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Designer Fashions, Designers, dresses, Gallery, New York Fashion Week - Runway, Style spotlight
By emilyborrett on September 7th, 2011
Jason Wu Autumn/Winter 2011
And so the Fashion Week fun begins, girls and boys, as one of our favourite fashion months of the year starts off in New York today. I don’t know about you but I’ve been waiting for the NYFW mania to begin for a while now – and while I wait with baited breath to see what the USA’s finest will come up with this season, I’m taking a look at one of the Big Apple’s best designers: Jason Wu.
Wu, who has a large celebrity following including Michelle Obama and Diane Kruger, is one of my favourite Manhattan-based designers because he simply knows how to make a girl look good. His collections may not have the over-the-top couture drama of iconic designers such as Dior and Gaultier, but they are something far more important – truly stylish, wearable designs for real women. When I imagine who Wu, in his mind, designs for it is not a madcap Isabella Blow character but the average fashion-savvy woman on the street.
His last two collections or so are particularly special to me because to me, they show that Wu has really hit his stride now as a designer and found a trademark in elegant tailoring and cocktail dresses. My dream Jason Wu piece? The slate-grey men’s coat from his Autumn/Winter 2011 collection (pictured above in the gallery) with the black lace sleeve details. Such a modern take on masculine fashion.
Take a look at my favourite Jason Wu moments in the gallery above – and keep checking back on the site for NYFW updates.
Tags: Bryant Park, cocktail dress, designer spotlight, Designers, dresses, Gallery, Jason Wu, New York Fashion Week, NYFW, runway, tailoring
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Celebrity Style, Designers, Features, Gallery
By emilyborrett on August 23rd, 2011
Reading the gossip today that the Olsen girls didn’t want to front their own fashion line, The Row, surprised us so much because unlike many other celebrities who tack their name onto a tasteless brand of horrible clothes for a bit of extra cash (AHEM, Katie Price), the Olsens have a genuine talent that they should be proud of. Looking back at the work that the two tiny beauties have produced since The Row’s debut, it’s clear to me that Ashley and Mary-Kate were actually meant to be fashion designers all along.
The girls have really hit their stride with their Autumn/Winter 2011 collection, which took inspiration from children’s tales such as The Fantastic Mr Fox and mixed it up with a good deal of Bianca Jagger 70s glamour for a decadent, playful feel. Extravagant shapes in rich furs combined with very sharp, clean lines and crisp autumnal colours actually made it one of the more interesting takes on 70s style for this season.
Like Victoria Beckham before them, the Olsens will have a little further to go before they are considered to be “proper” fashion designers and not just famous, rich girls that are trying their hand at something new. But like Victoria, the Olsen twins have a genuine love for clothes that flatter the feminine form – it must have been all that Chanel that they got to wear when they wear eleven – and know how to make a good idea great.
Check out the gallery above for our favourite The Row pieces so far. We know that there’ll be plenty more to come.
Tags: ashley, Celebrity Style, designer gossip, designer spotlight, elizabeth & james, Mary Kate, New York Fashion Week, Olsen twins, the Row
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Celebrity gossip, Designers, Features, Gallery, Project Runway, Style spotlight
By emilyborrett on August 8th, 2011
One big massive congratulations to the legendary American designer and “Project Runway” judge Michael Kors, who has announced his engagement to his partner of over ten years, Lance LaPere.
The designer has been waiting to marry his partner for years, and finally can now that same-sex marriage is legal in the state of New York. He said about his upcoming wedding, “Lance and I are very excited to finally be able to have the opportunity to marry in our home state after many years together. We have no plans for a major party, but we will be getting married privately.”
In celebration of Michael’s happy news, we’re doing a special gallery on our favourite Michael Kors designs. We absolutely adore his trademark blend of sculptural, tailored fashion with American sportwear, and today we’re going to say our thanks. Viva Kors!
