Showing posts with label LuisaViaRoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LuisaViaRoma. Show all posts

Dsquared...ice skate boots!

3:30 PM mixagrip

Dsquared's shoes in the last seasons are the most admired and maybe the most interesting. So, for this winter the creative twins purpose this ice skate boots, their aesthetic is creative and trendy. On the runway the models walk in a way more normal than with other shoes that look more classic (no one fell...). I believe that these shoes will be very popular this winter and that communicate in a wonderful way the concept of the entire collection. The Dsquared woman would like to be chic but with a touch of sportly chic and with a sex appeal (the high heel). 
From my point of view the high boots are better than the low one, because the more sensuality of the model compensates the sport appearance of the heel. The only thing that I'm still wondering is... when the street are iced these boots are useful as a pair of real ice skate boots?




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Vogue
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John Galliano...feathers dress!

3:30 AM mixagrip

John Galliano has a unique style that gives the best of it in the dresses and tailleurs designed for Dior and Dior Couture. In his collection for his line (John Galliano and Galliano, only the first one is on the runway) we see a lot of extravagant and edgy clothes but not so many "elegant", chic and feminine dresses as we see in Dior's lines. So, every show of Gallaino is a surprise that, the most of the times, remained only an amazing show but unwearable in the real life, also for the most strange stars (think to Lady Gaga).
However, with this white dress and with the last two collections of the Galliano's line I saw a difference, a development of hsi style: a lot of wearable, elegant evening dresses and...chic!
In this case the dress is made by chiffon and by feathers on theskirt, the price is crazy (8000 $...) but the dress is so beautiful. Especially interesting is the volume and the ethereal mood of the dress. Also new the romantic and feminine taste of the dress that made it so right for a special event or a Red-Carpet.
I saw it on LuisaViaRoma  and I decided to post it because I find it really gorgeus, amazing and  with a very personal "soul" that is something a bit different to find in the evening dresses that so many times have all the same style and appearance!



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Vogue (complete s/s 2011 of Galliano)
LuisaViaRoma


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Market bags: chic or..cheap?

3:30 AM mixagrip

This is surely one of the most discussed trend of the last spring... We started to see "plastic bags" on the runway with Louis Vuitton s/s 2010, where Marc Jacobs decided to purpose two version of a really expensive bag (2000 dollars). I think that everyone agree that the Vuitton bags were the worst example of this new kind of bag and showed what it means "pay only for the brand name". 
However, this year Jil Sander (for 100 dollars) purposes some acetate bags that could be an interesting innovative solution for make a look funnier or younger. Furthermore, the bag has an aesthethic that is so right for the spirit of the show and its style, so Raf Simons made a wonderful product where the relation between price and quality is good.
But, I see another version of the Jil Sander "bag". The shape of that bag is really with the shopper that you find at the supermarket. So, Margiela presented (not on the runway, only in the shops) a bag (available in brown and black) that has the same shape of the Sander's one but that is realized in leather and that cost more or less 400 dollars. Also in this case the bag reflects perfectly the style of the maison. However, I have to say that I don't like the Margiela bag becuase I think that here the "famous minimalism" of the maison appear a bit "old" and sad. So, I believe that only Simons, for Sander, understood the real "power" (and the limits, too) of this trend, or better of these accesories. In fact the only use of this kind of materials/kind of bags, is to make a look funny and not cheap/sad/ boring. Vuitton, absolutely crazy (the price) and so cheap the appearance. Margiela could make every look sad, not funny: I'm almost annoyed by those bags.
Simons, amazing...I love his style and the style that he is giving to Jil Sander: like Prada a new kind of "minimalism" where the shapes and the cuts are minimalistic but the colors are funny...not the "dark" minimalism of Armani, for example.



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LuisaViaRoma
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Vogue


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Versace...huge cork platform!

