What she wants of small brown spots called ocelli

At the forefront of the fashion show fall-winter 2007 Yves Saint Laurent, impossible to Miss Catherine Deneuve and his Panther trench. What she wants of small brown spots called ocelli. "This is my key in bad taste... need to have!", admits in Citizen K. In fact, the actress known Leopard print is the height of chic this winter. The creators have tamed it: Kenzo with a small mantle right, Moschino with an impeccable trench, Max Mara with a male jacket. Side accessories, Pierre Hardy, Christian Louboutin and Roger Vivier have also succeeded in harnessing this extravagant printed.

Didier Ludot, King of couture vintage clothing installed in the galleries of the Palais-Royal, confirms the craze for the skins of beasts. "American love the true Panther coats." The height of luxury because it's vintage parts conducted prior to 1973, date of the ban on hunting of this animal. More politically correct, the French prefer false Panther they only carry Accessories: bag, a pair of shoes or a jacket. "In the luggage leather, President Frédéric Marlaix notes that this print is the heart of the moment purchase.

Remains to the porter with elegance, without committing the irreparable or taste that will transform you in curious beast. For the gutless, bottom-ochre-ocelli-Brown-dark classic version works perfectly with a total black look. It is so worn that Domenico Dolce, one of the two creators of Dolce Gabbana &, like the Panther, become iconic print of the House. "I associated especially my mother, who was elegant." "She is dressed in black, with a few touches of Leopard: a sleeve, a hat, etc." Shoemaker Bruno Frisoni confirms: "the ideal is to combine its pair of sandals Panther with a simple black dress, as in the 1950s." Those who do not have cold eyes and banished the "jolie madame" spirit can still attempt to mixtures. Why not mix Panther and tartan, Panther and stripe tennis at Max Mara The Panther with the Tiger, as in Leonardo, is more risky. Another possibility, escape traditional colours ochre, grey, Brown and dare the Panther colorized, for example purple and grey, with Moschino Cheap & Chic. Designed by American artist Stephen Sprouse at Louis Vuitton, it is red and anthracite. "It's divisive note that wakes up elegant restraint and sobriety," says mark. There is no better than the Red Leopard sleeves that exceed to riffraff mottled grey Tweed tailor, fired four pins.

Miuccia Prada scrambles the trails

For Géraldine Lefebvre, style Peclers Office, "the Panther the most innovative and the most interesting version is no doubt that you saw in the collection of Prada.". "The designer Miuccia Prada blurs tracks: on tissue sparkling, the colours of the ocelli are barely contrasting, as containing". For Alberta Ferretti, beige spots more like mottling. And in Sportmax, fur turns almost in printed camouflage. Chinées, raster, blurred, mini or maxi: creators deal finally with skins in less literal way. Graphic and abstract, they are there to exalt the lascivious movements of the female body. Finally free of this sexual connotation, it now became reasons as the other, easy to wear and that creators stylisent, colour, mixing also spontaneously flowers or stripes.

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Jewelry also

The jewellery has always succumbed to the charm of the Panther, and this thanks to the influence of two women. Jeanne Toussaint, first, Director of the fine jewelry Cartier from 1933, nicknamed "the Panther" because of his creative boldness, its requirement, his unerring flair, but also his passion for the cat. At the time, his apartment is littered with skins of Leopard, draws around and transforms the animal bag clasp and other pins. It is the coat with a paving of diamonds with onyx for the face-à-main of the Duchess of Windsor. Today, the House the reinterprets spotted yellow gold of black lacquer. Another woman associated with the Leopard print: the very elegant Mitzah Bricard, face of Christian Dior in the 1950s. She always wore a printed scarf Panther established to hide a scar on his wrist, said. Now, Victoire de Castellane, which creates the Dior joaillerie, he pays tribute with a black lacquer spotted yellow gold ring.