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Ensconced as I am in front of my TV, watching the entirety of Sons of Anarchy season 6, I have taken time to check out The Row at NYFW. No apologies for featuring The Row yet again as S/S 2015 is another fabulous collection for grown up fashionista’s to lust after. Vogue’s comments on The Row for […]
MoreWith Fashion Week season kicking off, a timely reminder from Crane TV of the craft behind one of the individual shows: click across to see images and video on the work of Iris Van Herpen. Fabulous. Anticipating Spring/Summer 2015 …
MoreSo, if you were thinking to spend £3,770 on a winter coat, this beautiful D&G number would be just the thing, no?
MoreI saw these two beautiful dresses from the Alberta Ferretti Resort 2015 collection, above and below, on CoolChicStyleFashion a few days ago. There is something about the drama of exquisite colour and texture that demands simplicity in design and style, no? For plus-sizes and wheelchair users, this is as relevant as for anyone else, I […]
MoreLovely first Haute Couture collection by bridal designer, Delphine Manivet, shown on one of my favourite lifestyle blogs, CoolChicStyleFashion, today. Read more about her and this collection on Vogue: Delphine Manivet ‘s Paris Couture Debut … Whilst not exactly daywear – or, er, wheelchair friendly wear – my two fave looks are those below. Even […]
MoreInteresting reading on Blouin ArtInfo: Franck Sorbier Channels … about the influences and techniques behind his latest Haute Couture collection: Titled “Poemes,” the collection, presented July 9, was a succession of long, sensual dresses of floral lace or delicate, hand-painted organza. The designer patch-worked vintage silk fabric and laces, woven ribbons, and embroidered raffia, and used […]
MoreI’m not a Lagerfeld or Chanel fangirl by and large but who doesn’t love a beautiful pussy like Karl Lagerfeld’s Choupette who, according to Fashion Gone Rogue is: “slated to headline a holiday makeup collection [for Shu Uemura] called Shupette which is reported to feature items such as furry false lashes with fun quotes from […]
MoreThe Beautiful Valentino Haute Spring 2014 collection was, for me, one of the highlights of this year’s collections so it was interesting to see how Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli would follow it up. And, I wasn’t disappointed though, with my hopes and expectations so high, it would be a lie to say I thought […]
MoreWow, I want those earrings – just so me … as is the entire eclecticism of these looks from Maison Martin Margiela Haute Couture collection F/W 2014. (Oh, oh, I like the yellow earrings in the bottom picture best but with the outfit above). Sigh, wish I was able to carry this off in a […]
MoreAlthough I loved the extravagant creativity of John Galliano’s Dior collections, it is very hard not to admire equally the sublime simplicity and elegance that Raf Simons is now bringing to the label. Simon’s latest Haute Couture collection for Dior is both beautiful and oh-so commercial in design. Bet the money men at Dior worship […]
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