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vegeta youre finally in style
BOOM
Nuestro peor temor finalmente sucedió.
Foto de pasarela: Jil Sander, primavera 2014
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My inspiration today was the Jil Sander Spring 2011 collection. So simple, yet elegant and breezy, and a flower in your hair is the perfect touch for a tropical country like Singapore. Of course, when I go back home to NYC, I will definitely be wearing this outfit in the city. This look actually goes well for both day and night, depending on what it is you’re doing.
Jill Sander Outfit
My Outfit
Top - Club Monaco
Skirt - Topshop
Belt - American Apparel
Sandals - Nine West
New York Fashion Week - Day 6, 7 & 8
And we’re finally here, to the closing of one fashion week and saying hello to London - which actually kicked off with its fashion week two days ago. Let’s see the best looks, day by day.
Day 6
Tory Burch gave a great start to this day of runway shows with Moroccan-inspired prints reminding of the beautiful rugs woven in North Africa. The style was in between relaxed, chilled and cool, feminine. I would have liked more pieces in the ethnic prints of the beginning. Very polished instead was Jil Sander Navy (photo 1), extremely well-structured, with beautiful bright young colours. Loved the quilted total looks.
Would you ever say such a designer as Vera Wang, who creates the most beautiful wedding gowns, could be able of such amazing dark fashion? Nearly everything was black in her ready-to-wear collection, silhouettes were kept really plain, very far away from the ruffles and white organza of the bridal gowns. A sort of indie vibe kept together the whole collection.
One of the most commercial brands of NYFashion Week, J.Crew (photo 2) opted for simple wearable clothes where the exciting element was the pairing of subtle tones with bright shades of yellow, blue, red. Classic pieces from a woman’s closet reinvented - from the cream-coloured jumpsuit with a formal cut to the oversize grey tailored trousers. A little bit chaotic Rodarte collection (photo 3) was, but I liked it because it made me think of very inspiring references: the circus, with the blingy dresses worn by its performers; the street, with black leather and fur nodding to a dark urban style; at the same time, though, it was vulnerable, feminine, sweet, with chiffon and flowers made of sheer lace adorning the front of the mini-skirts paired with velvet deep cleavage tops.
There was nothing new in Jenny Packham’s collection, yet everything was pleasing to the view and extremely cool looking. The champagne gold, the pearl tones, the bows, the lace gowns, everything talked about opulence, but it was not an ostentatious kind of wealthiness, it was more of a contemporary chic lifestyle. Rachel Zoe knows how the market works, and she knows what people want. Her collection, then, can never do wrong: nothing is too much, nothing is superfluous, everything is essential.
All the lines coming out of the Jacobs maison - even this Marc by Marc Jacobs (photo 4), which is not designed by Marc Jacobs himself - seem linked by a common goal: dressing women for war. It’s an everyday battle, the one that all women have to face when waking up in the morning and preparing for a new day. So why not fighting while wearing cool stuff? Shoulders are always very strong and one of the focus of the garment, but they are never too exaggerated. Wallpaper-like prints are mixed to written panels and activewear insertions in a colourful but wearable extravaganza.
Lela Rose presented a collection where everything was extremely measured, even in the peacocky prints and fringed fabrics, which didn’t look too heave or showy. Impossible, then, not to talk about the debut of Peter Copping at Oscar de la Renta, after the death of the much beloved designer some months ago. However, I thought this collection lacked of self-confidence. Of course we have to recognise that substituting such an artist of fashion as De la Renta is a stressful and difficult task, but it seemed to me Peter Copping didn’t want to overshadow his master, and in this way he ended up with a mediocre collection. Nothing like the last one Oscar designed last season. He will be greatly missed, again.
Narciso Rodriguez (photo 5) understood the secret to make every woman look thinner and taller, and applied it to every look he sent down the runway for next season. So the rules are: never use colours that are too bright or flamboyant, but always go for nudes, black, white - especially cream; tighten the waist but go looser towards the top part and the feet - resulting in amazing slightly flared trousers; whatever you can elongate, just make it longer - what about the ankle-length waistcoats? Divine.
After the first two looks KTZ collection (photo 6) stated itself with the strength of a loud scream: IT WAS AMAZING! Definitely one of the best runway shows so far, maybe not as wearable as you would expect from New York Fashion Week - after all KTZ is based in London - I just thought as genius to take ethnic prints and decline them in flamboyant shades - my eyes were actually hurting with brightness @_@ - and put them everywhere, even translating them into fur. GLAMAZING!
