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Interesting 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 […]
MoreSo, it’s the hottest day of the year pretty much, time to roll out the winter woollies, no? I’m thinking this Maxi Muffler by Wool and the Gang might be just the thing in wheelchair, or not, chic come the autumn? £120 to buy or £70 for a do-it-yourself knit-kit from a fun site for […]
MoreExtract from a review (click across to read in full) – Blouin ArtInfo, Formally Perfect and Utterly Fleeting: Dennis Hopper Photographs at the Royal Academy to October 19, 2014: “It’s a joy,” [Cartier-Bresson] once explained to me in an interview. “It’s an orgasm. You guess and you’re sure.” The photographer would stalk his prey like a […]
MoreI know, I’m a sucker for a pretty package and mascara doesn’t come any prettier than this Grandiose example of the to-die-for cosmetic from Lancome – seriously, can there be such a thing? Whatever, D has his instructions and will be at his local corner shop – which just happens to be Selfridges whilst he […]
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 […]
MoreFabulous photo of Gabourey Sidibe in what looks to be Miyake but may not be …? Does anyone know? Saw it in The Guardian: Back to the future: the fashion photography of tomorrow: From eyes made of dim sum to extreme facepainting, the fashion photography of the future is bold, vibrant and often bizarre. Here are […]
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 […]
MoreCatching up on my reading over the weekend, I noted, via Vanessa Friedman in the NYT, that Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen had won the 2014 Andam prize (a prestigious award to best young fashion designer). I love to see the crazy, avant-garde and new on a fashion runway, so despite Vanessa Friedman’s words that: … […]
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