For their Fall Couture 2013 collection, Maison Martin Margiela was full of many impressive details. You had embroidered gowns, with an Art Nouveau bent (row 1), puffy tulle looks, worthy of a Fifties prom, complete with kitschy vintage appliquéd flowers along the hems (row 3), simple rolled up baggy pants with top silhouette, in what looks like glossy vinyl […]
Favorite Dior Resort 2014 Looks
Over the weekend, in a very wet Monaco, Dior staged it’s Resort 2014 runway show. With Monaco being synonymous with glamour + luxury, it only seemed like the best place for this collection. Yet, with that in mind, the blue of the Mediterranean sea was to play the role as a complimentary backdrop to Simons’ […]
Junya Watanabe Redefines The Biker Jacket For Fall
For Junya Watanabe’s RTW Fall 2013 collection, the common key denominator was the biker jacket but in several variations. You had leather, tartan + denim pieced together to create moto dresses like the beauty above whereas in […]
Viktor & Rolf Only See Black & White For Fall
And rightfully so, with looks like these. For their RTW Fall 2013 collection, amidst a backdrop of wilted black & white flowers, Viktor Hortsting + Rolf Snoeren paired many looks in the same colorway, with lots of leg + lots of details. One such detail was that of a black pant suit, […]
Come Fall, Fainting For Fendi’s ‘Rereading Of Fur’ Will Be Automatic
‘ (photos: Giovanni Giannoni) After the first slide of Fendi’s RTW Fall 2013 collection, then the second, then the third, my jaw dropped. My mouth was wide open for so long that flies used my tongue as their runway. I shook my head back + forth + thinking to myself, ‘How the f*ck does he […]
Catherine Deneuve From The Sixties & Seventies Inspires Vivienne Westwood Red Label For Fall
(photos: Giovanni Giannoni) As much as I love Vivienne Westwood, a lot of the designer was only present in the makeup donned by the models (cray, cray!), thanks to Val Garland of MAC. For her Red Label RTW Fall 2013 collection, although inspired by the fabulous Catherine Deneuve, circa 1960’s + 1970’s, could be […]
Mary Katrantzou Takes You On A Scenic Route For Fall
(photos: Giovanni Giannoni) For her RTW Fall 2013 collection, using pretty pictures + form, Mary Katrantzou once again, produces great looks with slight differences – this time, the images are of landscapes + bridges + there are black-on-black looks which should make those of us with an aversion to color super happy. To say ‘it’s all […]
Altuzarra Reinvents The ‘Corporate Uniform’ For RTW Fall 2013
(photos: Giovanni Giannoni) For his RTW Fall 2013 collection comprised of black + white looks, Altuzarra took to certain Fall trends not going away anytime soon: lots of leather (real + faux), hybrid pieces (look 4, row 1: top of jacket looks like a trench, down to the […]