Coupled Fashion of The Kooples 2010

Coupled Fashion of The Kooples 2010: His-and-hers hipster style rocks up in Britain, thanks to the French brand The Kooples.

If I was 10 years younger and a good stone and a half lighter there’s one place I’d be shopping quite a lot of right now: The Kooples, a French brand that has just opened its first three stand-alone stores in Britain (with more on the way, I’m told).

It is a young label in more ways than one. A massive hit across the Channel with snake-hipped rock ‘n’ roll types, and their groovy girl/boyfriends/civil partners/whatever, it has been going all of two years. Not that you’d necessarily know it, going by its confident swagger and the sheer number of branches and concessions in Paris and other French cities these days.

This Kooples mini explosion has much to do with the fact that the founders – three brothers called Alexander, Laurent and Raphael – are the sons of the people behind the Comptoir des Cotonniers womenswear chain, which female friends of mine rave about, and so have retail in their blood. It also owes a lot to a very clever advertising campaign, which you might have spotted on the sides of taxis and buses if you happen to live in London, featuring real-life couples looking drop-dead cool in their Kooples gear.

But the overriding reason, I think, for its success is what concerns us customers most – those clothes: skinny trousers and jeans, sharp blazers with narrow revers, pointy boots, and lots of dandyish little details. I am loving it all and, as I say, just wishing I was 28 (years and waist size).

As for prices: think high-end high street. Scroll through the images above and you’ll get a much better idea of the whole aesthetic.

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Yes, they eat!

By: Michal Ben David

Wanna look like Natasha Poly? Wish to share recipes with Sigrid Agren or celebrate the next Thanksgiving with Abbey Lee? here are few tips that may help

When you see the top models on the catwalks, there is usually one thought on a women's mind: how the hell do they look so thin? The ultimate answer to this one is that they probably live from love, but more realistically – they eat green salad. Well, it seems like the world’s top models do eat like "regular" people and the bigger surprise is that some of them actually know how to cook. To tell the truth, after huge fashion shows you rarely have the patience to make your own meal. Sigrid Agren is most of the times too lazy to stand in the kitchen, but sometimes she gets the cooking mood. Then, she cooks Ratatouille. It is a vegetarian dish that is made of fresh vegetables such as tomatoes, zucchini, onions, olive oil and egg plants. All you need to do is cook the vegetables and add the tomatoes sauce once they are soft. The reason that Sigrid Agren doesn't spend much time in the kitchen is that she likes prefers good food rather than exploring the secrets of becoming a chef… Natasha Poly's favorite dish is something that reminds her of her childhood. After she gets off the catwalk, she likes spending time in the kitchen making a traditional Russian food called Borscht. Her favorite recipe is vegetarian borscht (traditional Russian soup) – you cut lots of vegetables into really small pieces and boil them all together. After that you add tomato puree and to add the Natasha Poly touch, it is highly recommended that you add a little sour cream to the dish. Both Natasha Poly and Sigrid Agren like dishes that are based on freshly cooked vegetables. Abbey Lee on the other hand is fond of one thing and one thing only: SALMON! When she makes food for herself, it is usually… you guessed right – salmon. Her recipe is to hit a pan with oil, and quick fry the salmon from both sides. That way the salmon becomes very crispy on the outside and rare in the middle. If you believe you have better recipes for the top models, write it down. Maybe Natasha Poly will eat your mama's traditional meal, or maybe better – you will serve your family a top models meal... Bon Appetite… Source: www.ftv.com