Showing posts with label Rick Owens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Owens. Show all posts

Capes are always... trendy!


Capes are always chic. During f/w 2010 a lot of designers showed them and now the trend came back thanks to Alexander Wang, Valli, Burberry and Pilati which dedicated some outfit to the capes.  Alexander Wang used the cape to revision his own urban style and capes give to it a glamourous touch that sometimes is lost by a too urban aesthetic. Saint Laurent, Pilati, developed an absolutely new model maybe the chicest cape ever seen that is very very elegant. Burberry, Bailey, showed a transparent cape with black details that during rainy days would be the best choice. Azzaro added some fur to give a personal touch to the cape. Elbaz for Lanvin showed a very complex and sophisticated model  in a nice beige with a nice detail just on the neck: very easy, almost minimalistic, but with the characteristic Lanvin silhouette. Valli didn't show capes but he just use the characteristic shape of capes to "cover" the upper part of the dresses. Owens has a very unique style that allows him to mix his own metropolitan vision of the world with the chic appeal of Paris.
In conclusion capes are still one of the collect trends and I absolutely love them!
Alexander Wang

Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent

Alexander McQueen
Azzaro

Burberry Prorsum

Rick Owens

Lanvin

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Vogue Italia 
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Rick Owens...shoes!

These shoes were thought by Rick Owens for the f/w 2010 collection of menswear. Yes, as I write in the italian version I don't want to speak about the masculinity or femininity of the shoes but only speak about the shoes (however, just as information, Owens is married with a woman and, so, this should let the people with prjudices not to think that these shoes are only for gay people...).
By the way, the shoes are caracterized by the heel and the materials. In fact the esotic leathers as the python and the crocodile give to the shoes a taste of new creativity that's absolutely lovely. Furthermore, this shoes would have been heavy and ugly if they were for womenswear but, because they are for menswear, they have a shape and an appearance that allows everyone to mitch them in the right way. They are right both for a pair of trousers and a men's skirt. My favourite ones are the first: I think that Owens had a good idea but I'd like to see this mind developed better (for example with the addition of something more, as a patchwork...).





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