Cinéma de Mode: A Berliner in Marseille

Cinéma de Mode: A Berliner in Marseille

Some time ago we presented to you the places project by Italian fashion brand Antony Morato. After showing you beautiful men from Naples, London and Barcelona we are glad now to present you another interesting episode. This time flamboyant model and Berliner Paul Boche discovers rough and urban Marseille for us and elaborates the cultural difference between Marseille to the rest of France in a poetic monologue. We love how the black and white images of architecture goes hand in hand with the fashion looks. For sure this way of connecting urbanity with elegant menswear will stay in your visual memory for a while. The whole video after the jump.
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by | Fashion, Travel

Discovering Marseille

Discovering Marseille

There are people in France that look down on their second largest city: They think that Marseille is poor, unfriendly, dirty, depraved and full of foreigners. Sounds familiar, right? This is just what so many Germans think about Berlin!

In fact, when I visited Marseille in June, it very much reminded me of how Berlin was 10 years ago, before the big hype started: It is colorful, vibrant, versatile, raw, full of energy and there is so much to discover. Additionally, Marseille has a huge immigrant population and certainly is one of the most diverse cities in Europe. In other words: Marseille is like a huge Neukölln – without hipsters. More after the jump.

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by | Travel