My 2007 ... a Colette exhibition

"The bridge between one year and the next is always a time of relection, a brief moment of standstill where we remember the past and picture ourselves in the future , with all our dreams and hopes . To celbrate its ten year anniversary , colette asked to different artists , illustrators and graphic designers , to express their view of the new year ."

Proceeds of the sale of original artwork will go to WWF aiding the protection of nature and environment . Colette as always is on point with what's in the air , when everybody in France says 2007 is going to be a key moment for environment , with the french elections but also with the hope for a ratification for the Kyoto protocol by the great USA ( let's remember Russia ruled by mobster Vladimir "Polonium" Poutine has signed the protocol in 2004 , what's up GW ?) .

Well at least it's a good idea to begin 2007 proposed by the Paris Urban Chic Grocery , better that announcing a tons of ultra limited-10th birthday-high priced stuff to come ... well we know that it will follow ... it's a store first , isnt it ? .

Personally I discovered the store nearly ten years ago on a TV fashion show , on french channel Paris Premiére , and I have to say I was quickly seduced by the concept of the grocery ... a 1997 compact Le Bon Marché . Of course with the seeing of the products sold there and being 18 , I didn't find I could be really a direct client of that store . But with the the anticipation of streetwear getting to the next step , Colette has developed stong relations with a more urban youth . Books , music , toys , clothing and of course sneakers ... the store leads you from one good thing to another , via the strangest things sometimes .

I finally ran by the store for the release of the Nike Dunk Stash to check the whole thing . Since then , I have regularly visited the store with a lot of pleasure . Yeah yeah , there are the $10,000 watches and jewelry which I am not comfortable with , but the woman behind the store has decided to give to that place a special power to reunite the streets and the elite clientele . This is how I got , one night , the most beautiful ... no the second most beautiful smile ( excuse me miss ;-) ) before going back home , and telling during two hours how that girl looked exactly in the flesh to mine .

THE ARTISTS:+41//DIY, Amber B, André, Peter Arkle, Base, Gary Baseman, Louise Bonnet, Lovisa Burfitt, Christophe Brunnquell, Thomas Campbell, Mori Chack, Claw Money, Claude Closky, Alexandra Compain-Tissier, D*Face, Amy Davis, Paul Davis, Iris de Mouy, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Florence Deygas, Ben Eine, Experimental Jetset, Fafi, Faile (Aiko Nakagawa), Shepard Fairey (Obey Giant), Laurent Fetis, Futura, Genevieve Gauckler, Jochen Gerner, Groovisions, H5, Richard Hart, Misha Hollenbach AKA Roland Korg AKA Brian Damage, Jim Houser, Cody Hudson, Ich & Kar, Indesignwetrust, James Jarvis, Jeremyville, Juju’s Delivery, Kaws, Kuntzel+Deygas, Matthieu Laurette, Thomas Lélu, Michael Leon, Kevin Lyons, M/M, MadeThought, John Maeda, Eiko Maekawa, Marjo-lain, Ryan McGinness, Olivier Millagou, Mike Mills, Jean-François Moriceau & Petra Mrzyk, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Norm, Marcus Oakley, P.A.M., Parra, Mark Pawson, Bruno Peinado, Josh Petherick, Alexandre Pierson, Pierre la Police, Steve Powers, Silvia Prada, Jo Ratcliffe, Craig Robinson, Riad Sattouf, Zakee Shariff, Simone Shubuck, SK Lam, Skki, Andy Smith, So-Me, Soledad, Supermundane, Tado, Ayako Takagi, Pierre Le Tan, Ruben Toledo, Sophie Toporkoff, Modern Toss, Julie Verhoeven, Megan Whitmarsh, Sam Winston, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Wrongwroks.

Link : www.colette.fr/my2007