For Spring 2013 Couture, Jean Paul Gaultier’s ‘Indian Gypsies’ Has You Seeing Gold

For the Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2013 Couture collection, the designer showed us how he still knows how to have fun, how to follow a woman’s curves & what it is to be a true couturier. With the collection being called ’ Indian Gypsies’, the collection had obvious elements found in Indian wear including plenty of gold embellishments yet, the ‘Gypsy’ part came in the form of looks that although couture, were still very wearable with a lot of freedom including various pant looks like harem or loose-fitting trousers or even, the sequined patchwork number (row 1, look 2). The cutout bust top in look 4 is reminiscent of past designs but still very relevant when paired with those pants, cool gold socks + open sandals.

Of the dresses in the collection, a lot of them had a fishtail bottom which flatters just about anybody whereas others, were either very loose + dramatic similar to a caftan or simply a log column with wispy swatches of what looks like chiffon with a robe type top (row 2, look 3). The dropped shoulders on many of the dresses and tops was an uber sexy and attractive feature.

(photo: Giovanni Giannoni)

With luxury slapping you in the face at every turn, it was most evident in these three pieces below, including the bride in the center – the shimmering mermaid dress is just gorgeous.

(photo: Giovanni Giannoni)

Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring 2013 Couture collection simply served high drama with an emphasis on being all woman + carefree like a gypsy.

For Spring 2013 Couture, Valentino Takes Us For A Stroll In Their Garden Stroll In Their

Apparently the obvious elements of Spring managed to afflict a few designers including Valentino. For their Spring 2013 Couture collection, Valentino creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were literal in their interpretation yet not so much. Hedge labyrinths were implicated by the arrangement of lace strips on a Fifties skirt while others tried to give us the park at night through twinkling floral hints (look 3, first row + second row). Some even tried to mimic fencing which looked like lace as shown in the first look below along the shoulders + décolletage.

(photo: Giovanni Giannoni)

Although most of the dresses were fragile like flower petals, sheer and delicate, there were also a few that were very structural including look 4 above, second row and the two below – Love the retro feel of this red dress.

(photo: Giovanni Giannoni)

Overall, a very beautiful collection and definitely camera-friendly for the remaining red carpet events coming up.

(via WWD)

Pamela Love’s Heart Is Set To Go Wild When She Hooks Up With Zadig et Voltaire

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There’s never been such a perfect match like the one between cool French contemporary label Zadig et Voltaire + American jewelry designer Pamela Love. The jewelry collaboration collection called ‘Wild Heart’ will consist of 6 pieces in various metals including antique silver, antique brass or gold plate and range in price from $210 to $560. A collection mixing rock influences with elements from nature, is perfect for the Zadig customer, with major broad appeal as ’you can wear it in many ways,” added Zadig & Voltaire’s artistic director Cecilia Bönström said.

‘Pamela Love is joined with the rock attitude of Zadig,’ said Bönström and if you’re familiar with Pamela’s work, you’d agree too. Love hopes this collaboration will grant her the same recognition she has in the US with European audiences.

“I’m not as well known [in Europe] as I am in America, for sure, and I know that Zadig has a lot of exposure and reach. So I really do hope that it helps to build brand awareness and drive people to discover my main line,” she said. “It’s a mixture of my line with the Zadig aesthetic.”

The ‘Wild Heart’ collection includes two-finger snake rings, horn-shaped earrings and a bird-skull necklace (above). By March, the collection will be in Zadig stores worldwide, so mark your calendars.

(via WWD)

Chanel Spring 2013 Couture Featured Victorian Fetish In Plumes

When I first saw the different looks in the Chanel Spring 2013 Couture collection, the theme of ‘Victorian Fetish In Plumes’ came to mind inside a woodland fantasy complete with beautiful swans dressed in couture. You had models covered from head-to-toe, in daytime tweeds paired with leather that looked more like latex or lace, not bearing one inch of skin other than their faces, hands, toes and in some instances, their necks.

(photo: STYLE.COM)

Apparently Karl Lagerfeld was somewhat thinking the same, in recreating a forested Weimar, where German Romanticism reigned supreme in the late eighteenth century, but he clarified it as being, ”Neo-classical.” Inside the Grand Palais, Karl managed to paralyze most with awe as the models walked past, like graceful swans complete with plumed coifs + exaggerated black eye makeup that includes black tulle cut into 2D eyelashes. For day, their tweeds sparkled where otherwise, they would glisten like black tar in black sequins sometimes accompanied by pattern in other colors.

A constant with most of the looks was a feature Lagerfeld called “frame shoulders.” Usually, a woman would show off her neck, décolletage and shoulders if she fell short of having the best assets, but here, Karl covers them in a contrasting material or texture, to highlight them, as the designer intended, rising swanlike from the shoulders, like ‘the cleavage thing from the Second Empire’.

(photo: STYLE.COM)

Some of the silhouettes of long, lean evening columns were purposely created to resemble geometric lines, part of the Bauhaus design movement which originated at Weimar. As for any prints in the collection, truth be told, they’re all embroidery and all by hand you see – this, is where couture gives me chills and continues to amaze. (I’m sure the overtime alone could probably finance a well-deserved vacation after seeing that many sequins!)

(photo: STYLE.COM)

As for the ending, Karl caused a stir as only he knows how, with aplomb, wit and lots of bite. As it’s usual tradition to end a show with a bride,

(photo: STYLE.COM)

Lagerfeld featured not one but two brides as his way to ‘jab’ at the current controversy of gay-marriage in France. But if you notice, these brides are of the somber kind to which Lagerfeld mused ”There’s nothing more elegant than a certain kind of melancholia.” – A true testament to the notion that art does indeed imitate life, life in Chanel Couture for Spring 2013 will have many smiling nonetheless.