Tags: designer spotlight, Engagement, Heidi Klum, marriage, michael kors, New York Fashion Week, Project Runway, same-sex
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Designer Fashions, designer pick of the week, Designers, Gallery
By emilyborrett on April 8th, 2011
Carrying on with our galleries of some of our greatest designers of the moment, we’re getting in touch with our fabulously Italian sides today and shining the spotlight on Miu Miu, the diffusion line of Miuccia Prada and one of the biggest labels in fashion en ce moment. Infamous for their devilishly girly designs, with more than a dash of blatant sexuality in a naughty “Lolita” way, Miu Miu is the label to love if you like your fashion frothy and playful.
Anyone who’s anyone has been seen out in recent years in one of their deliciously eccentric designs – their speciality seems to have become fun, sugary prints that are great for wearing if you want to go out and play. Everyone from Victoria Beckham to Daisy Lowe was seen last year in their Spring/Summer swallow-printed dresses with the cheeky cutaway panels which revealed a lot of beautiful skin – you know you’re doing something right if both fashion’s first lady and a scruffy edgy thing like Daisy are angling to wear your dresses.
Another favourite of ours recently have been their gorgeous kitten-printed blouses, complete with sparkling Swarovski detail. I know that on paper it sounds hideous and OTT but when in reality was a piece of fashion magic – a reflection on a world that now welcomes the kitsch and the silly with open arms. And why shouldn’t it?
Their most recent collection has been a bit more muted, with overcoats and dresses in burnt umber and oranges, but the ornate Miu Miu attention to detail remains, with beautifully stitched and printed oriental-style florals creeping up hemlines and sleeves.
Miu Miu, we love you! Passionately! Check out the gallery above to see our favourite moments from Miu Miu since 2006.
Tags: bird print, designer spotlight, Italian fashion, jewels, Milan Fashion Week, miu miu, Prada
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Designer Fashions, designer pick of the week, Designers, dresses, Gallery
By Andrea Petrou on April 7th, 2011
By Emily Borrett.
As we continue paying tribute to some of fashion’s finest designers with galleries highlighting some of the best of their work, there are few designers as deserving as the late, great Alexander McQueen, whose tragic suicide last year rocked the fashion industry and whose absence is still felt.
It would be fair to say that Alexander McQueen, first real name Lee, is one of the finest designers that Britain’s ever had. With his expert knowledge of advanced tailoring, reckless and innovative approach to design, and a talent for shocking an audience, his shows have always buzzed with the kind of atmosphere that only happens when you are in the presence of true, unadulterated creation.
One only needs to look back at the footage from McQueen’s funeral to see just how loved he was by all: the whole fashion world seemed to be (and still is) in mourning. At his funeral the likes of Daphne Guiness, Sarah Jessica Parker, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer were all there to say goodbye to Britain’s most brilliant designer, some of them wearing their own McQueen pieces as a final good-bye.
A year has passed since the maverick designer was tragically found hanged in his home, but his legacy of design still remains him. Always bursting to the seams with drama, darkness and emotion, his collections were all true works of art. To see our favourite Lee McQueen moments since the beginning of his career, right up until his final collection shown after his death, check out the gallery above.
Tags: Alexander McQueen, best of, costume, death, designer spotlight, drama, Suicide
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Designer Fashions, Designers, Gallery, Style spotlight
By Andrea Petrou on March 30th, 2011
By Emily Borrett.
Carrying on with the recent spotlights we’ve been casting some of our very favourite designers, today we’ve turned our attentions to American whizz-kid Marc Jacobs. Juggling his time between designing under his own name for his designer label and diffusion line Marc for Marc Jacobs, along with being creative director for Louis Vuitton, he manages to always smash it whilst being super-busy. Today we’re going to look at his work for his primary self-titled label, which has churned out flawless collections season after season for years now.
He’s always been one of the first designers to get behind a huge trend in fashion – who could forget his edible Spring/Summer 2011 collection, a gorgeous collection of silks, floppy silhouettes and accessories that had us all frantically trying to find similar 1970s pieces? Or his Spring/Summer 2010 collection, in which that nude-coloured midi-dress, as seen on Alexa Chung, had us all spurning short hemlines for the chicer midi-length hemlines? He’s a designer who truly has his fingertip on the beating pulse of fashion.
