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"  Laura Katzenberg is Creative Director for Blue&amp;amp;amp;Cream.com, an exclusive clothing boutique for men and women, turned online retailer. Traveling with the Blue&amp;amp;amp;Cream team to Paris for Fashion week, ELLE.com gets an exclusive glimpse into Laura&amp;#039;s world from the trade shows to behind the velvet ropes. Friday, October 1, 2009: -9am My boyfriend Mark and I land at OrlyAirport. It&amp;#039;s an eight-hour flight from New York but we flew Open Skies, which is really a great airline.The whole cabin is business class and the fares are pretty reasonable. Couldn&amp;#039;t sleep much, but at least I was up to get this shot of the sunrise!    -9:30am Pleasantly surprised to be greeted by a brand new hybrid Mercedes S-Class. Our driver Olivier said his company Ambassador  Limousine just got them in two weeks ago. They just hit the European market in September so hopefully we&amp;#039;ll see them back home soon.  Nothing like that new car smell!     -12:00pm Arrived at The Westin Hotel on Rue de Castiglione and unpacked everything...mostly shoes. There usually isn&amp;#039;t a ton of space in the hotels here so I had to make use of the fireplace.    -1:00pm Took in the view of the EiffelTower, the TuileriesGarden, and the Louvre from my bedroom window. It&amp;#039;s even more stunning and magnificent then I remembered it to be from the last time I was in Paris a year ago. Since I was so wiped out from the flight I decided the outside would have to wait...had to take a quick nap. -3:00pm Took a walk nearby the hotel to get my bearings. Within less than a mile radius I found some of my favorite stores including Chanel, Dior, Boucheron, Galliano and many more.    -4:30 Stopped at the Plaza Athene to see my friend Richie Akiva, owner of  1Oak and Butter in NYC, where he&amp;#039;s talking to none other than Rihanna, who was on her way to a recording studio. (Richie literally knows everyone in Paris so I like to call him, The Mayor.) So mad that in the excitement of seeing Rihanna I forgot to take a pic!  -6:00pm Ran to the Lanvin show to meet head buyer for Blue&amp;amp;amp;Cream, Rachel Kirschbaum, and to see our friend and model Eniko Mihalik walk the runway. Spotted Patrick Demarchelier in the front row wearing Nike sneakers from Blue&amp;amp;amp;Cream. Lanvin was heaven! Here&amp;#039;s Eniko killing strutting her stuff.     -8:00pm Showered and got dressed for a night out. I went with YSL suede booties, Pleasure Doing Business skirt, L&amp;#039;Agence tee, Anita Ko diamond-and-gold bracelets (right hand), Jules Smith black-with-gold jelly bracelets (left hand).     -10:00pm Met up with the Blue&amp;amp;amp;Cream team including Eniko and model Arlenis Sosa for dinner at Stresa (IMO the best Italian restaurant in Paris).   We ate soooo much\u2014truffle pizza, artichoke, zucchini flowers, veal limone, and pasta with truffles\u2014 but it was worth it.   Turns out we went a little too crazy\u2014the truffles cost us 400 Euros extra on the bill. Yikes! But we&amp;#039;re definitely going back before the week is over! -12:00am Spot Lindsay and Ali Lohan in the lobby of the Plaza Athene on the way to the bar. This place reminds me a lot of RoseBar in NYC. (I&amp;#039;m a fan!) I decided to try their special drink which some sort of champagne with raspberry concoction. It was very sweet, but I love sweet.    -1:00am Jumped back in the van (got a van for the night since cabs are impossible to find during fashion week) and headed to BC lounge for photographer Justin Melnick&amp;#039;s birthday. Adrian Grennier was hanging down in the basement, while my all time favorite Janet Jackson was holding court upstairs. (Too dark to take a pic, aarg!) One club down, two to go... luckily my feet held up pretty well in the YSL booties. I made the right call with my outfit; casual chic was very appropriate. -2:00am Arrived at club VIP to see Busta Rhymes perform. Kelly Rowland and Akon were in the house. Busta&amp;#039;s performance was amazing, but he ended up performing right behind our table so of course everyone tried to push into our area. It got so crowded that we decided to leave as soon he finished performing.    -3:00am Last stop was club Sensa before heading back to the hotel. (Thank God for the nap I took earlier.) It was a bit moody by the time we got there. I think people had a bit too much to drink and some fights started breaking out. Thankfully Richie got on the mic and cooled everybody down. Still it was 4am and only our first night so we decided to hit the dirt. Time 4 bed...LK signing off.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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