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The Paris Fashion Week Report for Spring-Summer 2013 – Part 2

Paris Fashion Week is over. Last time I left you, we found a way to stay sober while keeping a sexy silhouette. Sober we’ll stay, and we’ll love to dress out like if it was a costume ball.

VOGUE Portugal Candy Colours © Benjamin Kanarek

Dani Seitz in Candy Colour photographed by Benjamin Kanarek for VOGUE Portugal, April 2012

Benjamin Kanarek Photographs a Girly “Candy Colour” Fashion Editorial for VOGUE Portugal – April 2012 Issue with Model Dani Seitz.

Natasha Poly in Gucci SS 2012 © Monica Feudi

The Artist, The Great Gatsby, The Roaring Twenties Fashion Trend for Spring-Summer 2012

One of the most uproarious Fashion Trends for Spring-Summer 2012 from the New York, London, Milan and Paris Runways is an array of silhouettes, styles, colors and textures directly inspired from the Roaring Twenties.

Toni Garrn in Azzedine Alaïa Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2011-12 © Alaïa

There are Haute Couture Fashion Collections and then…There is Azzedine Alaïa

That news alone was worth attending the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week for Fall-Winter 2011-2012 – The return of the “Body-Consciousness” Master, Azzedine Alaïa.

Unreal Jewels by Paris based Fashion Photographer Stéfan Bourson

Stéfan Bourson is a French, Paris based fashion photographer who has a masterful understanding of light as well as the control of studio lighting.

Uma Thurman wears Chanel Couture © Eric Ryan/Getty Images Entertainment

Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Celebrity Picks

Celebrities and Actresses attending the 2011 International Cannes Film Festival – Benjamin Kanarek Blog’s Fashion Picks from Photo Call and Red Carpet

Armani Privé Spring 2008 Couture © Marcio Madeira

Runway to Red Carpet in Armani Privé Haute Couture

While Haute Couture is highly celebrated on the red carpet, many fashion insiders seem confused over the true concept of the term. Four years ago, I made a short, personal film that documented my journey as an Armani Privé client. At the time, a British newspaper commented, “(Haute Couture) is such an elitist thing and [...]

Gwyneth Paltrow wearing Calvin Klein © DR

The 2011 83rd Oscar Awards Red Carpet Report

It’s Friday evening and the start of Oscar weekend. As I look out of my window, from high up in the Hollywood hills, I can barely see through the heavy mist and fog. My hairdresser and manicurist are both running late due to the treacherous rain and gridlock traffic. The dress I had planned on [...]

Chanel Ski Wear, Ski Slope Strategy or Marketing Magic?

Exclusive Chanel skiwear line ranks high on fashion scale – The Brand has used this marketing trick before – So Chanel Ski wardrobe, Ski Slope Strategy or Marketing Magic

Some New Ways of Being Discovered as a Fashion Designer

Who in their right mind would not love to be discovered for their artistic and design talent? A gatekeeper who plucks them among the masses and propels their career into the infinity.

Katie Fogarty and Benjamin Kanarek also Published in Harper’s BAZAAR China February 2011 Issue

Ling Ling Kong in Primary Colours by Benjamin Kanarek for Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore

Just wanted to share some Eye Candy with you. If you like LEGO, you may appreciate this Jewelry editorial that I shot for Harper’s BAZAAR. Back to Childhood playing with LEGO bricks and wearing the most prestigious fine jewelry brands.

Faustine, The Lady in Red or Fashion British Horse Guard in Paris

Check out Faustine, the Lady in Red student at the Sorbonne University in Paris dressed in this British Horse Guard Uniform

Luana Tiefke for VOGUE Brazil © Benjamin Kanarek

Model Luana Teifke in VOGUE Brazil October 2010 by Benjamin Kanarek

Before the cold hits us all, we sheltered in a cozy ice cave with the musical instrument furniture-sculptures of Pierre Arman presented in the Arman Suite at the Hôtel Lutetia. Brazilian Model Luana Teifke is showcased as the sophisticated CHANEL Yeti-Woman playing a Symphony on Ice photographed by Benjamin Kanarek for VOGUE Brazil.

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Katie Fogarty in Harper’s BAZAAR HK by Benjamin Kanarek – Haute Couture

Katie Fogarty stars in the fabulous “Tales of the Unexpected” shot by Benjamin Kanarek for Harper’s BAZAAR HONG KONG October 2010 – Haute Couture FW 2010/2011

The Fashion Playground from Chanel to McQueen…

Or… How I forgot to move on and am still on the Merry-Go-Round by: Benjamin Kanarek Looking around me during one of my fashion shoots, something struck me as very interesting and that was that those around me who were considered the Fashionably Fashionable were more than just Fashion conscious, they were attuned to a [...]

Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2010 – BK blog fashion report

The Best Of and the Worst Of… My Picks Looks – Stéphane Rolland, Chanel, Armani Privé 21 collections were presented to the press: from 10 Official Members (Adeline André, Anne Valérie Hash, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dominique Sirop, Franck Sorbier, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maurizio Galante, Stéphane Rolland missing Christian Lacroix this season) from 4 Correspondents [...]