Out on the Streets

October 5, 2012

With the rise of street style photography, the front row fashionistas and their inventive ensembles have become as important as the shows they watch during Fashion Week. Tommy Ton, with his ability to capture unique details, patterns, and personalities, has elevated certain extravagant ladies to street style icons. Here are some of the favorite looks outside of the Spring 2013 shows.














From Paris With Love

October 3, 2012

Bumble bees, renewable energy, and Edie Sedgwick. Paris was an abundance of eclectic inspirations, but all in all some pretty strong conceptual shows came through.

Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga experimented with sensuality by accentuating the curves and silhouettes of women. Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld, with a solar panel runway and windmills lining the Grand Palais, was influenced by renewable energy and energy in general, in more figurative meanings of the word. At Louis Vuitton, as with his synonymous collection, Marc Jacobs focused on the Mod movement of the Sixties with day-glo yellow checkerboard prints. Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton used bees as her main inspiration- honeycomb hexagons, amber shades, and beekeeper headwear.

Paris, as usual, was full of hits. Here's the rundown of my favorite shows. What shows did you most enjoy?

Balenciaga

Cacharel

Chanel

Lanvin

Louis Vuitton

Alexander McQueen
 Valentino

On the Bright Side

September 24, 2012

The Emmys were last night and while the show was a bit weak and the awards predictable (do people realize that there are other comedies other than Modern Family? At least Julia Louis-Dreyfus won for her comedic genius on Veep and Homeland and Game Change cleaned up pretty nicely) the stars were bright and yellow.


Yellow was apparently the color of champions, for Clare Danes (Lanvin), Julianne Moore (Dior Haute Couture), and Julie Bowen (Monique Lhuillier) all won Emmys for lead roles in Homeland, Game Change, and Modern Family, respectively. Leslie Mann (Naeem Khan) also went for a sunny hue. 


Are you a fan of the bright yellow and were you surprised that yellow seemed to be the color of victors?

Groovy, Baby

September 22, 2012

Marc Jacobs had been hinting at it with his subtle references to Edie Sedgwick, but not until Milan was the message so clear: Spring is all about the Mod Movement.

That means plenty of metallic discs, pop-art flowers, and ultramini mini dresses.

Moschino

Prada