At Home with Kim Vallee

October 6, 2009

A Chanel Suit made of Ravioli

Last weekend was the 2009 edition of Nuit Blanche in Paris. For the occasion, Gilles Stassart dressed mannequins in food. “Les diététiques” was presented in 4 cycles at 4 Monop’ stores. The most striking piece has to be this Chanel suit made with ravioli. Wow! + photo by Le Figaro

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October 5, 2009

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Gourmet Magazine To Fold

I read on the New Times this morning that Condé Nast plans to announce that it will close 4 magazines: Gourmet, Cooking, Modern Bride, and Elegant Bride. I told you last January about the fact that Condé Nast will need to consolidate its cooking magazines into one. With the current status of the magazine industry, Condé Nast [...]

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September 11, 2009

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My Photography Session with Elizabeth Delage

For an upcoming event (I will tell you soon), I needed a professionally done portrait. I asked Elizabeth Delage to do my portrait. She is a friend who is a talented young professional photographer in Montreal. It has been a while since I went for a photo session. I had an amazing time! Elizabeth has a [...]

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July 9, 2009

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A Poll for my Tag Line

I feel it is important to present my brand as a whole. The first step was the revamped blog design. Now, it is time to unify the tag line. Technically, it is closer to a descriptor than a tag line. For On the Web the scope is obvious: it’s social media. For At Home, I need [...]

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May 31, 2009

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Blog Out Loud event and My Integrated Brand | Quick Links

You may have noticed a change to the main navigation bar of At Home with Kim Vallee. There is now a Live section where you will find my tweets and live blogging posts. What will be these live blogging posts? It will be made of several things. But mainly, there will be quick links. For a while [...]

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May 1, 2009

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Taking a Break

I wish I could do that! I had plenty of meetings yesterday and today. I leave you with my picture after leaving the hair salon. Copper was in the air.

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April 4, 2009

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My Revamped Blog is Born

As you can see, the new layout is up and running. It was a lot of work but looking at the before and after shots, I feel it is worth it. Over the next weeks, I will explain why and how I migrated to Wordpress and why I felt I needed a new layout. This [...]

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April 3, 2009

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At last, Jour J!

I am not invading any country or engaging in combat but we have been planning for so long my blog revamp that it feels like we are at D Day. Today is the day where we will migrate for real my blog to Wordpress. We took this opportunity to update everything: the logo, the color [...]