For Spring, Alexander McQueen Excites With Graphic Proportions

(photos: Giovanni Giannini) It’s obvious how Mondrian + Picasso in the early 20th century were reference points for Sarah Burton when creating her spring collection.  Full of rectangular shapes + lines in reds, blacks + white, pointing to Mondrian, there were feathers + leather + metal harnesses across the chest citing Picasso’s African influence, full […]

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 […]