(via STYLE.COM)

Clearly A MUST Shoe To Wear This Summer

If Not Drool Over

Part of Givenchy‘s Women’s Summer 2013 collection, this shoe epitomizes everything that’s modern + sexy. With it’s steep dip, sure to perk up your butt just right, it’s all about the heel. With a clear vinyl front and nude ankle strap, attached to a sculptural cone metal heel topped off with a piece of studded wood, such a shoe might produce the illusion of floating but certainly, severe envy from onlookers.

Available at LUISAVIAROMA.

(via HYPE MEANS EVERYTHING)

For Christian Dior Spring 2013 Couture Collection, Dior’s Gardens Were The Inspiration

For Raf Simons Christian Dior Spring 2013 Couture collection, he definitely stole the show with many references of Dior’s past deconstructed to accommodate modern appeal. With Dior’s gardens as his focal point (whom Dior treasured so dearly), for Simons, the garden was taken literally by bringing blooms so early to season in many forms, with the integrity of couture intact.

With gowns showered with blooms either on sheer dress overlays or sheer opera gloves, tromp l’oeil flowers across a belt and beadwork that apparently made the audience gasp, Simons did what he set out to do for Dior and that much more. He had pants topped by blooming, draping + long peplum tops which reminded me of the cigarette pant ensembles of the late Fifties, early Sixties that usually had a long train attached for effect. The silhouettes for the gowns of the new Dior woman ranged from bubble dresses, flowing ball skirts with pockets (I rarely buy dresses without pockets, big hips + all) to long form fitting gowns like the black dress on the left (first row) that looked like it was made of two dresses overlapping one another + others with a hint of surprise like the bright yellow gown on the right (first row) with the slight draped skirt while having a peek-a-boo panel on the top half of the hip. And although some dresses displayed a softness to them, don’t be fooled as it’s probably all methodical structure down to the last pin stitch.

Love this black dress above where the color’s severity is lightened with salmony pink legs + shoes. As for the accessories, pointy shoes ruled especially when in metallics (look at that emerald green pair). For hair + make-up, everything was kept clean + slightly minimal with pixie cut wigs by Guido Palau and crystal red lips that look like patent leather compliments of Pat McGrath.

Even the bride looked as delicate as a flower yet comfortable enough to jump on a motorbike. Overall, Raf Simons’s Christian Dior Spring 2013 Couture collection fits right in with the future with new direction genius and vision.

(via STYLE.COM)

Leather, Diamonds & Emeralds Were Amongst The Treasures In Wilfredo Rosado’s New Fine Jewelry Collection

Leave it up to New York’s own fine jewelry designer Wilfredo Rosado to unveil his newest + third collection yesterday, the first day of Paris Couture 2013. With 23years under his belt working for Giorgio Armani, first with his design team in Italy and then as his fashion director in NYC, the only way to keep going for Wilfredo was up, up, up (not to mention, also being discovered by none else than Andy Warhol). For this collection, leather, diamonds + emeralds were the main focus.

With all his fine jewels made in Paris (Brooches + cuffs from past collections were produced in collaboration with legendary couture atelier Maison Lemarié) + Italy, the great thing about the leather + diamond part of the collection is versatility, a key attribute to most of Wilfredo’s designs. The leather flowers can be unscrewed to a different colored leather or removed altogether. The same was true with pieces in past collections including the famous diamonds + pink feathered dangling earrings Gwyneth Paltrow wore on stage for the 2011 Grammys (below), where the feather is magnetized and can be removed and changed to a different color.

(photo: Michael Caulfield + Wilfredo Rosado)

Most recently, Julia Roberts was spotted wearing Wilfredo’s fine jewels at this year’s Golden Globes, while Lena Headey of ‘Game Of Thrones’ fame wore his ‘Lips Cameo Ring’ to the 2012 SAG Awards. Wilfredo’s ‘Lips Cameo Ring’ from his Cameo collection is a clear indication of not only his wit but also his craftsmanship + intuition of taking street style and elevating it to luxury status.

(photo: Wilfredo Rosado)

The emerald collection, with it’s art deco influence, could definitely be a ‘must have’ for this year’s remaining red carpet events. Now, isn’t it just so apropos that Wilfredo should include emeralds in this collection as emerald green is considered the Pantone color of 2013?

(via ASVOF)

Iris Van Hepern’s Spring 2013 Couture Show Was In Full Voltage

(photo: Giovanni Giannino)

Especially With Such Intricacy At Work

Aptly entitled ‘Voltage’, Iris Van Hepern’s Spring 2013 Couture show was “Inspired by a childhood dream, a desire to understand control and re-create lightning.” And that she did by featuring a living standing sculpture in the center of the room with ‘purple lightning’ passing through her body. Her new collection mesmerized with structure, restrained fluidity of shapes and innovation, as always.

(photo: Giovanni Giannino)

Considered an innovator, Belgian van Herpen produced what she referred to as “the first 3-D-printed flexible dresses,” which would then in turn move with the model’s own body movements. The dress to the left above, totally blew my mind when I found out it formed a trompe l’oeil seashell armor rather than it being made of different pieces put together to create one form (pattern reminds me of guinea hen feathers).

(photo: Giovanni Giannino)

This dress is definitely for those with an aversion to PDA and lots of style.

(via WWD)

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