EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FASHION FESTIVAL
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. . . SOME BACKSTAGE ADRENALINE A series of three short i lms will be screened showing the backstage preparations in the run up to major catwalk shows in Milan and Paris. Le Jour d’Avant follows Karl Lagerfeld two days before a Milan showcase of new Fendi fur, ready to wear and accessories – expect private jets and steely looks from Karl. The following two (each under an hour-long) follow stripey topped, smiley fashion designer and former Eurotrash TV presenter, Jean-Paul Gaultier and France’s ‘Queen of Knits’, designer Sonia Rykiel, in the run-up to her i rm’s 40th anniversary with an October Parisian show. Expect emotions to run high for Sonia Rykiel and her daughter and CEO Nathalie Rykiel. (3.30pm, Karl Lagerfeld for Fendi; 4.30pm, Sonia Rykiel; 6pm, Jean Paul Gaultier, all shown at L’Institut Francais d’Ecosse, Sat 18 Aug.) . . . THE POWER OF A PERFUME Sissel Tolaas (above) is an expert in the intriguing sounding i eld of ‘invisible communication’, in other words, scents, odours and smells. She’ll deliver a talk on how smell, can apparently help us fuli l our full potential. ‘We can be nothing without the nose,’ she has said in the past. ‘The moment we stop breathing we are dead. With every breath we take in thousands of molecules.’(Dissection Room, Summerhall, Thu 16 Aug, 3pm.) See edinburghinternationalfashionfestival.com for more info.
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