So... Do you know who the woman in the picture is? If you're a fashion fanatic as me you would. It's Garance Doré! Yes, the one and only Parisian blogger, friend to the unmistakable Anna Dello Russo, and girlfriend to Scott Schuman himself.
Both Garance and Scott were in Buenos Aires last week for a fashion event called Fashion Edition, a contest for established designers to be able to show 5 looks from their lastest collection, the winner gets to show at a Mercedes-Benz fashion week, this time around at Stockholm fashion week. The winner of the contest is the reknown Pablo Ramírez, famous for his love of black, white and a monastic aesthetic; he seems to want to dress very chic nuns.
I'm not writing this post to talk about that event. The day before, I got to walk around San Telmo talking to Garance, showing her some antique stores and quintessential cafes around the neighborhood. I got to walk with her because my editor was doing an interview to Scott, and Garance wanted to see some of San Telmo, she invited me along and I wasn't about to say no.
The next day was Fashion Edition, we saw the designers present their looks and witnessed Pablo Ramirez win the contest. After the shows, my editor at Remix and I walked up to Scott and Garance to talk to them, after a while Tuti (my editor) was telling me that we were going to take them (Scott and Garance) to a milonga, for those who don't know, a milonga is a traditional place to hear and dance tango in Buenos Aires.
After the event, I ended up at the Faena Hotel with The Sartorialist, Mademoiselle Doré, and a recognized singer Anita Alvarez Toledo along with Tuti dinning and hearing the story about how the two bloggers came to be together (a story you're gonna have to hear from their own lips). After dinner Anita had to go sing, and the four of us went to La Confiteria Ideal, one of the most traditional milongas in Buenos Aires. Scott and Garance were mesmerized with the music, the way couples danced to tango, and the vintage architecture of the place.
No... my dream to be photographed my The Sartorialist didn't come true that day, but I got to go out with them in Buenos Aires, and hear intimate stories about the both of them. Who else gets to say that? I loved the both of them, really cool people, true salt of the earth.
After the night was over I was walking on a dream, I got a taste of what's in store for me, the international fashion world.
Entonces... ¿Saben quien es la mujer en la foto? Si ustedes son igual de fanáticos por la moda como yo, lo saben. ¡Es Garance Doré! Exacto, la bloguera parisina en persona, amiga de la incomparable Anna Dello Russo y novia del fotógrafo Scott Schuman.
Garance y Scott estuvieron en Buenos Aires la semana pasada para un evento de moda llamado Fashion Edition, basicamente un concurso donde diseñadores elegidos muestran cinco looks the su última colección; el ganador se va a un Mercedes-Benz fashion week, esta vez a la semana de la moda de Estocolmo. Pablo Ramírez fue el feliz triunfante, conocido por su amor al negro, blanco y estética monástica; pareciera que quiere vestir a monjas fashionistas.
Este post no es sobre el evento. El dia antes pude caminar por San Telmo con Garance, mostrandole algunas tiendas de antigüedades y cafes de la zona. Caminé con Garance porque mi editor estaba entrevistando a Scott, ella quería pasear un poco y me invitó, obviamente no iba a decir que no.
El dia siguiente fue el Fashion Edition en el Faena, vimos la presentación de los diseñadores. Después del evento, mi editor de Remix y yo nos acercamos a Scott y a Garance para hablar con ellos. Tuti (mi editor) terminó invitandolos a ver tango a una milonga; para los que no saben la milonga es el lugar tradicional para escuchar y bailar tango en Buenos Aires.
Terminé en el Faena con The Sartorialist, Mademoiselle Doré, Anita Alvarez Toledo y Tuti cenando y escuchando la historia de como los dos bloguers se conocieron. Terminamos de comer y fuimos a La Confiteria Ideal, una de las milongas más tradicionales en Buenos Aires. Scott y Garance se hipnotizaron con la música, el baile del tango y la arquitectura antigua del lugar.
No... mi sueño de aparecer en The Sartorialist no se volvió realidad ese dia, pero salí con ellos por Buenos Aires y escuché historias intimas de los dos. ¿Quien más puede decir eso? Eran personas muy buenas, increibles y autenticas.
Cuando la noche terminó, caminaba sobre nubes. Probé lo que el futuro me depara, el mundo de la moda internacional.
