No matter how far one fashionista is concerned with modern politics her wardrobe however is always politically fashionable. As Anna Wintour said, looking at runway models you can always understand what is happening in the world. And that is true.
So, Kali Arulprgasam’s Super Fertile Cra$h Spring-Summer 2010 collection doesn’t surprise. It is inspired by financial crisis. Is it? I thought it is inspired by the US military politics. Nevermind. We have to listen to the designer.
Earlier this day I was going through AD campaigns SS 2010 season. Once again I caught myself staring at Gucci AD with Natasha Poly as I did a week before with their Cruise 2010 campaign also with Natasha Poly.
There is nothing wrong about Natasha, she’s stunning and Gucci made a perfect step forward making her the face of their ADs. Concerning the fact that she is one of top 10 models today (if not include iconic models such as Naomi), Gucci had the right pick.
Why was I staring at campaigns? It is only because of retouching with all my respect to such great people as Pascal Dangin (I actually doubt that he did this) Gucci SS 2010 AD is a retouching disaster. When almost the whole fashion world has finally realised the value of a real perfectly shot photo Gucci has decided to retouch a bit. A bit too much I would say. Fake sky and the sea, and even the water at the pool and Natsha with a polished skin.
When most of modern photographers prefer to make their shooting naturally and in some cases on films instead of digital cameras Mert Atlas & Marcus Pigott probably are not following photo classics. It seems that photos were made paused and with some unnecessary filters.
It’s all like too perfect too bad. Too much of retoucheee, Gucci!
When I first saw Versace Spring-Summer 2010 platform shoes I was excited about them as of an exmaple of sexy, trendy, bright shoes that can be an expression of one’s independent style. Unfortunately runway pictures don’t always show the real picture of a thing and you almost never know what those be in reality.
This is the case of Versace platforms. In reality they don’t seem pretty. High platform looks too hard and unconducted to the rest of the shoe. It’s like the platform has its own living and by no reason was fixed to the shoe. Imagine those greens without a platform. Nice, isn’t it? Truthfully, these greens is the only model I supposedly will wear for the reason of the most beautiful combination of colours for spring. Bored with black and marron…
An attempt to make some designed graphic shoes is not always successfull, especially when a designer does not have any idea of graphics which is an exact example of Donatella, with all my passion and love to the house of Versace.
Platform shoes are very popular and obviously every designer has made at least one pair of platform heels. Turns out Donatella made lots of them and at some point they start too be neither sophisticated or sexy.
Flowers trend id shuge these days and as we have already seen Spring-Summer 2010 collections it can be said that this trend will last more than one season. New fashion obsession is Viktor&Rolf ss 2010 shoes. A lot of flowers? Oh, well..
These shoes are the kind that makes difference to any feet. You can even rein over any man in them, actually I’m going to
Usually I’m not critisizing Marc Jacobs and his collections for Louis Vuitton and his own brand. Strange, but being great about Marc Jacobs collection I’m awfully surprised by Louis Vuitton collection. Whatever the idea is, but those shoes look not Louis Vuitton at all, actually, my granny had one of such a kind when I was little.
Bags are great! Truthfully, it is the only element of spring-summer 2010 Louis Vuitton collection to be impressed by.
Maybe Bernard Arnault has influenced marc in a way to create things for popular markets such as Japan. But what about others who is not that into pink and screemin green colours?!
Just to be clear from the beginning – nobody really wants women to wear those shoes in a real life, and by nobody I mean nobody, even Alexander McQueen himself.
Those shoes were made to show where fashion can actually go and to express McQueen’s creativity as progressive modern designer. He is progressive in any way you look at his work. Alexander shows outstanding pieces on the runway that look unbelievable and impossible to wear, while they actually are wearable.
At the same time he presents very wearable and comfortable, even at first look, clothes in his boutiques. Speaking about comfortable shoes, do you remeber Nina Ricci boots made by Theyskens for this winter? Thaey are comfortable, so what makes us think that McQueen’s boots are not?
Those shoes are not alluring for any kind of woman, and here is the point. High fashion is not for everyone, that’s why McQueen makes other shoes for everyone to wear. They are not high fashion, but common, almost every woman is far busy to think of high fashion in a real life. You have to be vain to wear such kind of footwear!
As someone can be bored by using the same colours season after season, another one can be enjoying using the same colours. The second one is Karl Lagerfeld. You can never say that using of his beloved black and white is boring, because they are shown differently every single time. No wonder Karl Lagerfeld spring-summer 2010 collection for his own label is black and white shaked by two red looks which are surprising, knowing that Lagerfeld hates the red colour.
Shorts and jackets together with chiffon ties look so familiar and so new at the same time. Classy Karl’s looks are mixed with fantastic mirror high-heeled shoes and flats which remind of cosmic girls from comics and amazing glove-bracelets.
High heels and tight belts covered with arrows are bit of a rock style. Little arrows are pinned to the jackets and such a look says “hey, I’m feminine, but I can do everything myself!”.
Famous Lagerfeld playing guitar picture became a decoration for bags and trenchs as well as guitar itself found its place on sunglasses.
Mix of rock, classics and cosmic elements made Karl Lagerfeld’s collection unique. It’s probably the only one collection where every single thing can live its own separate life.
Turns out leather is a very long-term trend in modern fashion last winter we all thought it would be two seasons as for now we can see that it’s have already been three and the fourth is coming. So, in spring-summer 2010 collections leather is still an essential.
