JA: You were a muse and intimate confidante of the late Azzedine Alaïa. Have one thing, one beautiful thing, one expensive thing, like a beautiful jacket or a dress. In Conversation with Sophia Al-Maria The Art Now artist talks to us about her ... and on the same day a correspondence came from Farida Khelfa and I was tremendously amazed at her generosity in translating and reading the text. Finally women in the region have something dedicated to them, to only them. How … The ambience and atmosphere in Paris is very joyful, but also very light. It’s important for diversity. MIRROR MIRROR Office. You've heard the term soft boy, but what does this viral aesthetic really mean? Today, I think it’s the opposite: you only want celebrities. It’s not just about one beautiful piece. Most of the time, it’s easier for me to wear suits – I love tuxedos, or really embroidered pieces by Schiaparelli. What are your best beauty and wellness tips for making it through a hectic schedule, such as a Fashion Week? Abayas are also very elegant, because you wear it on top of your jeans, for example, and it creates a very long, very elegant silhouette. I love Alaïa dresses, of course. I love the tailoring, because that fits me very well. Why do you think he designed for women so well? Now Read: How These Four Women Learned to Dress For Their Diverse Shapes, Photography: Jacques Burga JA: Paris: what do you love most about it? It was a way to be accepted. Equal parts enigmatic and colorful, Bartsch has redefined what it means to be a New Yorker. But if I can find a beautiful dress, I’ll wear that too. If you don’t have a makeup artist, you better quit the job, because for me it helps a lot. FK: I’m very flattered to be described as a style icon. Makeup: Monique Brinkhorst The iconic French stylist breaks down her love of her native country and the impact French culture has had on her life. I love stylists, designers, artists. Perhaps the relaunching of Schiaparelli, when we did our first show with Christian Lacroix. Me, I was very noisy, I was very talkative. Today I’ve been going through my Velvet and Lou Reed collection and wanted more so I started watching live videos and interviews and came across Lou Reed’s last interview that took place in September 21th, 2013 in NYC.The interviewer was Farida Khelfa and after listening to the interview, I just needed to compile all these quotes. How can we sell better? I’m not very good at giving advice, but there is something to be said for being quiet. I think it was our energy that inspired the designers referred to at that time as Les Nouveaux Créateurs— Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and Jean-Paul Goude. How would you describe the iconic designer? It’s more about friendship and growing up together. What is it about Couture Week that you love? How can we consume better? Location: Le Consulat Paris At Les Bains Douches, there were always celebrities that I didn’t want to let in specifically because they didn’t have the right look. Khelfa quite literally started out as a gatekeeper of French nightlife, working the door at Les Bains Douches in the 1970s. Les Bains Douches was a home for a more underground crowd—artists, musicians. It’s very chic, and there are fewer people; you feel very privileged to be there, really. He loved women, and women loved him. What happens when French style collides with a laissez-faire Los Angeles attitude? March 12, 2015 . I’m my own stylist, so I have to find something myself. Farida Khelfa has done it all. Farida Khelfa. FK: Paris was the city of liberty. Angiv en generel bedømmelse af webstedet: Interview with Farida Khelfa Why is the best yet to come? A woman’s body had no secrets to him. “Famous” was a dirty word at that time. JA: Last question: you've been described as a style icon, a muse, a fashion ambassador. It has changed a lot, because there are so many girls from all over the world in the industry now, so beautiful, so impressive. I don't think it was better before either. You can wear Zara, H&M and the like, but add a couture jacket or black tuxedo. L’OFFICIEL speaks with Dr. Anjali Rajpal, the dentist responsible for adding real diamonds to celebrities’ pearly whites, about the jewelry trend for your teeth. Was there an energy, a spirit, that made them so influential, so inspired? How do we show the new collections without the sea of people that make up the fashion sphere? The fewer records you sold, the more you had a chance to get in. Born to strict immigrant parents in Lyon in 1960, Farida fled to Paris at 15 in pursuit of its exciting lifestyle. Everything has changed, it’s a totally different world. The city of lights was ultimately where she blossomed into the fashion and cultural icon she is today, befriending the likes of Christian Louboutin, photographer Jean-Paul Goude, and designer Jean-Paul Gaultier. These 11 celebrities are here to show you. Everyone from