the Nagoya Collection on October 1st. A fabulous opportunity for the 3 girls who will be chosen!

The 3 girls will be training with me for 3 full days just prior to the fashion show.

ZIPP FM Promotions aksed these questions to their audience:

Based on the response, five young women were selected and they will be going through INES SECRET 8-week-program (they will be starting soon), and we will be doing some radio promotions with James Heaven ZIP-FM radio, discussing the results of each of them.
Stay tuned!

My personal message to the five persons starting INES SECRET 8-weeks program DVDs:

I am excited to meet the five of you soon. There are so many advises, in my DVDs,  that will change your life forever. Be serious and give 200% of yourself because the results will be your treasure forever.

Ines Secret will teach you how to love and how to know yourself. The person with whom we spend the most time along our life is YOURSELF. Also you need to make sure that you enjoy your company and that you become your own best friend.

It will teach you how to become the architect of your body and mind. It will teach you how to communicate with people around you. It will give you examples of how to seduce men. Each day, the opportunities are around you, INES SECRET will teach you how to grab them.

Enjoy and see the new-you soon!

If your budget allows it… I picked a few items that I think are a-must-have for this fall/winter 2011.

Check it out!

MIU MIU SUNGLASSES - look from the 40′S

CELINE cabas en cuir cerf dore – 900 euros / CELINE leather bag

VALENTINO stilettos 640 euros

McQUEEN whoolen jacket and gold buttons, 1375 euros

I made a selection of some looks that I found on the streets of Ibiza this summer…. check it out!

Josein, 25, Doctor.

She wears: Zara kaftan, Minnetonka shoes, Ralph Lauren bag, H&M bracelets, vintage necklace and ring.

Charlie, 22, Club Promoter.

She wears: River Island top, Topshop shorts, French Connection bag, Primark wedges, Armani glasses, jewellery from Ibiza.

Lizzie, 23, Shop Assistant.

She wears: Miss Selfridge top, Primark skirt, 07800 Boutique Ibiza shoes, earrings and bangles.

Inez, 24, Model.

She wears: Topshop vest and skirt, Louis Vuitton sunglasses.

Mina, 33, DJ.

She wears: Vintage waistcoat, bikini from Rhapsody boutique in Argentina, Zara shorts, Ray Ban sunglasses, Jewellery from Mexico.

Laura, 20, Model.

She wears: Vintage shirt, waistcoat and bag, handmade shorts, Ray Ban sunglasses, shoes from India.

L’idée d’exposer ces robes sculpturales au milieu des sculptures de Bourdelle permet de mettre encore mieux en valeur les robes et manteaux merveilleux de Madame Gres. Si vous le pouvez,  vous devez absolument visiter cette exposition unique en son genre.

Paris’ Musée Bourdelle hosts the exhibit Madame Grès: Couture at Work and nothing could be a finer fit nor more flawless art/fashion alliance. Emile-Antoine Bourdelle was a late 19th-century/early 20th-century sculptor, whose gorgeous courtyard-and-garden-filled estate is located on an unassuming street in the 15th arrondissement. His works fit seamlessly, so to speak, with those of the couturière Madame Grès, whose own early training as a sculptor was lucidly translated into her principal technique for shaping a garment, without seaming or fabric cutting and without a pattern. She simply replaced a sculptor’s traditional stone or clay with fabric.

An exquisite mise en scène harmoniously juxtaposes the oeuvres of the two talents. Curators Olivier Saillard, Laurent Cotta and Sylvie Lécallier harnessed the spirit of the Musée Bourdelle’s monumental sculptures so that the experience of seeing the dresses within the museum feels just right. Bourdelle’s huge plaster busts, bronze figurines and colossal sculptures—visual odes referencing mythical and literary figures like Heracles and Penelope—are not only impressive, they heighten the neoclassicism of Madame Grès’ singular dresses.

