May 2012
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BRING ME FLOWERS, SING ME A SONG: Karuna Balloo is a Paris based ‘horticultural textile designer’. That is, she takes vintage or hand dyed silks and creates intricate flowers to thread through your hair, pin to a hat or your garments as worn above by Joséphine de la Baume on the front cover of her album, ‘In Wonder’ by Singtank (remember them from our opening party at W...
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THURSDAY NIGHT IN PARIS
MY HOUSE IS YOUR HOUSE: Since discovering the DJs Aurélien Haaas and Jeff Lasson aka Get A Room! at our opening parties at W Paris - Opéra we try to catch them when we can. Their cosmic mix of electronic house, deep house, electro, disco and Balearic has put this pair right on the map for us as DJs for summer 2012. We’re told the pair will be hosting Sunday sunsets at Wanderlust, the...
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SNAPSHOT: PHOTO SCRUM
MAD FOR IT: Photographers jostling for their shot as Parisian DJ and producer Kavinsky takes to the decks at Villa Schweppes, Cannes May 21. Need to know track: Nightcall from the soundtrack of Drive (Youtube)
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LADY ON RED
ANJA RUBIK wears a cobweb lace and silk chiffon gown from the autumn-winter 12/13 pret-a-porter collection by Elie Saab on the red carpet at Cannes. Represented by Next models in Paris, Polish beauty Anja is also the face of Elie Saab perfume. Look at that make-up, absolutely flawless.
The Elie Saab flagship store in Paris sits at the top of Les Champs Elysées (1 Rond-point des Champs...
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VINYL: JUST SOLD OUT
INTERVIEW: Cover artwork for the vinyl version of the new EP by Mathieu Lescop that’s still available in digital form. Need to know track: La Foret (vimeo). We interviewed Mathieu just minutes before he played a live gig inside the Armani store in Saint-Germain at the beginning of the month where he talks about his forthcoming LP, the story behind the making of the video to La Foret and...
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PARIS DESIGN: LE TRABENDO NIGHT-CLUB
Today, urban music festival LA VILLETTE SONIQE kicks off in the north-east of Paris with MF Doom, Shabazz Palaces and Flying Lotus playing live but afterwards (and throughout the festival) the after parties are being held at Le Trabendo which unveiled it’s redesign last month. To celebrate both we spoke to Ahonen & Lamberg aka Anna Ahonen and Katariina Lamberg, the Paris based design...
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THIS WEEK-END IN PARIS: FRANÇOIS KEVORKIAN
D IS FOR DISCO: When talking about François Kevorkian superlatives start tumbling from the sky. A French DJ who emigrated to New York in the 70s, François K is a direct link to the birth of house music; he’s the DJs DJ. Before drum machines had been invented he was the session drummer on many disco tracks and DJed at the legendary Paradise Garage with Larry Levan plus Studio 54 and the...
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SNAPSHOT FROM PARIS
SECRET DESTINATIONS: Ravioli being made at Pasta Linea, an Italian Epicerie where fresh, organic pasta is made every day according to traditional Italian recipe’s. Opened by Italian Sylvie Pronzato and Parisian Alexis Pottecher Pasta Linea is a weekly must for gastronomic lovers in the know.
Ravioli en fabrication chez Pasta Linea, l’épicerie italienne qui prépare tous les jours des...
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TONIGHT AT W PARIS - OPÉRA
SHAKE IT UP: Starting tonight is the first in our Soirée DIY Cocktail events where visitors to our Living Room bar can have the chance to mix their own cocktails from a menu provided in the presence of experienced maker Aurélie Panhelleux. From 7pm until 2am.
Ce soir, la première de la Soirée Cocktails DIY lors de laquelle les visiteurs de notre bar du Living Room auront la chance de préparer...
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APC 5 x Bands T-SHIRTS
PRINTED MATTER: It’s little known but Quentin Delafon, the ex frontman of French synthpop band The Teenagers, designs many of the prints on T’s and sweatshirts at APC. Also, in 1998, founder Jean Touitou had a working music studio built at the French labels head quarters and a stream of musicians both recording music and working at APC (sometimes both at the same time) has...
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TOMORROW AT W PARIS - OPÉRA
SOIRÉE DO IT YOURSELF: Have you ever wanted to master the art of making your own cocktails? Or wanted to have a go with the shaker accompanied by an experienced cocktail barman? Or simply wanted to quiz an expert on the art of blending ingredients? Everybody who’s visited our Living Room will have noticed that our cocktail barmen are exemplary and that we have an exclusive menu so...
DO IT YOURSELF COCKTAIL MENU
TOMORROW EVENING 19h-02h: Join us in the Living Room for the first Soirée DIY cocktail evening where you can choose to make any of the following drinks under the tutelage of our experienced staff
Retrouvez-nous dans le Living Room pour la première de la soirée cocktails DIY où vous pouvez choisir de préparer un des ces cocktails avec les précieux conseils de l’équipe expériementée et...
