Fashion trends
Eclectic Mood
Here’s a special editorial in the spring-summer issue of The Block Magazine. They call it “Decadent Basic” . I think it’s not “basic” at all, it’s just a perfect mix of retro, chic and sporty inspiration. They put together athletic elements, veils and fashionable items from labels such as Altuzarra, Jil Sander, Maison Martin Margiela and Louis Vuitton. Playing around the idea of an unconventional wedding dress, this editorial reveals particular tastes and creative alternatives. And that’s a lovely concept!
Photographs: Bon Duke/ Styling: Martha Violante/ Model: Chrishell Stubbs/ images via fashiongonerogue.com
The Modern Man?
Images selected from the Modern Man editorial in Style:Men, Singapore, April 2012/
Photo: Stefan Khoo/ Styling: Chia Wei Choong/ Model: Bart Grein /images via fashionisto.com
Celebrity Skin
It seams that global warming goes hand in hand with the revival of the body arts. Showing some skin is really catchy if it’s an adorned one. The thing with the tattoo is that you can make it much more personal (and lasting) than any designer item. As fashion goes faster and faster, this could be some kind of personal statement.
If you’re really interested in the tattoo issue, I would recommend you to check these books:
Celebrity Skin or 1000 Tattoos
Summer Shoes 2012
Designer’s shoes from S/S 2012 collections play with the retro inspiration (Marni, Celine), futuristic look (Phillip Lim, Rick Owens) or creative adornment (Blumarine). In most of the cases it’s not about reinventing shoes, but rethinking the way we can wear them – see Dolce&Gabbana or Mary Katrantzou. I’ve made a small selection of the most interesting shoes to pick for this summer. Now talking of my personal taste, my favorites are Rick Owens, Blumarine and Marc Jacobs designs.
Prada S/S 2012
Balmain S/S 2012
Phillip Lim S/S 2012
Mary Katranzou S/S 2012
CDG S/S 2012
Blumarine S/S 2012
Heider Ackerman S/S 2012
Louise Gray S/S 2012
Marni S/S 2012
Rick Owens S/S 2012
Dolce&Gabbana S/S 2012
YSL S/S 2012
Ann Demeulemeester S/S 2012
Celine S/S 2012
Topshop Unique S/S 2012
Jean Paul Gaultier S/S 2012
Marc by Marc Jacobs S/S 2012
images source: vogue.com
Full Coverage at A.F.Vandevorst
With their Fall 2012 collection, A.F.Vandevorst propose the full coverage. The leather gloves, the leather boots, the mysterious hats and some big shawls, are not just appropriate for every fall collection, but are suited to serve as a kind of urban camouflage. The incognito game, early developed by Maison Martin Margiela, evolved from conceptual to commercial. Shifting the erogenous zones, fashion always plays with the body, reinventing the overall look. The models’ faces in A.F. Vandervorst show are almost entirely covered, wrapped in those scarves, while other body parts are exposed through a transparency effect. This is really nice, even we’re talking about a simple stage artifice.
images via style.com
Cut Out!
Alexander Wang, Fall 2012
Hussein Chalayan, Fall 2012
Ann Deleulemeester, Fall 2012
Anthony Vaccarello, Fall 2012
Plain fabric is not enough, it never was. So, designers have decided to cut off pieces here and there. We’ve already admired these practices in the S/S collections 2012, at Prabal Gurung, Mugler and Vaccarello. The Fall collections develop the same cut out concept, as we can see at Hussein Chalayan, Ann Demeulemeester, Alexander Wang, Anthony Vaccarello and many others.
image source: vogue.com
The Siamese Twins
Frankly, I’m not very interested in the Emporio Armani shows (with all my respect for Giorgio Armani). My feeling is they try to conserve something, but actually the shows & outfits are “tres passe“. Anyway, there’s one look from the Emporio Armani Fall 2012 show that caught my attention. And that’s because of these two girls who look like siamese twins. An image that reminded me the twins scene from Tim Burton’s Big Fish, or Greenaway’s twin brothers from A Zed & Two Noughts. I don’t know if you watched the films, but, trust me, those were very powerful images!
Why didn’t they pick the idea for the entire Armani show? It would have been much more interesting!
