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Angelina June 5, 2015 Uncategorized

Chanel Paris Salzburg Campaign – Friday Favorites

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This week for Friday Favorites I’m going to dedicate my whole post to one thing: The Chanel Paris Salzburg fashion show. Yes, I know I’m a little late to jump on the bandwagon since this show initially premiered in Salzburg in December 2014, but it wasn’t until I saw an ad in Vogue for June 2015 that I knew anything about it. The collection launches for purchase this June, so let’s have a closer look:

I stared at this ad for a second and thought, oh, Pharell is modeling for Chanel. Cool. Then I had a closer look… Is he wearing… Lederhosen?? YES! And she is wearing… boiled wool and… edelweiss! WHAT?!
It is like… high fashion meets Tyrolean design. Auch, du meine Liebe! And my heart swooned at boiled wool, the boots, the wool sweaters, and the edelweiss. Now, I can only hope that the style will trickle down to the masses so it can be affordable for people like me!! However, I know this style probably won’t appeal to the masses as most people probably aren’t into these looks. However, as I have a love for all things German (that includes Austrian) and French, naturally I love these!!

I’m sharing my favorites from the collection. It was hard not to include every look! You’ll have to click for more at the jump because there are a LOT of pictures in the post and I didn’t want the whole page to take forever to load.

I’ll start off with one of my favorite looks. Love the coat, the lederhosen, the Bavarian/Tyrolean hat with the feathers. Naturally I love the black leather boots too!

I would wear this.

Loved the green boiled wool coat…

Loved the white military wool coat with the lace up boots…

Love the jacket plus the little boy’s outfit! I love the blue military style of the jacket and I love the lace up blue tall boots!

Love the leather shorts and the hat; you could rock this at the Oktoberfest!

A very fine coat green wool coat to wear….

Also love this red coat…

I love this wool jacket as well, with the red piping on the edges! Of course I love the black boots too. I’m seeing a pattern with these lace up boots!

I love the wool sweater, the coat, the leather shorts, the tall socks but most of all I love the shoes… yes those are edelweiss on the shoes!!

Love the sweater and tights!

I love this whole look, but especially the pants. I would totally wear this.

Yes there were male models in the show too. Chanel does lederhosen. I also like the traditional coat. Granted, his pants are kind of tight.

Love the pants but I love how the classic Chanel tweed jacket has an Austrian flair.

Love the Austrian flair on this tweed as well.

I just liked this white outfit… the classic Chanel suit.

Love the cape but love the shoes with the flowers even more!

I love the sweater, the tights, the hat, the purse, and the clogs!!!

Love all the little German patches on the purse with traditional ribbon edges. Again, notice the clogs and tights! I don’t know what to say about the pink Leia hair ear muffs though.

You can look tres chic at the Oktoberfest in the outfit below…

I LOVE the edelweiss shoes. And the whole look.

I saw jackets like this red one below on my travels to Germany and Austria.

I think this jacket may be my favorite. Again I love the shoes and I also like the hat!

More guys modeling traditional wear with boiled wool coats and lederhosen. I bet you didn’t even notice that he was wearing lederhosen.

How cute is this little boy? He’s apparently Karl Lagerfeld’s godson.

I just love the sweater set below; not a fan of the skirt or tights. Notice the clogs!

Modern German/Austrian mens wear. Although I think the pants are a bit too tight.

Like this look as well…

While the model is swimming in this coat, I like the coat, the sweater, and the hat! I think lace-up boots are going to be coming in fashion as well.

While this dress is ho-hum, if you look closely she is wearing pins of pretzels and edelweiss!

I liked this men’s sweater and pants.

Love the hat and jacket.

Love this take on the traditional dirndl. I like the traditional ribbon on it.

I also love the look of this traditional dirndl. However, you can’t see in the picture that all of the flowers on the dress are actually beaded. This is a fancy dirndl!

One thing I wanted to point out is how the hair was styled… A lot of my relatives like to wear their hair with ribbons in it which I know comes from the German in them! I love it and I love that’s how the looks were styled! I also totally loved all of the hats with the feathers!!! I have a traditional hat but never wear it. I also have a dirndl.

hair ribbons with edelweiss in the center, love it!!!

I found some close-ups of some of the shoes and a bag…

I think I need these Edelweiss loafers.

More pictures from the ad campaign… like the jackets? Notice the green boiled wool bag that looks kind of looks like lederhosen?

Maybe Pharell can make German-Austrian wear cool to wear?? The shoes on both models are fun, and of course the little boy is cute as a button.

All of the pictures are from the official Chanel website. You can see the whole collection and watch the official show by going to the Paris Salzburg Chanel campaign. The campaign launches for sale this month (so we can experience sticker-shock).

