March 20th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
The Autumn/ Winter 2010/ 2011 collection that was called ‘gorgeous’ by critics was created by Valentino and presented at Paris Fashion Week. It was inspired by a “fantasy garden”.
The Italian label’s creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri said:
Women today are different. It is a new direction for Valentino; it is cooler and more modern. Very ‘uptown goes downtown.’ We wanted our collection to be like taking a stroll in a fantasy garden, where dresses blossom into nocturnal flowers and vibrant flower petals are shaken by an imaginary breeze. We were inspired by an emotion or a dream. We are constantly working on evolving our new vision. We have a concept of individual beauty; a string woman who is confident and almost dangerous; the protagonist of a mysterious fairytale.”
The range looks very pretty and feminine and includes floaty airy dresses with frills and lacy details. Lots of fur was used to add glamour and chic.
The shoes were stylish and unusual – blush-colored patent-leather kitten heels trimmed in metal studs. Handbags were diverse and classy.
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March 19th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
Jean Paul Gaultier reinvented himself again for his Autumn/ Winter 2010/ 2011 collection. The entire range was a bright mass of chic outfits and flamboyant accessories. Different cultures and various fashion taditions were all mixed up together on one runway, but they didn’t seem to collide, rather they looked like complementary to each other.
Garments were sumptuous and very wearable – everything from eccentric trench coats and classy jackets to thigh-high woolen socks and Marocco-style shoes.
Headpieces looked exrtaordinary and would hardly be good for real life but they looked really overwhelming. Weird turbans and huge ushanka-hats, vibrant kerchiefs and simple items with pompoms – all looked fantastic!
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March 13th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
The collection created by Stefano Pilati for Autumn/ Winter 2010/ 2011 looked like it had been inspired by religious motives though the designer himself denied this fact. But everyone who saw the range at Paris Fashion Week would tell that sober caped black forms, wimplelike head coverings, starched white cotton, hoods, and heavy chain pendants – all gave a nunlike impression.
The oufits were unusual for a catwalk show. High white dog collar on a suit, the yoked white blouse with full sleeves, the prim and modest mid-calf dresses looked like being typical for a Catholic convent. Even when a sheer black dress appeared it came with underwear formed as a cruciform bodysuit.
Platic covers put over some of the garments were intended for protection. Stefani Pilati explained:
It’s about protection. And partly, an homage to YSL and the rigorous tailleur.”
And the angel-like figures dangling on the gold chains wear inspired by silhouettes of Saint Laurent fashion photos Pilati had cut out of seventies magazines.
The collection as a whole looked good and some of the outfits would look great even in the office. Shoes were perfect and featured extremely high heels and platforms.
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March 11th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
There were lots of talks about Lindsay’s involvement into the creative process of Ungaro brand. She had been reported to be leaving it and then all the rumours were slammed. Now we again return to this topic and finally we can state that the 23-year-old no longer works for Ungaro.
The actress didn’t attend the show of the label at Paris Fashion Week. When asked why she wasn’t there, Lindsay replied:
Because I don’t work for them anymore. There’s legal things going on; I can’t really discuss it.”
The brand’s owner Asim Abdullah confirmed the news saying that Lindsay was “not involved” with the latest collection.
It’s not easy for her to read or hear about this. And she must be feeling really upset. Sorry for you, poor girl.
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March 11th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
With the death of this super-talented designer everything has changed. The show he had planned wasn’t appropriate to present. Instead a quiet and very private show was organized in a gilded salon at the headquarters of Francois Pinault. Only very close people were invited.
Alexander McQueen Chief Executive Jonathan Akeroyd explained the decision to cancel the original catwalk show in favour of private presentations:
He very much had a vision for his show concept, but it didn’t feel right to do that without him. We decided this was the best way to do it in a very low profile environment – the most appropriate way in light of what has happened.”
The Independent’s Susannah Frankel added:
This was a heartbreakingly beautiful and perfectly judged tribute to one of the greatest talents the fashion industry has known, realised by a tightly knit and gifted group of people who have protected his name and what it stands for since he started out.”
The collection included 16 outfits inspired by Byzantine art and Old Masters paintings as well as wood carving and sculpture of Grinling Gibbons. Models walked slowly and solemnly to haunting operatic music. And some guests couldn’t fight back their tears.
Talking about how the collection was created Sarah Burton, McQueen’s right hand, said the designer had turned away from the world of the Internet, which he had so powerfully harnessed in his last show.
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March 10th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
John Galliano, Alexander McQueen and Karl Lagerfeld are designers who present their shows monumentally, with chic and splendor. Of course they cost lots of money and take many efforts but they definitely become memorable. Don’t you remember McQueen’s monster show? Or last season’s Chanel show with all that straw and playful activities? Yes, you do! And you will remember the Autumn/ Winter 2010/ 2011 show, too. Why? Because I bet you have never seen so much ice and water in Grand Palais.
