Giannie's Autumn 2011 Top Tips and Wish List

Giannie Couji lists a few of her favourite things for this Autumn.

• Chloe: Black tuxedo jacket and Tan high boots  

• GOUDEMALION -  Jean-Paul Goude Retrospective at the Musee les Arts Decoratifs

• Thomas Wylde: Cognac leather jacket, Black sheer chiffon tunic and Black biker boots. 

• BOOK: Diana Vreeland "The Eye Has to Travel" by Lisa Immordino Vreeland (Editions Abrams, New York)

• Great website - www.notvogue.com

•  Listening to the old time classic DIVAs: Betty Wright ( New album out in the US), Marlena Shaw, Sylvia Striplin, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendryx, Betty Davis and VickiAnderson.

• Going to Martinique : Lush, exotic, vibrant island in the French Caribbean

• PHE collection by Paul Herve Elisabeth

• Anoushka Shankar new album "Traveller"

• Tom Ford red python bag 

• Kimmy Skota aka Pretty Yende. Amazing soprano opera singer to discover

• Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1990  at the V&A

• William Klein  (Roma + Klein ) Exhibition @ the MEP and the accompanying book ( Editions du Chene)

• Diane Arbus Exhibiton @ Musee du Jeu de Paume

• Club Shelter @ Vandam 37 Vandam Street, best tea dance in NYC with legendary DJ"s Timmy Regisford and Junior Vasquez

• Maison Adam: Best Macarons and patisseries. 6 place Louis XIV St Jean de Luz

• Vodou Bar 95 Halsey St 11216 Brooklyn :Great music and people

Giannie Couji goes West for VELOUR Magazine

Giannie Couji styled two stories for the latest edition of Velour Magazine with the photographer Marco Piana.

The two stories were shot in Tucson, near the Mexican border in Arizona.

Giannie said of the shoot: "'The planes' graveyard' as I called it was the most surreal location, especially coming from cold NY and then arriving in to boiling hot Tucson was a thermal shock. We were basically boiling under the sun."  The second location was a movie set and museum called Gammons Gulch, the place is run by a lovely couple, Jay and Joanne Gammons. It felt like stepping back in time, in a old western town, just waiting for the cow boys and Indians to come down the hills, at one point the atmosphere became quite dusty and we have a bit of stormy weather, which made the set very dramatic.

See the full 'Desert Planes' story here and 'Way Out West Story' here.

Giannie Couji's Wish List for Summer

Giannie Couji gives her top tips listing her favourite things this summer:

Go to the Alexander McQueen 'Savage Beauty' exhibition at the Met   

See Pygmalion, the play with Rupert Everett, Kara Tointon and Diana Rigg

Christophe Sauvat Clothes - Giannie says "The perfect wardrobe for the summer"

Haiti - Having been there herself. Giannie suggests getting involved by doing some volunteer work  and discover this amazing Island.

With Sean Penn at the NY Charity event for Haiti

Giannie with Bill Clinton in Haiti during the new president Michel Martelly investiture   

With Caroline Sada and Michel Martelly, the new president of Haiti    

Bridesmaids film "Brilliant"

Bionda Castana. "Amazing Shoes" 

The Vorticists Exhibition @ Tate Britain SW1

The Golden Notebook  by Doris Lessing "Great book" 

Maharishi "Love the Safari vibe for the summer"

Pacific Hair Salon in Covent Garden (0207 242 81 44) 

See by Chloe

and Lisbon, Portugal 

Giannie Couji IN the new Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Advert with Keira Knightley

Giannie Couji had a role on the other side of the camera this time with a role in the new Chanel Coco Mademoiselle advert starring Keira Knightley directed by Joe Wright.

Birds of a Feather - Velour magazine Styled by Giannie Couji

This beautiful story was styled by Giannie Couji for Velour magazine and shot by the photographer Warwick Saint. Max Pinell worked on teh hair and Hector Simancas worked on the make-up.

The clothes and accessories camed from Ports 1961, Aperou, Asos, Chrissie Morris, Sophie Theallet, Christian Louboutin, Travesty Bijous, Louis Vuitton, Risto, Lanvin, Brian Atwood, Bottega Veneta, Geova and Reiss.

Giannie Couji - Warwick Saint 100 Women Magazine

Styled by Giannie Couji, these amazing shots were taken by Warwick Saint (represented by Ray Brown) for 100 Women Magazine. The hair stylist was Max Pinnell (See Management) and the make-up was done by Hector Simancas (Jump Management).

The 'clothes' came from Kiki de Montparnasse, H&M, Eres and Asos.

 

Giannie Couji's Autumn Wish List

Giannie Couji gives some tips for looking stylish and keeping warm this autumn and this is what she recommends.


Superfine denim trousers and black trousers (available at www.net-a-porter.com).

A Reiss 1971 Ruffled leather skirt

COS: leather and  rubber boots and AVRIL GAU: Suede navy wedges boots

 

Cosy up with a Hermes Cashmere blanket and a Lutz & Patmos: Cashmere scarf and jumper 

 

Perfect! Hair and Make-up post to follow...