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Angelina June 3, 2015 france

Paris Trip – Walking the Il de la Cite

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As you know, I went to Paris this Spring. And now I’m finally blogging about it. First I blogged about my experience at Laduree. Then I blogged about Pierre Herme. Now I’m going to start blogging about my sightseeing experiences during the trip. You know I first had to write about macarons though, so now that that’s out of my system…. onto Day 1.

The first day in Paris was what I call zombie-day. Zombie day is when you get off the 12 hour plane flight (if you’re flying from the West Coast), go to your hotel, shower, and walk around the city like azombie because you’re so tired and jet-lagged.

Well, walk we did!!

First up, we headed to St. Chapelle, which is the most beautiful church ever. It was built from 1239 to 1248 for one of the King Louis. St. Chapelle cathedral is located on the Il de la Cite, just down the way from Notre Dame.

What’s amazing about this church is the beautiful stained glass that seemingly reaches to the heavens.

What’s amazing is that the stained glass is original and has survived through all of these years!!

On our way to Notre Dame cathedral we tried to go to the Marche aux Fleurs (the flower market), but on Sundays it turns into an aviary. We did find some flowers though…

An art nouveau metropolitan sign…

Next, we waited in line to see Notre Dame Cathedral. I don’t have a picture of the front of the cathedral- you all know what it looks like.

To enter the cathedral, you pass by these *massive* doors. How beautiful is the scrolling ironwork on them??

… and then you see this sight. Whoa. Hard to believe that this was built starting in the 1100s. It was built form 1163 to 1345. Almost 200 years!

People still attend mass weekly in this cathedral. I would too if I lived nearby! It is so amazing.

Everyone always talks about the Rose Window, which is pictured below. But frankly, I think the stained glass of St. Chapelle is prettier and you can see it better. The Rose Window is situated really high up so you can barely make out any scenes on it!

After our tour of Notre Dame, we strolled along the Seine River. It was such a beautiful day.

We then headed over to Ile St Louis to famous ice cream maker, Berthillon. Waited in a long line there but it was worth it! I’ll blog about it later.

We walked down these cute little crowded streets, trying to stay awake and enjoy the scenery. My favorite thing to do in Paris is to take a stroll, get a pastry, and sit in a park and people watch. C’est la vie!

And that concludes our first day in Paris! We followed this self-guided walking tour. In Summary, it was a short day because we only had the afternoon to explore. We headed to the heart of the city and visited St. Chapelle cathedral and Notre Dame cathedral. Both of these are must-visit. Notre Dame is free admission and St. Chapelle is available through the Museum Pass (which I recommend). We then strolled along the Seine, enjoyed world-famous Berthillon ice cream, then called it a night… and woke up at 3am the next day. Whoops!

Notre Dame with the River Seine

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Angelina June 1, 2015 france

Pierre Herme Macarons Review

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As you all know, I have a love for macarons. Naturally, on my trip to Paris, one of my main missions was macaron tasting.

Before I left, I read loads and loads of reviews of Pierre Hermé macarons and pastries. Imagine my excitement when I finally made it to the patisserie!

a review of Pierre Hermé

When you walk into the store, you are greeted with a sight of this…

French Macarons

and this… ooh, la la! There were a lot more pretty pastries at the counter but they only allowed us to take pics of the macarons.

We were on a mission: try as many macarons as possible!

French Macarons

In fact, we *may* have gone there a few times and tried different flavors…

french macarons

Before I start reviewing each individual macaron flavor, I NEED to talk about the best pastry I’ve ever had. EVER. #bestpastryever.

See this below. Yeah, that croissant. Yeah yeah, it looks like a croissant with bacon sprinkled on it. This is NO ordinary croissant. It is the ROSE ISPAHAN CROISSANT!!! (yes I’m yelling with excitement!)

So what is it? It is a buttery croissant that is perfectly baked with a crunchy outside and a buttery inside. The outside is covered in a rose-flavored almond cream with candied rose petals sprinkled on top. The inside is filled with a raspberry flavored litchi pate.

Before I went I wasn’t *too* excited about this croissant. I don’t like rose flavored stuff and I am not a fan of litchi. But when I tried it, it was like a little piece of heaven from the pastry gods. It is really just so good, I can’t sing enough praise. Here’s a hint: get one before noon because 1. they sell out and 2. the shelf life of a croissant is only 4 hours after it is baked.

the famous Rose Ispahan croissant from Pierre Herme

Ok, moving on to the macarons… All of his macaron shells are perfectly baked. They have a smooth top with perfect feet. They have the perfect crunch when you bite into them and then a little chewy in the center.

