LANVIN F/W '12

Late post due to a very hectic past two weeks!
I will post on the things I've been doing very soon.
But in the meantime enjoy the godly works of Alber Elbaz.
How could they have possibly have doubted this man- this collection is definately one of my absolute favourites of this season's fashion week. As usual his ability to promote the female figure was key and the collection featured a lot of emphasis on silhouette and shape. I love that through the middle it got really dark and moody but the stand out would have to be the embellished pieces. Those charcoal dresses with the curved adorning need to make a bypass via my wardrobe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELLE FRANCE

ELLE France N° 3451
"Classe Degaine"
Photographer: Nicolas Moore
Stylist: Nora Bordjah
Model: Behati Prinsloo
Make-up: Tracey Gray
Hair: Christoph Hasenbein


Great editorial by Nora Bordjah, loving the eclectic feel. My favourite editorials always seem to when the theme is really loose or broad, so it flows and reads well but there's a real variation in looks.

CHLOE F/W '12

Soft, slouch pastels with a sporty feel.
So Chloe, so right.
Lace and quilted silks sat up against leather edged bomber jackets.
The feature pieces of the collection would have to be the oversized wool coats and quilted moto jackets though.
There was a perfect balance between the hard and soft- collections like this get me so excited because its a look I love but so hard to execute because the balance between boxy and feminine is so precise.

CELINE F/W '12

Love the cocoon and car coats but what I'm really impressed with are those flat bottom clutches.
They are like a folded brown paper bag.

 

 

 

NEON NEUTRAL

Love this colour scheme of the Celine!

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VALENTINO F/W 12

So we have just worked our way through the tex-mex aztec prints and it seems the new trend is this folky Eastern european block look.
So Sound of Music, am I ready for it?

MCQUEEN F/W '12

Sarah Burton's collection for McQueen had floral themes but was no retiring wallflower.
Burton described the collection as being shapes and patterns that would organically "explode" as each look came out.
Each look was the evolution of that flower in bloom, from bud to blossom.
"The future's usually shown as stark and cold," said Burton. "I wanted lightness, the sense that the dresses were hovering."

JPG F/W '12

Jean Paul Gaultier looked to the velvet underground this season for inspiration?

Holy baguettes!

The collection was so downtown with hardened edges and it seems the 90's oversized power suit is back?

Because I do not think I can rock that.. yikes!!

Though I wasn't thrilled by the collection the pieces I did like, I loveeeddd.

The furs (surprised?) and the one shirt/pant combo with this burst of electric orange fur... yum!