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What Miss KZ loves for Spring

Kirna Zabête in the Wall Street Journal

Beth Buccini and Sarah Easley bonded during college over a love of fashion. Ms. Easley (near left, above) went on to work at Dior and Christian Lacroix; Ms. Buccini to Mirabella and New York magazines. They launched Kirna Zabête in 1999. "We wanted to curate a store that had the most important designers of the day ... in a setting that's not intimidating," Ms. Easley says. 

Next Fall's Lanvin ladies

Grown-up, polished silhouettes are mixed with pointy, tarty shoes and
loads of bold costume jewelry chez Lanvin. Xkirna

Zabete & Kirna in Paris as seen.... in style.com

Sunday, March 2

10 a.m.

We go to the Hôtel Costes to visit Rika, a charming Danish designer, and find giant purple and blue canvas tote bags covered in big patent leather stars for immediate delivery. We can't wait to wear these in NYC this spring. Then we pop by Colette to see their gorgeous window display. We'd also planned to buy some music we've never heard of to give as Kirna Zabête staff gifts, but it's closed.

11 a.m.

There's great street fashion outside the tents—sometimes it even rivals the runways! We're here to see Olivier Theyskens, one of our favorite designers—we started selling him back in 1999. It's finally really caught on with customers, and now we're all in the cult. Despite the painful soundtrack, the show is fantastic. The predominant silhouette was an unstructured, loose boyfriend jacket over a floaty silk chiffon blouse and satin jodhpur-style pants.

Noon

On to Stella McCartney. We always schedule this appointment at lunchtime because they have the best food. No disappointment today! Vegetable pot pie, salad, and chocolate brownies with crème anglaise. Divine! And there's plenty to buy, because Stella knows what we really want to wear every day.

3 p.m.

The next stop is Giambattista Valli. While the show was filled with experimental volume and fantasy fuchsia florals, the showroom had some realistic, elegant pieces.

5 p.m.

The last show for us (and often the best) is Lanvin. There is always an air of jovial anticipation before the show. We were glad to see more fitted pieces and some elegant, covered evening looks. Lots of back, some metallic shimmer, and as at Balenciaga, pointy shoes.

8 p.m.

We have a wonderful steak dinner followed by chocolate mousse at our favorite Sunday-night spot in the Marais near our hotel. Now the question is, will we make it to Lapérouse for the Lou Doillon party??

Is the stiletto back?

We've spied these pointy toe heels everywhere: Balenciaga, Lanvin, and
Chloe, as seen here. We miss ballet flats already!

Giambattista valli

This is what I meant by fantastic fuchsia florals.  Xkirna

Nina Ricci teaser

We saw another wonderful Nina Ricci show today. Olivier's woodland
nymphs from last season have evolved slightly into this season's urban
fairies. The palette was exquisite: burnt oranges, mustards, teals,
and dusty roses were beautifully mixed together. Almost every single
look was grounded with a cutaway jacket. It was magical yet real!
Xx,
Zabete

more from paris

We started the day at Balenciaga.  All of the models were wearing gorgeous rhinestone jewels with all the runway looks.  So glad we ordered Tom Binns for immediate delivery! Always a plus to be on trend with Nicolas Ghesquiere.

 

We saw Chloe this afternoon.  Often the fashion in the Tuilleries outside the show rivals the show itself.  We saw a lot of brightly colored super Fashion sandals with leggings and tights.  All of the models are wearing Erin Wasson style knit caps (think Alexander Wang).  The Chloe show was better than we expected (though we had managed to keep expectations fair).  The delicate prints and Victorian necklines looked fresh.