Faery: Paris Diaries - Photographer's block and FNO

Hello there, my friends! ;)

Or should I say, mes amis! Faery's staying in the city of lights for a full month, 5 weeks that will be hopefully filled with fashion, beauty and magic...

The strange thing is, ever since I came here I've experience a sort of writer's block, except having to do with my taking pictures rather than my writing. Isn't it ironic that I should have the opportunity to live and work (Yes, work! This is a story for another time, though... It probably deserves a post of its own.) in such a beautiful place, and yet be completely uninspired and unable to capture it? It's been really frustrating... :S

But fortunately, the patient that is me is slowly mending, and I'll hopefully be fully recovered soon. :) Otherwise, my friends, you'll have to deal with a few very boring posts... For what is Faery without her pics? Imagine hearing me ramble on and on and on, with no cool pics to compensate... Kind of a scary notion, no? :D

Anyway! I'm losing my point here. So: FNO! Yes! As some of you might know (and if you don't it's your own fault for not following Faery on Facebook or Twitter, so don't blame me! ;) ), this year's Fashion's Night Out (or Vogue Fashion Night, as they like to say around here) was this week, and I was here in Paris to make the most of it!

Marni was the first stop, followed by many others. Most of the stores offered complimentary drinks, but there were also manicures in the new colours of the season at Chanel, very very very (very!) long lines, VIP parties, and even concerts! I tried to keep focused though, and try to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to take a look at the new collections, feel the fabrics... I must have been the only one. :D

There was celeb-sighting (of course!), and I actually got to see quite an amazing quartet of starlets! Natasha Poly, Anja Rubik, Isabeli Fontana and Emmanuelle Alt all together!

The only visual proofs of such an honour are the pics that follow, but I guess you'll have to appreciate them in their royal blurriness... :) I blame it entirely on two things, that will have to be my excuse: the first is the mass of what seemed like hundreds of people surrounding them (photographers and 'civilians' alike), and the 2nd... well, very obviously my perfectly advantageous height of no more and no less than 1'50m. ;)

Natasha looked preeettyyyy... :)

And Anya too, obviously! ;)

Here you have an extremely blurry Isabeli... :D hahaha

I guess you'll have to just believe me on this one. Well, you can see her dark hair, at least! ;)

Aaaand finally, half of Emmanuelle's face! Yay! :D

Okay, I think I've had enough of bad pictures for a long while. :) (You can take a look at this Vogue.fr article for better pictures of the event: Les street looks de la Vogue Fashion Night). Fashion's biggest night was of course organized by Vogue Paris, and in order to get in the shops you had to have an invitation that came inside its September issue, with a beauutiful Charlotte Casiraghi on the cover.

Suffice to say, it was a fun night. :) I'm wide open to any home-cooked remedies for photographer's block that you can offer me!

Je vous embrasse très fort et à bientôt! ;)

Avenue Montaigne at sunset

EDIT (15/09/2011): Wow! Apparently this post made it to the IFB Weekly Round Up / Links à la Mode!! It was the first time I ever applied, so I'm extremely flattered... :) The rules say I have to include all the links, so here you have them:

LINKS À LA MODE: THE IFB WEEKLY ROUNDUP

INSPIRED BY IFB, FNO & NYFW!

Edited by: Taylor Davies

The week of New York Fashion Week is one of the busiest of the entire year for the industry. It’s also one of the most inspiring for the IFB community. This week’s Links a la Mode features helpful posts about blogging that remind us of topics from our IFB Conference, as well as fun round ups of Fashion’s Night Out, NYFW shows, and designer inspiration.

THE IFB WEEKLY ROUNDUP: LINKS À LA MODE: SEPTEMBER 15TH

Boyish Chic: FNO: A Night To Remember
Cantabrigian: New York Fashion Week: Collections That Caught My Eye
Cosmolawlitan: Fashion’s Night Out: A Business Review
Designer Purushu: Inspired from Stella?
Divergent Musings: On Why I Don’t Want to be a Professional Blogger
Faery: Paris Diaries – Photographer’s block and Fashion’s Night Out
Fashezine: Vogue Fashion Night
Girl Loves Color: Color on the Runway: Peter Som
I’m Too Fancy: FNO Street Style @ Missoni For Target
January Sublime: London FNO & United Nude Party
La Perle: Fashion’s Night Out – Paris!
Mis Papelicos: Autumn Recap on Building a Better Blog
Miss Viki: MG Vienna Fashion Week ‘11
Over50Feeling40: Fashion’s Night Out in SA: Part 2… Visually Appealing
Style Confessions: How To Afford Real Designer Clothing (On A Non-Designer Budget)
Style. Love. Repeat.: Style: Blogger’s Night Out
The Artful Shopper: Master Class with Rachel Zoe
The Chic Sheet: Parabal Gurung 2012
The Style Circuit: Ra’mon Lawrence S/S 2012 Presentation
This Is A Yes: DVF Spring 2012

[All content & photos are by me unless specified otherwise. I'm happy if you decide to copy and keep them in your computer as reference, or post them in your blog or anywhere you want. But you MUST put my name or a link to the blog somewhere, saying where you took them from. Not putting anything is in my opinion almost as bad as saying you took them yourself.]