The leaf patterns and colors are getting me itching and raring to go for Spring 2012.
Proenza Schouler Spring 2012 Ready-to-Wear
18 September 2011
New York Spring 2012: Proenza Schouler
Please, please, please browse through this collection. I promise you will not regret the decision. As always, Proenza Schouler is inspired, visually stunning, and cutting edge. Obviously I'm no designer (and no expert fashion critic, as I've said before), but I find it thoroughly exhilarating to see a bounty of raffia skirts and dresses, as well as eel skin! Who would ever imagine? Besides, of course, Jack and Lazaro.
The leaf patterns and colors are getting me itching and raring to go for Spring 2012.
The leaf patterns and colors are getting me itching and raring to go for Spring 2012.
11 September 2011
New York Spring 2012: Prabal Gurung
Sometimes I surprise myself with how eccentric my taste can be.
Which is the one word I would start with describing Prabal Gurung's Spring 2012 collection. There's something so very symbiotic about his symmetrical, psychedelic purple patterns (I'm seriously into the first look!) At the same time, though, everything looks so devious and offbeat, e.g. his torso cutouts and furry tulle skirts and gowns.
Perhaps furry tulle speaks to an off-kilter alter ego I didn't know I had.
Source: NY Mag
Which is the one word I would start with describing Prabal Gurung's Spring 2012 collection. There's something so very symbiotic about his symmetrical, psychedelic purple patterns (I'm seriously into the first look!) At the same time, though, everything looks so devious and offbeat, e.g. his torso cutouts and furry tulle skirts and gowns.
Perhaps furry tulle speaks to an off-kilter alter ego I didn't know I had.
Prabal Gurung Spring 2012 Ready-to-Wear
Source: NY Mag
New York Spring 2012: Jason Wu
It's electric!
As adorable as Jason Wu is, the man has some serious potential. It's as if his riveting design ideas and artfully built pieces come to him with no effort at all. Case in point: his very edgy (and electrically colored) yet soft and classic (and borderline sporty) Spring 2012 collection.
It's on the shorter end as collections go, so you should have plenty of time to go through all his looks! It builds so nicely, from his very light and breezy springtime pieces, up to the voluminously ruffled evening gowns of his last few looks. Really, it's quite satisfying.
Source: NY Mag
As adorable as Jason Wu is, the man has some serious potential. It's as if his riveting design ideas and artfully built pieces come to him with no effort at all. Case in point: his very edgy (and electrically colored) yet soft and classic (and borderline sporty) Spring 2012 collection.
It's on the shorter end as collections go, so you should have plenty of time to go through all his looks! It builds so nicely, from his very light and breezy springtime pieces, up to the voluminously ruffled evening gowns of his last few looks. Really, it's quite satisfying.
Jason Wu Spring 2012 Ready-to-Wear
Source: NY Mag
New York Spring 2012: Cushnie et Ochs
The future is here.
I suppose the future here is Spring 2012. But Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs' idea of this upcoming Spring style is the future. Or futuristic, I should say.
Admire below the acute edges and cutouts of the necklines, the stark whites and jet blacks (and the electric pinks and luminous yellows!), all in juxtaposition with the feminine and classic silhouettes.
With the neon, fluorescent picket fence behind the runway, it makes me ponder: this is what real housewives of the future will look like.
Source: NY Mag
I suppose the future here is Spring 2012. But Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs' idea of this upcoming Spring style is the future. Or futuristic, I should say.
Admire below the acute edges and cutouts of the necklines, the stark whites and jet blacks (and the electric pinks and luminous yellows!), all in juxtaposition with the feminine and classic silhouettes.
With the neon, fluorescent picket fence behind the runway, it makes me ponder: this is what real housewives of the future will look like.
Cushnie et Ochs Spring 2012 Ready-to-Wear
Source: NY Mag05 September 2011
What Do Alber Elbaz and Pitbull Have In Common?
This ad for Lanvin's Fall 2011 collection!
Why is Alber Elbaz the world's most adorable designer?
And why is Karen Elson so hot?
Why is Alber Elbaz the world's most adorable designer?
And why is Karen Elson so hot?
04 September 2011
My Two (or Rather Three) Scents
Lancôme recently came out with a commercial for its fragrance, Trésor Midnight Rose. It stars the always magnificent Emma Watson, looking completely alluring with her pixie haircut and black fedora.
Then I got to reminiscing about other fragrance commercials. Can I just say that I find Keira Knightley equally as alluring in this one for Chanel Coco Mademoiselle:
A very different vibe (but equally sassy), wouldn't you say, what with all that sultry Joss Stone playing in the background. When all's said and done, though, Audrey Tautou for Chanel No. 5 is easily my winner. Seriously, she is like a Chanel suit; she'll never go out of style.
03 September 2011
Introducing Electra Heart
I live for this sort of pretension. Or maybe I should call it artistic expression of perspective.
At any rate, here's some background: Marina and the Diamonds recently released two new music videos for her upcoming album, Electra Heart. They're part of a series, which she is using as a platform to introduce the character of Electra Heart who is "the antithesis of everything that I stand for" according to Marina.
To continue quoting from her Popjustice interview: "[The] point of introducing her and building a whole concept around her is that she stands for the corrupt side of American ideology, and basically that's the corruption of yourself. My worst fear - that's anyone's worst fear - is losing myself and becoming a vacuous person. And that happens a lot when you're very ambitious."
For the record, I'm genuinely impressed when musicians come up with these aggrandizing concepts.
When asked about her inspiration for the premise of this series: "I want to explore the side [of America] that's all about loss and failure. That image, that illusion we have of America really fascinates me."
I smell another Gaga act developing. No, I kid. I really do love Marina and the Diamonds.
At any rate, here's some background: Marina and the Diamonds recently released two new music videos for her upcoming album, Electra Heart. They're part of a series, which she is using as a platform to introduce the character of Electra Heart who is "the antithesis of everything that I stand for" according to Marina.
To continue quoting from her Popjustice interview: "[The] point of introducing her and building a whole concept around her is that she stands for the corrupt side of American ideology, and basically that's the corruption of yourself. My worst fear - that's anyone's worst fear - is losing myself and becoming a vacuous person. And that happens a lot when you're very ambitious."
For the record, I'm genuinely impressed when musicians come up with these aggrandizing concepts.
When asked about her inspiration for the premise of this series: "I want to explore the side [of America] that's all about loss and failure. That image, that illusion we have of America really fascinates me."
I smell another Gaga act developing. No, I kid. I really do love Marina and the Diamonds.
Part 1: Fear and Loathing
Part 2: Radioactive
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