Agnès b, a designer widely known for her cosmetics and fashion creations, has just launched a series of pens and fountain pens in collaboration with the Waterman brand.
Designed and manufactured in France, the Agnès b pen is signed with a silver lacquer dot of irony. This punctuation mark, unfortunately forgotten by many (if not all), means a lot to the designer, who discovered it at the age of 8 in a dictionary given to her by her father. For Agnès b, the irony point symbolizes ” casual elegance, both simple and sophisticated “, adjectives that also characterize her.
For the record, the point of irony was created by in the late 19th century by a French poet, and is placed at the end of a sentence (like an exclamation mark) to indicate that it should be taken in the second degree. Agnès b confides that she would like to see the ironic point reappear in everyday life, in literature as well as in cell phone text messages and e-mails.
Everyone has their own point of irony, according to Agnès b. You just have to take the time to find it.
And do you know your point of irony?
Prices for Agnès b pens: nib 120 euros and ballpoint 90 euros.
The pens will be on sale for one year only. To find out more, visit www.waterman.com.
Marie Jablonski
-Beauty journalist-
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