12 years ago by
There are certain women you see all the time on my blog, and that’s just simply because they inspire me the most.
Take Elisa for example. During the fashion weeks, I can always pick her out in a crowd. She’s the queen of color blocking and has the most feminine tomboy look I’ve ever seen. I just love it. That said, I wondered what she would say if I asked her the same questions Emmanuelle Alt was asked (that interview about Emmanuelle’s staples really stuck with me and I find myself going back to it all the time, and it even dates back to the 90s! Truly a timeless woman…) It was super last minute and she was in the middle of a shoot (Elisa is a stylist) but since she’s just such a dear heart, here’s what she responded…
My Top: a silk shirt buttoned all the way up, in any blue or turquoise shade.
My Bottom: Men’s shaped trousers that are a bit short at the ankles. My favorites are vintage Chloé from the Phoebe Philo period.
My Jeans: I have to say I have just recently started to wear jeans (I discovered them while I was pregnant) but my favorites now are a pair of skinny, but not too tight at the ankles (I hate that-I call it the leggings effect), beige Zara ones! I have worn that so much they are falling into pieces : (
My Evening: I’m always swearing on silk! Whatever it could be…a blouse with a pair of shantung masculine trousers or a Dries Van Noten silk dress (I’m obsessed right now with an emerald green one…)
My Intimates: La Perla for their amazing bras and Intimissimi panties, invisible ones: no stitching, no elastic bands, perfection!
My Coat: Mmmh I have too many and I love to change it all the time… But I would say my essential for this winter, and I’m really wearing it all the time, is a suuuuper light and incredibly soft blue-grey Fendi. It has a pretty classic shape, it’s knee length, with a hidden button.
My Bag: It’s the same as the coats … I don’t really have one in particular but in my wardrobe there are for sure essentials to have:
-One clutch bag or an envelope-shaped one.
-A really big one, like a shopping bag shape, a cabas in French, where you can put your life in it and mine includes a baby, so I always need enough space to put toys, etc…
My Shoes: Well, you know I’m a shoe freak… I don’t even know how many pairs I own…but for essentials I would definitely say:
-A pair of flat derbys, like the Fred from Louboutin.
-A pair of Repetto Zizi.
– A pair of very extravagant, very high heels like Pierre Hardy.
My Accessories: I love and live for accessories so they are definitely an essential for me! What I could not live without are belts, scarves, and necklaces!
My Watch: I don’t wear one, I make them go crazy… But if I would it would be a Chanel one, the small one with the chain bracelet.
My Glasses: Love sunglasses! My essentials are a pair of KBL’s.
My Scent: A very old Sicilian perfume called Zagara, it’s made from oranges and lemon trees flowers, and jasmine flower. I can’t live without it!!!
My Blonde: Platinum blonde always! Very cold tone, almost white! My Hair is always done by Karin Bigler, a wonderful hair stylist with who I work with a lot. She comes to my house or I go to her, since I haaate going to hair salons!
My Lip: Bright matte orange from Mac.
My Skin: Natural, I only use Bare Minerals and Nuxe gold oil.
My Inspiration: My inspirations are sooooo many! Art, photography, movies, vintage, nature !!! I do not really have icons but I do have a great great admiration for Coco Chanel and Wallis Simpson…
And there you have it!!! To close, here’s a quick Elisa tour… Big hugs!
Elisa in the photobooth at the Palais de Tokyo…
Elisa with Giovanna, Italia Poweeeeer ! (In a Lahssan trench, a young designer who makes amazing trenches.)
Elisa before she went all crazy platinum blonde.
A quick look at her shoe collection that I took for Vogue a million and a half years ago…
Translation : Tim Sullivan
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Pour être iconique, elle l’est ! Figure toi que pendant la Fashion Week masculine elle était aussi présente avec son style toujours aussi original et surprenant. Un rayon de pleins de couleurs !
http://www.younglington.wordpress.com
When I see women like Elisa, Giovanna Battaglia, Viviana Volpicella…weel, I’m proud to be Italian!
Giada
http://giadascarnival.blogspot.com
Lovely photos – especially the shoes!
Whoa, I would not have even recognized her with brown hair. Love the interview and all her answers – this one of my favorite sort of posts that you do! Can’t wait to see more in the future. xx
A lovely story!
Elle représente vraiment tout ce que j’adore en matière de mode !
quel shoesing de fous!!!! je veux le même.
sinon j’adore le blond d’Elisa, complètement inapproprié pour moi mais ça lui va vraiement bien.
