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!