1. September 23, 2014
Paris Preview: The Scene
By WWD Staff
MAKING THE CUT: La Barbière de Paris is a new barbershop
devoted to guys in the City of Light. The Right Bank salon,
measuring 2,150 square feet, offers a wide range of services,
including cuts, consultations and specific facial-hair-related
requests.
Product brands used here include Acqua di Parma, Integrall,
Plisson and Barbe N Blues.
A basic shampoo, cut and style goes for 27 euros, or $34.65 at
current exchange; a shave between eyebrows is 4 euros, or
$5.15.
— MEGHAN MC CARTY
La Barbière de Paris
7 Rue Bertin Poirée, 75001
Tel. +33-1-40-26-01-01
Open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

2. October 15, 2014
Clarins Grants the 17th
Femme Dynamisante
Award
By Meghan McCarty
PARIS — Groupe Clarins bestowed its 17th Femme
Dynamisante award upon Tina Kieffer, president and founder of
Toutes à l’école, an organization dedicated to schooling
impoverished Cambodian girls, on Monday night here.
The prize is granted annually to a woman who has made a
positive difference in the lives of children.
Years ago, during a trip to Cambodia, the former French Marie
Claire editor in chief noted an abundance of girls living on the
streets who were often forced into prostitution. Passionate about
building positive futures for children, especially girls, she
consequently founded the Happy Chandara School, which serves
hundreds of the poorest girls from the Phnom Penh region.
Kieffer was awarded 62,000 euros, or $78,498 at current
exchange. Also, the 16 former winners of the prize were each
granted 31,000 euros, or $39,266. For the awards, Clarins
employees raised 200,000 euros, or $253,200; e-tailer Vente-
Privee gave 50,000 euros, or $63,000, and Clarins Holding
provided the remainder.
Since its founding, the Femme Dynamisante prize has been given
to 75 women in 14 countries.

3. October 29, 2014
H&M Continues
Collaboration With Jeff
Koons
By Meghan McCarty
DOG DAYS: H&M is continuing its collaboration with artist
Jeff Koons. For its inaugural artist sponsorship, the Swedish
retailer supported the summer 2014 launch of “Jeff Koons: A
Retrospective” at the Whitney Museum in New York. H&M
celebrated this partnership along with the July opening of its
Fifth Avenue New York flagship by offering a limited-edition
leather handbag featuring the likeness of Balloon Dog (Yellow).
The exhibit, which wound up in New York on Oct. 19, arrives at
the Centre Pompidou in Paris for an H&M-sponsored run from
Nov. 26 to April 27. In its honor, H&M is once more offering a
limited-edition bag, this time picturing Balloon Dog (Magenta).
It will be made available for the public to discover and purchase
on Dec. 10 at a breakfast hosted by the Champs-Élysées H&M
store. The bag will be sold exclusively at the Champs-Élysées
H&M and on hm.com for 39.99 euros, or $50 at current
exchange.

4. November 3, 2014
Diane von Furstenberg
Coming to Brussels for
the Holidays
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Diane von Furstenberg is
extending holiday cheer all the way to Belgium. The New York-
based designer’s creative team is to design the Christmas
decorations for the lobby of Hotel Amigo in DVF’s hometown of
Brussels. To be unveiled Dec. 1 and last through the holiday
season, the decorations are to pay homage to the history of
fashion.
In addition, the Rocco Forte hotel is offering a DVF Festive
Break Package including one night in a signature suite, a signed
copy of von Furstenberg’s new book, “The Woman I Want to Be,”
a black DVF clutch, a bottle of Champagne and a private VIP
session at the brand’s Brussels boutique.
The package sells for 1,500 euros per night, or $1,898 at current
exchange from Dec. 1 to May 31.
— Meghan McCarty

5. November 13, 2014
La Redoute Unveils Designer
Collaborations
By Meghan McCarty
FRIENDS FOR SPRING: La Redoute has unveiled a new
round of designer collaborations for the spring-summer 2015
season, including capsules by Sézane, Jeanne Damas, Polder,
and the Brigitte Bardot brand. Damas, a Parisian model, actress
and stylist, is to bring her “It Girl” perspective to her collection.
She is also the designer behind the collaboration with Sézane, a
popular French e-retailer. Polder is a newcomer to women’s
wear, known for accessories and kids’ wear.
The discount retailer is also presenting for the first time
exclusive collaborations for its other brands. These partnerships
include a bag by accessories designer Avril Gau for Laura
Clément; a bag by blogger Punky.B for Soft Grey; and a collection
of rtw for Mademoiselle R by Liberty, the famed English fashion
house. Géraldine Grisey, the woman behind Punky.B, represents
the first blogger collaboration for La Redoute.
The collections will be sold exclusively online at laredoute.fr
starting in mid-December.