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Kabuki-Paris art director Elina Halimi reveals her professional secrets for those who is packing suitcase for the fashion weeks maraphon.
“Most of the clothes is waiting for me in the city I’m going to visit – a lot of young and famous designers propose me their new creations for advertisement and for my tests of the outfits quality before the buying it for my boutique. But it doesn’t make me free of a long package process before the whole fashion month.
I suppose everyone who is interested in fashion and read online magazines with the front row guests photos has lots of questions about the way how to be perfect during the whole month of fashion weeks marathon and how much clothes do they pack up for the fashion trip. According to all things that are needed to an every woman for a daytime the amount of the luggage can easily reach 10 suitcases. But my own experience of the endless flights has taught me to take only necessary clothing so I take only three suitcases which is good enough for the long trips around the world.
The first main rule is to plan all the looks for the every day. The second one is to pack all the pieces of one look to the same suitcase – from shoes to accessories and cosmetics – as a guarantee in case of losing one of three suitcases: if you put all your shoes into one suitcase and you have a risk to find yourself without shoes at all. By the way in everyday life I am trying to dress up and to buy clothes the same way – I like some piece of clothing only in case if I know how to mix it up with my own wardrobe.
The third important rule during the making your future looks is to make them strong and bright for an eye because Fashion Week is a fashion celebration where most of the hot trends and fashion news of the season are being born.
Street-style photos of the perfectly dressed people are some kind of mystic for many followers. As for me it’s a result of the thorough work with the every look and detail: from shoes to iPhone case. It is very important for long-distance trip because there is no possibility to change something with your home clothes collection and you don’t have time for shopping.
The fourth important rule is not to use runway total look but always mix up hot fashion it-pieces with the vintage clothing or with previous collections – this way you can make your outfit much more interesting and more personal.
And the fifth rule that can protect you from a fashion faux pas is to choose only the clothes that fits you well – if it’s not, that means this piece isn’t yours: don’t take it at all.
Perfect looks consist not only of clothes but also of the confidence in everything you wear. My own choice is a comfort and convenience with the love to everything I wear when I’m looking into the mirror of the fashion cities.
Text: Elina Halimi
Translation into English: Yaroslav Fashchevskiy
