Showing posts with label designers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label designers. Show all posts

Friday, 25 January 2013

Bath Fashion Museum Celebrates 50 Great Dresses


 FIFTY of fashion's most beautiful dresses will go on show at Bath's Fashion Museum on February 2, as the museum celebrates its 50th birthday. The 50 Fabulous Frocksexhibition - which took two years to create - will include iconic names such as Schiaparelli, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, in addition to contemporary labels, including Erdem and John Rocha. (Above the image is off a Tartan satin dress, mid-1860s)
Above: Champagne bottle dress and cream silk ball dress
"The selection of the 50 pieces has been a careful editorial process," said Fashion Museum principal curator Rosemary Harden, who compiled the showcase with fashion writer Iain R Webb. "There were some show-stoppers to be included right from the start, but other pieces came and went - and then came back again into the final exhibition object list. Some of the pieces in the show illustrate a personal wardrobe moment, while others mark an iconic moment in fashion history."
Above: Alexander McQueen white cotton lace dress and moulded leather collar, spring/summer 1999 collection
The collection showcases ancient pieces which dates back to the 1660, while the most recent is taken from Burberry's autumn/winter 2012-13 collection. (shown below)
 
Source: Vogue

Friday, 28 September 2012

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013

The Fashion Weeks are still going and now Paris Fashion Week has landed and being the so called 'Inventor or haute couture' Paris has a lot of fashion standards to meet up to! Also there lots of exciting brands showing of course very well known designers/labels such as Chanel and Dior who are gearing up for Raf Simons' first ready-to-wear collection for the brand. Let's have a look at some of the PFW collections which I personally liked:
 
 Whitechapel-based designer Nana Aganovich delighted with her collection of split hems and giant vegetable prints. The designer uses a bold print of sunflowers and the rich colour of teal. The collection was quirky and sweet, the silhouettes was interesting which had no sexy vibe but showed a more cool laid back appeal.
Marcel Marongiu for Guy Laroche showed a youthful and baring quite a bit of skin collection. Silhouettes showcased clean lines with a bit of a structured feel which could be becaues the collection is said to be inspired by architecture and Frank Gehry. Use of very cute prints and bright turquoise mint blue with black and white colour palette also the bare midriffs the Guy Laroche show was sure on point with trends.

 Probably one of the most popular shows people look forward to after Chanel and Dior respectively is Balenciaga who is designer by Nicholas Ghesquiere sent out slender, precise-cut pantsuits that alternated with gypsy-inspired black skirts and dresses, cut on the knee with a curvy, pink or yellow flounce at the hip or the skirt. The collection was shaped with sharp lines and ruffles also bared some skin and midriffs which I think came together very well to present a elegant but very sexy aesthetic. Personally my favourite is the ruffled asymmetric skirt!

Be sure to stay tuned for the Chanel and Dior Shows which are bound to be magnificent!
Source: The Telegraph

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Salad Days...Preparing for the summer

CANDY DARLING IT'S A SUGAR HIGH WITHOUT THE CRASH: EMILIO PUCCI SHIRT, $5,500. CALL (212) 230-1135. VIKTOR & ROLF DRESS (WORN OVER SHIRT), PRICE ON REQUEST. CALL 011-31-204-196-188. OSCAR DE LA RENTA EARRINGS, $450. AT CAPITOL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. CALL (704) 366-0388. FENTON NECKLACES, FROM $500. GO TO BARNEYS.COM. Fashion assistant: Jonathan Hamilt. Hair and headpieces by Rutger for Bumble & Bumble at Streeters. Makeup by Francelle for Nars Cosmetics. Manicure by Bernadette Thompson. Set design by Gary Card at CLM. Models: Julia Nobis, Hanne Gaby Odiele.
TUTTI FRUITY TALK ABOUT JUICY COUTURE: DOLCE & GABBANA’S PEPLUMED EGGPLANT-PRINT DRESS, $2,475. GO TODOLCEGABBANA.IT.
REEF MADNESS THE ULTIMATE PRAWN COCKTAIL IS THIS ALEXANDER McQUEEN DRESS, PRICE ON REQUEST, MASK, PRICE ON REQUEST, AND CAPE, $17,575. FOR CAPE, GO TONEIMANMARCUS.COM. FOR OTHER PIECES, GO TOALEXANDERMCQUEEN.COM. CAROLEE NECKLACES, $60 EACH. GO TO CAROLEE.COM.

Let’s call it Arcimboldo — with attitude. Those fantastical combinations of fruits, flowers, fish and vegetables constructed by the Italian artist into portraits are as compelling now as they were in the 16th century.

The super surrealist Salvador DalĂ­ loved the weird and wondrous work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo and passed his enthusiasm on to his friend Elsa Schiaparelli. We may remember the shoe hat by ‘‘Schiap,’’ but her 1939 botanical headgear, made as if from juicy purple grapes nestling in green leaves, was just as surreal.

This season fruit is back, in prints and patterns that are voluptuous in their rounded orange-and-apple combos, and fresh in their association of nature’s abundance with simple clothes. Whimsical and funky, this sweet message is also part of a deeper belief that style has moved too far into the concrete jungle of an urban setting; and that fast fashion needs to slow down, stretch out under an apple tree in a grassy spot and linger.


My Thought: This was a really cool editorial and concept also perfect for the 'almost' coming summer I hope. Maybe people don't like eating salads but maybe will want to wear them!

Thursday, 15 September 2011

London Fashion Week begins tomorrow !









London Fashion Week Starts tomorrow ! Friday 16th till the 21st Sept 2011! Looking forward to see what gonna be on show !


Images from http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/