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"  As everyone gears up for NY Fashion Week, some folks have already done their shopping\u2014at the Couture shows in Paris. One such lucky woman was film director Angela Ismailos, who jetted in to catch the Valentino and Elie Saab shows. Though she had missed Chanel and Dior earlier in the week, she caught up with some appointments to find the perfect red carpet dress. So, what&amp;#039;s a day like for a couture client? No hectic running from show to appointment to show, that&amp;#039;s for sure. Here&amp;#039;s Angela&amp;#039;s postcard from Paris:  Bonjour! I&amp;#039;m getting ready in my apartment at the Palais Royal, which overlooks the gardens. Now the trees are naked like sculptures. I celebrate every season with the change of these beautiful trees. I&amp;#039;ve decided to wear black since of one of my favorite Greek filmmakers and directors, Theodoros Angelopoulos sadly died today. I&amp;#039;m wearing an Yves Saint Laurent vintage dress and a Philip Treacy feather headpiece. At the Elie Saab show, I run into Olga Kurylenko, who introduces herself as the latest Bond Girl. In the show, I especially loved the final series of the mint green dresses. The entire collection was extremely airy and uncomplicated for red carpet appearances. After the show I went to visit the Rodin museum, which is always a great inspiration and a dreamy escape, especially the garden. Upon leaving the Rodin Museum I visited Colette, to sign some of my GREAT DIRECTORS DVD&amp;#039;s, which is my latest worldwide release. Colette is one of my favorite destinations for unusual gadgets, books, magazines and fashion. Then I went to get fresh roses from Costes (239, Rue Saint-Honore), I picked up some of my favorite candles (Saint Des Saints) and perfume (Portrait of a Lady) from Frederic Malle Boutique (37 Rue de Grenelle), and then headed home to change for the Valentino show. For the Valentino show I choose to wear a vintage Valentino sage green lace dress and paired it with a flower broach pin from Cartier&amp;#039;s 1950&amp;#039;s era. I was seated next to Cameron Diaz. I found the frankness of her blue gaze very penetrating and instantly we. She and I very much enjoyed watching the show and commenting on the beautiful gowns. The same night I attended an intimate dinner at Azzedine Ala\u00EFa&amp;#039;s home on Rue de Grenelle. The next day, I found some time to go see what I had missed at Dior. I tried on a red, full-skirted gown, which I fell in love with. The color reminds me of the first blossoms from the beautiful rose bushes I used to admire as a child in my grandmother&amp;#039;s garden. The pleats have a texture that seem similar to one that would be created from a light summer breeze against the sea. What is better than a blossoming rose meeting the sea? To me this Dior Couture piece is pure perfection, layers and layers of endless beauty. Love from the city of endless beauty, Angela Ismailos "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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