Wow ! Cette collec’ de chaussures est juste incroyable !
J’adore son blond et toutes ses chaussures…!!! LE rêve !! :)
Je voulais commencer par: il y a certaines filles qu’on retrouve tout le temps sur ton blog :))…
J’aime les pois qui ont pris une troisième dimension sur le chapeau d’Elisa.
Et, toutes ces chaussures ! Un rêve :)))
http://www.loulune.wordpress.com
hmmm, elle est chouette. C’est vraiment bien à lire ces petites interviews et ça donne de bonnes idées. Et j’adore les photos.
Merci garance !
This girl is amazing! A lovely smile and a fantastic collection of shoes!
Kisses
Silvia
http://bornineightytwo.com
she’s a cutie!
well, at least I have one thing in common with Elisa: I also hate to go to hair salons! os, wait… and I’m also a shoe freak, and that’s why I gotta say that Giovanna booties are amazing! hehe
http://brandnewbyanna.blogspot.com
Cette photo du photomat quelle merveille ! je la préfère en auburn … indéniable !
I love her nutural color hair, but now they are perfect with her new look.
Great pictures, great compostion.
http://www.stylosophism.com
Elle a l’air tellement énergique et adorable! J’adore la photo avec Giovanna ^^
Love the pictures and the piece!
http://cestlavieopheia.blogspot.com
Elle est belle !! et la collection de chaussures est impréssionante =)
So fun, thanks! I especially love seeing the shot of her with brown hair, sometimes we get so used to someone’s color we forget there was a “before”. Since I’m currently contemplating a big chop, photos like these give me an extra shot of courage!
http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/
Great post, she has a beautiful style.
http://mertxehernandez.blogspot.com/
I have that she’s created a staple wardrobe and then adds the trends into it. She’s very chic!
xoxo
http://www.thewrittenrunway.com
Elle est extra ! Et naturelle, j’adore.
What amazing pictures…great style, really!
xoxo
http://sparklyfashion.blogspot.com/
how i love this post. great idea to expose how and why people wear what they wear!
xx, http://wordbyjessie.com/
Thanks for sharing this amazing woman with a great style!
Super intéressant comme toujours!
This girl’s name and style are so similar to mine….l like her very much
can I see pearls on her hat? really cool idea, who is it by?
I love posts like this.
oh Elisa is so pretty and stylish.
I love these “essential lists”. Please keep asking your friends and posting their essentials in the blog :)
ô my god mais comment font ces filles pour avoir autant de chaussures……
Interesting ! Love the fact she dresses colourful
http://www.tripsandtreasures.blogspot.com
today’s post : closet inspiration
Que de chaussures!!!!
Interesting ! Love the fact she dresses colourful
tripsandtreasures.blogspot.com
today’s post : closet inspiration
Très beau look, et superbes photos vraiment superbe !
http://www.poshnpreppy.fr
Sa couleur l’a beaucoup changé… On ne dirait pas la même personne… En tout cas, ça lui va!bizzz
http://www.caralucile.com
Naturally elegant! So refreshing as well…
And where are the clichés du fotomaton du Palais de Tokyo??
Xx
http://murmureparis.wordpress.com/
J’aime beaucoup ce post ;-) mais bon il faut quand même avoir du budget pour les pantalons chloe, manteau fendi and shoes de Pierre Hardy etc…. ;-)
Elle a l’air très sympa!
http://www.clemenceandme.com/
That shoe collection…sigh…
Cette fille a l’air d’être un rayon de soleil, en tous cas son look se repère de loin et je le vois de plus en plus dans les mags.
Virginie/
http://www.virginiepeny.com
Love it!
Fred from Louboutin are oxford not derby. Oxford – closed lace section, Derby – open lace. A closed laced shoe is more formal than an open laced shoe. Broguing is more informal than no broguing.
La collection de chaussures est en effet impressionnante, mais ce qui m’impressionne encore plus, c’est le fait qu’elles soient toutes bien alignées et rangées en paires!! Chez-moi, ça finirait en montagne, je mettrais un temps fou à trouver deux chaussures pareilles, et le jour où ferais de l’ordre, je me retrouverait probablement avec un nombre de chaussures impaires (un peu comme les chaussettes après la lessive!). Énervant, mais n’empêche que j’envie sa collection, et que j’aimerais bien être sa copine si elle fait du 38 :)
I adore her hair, so beautiful!