The theme of the collection was the global warming or ‘the global cooling’ as Lagerfeld called it, and its effects on our lives. Male and female models had to walk on a wet surface of the runway sometimes sending little droplets of water to the front row where stars like Lindsay Lohan and Vanessa Paradis were sitting.
The huge chunks of ice on the stage were absolutely real as were the models strutting in head-to-toe coffee-colored yeti suits and shaggy snow boots. The line was more couture than ready-to-wear though I am sure it would have lots of fans living in normal climate.
The amount of fur amazed everyone but PETA activists should not call Lagerfeld bad names, the fur was fake.
The designer told The Telegraph:
It’s so good now, technical advances are so perfect you can hardly tell fake fur from the real thing. Fake is not chic – we have got a new Chanel tweed to stop copies – but fake fur is.”
Only best models were chosen to wear the luxurious pieces on the catwalk including Freja Beha Erichsen, Lara Stone, Abbey lee Kershaw, Coco Rocha, Sasha Pivovarva and others.
Brown tweeds, capes, bonnets, furry trousers, coats – all had a level of lavish elaboration usually reserved for haute eveningwear. Accessories were perfect. Jewelry was very similar to little pieces of ice, sparkling and mysterious.
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March 9th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
Dame Westwood wouldn’t be she if she created something that was ordinary. She is always very extravagant and her works make us feel surprised every season.
For Paris Fashion week the designer focused on the bluestocking young lady and footpad theme. Extremely colorful and unusual outfits were modelled on the show with girls sometimes looking funny and playful and in other times strict and even threatening.
Although garments seemed to have been made from old fabrics and worn-earlier clothes we know that each piece was actually the result of Westwood’s creation, an elaborate piece that costs lots of money.
Plenty of knee-length dresses looked pretty and eccentric but some were definitely wearable. There were lots of prints of any kind, from flowers to stars and even crowns. By the way, some models wore crowns on their heads – flamboyant and huge, adding an ironic touch to the collection.
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March 6th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
The new collection for Autumn/ Winter 2010/ 2011 by Christian Dior unveiled during Paris Fashion Week was all about femininity and luxury. Airy fabrics and flowing designs looked very womanly, while chic fur and leather details added to the glamour of the line.
Sheer materials couldn’t hide beautiful lingerie underneath. And some underwear pieces were even worn as outwear, this makes us believe John Galliano suggetss wearing this trend for one more season.
Sumptuous leather coats looked great. I liked the colors of those very much: saturated burgundy, brown, orange – together with trendy thigh-high boots they looked fabulous.
Accessories this season were nice, expecially classy hats that made the girls look very elegant and sophisticated. Bag range was huge: from big and roomy totes to tiny beautiful clutches.
Generally speaking I loved the collection. The only thing that didn’t attract me were the stokings with frills.
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March 4th, 2010
Posted by Amelia Sable
For the new season, you should be looking for interesting cut-outs – the hot Fashion Trend SPRING/ SUMMER 2010. Cut-outs in your ensemble add a subtle sexiness to your look, emitting taste and class, and leaving something to the imagination. This trend can be seen on all items fashionable, from dresses to shirts to pants to leggings and even shoes. More for the edgy fashionista, the trend has been sported on runways across the globe and most recently for Spring/Summer 2010.
Designer Zac Posen incorporated the trend into a stunning yellow mini dress that was displayed on his runway at Mercedes-Benz NYC Fashion Week. At first glance, this mini is adorable, but once the cut-outs on each side are noticed it suddenly turns cute into sultry.
In London, Basso & Brooke added the cut-out trend to their patterned pieces, making each piece extremely noteworthy. These little cuts into the fabric, showing only a sliver of skin along the chest area, are perfect for those who don’t want to show bits of their bust area.
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January 28th, 2010
Posted by Veronica Valter
Josephus Thimister hadn’t shown his works since 2001 when he was highly criticized for gaining inspiration from the styles worn by anti establishment groups and even terrorism fashion. Times have changed but we still hate terrororists and everything that’s related to them. That’s why Josephus had to choose a different theme for his creations. And again it wasn’t very peaceful one.
The comeback collection that was presented on the first day of Paris Fashion Week was based on the idea of the Russia of 1915, its bloody revolution and its early modernist. The name of the range is ‘1915: Bloodshed and Opulence.’
Clothes in the collection were created for both men and women. They were all about military style – khaki and red everywhere. Some even were painted with blood splashes.
But there was nothing much horrifying. The pieces were even noble and classical in a rough way. The dresses and cocktail outfits were described as dress-up clothes for a ‘neurotic aristocracy’ whose behaviour lead to the blood and death of violent revolt.
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