Roisin Murphy

I used all my ninja powers to go inside the Viktor & Rolf show today! Once inside, my mission was to reach the backstage and make my polaroid. I turned on my stealth mode and went inside... The dresses looked insane and so cool! But I needed something special for the polaroid... and Roisin Murphy was perfect! She had the dress and all the style I was looking for! Her performance during the show was fabulous!

I love the shows from Jean Paul Gaultier but this time I did not receive the invitation and there was nothing I could do to get inside... I also never saw so many paparazzi!

Anna Wintour

I was praying all morning for the mighty gods of fashion to illuminate my way inside the show from Dior... (I was not invited!) but I think I did not pray enough, I was left outside!
There was just one thing I could do! Pray more and rub a rabbit foot to attend Lanvin! I was "the chosen one" by the holy PR and was allowed inside!

"It is now or never!" did I think when I saw Anna Wintour sitting in the first row of Lanvin. I wanted to do a polaroid of her for a long time already and she was there without any bodyguards close to her. I just stammered something to her... and she autorized me to do the picture with a nod.

I loved the new collection!!!

The show from Maison Martin Margiela was also impressive!

Backstage Nina Ricci

Extra! Extra! Exclusive polaroid from the backstage of Nina Ricci!!! I think just Vogue had access to this backstage... but I managed to take a quick look inside too!

I'm so sad that I could not see Balenciaga and Balmain! But it was a busy day anyway!
Lie Sang Bong, Hiroko Koshino, Manish Arora, Bruno Pieters, Lutz and AF Vandevorst...

In my mailbox today: Chanel (lovely invitation!), Emanuel Ungaro and Issey Miyake!! :)

Rihanna

I'm so proud today of my polaroid camera! I did this picture from Rihanna at the show from Gareth Pugh! She was really sweet with me and guess what happened next?! "Nothing!?" Rihanna asked me to do another polaroid of her with one of her girlfriends because she wanted one polaroid too!!! Can you believe that?! I said to her I would only do it if she would visit my blog tonight and her answer was: "OK!"

Rihanna has one of my polaroids! Rihanna has one of my polaroids! Rihanna has one of my polaroids!!! :)

Ohh! The show from Gareth was awesome!!! It was so pretty!

Today I also saw Impasse de La Defense, Moon Young Hee, Tim Van Steenbergent(amazing collection!), Devastee, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Rochas(very pretty!), Peachoo+Krejberg and Fatima Lopes. (If you want to see the digital pics I did from the shows... go to WireImage.com)

I received today invitations for Nina Ricci and Maison Martin Margiela! Yay!!!

Modern Art

I was not planning to publish nothing today. I just had to go to a meeting and to the supermarket but my girlfriend told me to take the polaroid and you will not believe who I saw!!! Stefano Pilati, creative director at Yves Saint-Laurent. I swear it!!! I had a chance to ask him to pose for a polaroid and he kindly accepted my request! He was looking great but guess what happened?! Nothing!!!
I was standing there... and the camera was stuck! I apologized and he left...

I could not belive what happened and started to look around the camera... open, close.. open again... close.. and *FLASH* in my face! The picture came out!

But my readers teached me... it is art! I planned it! Perhaps one day people will look at this picture and say: "Antonio was a freaking genius!" And I will be rich and famous! :)
So I'm opening now the auction! The biddings for this masterpiece start with 1 euro!
(I have the feeling that my blog is becoming a comedy sitcom!)

I hope to see everybody tomorrow at the shows!

Mademoiselle in Paris

The final countdown! I saw so many models walking to castings today and I tought it would be nice to show two of them before the fashion week in Paris starts!

It feels so good to wake-up and see your mailbox full of invitations! I received today Barbara Bui, Bruno Pieters, Lie Sang Bong, Marithé François Girbaud, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Gaspard Yurkievich and many others!

Last friday I went for a walk to photograph some people for a magazine and on my way back home I saw Alber Elbaz from Lanvin!!!! He looked so cute! But my polaroid camera was inside my bag and I was at the other side of the street and could not reach him before he entered his car. There was just one way... jump in the front of his black mercedes but then I started to imagine the headlines of the french newspapers. "Fashion Suicide!!! Paparazzi hit by fashion designer in high speed!"
Well, I'm sure I will have other opportunities to photograph him!

I would like to thank Kelly from "Lions, Tigers & Fashion OH MY!" for the award she gave for "The Singular". If you don't know her blog, visit it right now!

Mademoiselle in Paris

Jelena & Selena

It was again a sunny day in Paris! I did a shooting with Jelena & Selena from Just WM at the Louvre, in Trocadéro, at the Arc de Triomphe and at the Place de la Concorde, in Paris.
I hope to see them soon again at the shows in Paris Fashion Week!

Mademoiselle in Paris

I went tonight to the premiere of the show "Désirs" at the Crazy Horse, in Paris.
I saw there many french celebrities, Kenzo, Jitrois and Dita Von Teese!
Women walked at the red carpet with some really amazing dresses and I saw also some men walking with dresses and heels...

Lou Doillon

Sunny day in Paris! I had a meeting at 12:00 and after I went for a walk in Le Marais.
When I stepped out of an art gallery I saw this girl walking at the street...
I went after her and asked if I could do a polaroid... her face was so familiar!!!
So then I said the most stupid thing ever: "I think I saw you before at the fashion week?!"
I'm such a moron! I realized only later that it was Lou Doillon!