Madonna to Marc Jacobs took to social media to pay their respects for the undisputed king of couture. Gen Z is giving us 2000s nostalgia by bringing back yoga pants–but they're calling them "flared leggings.". Interview 24 October 2019. How to do it ? The best injectables are the ones you can't see. Tomorrow's luxury will clearly be to have a decent home During this period of lockdown, we have realised how important it was to have a nice interior and exterior to live in. What is your next challenge? Since then, she's been a muse (to Azzedine Alaïa, no less), a model, an actress, and a filmmaker - all while remaining a cornerstone of the ever-evolving French culture. Born to strict immigrant parents in Lyon in 1960, Farida fled to Paris at 15 in pursuit of its exciting lifestyle. Hair: Eduardo Bravo Dior's New Cruise 2021Campaign is an Enchanting Fairytale, The Fashion Industry Mourns Azzedine Alaïa, Supermodels Honored Azzedine Alaïa at Last Night's Fashion Awards, Carla Sozzani Talks Alaïa's Legacy and 10 Corso Como, Susanne Bartsch is New York City's Queen of the Night for a Reason, Queer Cinema You Should Be Watching: Querelle, Dive Inside the Mind of Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, In a Rare Interview, Beyoncé Announces She is "Slowing Down", The Diamond Dentist Makes Celebrity Smiles Sparkle With the Tooth Gem Trend, Gen Z Says Flared Leggings, Millennials Say Yoga Pants–Either Way, They're Back in Style, The Webster's Laure Hériard Dubreuil Brings Parisian Style to Laidback Los Angeles, Megan Thee Stallion’s Sexy Savage X Fenty Campaign Steams Up The Holiday Season, I hereby give my consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes of. I love it because it’s very quiet. Can you tell us more about your Couture Week wardrobe; who you wore and why? It was so beautiful. FK: Azzedine Alaïa was himself a very shy person who put all his fantasy into fashion. Catherine Lebrun was, to me, very stylish also. It’s like a little gang, you know, as a muse you have to be very close to designers. Then you can mix it with cheaper items, but you have to have one strong element in your outfit. Drink lots of water, use the Seacret Moisture Face Cream, and have a makeup artist. We caught up with the star, who appeared on the cover of Vogue Arabia in October, during Couture Week, to learn more about how she dresses for fashion weeks, how the industry has changed over the years, and who she counts among her style icons. Production: Juliette Topalian What have been your favorite couture moments in fashion history?​ Farida Khelfa has done it all. But maybe it will happen. It’s always very difficult because I don’t have a stylist. All rights reserved. That’s the only way to survive Couture. He learned a lot about women from that experience. That was also a very important moment, because it was like his testimony. MIRROR MIRROR speaks the beautiful Schiaparelli ambassador at the Schiaparelli maison at Place Vendôme. FK: Not really. How These Four Women Learned to Dress For Their Diverse Shapes, Victoria Beckham Has Already Nailed Her Fall WFH Wardrobe, Six Best Moments From Afef Jnifen’s Career, Beyoncé Cast Her Ballot for the US Election in Custom Balmain, Your First Look at Emirati Label Illustrella’s Enchanting New Collection. JA: Growing up, did you always know you wanted to be involved with fashion? Their friend Farida Khelfa, a former model and muse to couturier Azzedine Alaïa, first met them as Gilles and Pierre during Palace days. INTERVIEW: Schiaparelli’s Farida Khelfa. Parisian Tastemaker and founder of The Webster Laure Hériard Dubreuil captures the eclectic results for L'OFFICIEL on a cast of French expats. So, if we can have a piece of garden or balcony, it will be a great luxury. ​You are a style icon for many, but who do you currently take sartorial inspiration from?​ Farida Khelfa: I don’t think there is a “French” style anymore—it’s very many different things to different people. My friends inspire me too, such as Naomi [Campbell]. However, it depends what the designer is like. From shoulder length shag to daring pixies, these 11 celebrity hairdos are giving us major short hair inspiration. Coming from an immigrant family, it was always very important to me to dress well. They’re doing a lot of different things, but I don’t see a real strong movement in fashion right now. What does that mean to you? Clearly, the fashion shows. There's a whole fashion sector that needs to be revisited and reinvented. It’s very business-minded today, with social media , and more fast-consuming. Don’t forget also that, for many years, he designed the costumes for the Crazy Horse Saloon during the time of Alain Bernardin. I'm not sure that the best is yet to come. Jean Paul Gaultier says she is the ultimate Parisienne: Farida Khelfa. The city of lights was ultimately where she blossomed into the fashion and cultural icon she is today, befriending