Where Madame Grès differs from sculpture is through the liberty of movement, which radiates from her dresses, even when statically displayed. Madame Grès never used corsets. Instead, she creates lines and volume through the art of twisting, braiding and billowing. The “pli Grès” is her own, a kind of millefeuille for fashion, an intricate treat of millions of carefully composed folds.

A Grès dress manages to, bafflingly, be lavish even as it’s spartan. The adornments are few—though when implemented, the use of buttons, collars, belts, pockets is restrained, minimalist. While charcoals, blacks and angelic white dresses abound, pops of color (coral columns, stalks of forest green) make Grecian feel joyful instead of austere. A more contemporary Grès creation from the ’80s threads bright colors like ribbon streamers whipping artfully across the body.

There are puffed-sleeve evening coats, columnar robes du soir, undulating wave-like taffeta dresses and short black cocktail dresses. Some of the dresses recall expensively draped sheets fit for Athena and Artemis; others have so little extra fabric as to almost be maillots tailored to slinky skirts, with such incredible detailing in the bustier that modern designer updates (e.g., Jean Paul Gaultier or Proenza Schouler) seem like updates of an already mastered art.

Throughout the exhibition, the designer’s signature details are revealed: cut-outs, asymmetrical necklines, body-skimming tucks cascading into loose skirts, glamorous Grecian drapery, complex pleating, sculptural design and silk jersey underpinned with structured girdling.

Alix Grès created her namesake maison de couture, Grès, in 1942 on Rue de la Paix in Paris. Namesake is a funny thing, though. Born Germaine Krebs in Paris’s 17th arrondissement, Madame changed her name to Alix Barton before snapping up the moniker Grès from her then-husband, whose own name was his artistic alias. (He was really Serge Czerefkov, a Russian painter). When the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute held a Madame Grès retrospective in 1994, the catalogue stated: “Madame Grès is a creation.” Indeed she is. Madame Grès was the last totem of the couturiers of her ilk (Madeleine Vionnet, Jeanne Lanvin, Elsa Schiaparelli, Gabrielle Chanel). She dressed iconic society women, high-profile glitzy actresses and wives of powerful political figures. She herself had a signature: a wool jersey angora turban. She was honorary president for life of France’s Chambre Syndicale, the governing organization of the French fashion industry.

Her début was as a costume designer for a Jean Giraudoux play about the Trojan War, which called upon (and beautifully showcased) her ability to evoke Grecian guise. She did costume designs for French films in the 1940s, and managed to keep her business open during World War II. Her golden years were the 1950s through the 1970s. Her first prêt-à-porter collection—which she long held out against producing—was in 1980, only a few years before she was to sell her floundering name and brand to a French industrialist. Allegedly, she told Pierre Cardin that the sale of the company was the worst decision she ever made. In 1988, the house name and brand were purchased by the Japanese group Yagi Tsusho.

The couturière’s death was revealed over a year after it occurred and only after an article appeared in Le Monde; her daughter hid the sad news from the fashion industry and the world. Peers like Pierre Cardin or Hubert de Givenchy—even Mr. Yagi, the owner of the rights to her name—were unaware of her passing. Such an elusive but incredible talent deserves the kind of recognition that her mythologically tinged garments warranted. This exhibit is a fine tribute to her artistry, and hopefully it will bring renewed recognition to her self-created name as well as inspire a revival of the neoclassical elegance she so excelled at creating.

Beyoncé pulls a series of raunchy poses in a photoshoot for her new album, 4



She’s a global pin up with a legion of fans, both female and male.

So Beyoncé will make a lot of people very happy with these stunning new shots, taken to promote her new album, 4. 

The singer, 30, who created an alter-ego named Sasha Fierce for her last album, oozes sex appeal in the new photos – shot by Parisian photographer Greg Gex in the French capital.

Here the singer, who is married to rap mogul Jay-Z, wears a strange pair of towering Lady Gaga-esque shoes, with odd-shaped heels in the middle of the sole, while posing on the roof of her hotel Le Meurice.