3:30 AM mixagrip

The shoes of Versace are, every season, so particular, new and "exagerated" that is almost impossible not to think about them. The dresses of this brand are really chic and elagant, maybe a bit sexy but however elegant....so different from the shoes.
I don't want to criticize them, I like them, but I'd like to make a little reflection on their appearance and, by the fashion point of view, what they mean. 
In this specific case we can see the use of the satin and the cork (for the platform of the second shoes) and a mix between the sportly elements and the chic ones. These shoes are a mix of the most spread trend of this season: the cork, the sport element, the satin, the highest heels...
I believe that they'll have a lot of succes and I find that with a simple outfit they could be amazing. Of course there's the risk to appear like a streetwalker with a terrible wardrobe (yes, everyone could appear like a bitch also in Versace shoes...it's only a matter of matching). But, a simple girl (no elder than 35) with a simple cocktail dress or leather skirt, will appear (I'm sure!!) amazing in these shoes. To be completely honest my favourite is the second (apart from the heel, too much "Lanvin old style") but also the first is quite interesting.


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LuisaViaRoma


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Nicholas Kirkwood...summer shoes!

3:30 AM mixagrip

Kirkwood: the name of the best shoes-designer of this period (this is my opinion...at least.). I love him because he purposes every seasons something new but he maintains his style, too. For example we can always find the "asymmetric-platform" which characterized all his shoes and that became a trend of the last seasons and it is going on.
So, when I saw these amazing shoes on LuisaViaRoma website I have to show you these art pieces. All of them are made with karung and leather or suede, the heels are: 3,5 the first and 13 cm the other two. I find interesting the platform that is smaller than the other season, the colors (soft and almost ethereal) and the line that drive the eyes on the shoes. In fact, are just the lines that give an amazing sensation of lightness which everyone, or at least I, love.




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LuisaViaRoma


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Lanvin....greek goddess!

3:00 AM mixagrip

This dress is an amazing gabardine and satin washed minidress from the s/s 2011 of Lanvin. Lanvin takes a lot of inspirations from the ancient goddess (obviously, I'm referring not to the "divinities" but to their sculptures...). The drapes, the silhouette, the absence of big volumes or the exagerations of volumes, strong women: this is  a summary of the main features of the "Lanvin woman". So this dress is a bit strange for its colors and initially it could seem a bit strange, unconventional, maybe ugly...But then it is addictive. You want it, you need it, all yur attention is captured by the leather belt, then by the satin asimmetrical detail and then by the minidress for its aestethic. So, I can say that this is the most representatvie dress of the Lanvin essence, Elbaz vision of fashion.



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LuisaViaRoma


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Gareth Pugh...futuristic PVC!

3:30 AM mixagrip

Gareth Pugh is one fo the most innovative and futuristic designers. This dress that he realized for the s/s 2011 collection is something amazing. The collection looks forward and this dress shows exactly this thing: fashion, and maybe also us, needs to look forward and to have a new conception of itself. A fashion that's not only based on the simple creativity and quality but that takes people to go in another world, in another epoque.
So I beleive that this PVC dress, also worn by Anna dello Russo (the fashion editor of Vogue Japan and my principal "style muse") is the slogan of that collection, for me, because it contains all the meanings and the design concepts that were presented in the show. I love this dress, if it is still not clear...





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LuisaViaRoma


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Jacobs and Vuitton...two shoes, one heel!

3:30 AM mixagrip

In the f/w 2009 Louis Vuitton purposes ana amzing pairs of shoes with a clepsydra heel that was decorated by two pearls in the middle of the heel. For the following sprins, s/s 2011, Marc Jacobs repurposed this heel with some differences. The heel is more similar to a stiletto and in the middle there is only one glittered, silver, pearl that "substains" all the heel. I believe that the two shoes represents two differents kind of girl: the Vuitton one is somehting more strong for women who known perfectly their fashion preference, their style; the second one, Jacobs one, is for the girls who are still understanding their fashion style, like a meatamorphosis. In fact, I belive that Jacobs in his two principal lines (Marc Jacobs and Vuitton, forget, at least now, his young line Marc by Marc Jacobs) thinks to two different kind of woman (like the most old one and the most young one, but not in age, in knowledge of their own style). It is very confused what I wrote but I'm sure that you'll understand the concept, at least.



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LuisaViaRoma


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Versace....fringe white dress!