-Grace
http://www.theafeminada.com
love love love it as always!
she really is the queen of color blocking. during fashion week seasons she’s all over the blogosphere :) her look is really adorable.
http://lillasface.tumblr.com/
OMG cette collection de chaussures ! MON rêve !! Encore un bel article, et quel style ! Superbe tout simplement !
Cette fille est adorable ! Je l’ai aidee la ou je bosse tres cool !
http://www.desperatelyseekingpegase.com
Garance tu es adorable de me faire un petit signe de tête à chaque fois que je vais au Monoprix. Et oui petit bateau est en bas de chez moi, ta trombine ne me loupe pas à chque passage ;)
Ahhhh Je l’ai déjà dit mais je le redis ce n’est pas grave: J’adore son énergie! En tous cas l’énergie qui se dégage de ses photos, elle a l’air tellement cool en plus, style “je ne me prends jamais la tête” totalement le genre de fille que j’adore. #Girlcrush
Dlight de Paris
La Rue A Du Style
http://www.larueadustyle.com
Que c’est agréable de parler un petit peu parfum ! Merci Garance.
j’adore Elisa, elle respire la joie de vivre !
Ca doit être un réel plaisir de passer ne serait ce qu’une après midi avec elle. Et en plus j’ai appris qu’elle travaillait pour Séssùn.
Merci Garance pour cet interview :)
She looks like an amazing model out of the 1940s. I LOVE HER LOOK!
http://www.greeneggsandglam.blogspot.com
Garance, if ever I wanted to see another angle of the photos you’ve taken so badly, it would of the one of Elise wearing the Lahssan trench: where did she get her bag!? I fell in love with what I’m able to see of it, the strap…! http://www.garancedore.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/giovanna-battaglia-elisa-nalin.jpg
How marvelous it would be if you could ask her where she got it (and report back). =)
(A girl can dream!)
J’aime beaucoup son style très joyeux et dynamique, original mais jamais tape-à-l’oeil, c’est toujours un plaisir de la voir en photo ici.
En revanche je me demande comment elle se débrouillerait avec un budget, disons, réaliste. Mais il est heureux que ce soit à elle qu’échoie la possibilité d’acheter autant de belles pièces, car elle a le goût nécessaire pour à la fois rester hors des sentiers battus et ne pas tomber dans la tentation du clinquant.
Omigosh, what a shoe collection! Makes me re-think getting rid of some of mine. sigh* Are we becoming shoe hoarders? Is that the next show on TLC? “Shoe Hoarders- It’s happening”.
ha!
http://www.houseofhemingway.blogspot.com
um…these shoes are adorable! women’s dreams…
http://www.FashionUm.com
Show Your Outfit!
Joyous colour blocking in a drab world. Thank you Elisa and thank you Garance
Derbys and Fred from Louboutin. A quote from wikipedia:
Oxfords (also referred as “Balmorals”): the vamp has a V-shaped slit to which the laces are attached; also known as “closed lacing”. The word “Oxford” is sometimes used by American clothing companies to market shoes that are not Balmorals, such as Blüchers.
Blüchers (American), Derbys (British): the laces are tied to two pieces of leather independently attached to the vamp; also known as “open lacing” and is a step down in dressiness.
99% of women don’t know that, even staff in established shops gets it wrong. There was nothing offensive in my comment and I don’t see why it was deleted.
j’ai beaucoup aimé lire son interview elle a des goûts très particuliers c’est inspirant !
Thaïs
Super la série des Essentiels, tu devrais essayer d’en faire plus souvent.
Bisous
LOVE Elisa. She’s one of my faves — always colorful and always smiling! And the essentials posts? J’adore!
Gorgeous photo! Wow!
Je l’ai croisée dans le bus ce matin ! J’en reviens pas, dans le bus, c’est une personne normale qui prend le bus… En plus elle portait une salopette ;)
Bref, sinon elle avait l’air d’une personne normale finalement, je sais pas trop comment je l’imaginais, mais les personnes de ton blog me paraissent tellement lointaines, d’un autre monde, que j’ai été agréablement surprise.
Bisous
Hi Garance, Would you please translate the Emmanuel Alt interview to English? I csn only understand snippets of her essentials. Also I loooooooove the essentials. Pls keep them coming!
That is completely cool, don’t stress!