She told Reuters: ‘I became a fan of Barbra Streisand’s. And I then saw Judy Garland’s version of A Star Is Born, and I realized every 20 to 30 years, a new star is born and a new talent represents that generation and era — so I didn’t think that I would ever get the opportunity to be the star.’

Each year the city where I was raised in the south of France celebrate our ancestors, also we all dig into our great Grand-Parents wardrobe and lifestyle items and we spend the day outside.

My Father with Noa, ken, Luca, Basile and me. 3 generations in one carriage.

Un Grand-père menant fièrement 3 generations dans les traditions d’une region vibrante de son passe de la tauromachie.

The black bulls called “toros” are the main part of my culture. And young people play with them in the arena. Here my brother’s son Basile trying to get the attention of the toro.

100 toros are brought from the lands a few kilometers away into the city and the best toros are selected for the games in the arena.

White horses bringing in the city the toros between them.

My family arrives in the city with an attelage (a carriage). Below with my 2 sons Noa and Luca.

Colette, my Mother and Noa on the carriages ready to go back to the city, with hundreds of people dressed like in the old time with carriages, riding horses or on old bicycles. Pure tradition, and I am proud to perpetuate it to my children.

Speaking with my father, it was 11 am and we were all having breakfast in the toros land in the wild.The music was loud and people happy to share a meal. Precious time of my summer. I was dressed as a Catholic nurse… oulala!

Je vous aime Papa et Maman. je suis fière d’être votre fille.

Mon Grand-Pere, moi, my Mother, my Brother and my Father in 1974, I was 12 years old…

With Colette, my niece yesterday in the South of France.

This is what I miss in Singapore, not being able to go anywhere with my horse, I crave the total freedom of my region in France. (The horse I rode yesterday is a dangerous one also I am weraing full gear)

Even in the middle of the apple tree fields we can see graffiti….

Apples and grapes in the wild. Une ballade en Camargue avec nos cheveaux. Le reve.

It’s easy to remember all the bad that went on in Amy Winehouse’s life — but here is a video to remind people that when she was on top of her game … she could really sing. (click on the picture above)

I will miss you dear. Sleep well and sing for the angels.

Does anyone know how to contact Honey Lee please?

I would like to invite her to attend the Formula One race in Singapore in September. Other misses will be attending, Maiko Itai, Hiroko Mima, Asami Ferguson, also Tang Wen Miss China & Nadine Miss Malaysia 2010, along with several other Misses as well.

Thanks!

Beautiful Rachel Cheung, Miss Singapore 2009 is the main organizer of this beauty-reunion during the race.

Here is the schedule that she has put together.

The F1 event is from 23, 24, 25th September.
The misses will be staying at the famous Marina Bay Sands. They will eat at top restaurants such as Kudeta on Skypark at Marina Bay Sands.

They will  have Paddock Club tickets (costing $8000 each day pass) to watch the race, exclusive all access pass to the F1 pits, VIP invites to all the most exclusive (by private invitation only) events and parties throughout the weekend and pampering facial treatments (worth $6000) at the best aesthetic clinic in Singapore, Sloane Clinic.

The press from all over the world such as vanity fair will be covering all the events mentioned, also you might get some news in our countries.


As for the schedule line up…

23th September 2011

- Avalon at GO concert
- Kudeta at Marina Bay Sands Skypark

24th September

- Amber Lounge (official after party for F1 drivers, celebrities and invited guests – by invitation only)
- Avalon Club at Crystal Pavilion in Marina Bay Sands
- Rachel K Cosmetics event special appearance
- Exclusive invitation to Pangea
- VIP passes to Universal Studios
- Watch the race at F1 Paddock Club (most exclusive area for ministers, celebrities and VIPs)

And as a big bonus…. Some photos at the Formula One 2010 race.

(Courtesy Of Rachel).

Rachel Cheung in a pink dress

Pictures above: 2009 Misses Venezuela, Great Britain, Korea, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand etc…