the likes of Christian Louboutin, photographer Jean-Paul Goude, and designer Jean-Paul Gaultier. Interview with Farida Khelfa Why is the best yet to come? JA: What was Paris like in the '70s, when you were young and working the door at Les Bains Douches? How do you think haute couture has evolved over the years, and what do you think its future holds? I love novelist Simone de Beauvoir, and French actress Simone Signoret, lots of Simones, it seems. It was really amazing, because I had known Christian for many years, but we had never worked together. In terms of understanding women, from a young age, he was surrounded by women in Tunisia—his grandmother, his aunts, and even a midwife who he assisted from the age of seven. It’s not worse, but it’s not better either. Copyright free music - Artlist, Beskyttelse af personlige oplysninger og cookies, Indstillinger for beskyttelse af personlige oplysninger, Erklæring om beskyttelse af personlige oplysninger. Giving a glimpse into her private life, Beyoncé reflects on the effects of social isolation on her family and career. She’s very faithful, and a very strong woman, very strong. The editor and entrepreneur recently expanded her store to New York, but her top priority remains making beautiful things with substance. How did you decide who got in and who didn't?! Interview: Farouk Chekoufi. What would you like to tell emerging models and designers starting to carve their path in the industry today? That's the key question. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached, or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Nervora Fashion, Inc. and Condé Nast International. JA: You've worked with many of the great French houses and the creative geniuses behind them. I like the energy of Couture Week. Fashion was something that came to me when I arrived in Paris, and I embraced it. Styling: Fay Has The Algerian-French model has a long and rich history with haute couture over the decades, acting as a muse to designers such as Thierry Mugler and Azzedine Alaïa, among others. Goude, of course, wasn’t a designer, but a great artist who was influenced by L’Afrique! Led by Naomi Campbell, who gave a stirring speech for her late friend. But beneath that shyness, he also had a strong character. FK: I’m pretty much like a tourist in Paris, and I always will be. It was a reopening of a new house. I like les cafés, les hôtels, la Tour Eiffel, les musées, Notre Dame. I loved Paris right away—Paris loved me. You are a muse and an inspiration to so many. And, sadly, the last show of Azzedine [Alaïa] was during Couture Week. Joseph Akel: If you could use one word to define French style, what would it be? We spoke with Farida to hear more about her amazing life and her undying love for Paris. She’s also really dedicated to people. I'm not sure that the best is yet to come. I’ve known her since she was 16, and in the past year we’ve grown very close, getting together for lunches and dinners. She left home at 16 for Paris, where she was swiftly discovered – and Farida Khelfa has been forging a bold path in the fashion industry ever since. We have to reinvent everything. © 2020 Nervora Fashion, Inc. and Condé Nast International. I don't think it was better before either. FK: The '80s was the “African Decade”—we were the new generation, coming from North and Sub-Saharan Africa. Synes godt om os på Facebook for at se lignende artikler. Hot Girl Meg delivers some much needed heat to the holiday season with a sexy new Savage X Fenty campaign. What is your best advice for women looking to add a little couture to their closets? Women were outrageously elegant and chic. [Yves] Saint-Laurent and Betty [Catroux], you could tell they were together all the time. I just came back from Saudi Arabia, where I saw so many women walking in the street with their abaya flowing behind them. Things change very fast, and you have many, many designers nowadays. How do you think the industry has changed, since you first began modeling aged 16? The legendary model, actress, filmmaker, and muse for some of the most iconic French designers and artists opens up about her life and her love of Paris. We didn’t have so many models back then but today, we have a lot. I am inspired by strong women in general, such as [French philosopher and political activist] Simone Weil. Consider Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last film, an erotic voyage into perilous waters, imperative Pride Month viewing. We have to reinvent everything. Photographed by Jacques Burga. She left home at 16 for Paris, where she was swiftly discovered – and Farida Khelfa has been forging a bold path in the fashion industry ever since. What will constitute a luxury in the future? Lisa Goodman, founder of GoodSkin clinics, walks us through the European approach to Botox. I think Vogue Arabia is very important.

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