3:50 AM mixagrip

The main trend for the followign season is: fringes! Franca Sozzani (in her"christmas blog spoke of fringes) and I believe taht it's amazign that designer such as versace but also Kane, Gucci and so on use so much fringes. Fringes are somethign trulyw odnerful for the movement that give to the dress and for the shapes that they coudlc reate.
This dress made in crepe cady and sold on LuisaViaRoma for 13000$ expresses the Versace style (I mean the style of Donatella, of course) and the essence of the fringes. The use of them here is gorgeus and the sex appeal of it is really cool! I love the dresses that Versace is making and this is one of my faovurite ones of the s/s 2011 collection.
[A little note: I find the dress almost "ugly" on the runway, but on the model of LuisaViaRoma shop everything is different...]


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LuisaViaRoma


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Proenza Schouler...PS1 linen!

2:00 AM mixagrip

I know that we are still in winter but I believe that we should look at the s/s 2011 collections and, however, we'll have time to think about winter clothes with the f/w 2011 collections....
So, I purpose you this linen handbag by Proenza Schouler that is not particular for the shape or color, but I find truly interestign to see a PS1 (my favourite it-bag, now) realized in a material so fresh and so light: I think that the leather details give to the bag the "Proenza Schouler style appearance" and the linen gives to it the "spring appearance": it's the best match between the style of the designers and the "classic features" of a season.



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LuisaViaRoma


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Delfina Delettrez...eyes!

3:00 AM mixagrip

This bracelet from Delfina Delettrez is something unique,a  bit terrific but extremely chic. The realistic appearance of eyes, the sensation that they gives....amazing! Delfina is the most unconventional jewelry designer. Her creations are ever caracterized by the innovation and that "horror touch" who can make very interesting every looks, also the most boring ones. The gothic vision of Delfina is very trendy and genuine: in this period we can see a lot of designer who try to be "gothic" but their creations are more "boring than gothic", pathetic. She's not so.




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LuisaViaRoma


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Mulberry...alexa!

2:00 AM mixagrip

This bag is the most famous it-bag of our epoque: Alexa by Mulberry. Mulberry is a brand that is having a great success maybe for the amazing design, maybe for the celebs who wear it, maybe for the womenswear line created some times ago. The Alexa bag is unique for the innovative use and matchign of materials and for the sparkling colors who characterized it. It is purposed in a  lot of versions and it is a good "enemy" of the other it-bags, such as neverfull, Marcello, Muse...
This model is made with pony and the handle is realized in "Intrecciato leather", everything is "unified" by the gold details that are present in every Mulberry bag. I love this bag and I'm sure that it will be the most succesfull bag for the following s/s.



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LuisaViaRoma


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Givenchy....animalier jumpsuit!

2:00 AM mixagrip

This amazing jumpsuit is realized by Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy for the s/s 2011. The jumpsuit is made in cady and chiffon and its peculiarity is the appearance that's completely different from the others jumpsuit. In fact, it appears more as a  "normal" shirt with a pair of pants than the classic appearance of jumpsuits where they appear like somehting "sportly-chic" or "oversize clothes". In this case, we can admire the cotnrast between animalier and black of the pants, all made more ethereal by the addition of the chiffon....that designs a very feminine silhouette. Also gorgeus the zips and chains on the pants.



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LuisaViaRoma


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Giambattista Valli...mousseline!

9:00 AM mixagrip

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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LuisaViaRoma


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YSL Muse...colorfull!

6:00 AM mixagrip

The muse of Yves Saint Laurent is an iconic handbag that occupies, surely, one of the most important position in an hypotetic it-bags list. So YSL is often a conformist in its anticonformism. I want to say that sometimes YSl creations are developed on creative, genious and fresh ideas but are made with colors, silhouettes and (in some cases) shapes that are very classic. The bag about which we speak today is completely different. The new Muse Multicolor is realized, obviously, in soft leather and purposes a completely innovative and different concept of patchwork and "creativity". The composition made by different, soft, colors is not a heavy patchwork full of strange colors. The lightness of the color, the soft appearance and the sweet fusion of the different pieces of leather are the basic elements to create this wonderful bag. It represents a different concept of patchwork: no asimmetric and casual lines, no fluo or shocking colors....Simple shapes, simple cuts, simple colors: new bag! I love it, if it is still not clear!




