Category: Fashion trends

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

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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.

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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!

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Armored Beauty

The latest issue of L’ Officiel Ukraine, captures Alejandra Alonso, well armored in Iris Van Herpen designs or Van Herpen- inspired outfits. Developing her sculptural silhouettes and her signature 3D structures, the Dutch designer is, undoubtedly, one of the major influences on the contemporary fashion scene. The upcoming Iris Van Herpen exhibition at Groniger Museum will present the first large scale overview of her work. That sounds really exciting, as Van Herpen is the designer who managed to challenge the very idea of contemporary  “couture”. What about the new “Fang” shoes, the product of Van Herpen’s fifth successful collaboration with United Nude? Awesome pieces, huh?

(above) Armored Beauty, the editorial in L’Officiel Ukraine / photo: Enric Galceran / model: Alejandra Alonso / styling:  Dixi Romano/  beauty : Oliva Marcos / images via fashiongonerogue.

(below) The Fang shoes, S/S 2012, Iris Van Herpen Couture.

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Alexander Wang x Die Antwoord

Alexander Wang, the designer of the new generation of American fashionistas, takes a step further with his T line S/S 2012 Ad Campaign. This time, he made an edgy choice picking the South African band Die Antwoord (who says he doesn’t have good taste?). The T campaign, shot by Daniel Jackson, is featuring Die Antwoord’s new single Fatty Boom Boom, along with a “behind the scenes” video, showing Ninja and Yo-Landi on the streets of NY. Enjoy!

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Like A Lady

Although it’s nothing entirely new out there, the YSL Pre-Fall Collection 2012/2013 features some notable pieces: the clean-cut jumpsuits, the golden shoes and the leather T-shirts. In short, almost everything you need to dress like a lady.

image via vogue.com

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