Fall trends...floreal prints!

In these days in Milan there is a very sunny weather and it's like we are still in summer (even if fall started yet). In Paris the designers are showing their s/s 2012 collection (as it happened in NY, London and MiIlan), so everywhere we see summer clothes and most of us are still wearing them. By the way, in the shops there are the f/w winter collections and now we should focus and think about this winter. For this reason I decided to write about this trend that is a fall one (I chose just pics from f/w 2011) but that is a MUST for the spring (I think that everyone thinks to flower speaking about summer even if I'm so bored when I see flower in s/s shows!).

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Posted in Alber Elbaz , dresses , Emilio Pucci , Erdem , Erdem Moralioglu , f/w 2011 , Giambattista Valli , Givenchy , just cavalli , Lanvin , Peter Dundas , prints , Riccardo Tisci , Roberto Cavalli , see by chloè

Resort collections... best looks!

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Posted in Burberry , Celine , Chanel , Donna Karan , Giambattista Valli , Givenchy , Lanvin , Nina Ricci , pre-s/s 2012 , Proenza Schouler , Vionnet , Zac Posen

S/S 2011...Volumes and extravagant!

 Speaking about volumes, Japanese designers are very interesting and they are the best ones in making "extravagant clothes". Commes des Garçons' family (Tao, Rei, Junya) developed big volumes on skirt and top with, sometimes, asimmetry in a way that is absolutely innovative. Yamamoto, who normally uses long and slim silhouettes, decides to create a big knot that makes the coat just right for very convinced fashionistas. V&R are maybe the only designers who are able to develop such big volumes (think to that s/s where, quoting world economic crisis, they produced exagerate gowns with some "holes"...). 

However, Valli created nice volmes on skirts...but Margiela, the Belgian designer who influenced our fashion era in such an important way, designed a really "strange shirt". In particular the top looks like a flat squared which modifies at all the silhouette of woman body. It's  of course an important piece of design but I don't think that this could really have a commercial succes or being wearable. And CDG top is of course unwearable (this is only a good fashion creation), Viktor and Rolf are unwearable too, I think... So, Valli and Tao (unexpectedlyfor this last one...) are absolutely perfect in the right occasions.

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Posted in Commes des garçons , Giambattista Valli , Maison Martin Margiela , s/s 2011 , Tao Kurihara , Viktor-Rolf , Yohij Yamamoto

S/S 2011...feathers!

With the arrival of spring, some days ago, we forget winter to watch to s/s shows that are becoming already old with the recent presentation of the f/w collection. However, some trends continue for some seasons. This is the case of the fluo colors, for instance, and of feathers. The f/w 2011 season was caracterized by a lot of designers (such as Dsquared, Demeulemeester, Giles...) who purposed feathers. Personally I saw a huge use of this material that sometimes could seem heavy and not so chic. 

Speaking about the spring, fortunately, feather are used in a softer way. Bottega Veneta is the best example: the feathers are distributed all over the lower part of the dress and give an effect so glamorous, for me. McQueen exagerated with feathers on the skirt  and on the bustier, the entire look could be a bit dramatic but this is McQueen and we love it for this thing, or at least I love that maison.  Chanel is really gothic, maybe one of the most innovative Lagerfeld's outfits, and this look is very       unconventional for the maison. Gucci use feathers in a way that is very similar as fringes.  

So, I love this trend and  I think that the best dress is the Maier's one  and, in its style, McQueen is the most "particular use of feathers...". (who coul forget the f/w 2009 collection where feather were gorgeus, for me.)

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Posted in Alexander McQueen , Bottega Veneta , Chanel , Giambattista Valli , Gucci , Nina Ricci , Zac Posen

Giambattista Valli...f/w 2011!

Franca Sozzani said  "Giambattista Valli has definitely showed his best collection to date". I agree with her because I think that, for the first time, Valli mixed pret-a-porter and couture in a right way that's not "too couture" and that's not "too rtw", with a great range of clothes that are perfect for daywear and eveningwear. In particular shift dresses with  the classic "orizzontal stripes blocks" of materials or pattern that are so typical of Valli. The yellow, white, grey and black (the colors of his s/s 2011) are perfectly matched and sometimes it's added a touch of red that give a funny taste to these really chic dresses. The fur details are  sometimes exagerated and sometimes almost invisible but I love them, overall,. The geometries are so squared in particular the long dresses which have kind of skirts who remind the Sander/Lanvin/Margiela ones....Maybe it will be a trend for the following season: squared maxi skirts. 

The only "strange" thing are the romantic, dramatic, dresses who close the show (you can see the black one in the second pic from the bottom.) They are too exagerated and I think that Valli should make better this kind of dresses. In general this show is perfect: drapes, color, materials, shapes....Amazing, this is really my favourite collection of Valli!!!!

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Posted in f/w 2011 , Giambattista Valli , Paris fashion week

Women outfits...for old year's night!

Today I purpose you a wonderful journey in the past collection to look for a conceptual, ideal, look for the old year's night.

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Posted in Giambattista Valli , Givenchy , Haute Couture , Maria Grazia Chiuri e Pier-Paolo Piccioli , Riccardo Tisci , Valentino , Viktor-Rolf

Giambattista Valli...mousseline!

You remember, surely, this dress from the s/s 2011 collection of Giambattista Valli. The dress is purposed to the public with a difference: is transformed into a  mini-dress. I like this idea because the dress on the runway (beautiful too) is a bit much "heavy" and the "mini version" is more wearable and chic. I love especially the elegant contrast of the mousseline of the top of the dress and the colorfull and full of energy print of the skirt....amazing! I also must say that this is the most beautiful collection that I've ever seen from him. I'm dying to see what he'll purpose for the f/w 2012 and to see his future projects....!

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Sleeves...so particular!

The sleeves are so important as the other elements of the jacket, in particular for the kimono and coats. The wool and prints collaborate with the sleeve to desing a very soft line that is very actual and loved today. Furthermore is interesting the appearance. As the very stretch clothes are so sexy and so often are also a bit casual (not every time, but often...) the "soft" clothes are so elegant and have a taste of "past" regality by that everyone is fascinated. In particular is amazing the whiteness of the Givenchy one (first photo) and the bon-chic bon-genre of Valli's cape: that's full of his style, the style that we love!

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Posted in Alexander McQueen , Alexander Wang , Ann Demeulemeester , Erdem , Giambattista Valli , Givenchy , jackets , Matthew Williamson , Riccardo Tisci , Salvatore Ferragamo , Viktor-Rolf , Yves Saint Laurent