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LuisaViaRoma


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RED Valentino....jersey dress!

5:00 AM mixagrip

RED Valentino is the "young" line of valentino that has also a "charity" aim. It's amazing (for me) how today the second lines of the designer are acquiring more importance in the fashion system. I can think to McQ (young line of McQueen) that was the subject of an article on Vogue Italia just about this thing, But also the low cost lines of the designers, designed for chains like H&M (recently Lanvin, but also Rykiel, Choo...), Gap (recently Valentino) or Mango (Zuhair Murad). We can see that the past division between riches and poors at least in the fahsion sistem is not so present. I'm not saying that today there aren't social classes in the fashion system (that's not true!) but maybe there's not the past clichè that the "rich" people wear expensive dress and the poor ones "cheap" dresses. So, all this paragraph to say that this dress designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, for RED Valentino, is amazing for the price (just 280 euros), the design (I love the clepsydra silhouette), the match of materials: tulle and jersey, together, create a lovely light effect that makes this mini-dress right for parties or chic evenings.


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LuisaViaRoma (Florence)


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Sara Battaglia handbags...fringes!

5:00 AM mixagrip

Giovanna Battaglia is the elder sister of Sara Battaglia. Sara is an up-and-coming bags designer who is especially interested in fringes. Her last creations were about classic bags (classic about the shapes, at least) with some fringes. But for the following s/s she purposes handbags that are completely decorated by fringes, so the fringes made the bag and the appearance is something like an "infinite bag" that hasn't a "solid structure". The result, for me, it's special, at least new, and is also interesting the trend that these bags represent. In fact a lot of designers are using the fringes in their creations: the fringes are becoming the "heart" of the accesories and clothes. For instance, Trussardi 1911 purposed for this f/w men sneakers totally made with fringes (in suede), Gucci and Versace for the following s/s presented elegant dresses taht are made with a large use of fringes. So, I believe that these bags are the "model" of a trend that will remain in the fashion system for a long time, I think.




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LuisaViaRoma (Florence)


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Charlotte Olympia...fruits!

4:00 AM mixagrip

Charlotte Olympia is an up-and-coming brand that is specialized in shoes. Its creations are often carhacterized by an elegant, chic and innovative style. So, when I saw this eccentric and really funny shoes I remained a bit "astonished". But then, by watching them with more attention, they look really beautiful maybe for the match of the wood of the heel and the fresh, but not fluo, colors of the suede. The fruits, summer fruits (like bananas, strawberries...), could appear stupid but they could also give that "young touch" for a trendy outfit in a spring hot afternoon in a caotic big city, to contrast,  for instance, the monotony of the colors of the skyscrapers of New York.





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LuisaViaRoma (Florence)


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Jil sander s/s 2011 dress...that shape!

4:00 AM mixagrip

This shiny nylon popeline dress is made by Raf Simons for Jil Sander. The dress draws a new silhouette on the women and its unique shape remind me a bit the "square" dresses of Margiela for the s/s 2011: in fact, both the dresses change completely the women body (Sander is a bit more wearable...) and the result is strange, particular but not so bad....I say conceptual, someone else could say "only stupid fashion", but these are only opinions. I love the dress for the color ,a light pink ,but especially because Simons show that he is more interesting in eveningwear: too much often in his collection is only present the, elegant and chic, daywear with a totally absence (or almost...) of the evening dresses.
I believe, also, that this dress is the summary of the minimalism vision, of fashion of course, of Simons that his one of the most important representants of "contemporary minimalism" and it's boring that everyone when we say "Minimalism" answers "Armani".

Please avoid the clichè, as Madonna say in "  Die another day".




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LuisaViaRoma


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Dior Homme...jackets!

6:25 AM mixagrip

Dior Homme, or better Van Assche, realized these amazing jackets. The first is a wool coat that is interesting for its belt (also used in this f/w 2010 by Prada) and for the softness. The second is a wonderful jacket really "adherent" on the body and in the end that amzing jacket that has into itself a scarf. In fact, the "new idea" is about the insertion of a scarf  into a jacket. I'm fascinated from the wonderful use of cachemire and wool made by Dior Homme. Love it!



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LuisaViaRoma
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