The Mosaic macaron…

It is a pistachio, cinnamon, and cherry macaron and I LOVED it.

Mosaic macaron

The “Huile d’Olive a la Mandarine” aka Mandarin Olive Oil Macaron…
This was my favorite macaron. The flavors were so interesting and really went well together. I highly recommend trying this one.

Mandarin olive oil macaron

The Infiniment Caramel aka Salted Caramel Macaron…
This macaron was one of my family’s favorite. The salted caramel was *perfect*. If you are new to macarons, this one you MUST try. Or if you’re a macaron mad like myself too.

salted caramel macaron

The infiniment Rose macaron…
this was a rose flavored macaron. It was okay. I’m not a huge fan of rose flavored dessert because usually it seems like I’m eating roses. I would skip on this.

rose macaron

The Envie macaron aka vanilla, violet, and blackcurrant…
This macaron was SO GOOD. I just loved the black currant flavor with the vanilla and violets. It is an unusual flavor and one you don’t taste very often. I highly recommend it!

vanilla, violet, and black currant macaron

Infiniment Vanilla macaron…
This vanilla macaron was made with pure vanilla beans. It was extremely rich in vanilla flavor. It was the best vanilla flavored macaron I’ve ever had.

vanilla macaron

We also tried the Celeste macaron, which is a passion fruit, rhubarb, and strawberry macaron. The picture I took of it was really blurry, so there is no picture. As far as the macaron flavor, it wasn’t my favorite. I didn’t really like the flavor of passion fruit with the almond shell.

Okay, moving away from macarons and onto a last minute decision to try this citron tart! When you enter the store, there is a whole row of pretty looking pastries, so this lemon tart caught our eye!

This lemon tart was SO delicious. The lemon flavor was really strong but not in a bad way. The candied lemon skin on top was really nice. The crust was good. Normally I don’t eat tart crust but I did on this one! This was just a really good lemon tart! I highly recommend trying one!

Pierre Herme Citron tart

Okay, last patisserie we tried was the Rose Raspberry Ispahan Macaron. It is one of the pastries that Pierre Herme and Laduree are famous for. It is raspberry macaron with fresh raspberries with rose buttercream inside. It is a rose petal on top as garnish.

Now, ironically, while this is the prettiest looking of all of these sweets, this one was my least favorite! It wasn’t BAD, it just… wasn’t as good as everything else! It sure does look pretty!

the beautiful Raspberry Rose Ispahan Macaron by Pierre Herme

My FINAL review for Pierre Herme:

All of his creations were absolutely delicious. The macarons were perfection. His flavors were interesting but really good. When going to his store, I HIGHLY recommend the rose ispahan croissant, followed by a macaron flavor of your choice. I’m sure if you chose another patisserie it would likely be delicious as well! I strongly recommend you stop by his shop if you are in Paris, even if you are only there for a day!

Which macarons are better? Lauder or Pierre Herme? Mystery is answered!

Macarons from Pierre Herme in Paris, go ahead and use this as a cell phone background!!

Now, time to answer the big question…
Which macarons are better, the ones from Pierre Herme or Laduree?
First of all, let’s talk about the shell: Pierre Herme bakes his macarons using the Italian method while Laduree uses the French method. This website explains the difference. The end result: both shells taste the same to me. Every macaron that I tasted from both macaron houses had perfectly made shells with perfect feet. They know how to make macarons. The difference comes with the flavors…

The flavors are definitely different at both places. Pierre Herme makes more intense unusual flavors like… olive oil and mandarin. As you’re eating Pierre Herme’s macarons, they have more notes to the flavor and are more complex. Laduree’s flavors tend to have one note to them… but that note is very good. But when comparing the same flavor, for instance, the salted caramel macaron, it was very good at both places. So, I would consider it a tie when comparing the same flavor. If you are looking for more interesting complex flavors, head to Pierre Herme. If you’re looking for more standard flavors, head to Laduree.

Now, I have to choose a winner. I really want to say it’s a tie. Because really, it feels like a tie. But that’d be lame. I hate ties. I must choose a winner… so I would say the winner is Laduree. And this is why I choose them: I thought to myself, if I could only choose one macaron to eat and could only go to one store on a very quick trip to Paris, which one would I choose? I would choose Laduree’s orange blossom macaron. It is just that good. But in reality, if I go to Paris again, I would head to both stores multiple times. However, the rose ispahan croissant at pierre herme is better than any of the macarons. so there.

HELPFUL HINT: I highly recommend bringing plastic utensils with you to Paris so that way you can enjoy your pastries in the park without making a huge mess.

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