Nor that I didn’t like other designers’ collections but it seems that Nicolas Ghesquière is the only one who achieved perfect perfomance of leather art in his collection for Balenciaga. Basically he managed leather clothes to look so natural and weightless. Shoes is probably the most heavy part of any Balenciaga look.
Grey, green, dark-green, red, black leather makes models look differently in the same looks made in different colours. Playing with colours on such a difficult fabric as leather Nicolas showed everyone that he is more than a fashion designer. He is a fashion architect.
When someone says Dolce&Gabbana I start to imagine tight corsets, sexy dresses and extremely high heels. This time it’s not an exclusion. I’m touched by Spring-Summer 2010 decadence. First of all because of traditional Dolce&Gabbana looks which became sort of italian classic for me.
The exceptional shoes made of shifon and leather, lace dresses and tight corsets over little shorts and skirts as usual.
Sexy as usual, wanted as usual. What is unusual is decadence and youth. You can’t imagine a woman over 35 in such clothes if she is not Madonna, right? You can tell – style at every age, and I will tell you that it’s not about new Dolce&Gabbana style.
Prada Spring-Summer 2010 collection doesn’t need many words to describe. The first moment you will decide whether the clothes for you or not for you. Of course, plastic shoes with crystalls and plastic bags that are in fashion for at least the last three summers, will be regarded as the absolute must-haves not by everyone.
More interesting is how many girls will be willing to appear publicly in “undone” Prada costumes and dresses. Can you imagine those judging looks telling “what a disaster!” or “honey, you forgot to change at your fitting”? The clothes really look like it is unfinished yet, but by those scissored raw edges you undersatnd a total look.
Tops sewed with crystalls will appear in plenty of wardrobes and will be one of the exclusive outfits to wear.
I questioned myself how long could I wait till something on the runway that would take my breath away? Here it is – made of chandellier parts and crystalls dresses by Prada. And this is when I don’t care how confortable it will be to take a sit in them, I can’t stand the whole evening long! It’s definately worth it.
Miuccia’s fashion was never about borders, it has always been about crossing them.
When all designers try to save us fron cold she makes us lace dresses, when everybody thinks about comfortable shoes Miuccia puts high heeled shoes with silk socks on her models. So if you wear Prada you’re always fashionable, but that doesn’t mean that evry passing stranger will understand it.
Designer Nicholas Kirkwood always creates shoes that cross all existing borders. You definately has to be a desperate fashionista to wear his creations in a day-to-day life. At New York Fashion Week he showed shoes made for Rodarte brand.
As Rodarte collection reminded about horror films, ancient times and jungles, Nicholas Kirkwood shoes reminded of medieval armies or amazon girls.
Heels made of metall stones is something that you need to show your superiority. Perhaps it will be the right choice if you’re executive … to make your subordinates submit.
Recently I’ve written about Marc Jacobs Spring-Summer 2010 collection which is still shocking for me. I love to be impressed and Marc impresses every new season. His Spring-Summer 2010 collection is fabulous, can’t wait next season to get that dark-blue little jacket and shorts and many other things.
Have you seen the whole celebs list this show?! Madonna and Lady GaGa are quite enough to make the show top of the Fashion Week, though Marc’s show is always at the top.
Take a look at the video from Marc Jacobs show.
The most interesting thing is to listen what Mark says about his collection, his own view together with the comments of fashion editors and critics. You can also get to backstage and see how preparations to the most exisiting show of New York Fashion Week goes.
London style was never easy to describe though it always had its own characteristics which distinguish it from any other fashion capital style. One of those charateristics is the ability of fashion style to be unpredictable. As the result we’re all waiting for something surrealistic, something special, something, that can surprise us. Well… Antonio Berardi show was very surprising.
First of all, Berardi is not going the way of cutting high luxury quality of his collections as his other colleagues are doing in time of crisis. Crystal-embellished corsets, short tight dresses and crystallized jackets together with embroidered skirts make Antonio Berardi collection classy italian, still made in british atmosphere. Berardi is absolutely british, though he has the italian roots that can be seen in the way he works.
The collection was absolutely Berardi, you could see it from first looks. Expected to show something surprisingly new, Berardi in fact has showed his traditional looks with new refinement.
The only thing newly sexy is shoes, classy beige with black or dark-blue heels. Antonio Berardi Spring 2010 collection is unarguably beautiful, but arguably revolutionary.
The editor-in-chief of renewed popular british magazine POP Dasha Zhukova has appeared at the POP magazine party in Proenza Schouler Spring 2010 collection dress.
The party was September, 12 in London while Spring 2010 collection was showed on September, 16 in New York. Dasha has managed to get the dress not even before its arriving to the boutiques (nex Spring), but even before the show of Spring 2010 collection took place. That is fashionable!
Isaac Mizrahi is famous for showing behind-the-scene fashion. His Spring 2010 collection showed with unfinished jackets is also about revealing the making process. More or less you can start to enjoy the way Mizrahi’s clothes is made and you fell yourself more comfortable by recogniing the fact of others having no idea that your jacket is actually done already.
We went to 1950s and Elsa Schiaparelli’s hats together with little trunks made the whole feeling of the past so real.
As you start to think of past simplicity, you turned away by disco epoch with jackets and even barbie-like dresses that unreally shining for the time of crisis. Who said we still will be there next Spring? At least designers don’t think so.
Last but not least are the evening dresses which are done to feel you at some private cocktail party held by the upper classes even when you’re just going to have a nice dinner with your lover.