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A Cocktail At The W #1: Godfrey Deeny
A WORD IN YOUR EAR: Today we present the first in a series of interviews where TheSwitch.fr, online home of W Paris - Opéra, invites a personality, talent or pioneer from the worlds of fashion, design or music in Paris to join us in the Living Room and choose a cocktail from our exclusive menu. We find out what it is they do, their favourite addresses in Paris and their personal impressions of...
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SNAPSHOT: CHANEL CRUISE COLLECTION
LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY: Chanel presented a seventy-five look cruise collection in the gardens of Versailles on Monday afternoon (of which we have photos to follow) but we were pretty blown away by the following six photographs that show the artistry that went into the hair and make-up which is directed by Peter Philips at Chanel. Pastel shades are one of the key trends of spring-summer 2012 and...
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MUSIC A GO-GO: As Cannes film festival begins in the south of France there are also plenty of Parisian live music festivals just around the corner starting with a week of concerts by independent record label Because Music which is home to Mademoiselle Gainsbourg and Django Django who we’re looking forward to seeing as there’s a lot of buzz about this new band in Paris right now.
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W TRACKS #5 BY TETE D'AFFICHE
Every Monday a DJ from Parisian agency Tête D’Affiche chooses five tracks for your week. This week LeAm, a DJ, remixer and music fanatic has been a resident at Le Baron and played in clubs in Singapore, Miami, New York, Belgium, the UK. In 2007 he made a compilation album ‘Your Fucking Melting Pote’, a mix of French pop, dance, boogie woogie and house that was warmly received...
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W TRACKS #4 BY TETE D'AFFICHE
POLOCORP X WEEK #4: Paul Armand-Delille A.K.A Polocorp is a musician, producer and DJ who’s talents have flourished on the Parisian scene. Forgotten gems or underground anthems Delille has been hired by brands such as Louis Vuitton, La Suite Chopard at Cannes and Audigier to fill their dance-floors as well as having played triumphant sets at the best clubs in town, the Social Club,...
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La Vilette Sonique music festival May 25-30
West coast rapper Flying Lotus is set to open La Vilette Sonique on Thursday May 25th with a live performance of his new album out in June. Throughout the five day inner city music festival, a whole journey of indie music both electronic and instrumental is lined up, see the teaser HERE
Le rapper Flying Lotus de la côte californienne inaugurera la Vilette Sonique ce jeudi 25 mai avec une...
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SNAPSHOT: Aigle
SINGING IN THE RAIN: The Aigle flagship store opened two weeks ago but celebrations were ongoing last night in the 135m2 space on 33 Avenue des Champs Elysées that includes a ‘boot bar’ where every model including the limited editions are displayed. Guests were treated to canapé’s and champagne under a hanging installation of Aigle’s signature Wellington boots.
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Interview: One Night Only at the Burberry party
SHADES ON MY EYES OVER NORTHERN SKIES: On the eve of releasing a new single aptly names ‘Long Time Coming’ indie rock band One Night Only from Yorkshire in the UK played a gig inside the Burberry flagship store (56 Rue de Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008) for the launch of the new Burberry eyewear range. Straight after the gig we caught up with lead singer George Craig and guitarist Mark...
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April 2012
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W TRACKS #3 BY TETE D'AFFICHE
Five tracks for your week from one of the DJs signed to Tête d’Affiche (TDA), the Parisian agency that collaborates with W Paris - Opéra on the music played in the Living Room bar each week. Meet Mamamushi, Pauline Ohanna & Maïssa Chahed, two Parisian girls who’ve been friends for four years and DJing together since 2009. Besides DJing at W Paris - Opéra, where do these girls go...
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BOY, TAKE MY HEART, ROCK MY WORLD
FASHION EDITORIAL: Shot by Parisian photographer Edouard Plongeon for the new issue of Japanese bi-annual Commons & Sense. The issue is unavailable in Paris which is why we’re happy to share the images on www.theswitch.fr. The model, American Miles Mcmillan, is currently ranked No.29 in the models.com index, is a favourite at Dior Homme but in this shoot is wearing Givenchy menswear...
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HIPPIPOPELECTROCK ANYONE? A term coined by French indie magazine www.indiemusic.fr, check out what they’re referring to, a video by fresh new French musician Moziimo featuring Argentinian rapper Fannie Sosa. When Moziimo’s record label sent us the video we didn’t know what to make of it - yay or nay? - but one thing’s for sure it definitely caught our attention and we...
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WatchROAD TRIP: A teaser for a series of photographs that will document the seventh Louis Vuitton Serenissima Run, an automobile rally where forty-three vintage cars from around the world drive from Monte-Carlo to Venice. Shot by photographers Christophe Berlet and Spela Kasal, it follows the route across France, Italy and Switzerland and will appear on the new inhouse, online magazine that Louis...
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WE'RE OFF DEADLINE, LET'S PARTY
DJing at the very first ‘Off Deadline’ party being hosted by TheSwitch.fr at W Paris - Opéra tomorrow evening are LOGO who are signed to Kitsuné records in Paris. Off Deadline is a new, private gathering for journalists, producers, PRs, writers and artists who work in the media, entertainment and fashion.
Pour la première édition de la soirée “Off Deadline” organisée par...