Day 7
You can’t expect pure innovation from a designer all about business like Michael Kors, but in some way he always manages to transform the wearable things he create in something effective just as if he was dealing with art. He always chooses the best prints, the best colours, the best silhouettes for this prints and colours, the bust fur, the best length of dresses, trousers, skirts. And when it comes to accessories, well, his market success in this field is enough to tell everything about it.
Starting a runway show with a pop of colour is always a great way to grab everyone’s attention from the beginning, and I loved the fiery red Jason Wu for Boss decided to send down the runway for the first looks, especially because it was paired with grey coming from classic suit tailoring. Everything was immaculately constructed, as usual, but I would have preferred seeing more of that sparkle of colour of the beginning.
Psychedelic is the right word to describe the most hippy-like collection I’ve seen so far, despite having watched so many inspired by 70s. And Anna Sui’s ambition was probably to conceive a total collection, in the sense that this one really included everything you can think of about hippy style, just like a brain storming: strange headpieces, print mixing, chiffon, maxi dresses, fringes, leather. But it was Delpozo (photo 7) the collection that really made me crazy about it. I was waiting for it because I knew it was going to be epic, and yet I was shocked. The neon yellow was enough to make me swear I will love Delpozo for the rest of my life, but in general this was one of those collections which you can NEVER forget. Amazing knitted pink dresses, cut-out decorations of flowers and birds in thousands of beautiful colours. It was bold, it was elegant, young, fresh and with a touch of irony. Just the best.
Marchesa (photo 8) toned down the volumes for this runway show inspired by 30s and 40s, with feathers, pearls and fringes giving movement to the little dresses or to the long, sleek gowns where the focus was on the waist. Kinda reminded me of the dress Dmitry designed for the red carpet challenge at Project Runway All Stars - is Georgina Chapman copying?
Wayne featured a collection where prints were banned, except for a tartan brown and grey coat. The aesthetic is really clean, I loved the fact they chose very feminine elements to complement the dull colours - black, grey - like bows and ruffles. Destructuring is instead the key-word for Proenza Schouler (photo 9), this time accompanied by sexy cuts of the dresses to show a little bit of skin, but always in an experimental way. Graphic juxtaposition of lines and layers gave a graphic quality to it.
Day 8
Tokyo Runway Meets New York is an event for Japanese fashion talents, and this time Han Ahn Soon (photo 10) really stood out among others with a futuristic look where cool hip clothing - fur coat, baggy trousers, street style accessories - met future - loved the insertion of metallic leather.
From Romania Dorin Negrau couldn’t help being heavily inspired by his land’s traditions, with long knitted pieces paired with chiffon gowns embroidered with colourful lace. It lacked of sophistication though. Sophisticated and simple, as usual, was instead Calvin Klein Collection, this time with a decorating twist set to the minimum. Dresses and jackets were made of rectangular pieces of fabric put together like a puzzle, or also the bouclé pieces of the end really fit the aesthetic of the brand; colours veered mostly to a dark palette.
Marc Jacobs with his eponymous line closed London Fashion Week, depicting a woman that you can define as a mistress: algid, dark, a lot intimidating. For this purpose, silhouettes were really long, colours were mostly dark - black, navy blue, bordeaux, maroon - and there was a strong sexiness going through the whole collection - the completely sheer gowns seemed like an invitation to touch and at the same time were frightening in their ostentatious transparency and sex appeal.
Stay tuned for London Fashion Week!
xxx
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Black is King
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Deviant la Vie; Timothy White Custom; Mugler; Alon Livné; Monsoori, Naomi Campbell in Schiaparelli Haute Couture; Ashi Studio; Naomi in Alexander McQueen, Adut Akech in Jil Sander
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Clothing & Accessories: Wool Coat by Louis Vuitton//Cotton Knitted Dress and Trousers by Jil Sander/Leather Shoes by Prada
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JIL SANDER BY JACQUELINE OSTERMANN
Jil Sander SS19 – seen but not heard
Vogue reportsthatJil Sander SS19 took its trouser suit cues from the military, the artist’s studio and sports uniforms. I think there’s still plenty of mileage in the boxy, Celine-esque silhouette that’s dominated this decade. Women really seem to like its comfort factor and it aligns with the gender fluid movement perfectly. The Voguereview ends with a caveat that designers Luke and Lucie…
Kirsten Owen
For Jil Sander fall/winter 1990
Photographed by Jean François Lepage
Creative Diretion: Marc Ascoli
Hair: Yannick D'Is
Makeup: Linda Cantello
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