We’ve looked through his past collections from 2006 to the present to find our very favourite pieces of his work – check them out in the gallery above.
Tags: 70s, designer spotlight, Marc Jacobs, New York Fashion Week, NYC, Trend Alert
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designer pick of the week, Designers, Gallery, Style spotlight
By Andrea Petrou on March 23rd, 2011
By Emily Borrett.
Carrying on with our archive galleries of our very favourite designers and their best designs, today we’re going to look at Louis Vuitton, one of France’s most loved and celebrated design houses. Even if you’re not familiar with their collections, you’ll probably know what their luxury handbags and luggage looks like – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to some truly gorgeous work.
We’ve got a lot to thank Louis Vuitton for – three cheers for the fashion house that brought womanly curves back into vogue with a now unforgettable Autumn/Winter 2010 collection, which featured the likes of Lara Stone and Elle MacPherson wiggling down the runway in staggeringly sexy nipped-in 1950s dresses and two-piece suits. And thus the ladylike trend was born, one of the most flattering trends to have surfaced for a while.
We also fell hard for their 2011 spring/summer collection which showed an opulent range of oriental-inspired silk prints, and their delightfully silly 2010 collection filled with florals, bows, fluff and afro wigs galore. This is truly a fashion house that never fails to surprise us. Have a look at our favourite LV moments in the gallery above.
Tags: afro, autumn/winter, best of, collections, designer spotlight, kitsch, Louis Vuitton, luxury, pattern, print, spring/summer
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Designer Fashions, Designers, Gallery, London fashion week
By Andrea Petrou on March 22nd, 2011
By Emily Borrett.
Christopher Kane Spring/Summer 2007
We’ve already looked at the likes of Henry Holland and Vivienne Westwood in our designer spotlight galleries, celebrating the great British talent that dazzles us at London Fashion Week each season and inspires what gets produced on the high-street. So today we’re going to look at home-grown talent Christopher Kane, who has been wowing us at LFW with his body-conscious, sexy designs since 2007.then
Ever since he exploded onto the fashion scene with a youthful, fresh and sexy collection of microscopically short bandage dresses, trimmed with neon lace and zips, he’s been the darling of the fashion industry ever since. Cited as an inspiration by young wannabe designers everywhere and hand-picked by Versace to design their diffusion line, Versus, his career has been a total fairytale so far. With the help of his sister Tammy Kane, together they’ve created a legacy.
Neon lace, cosmically starry prints, knife pleats and gingham – these are all trends that you saw at Christopher Kane first. In the gallery above we’re taking a trip back through his best collections to show you our favourite pieces that he’s designed. Our favourite is the floral-embroidered leather miniskirt – check it out here.
Tags: bandage dress, best of, body con, Christopher Kane, designer spotlight, dresses, lace, LFW, London fashion week, tammy kane
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Designer Fashions, Designers, Gallery, London fashion week
By Andrea Petrou on March 17th, 2011
By Emily Borrett.
We’re at a point at the moment where the British fashion industry has never been so exciting. From veterans like Vivienne Westwood to whippersnappers like Christopher Kane, there is an incredible amount of talent out there right now. For the first time London is definitely giving both Paris and Milan a run for their money as fashion capitals.
There isn’t a designer out there who encompasses everything about London street style quite as well as the House of Holland does. Ever since their 2007 runway show, which saw the model stomp down the runway looking boyish and sexy in a fluorescent T-shirt that boldly stated: “FLICK YA BEAN FOR AGYNESS DEYN.” Everyone remembers that moment, right? A dedication to Agyness, model of the moment and face of the “new rave” craze, this was a piece that summed up that year in fashion. It was a bold and graphic collection that summed up everything that London style is about: eccentric fashion with a sense of humour. We were all hooked.
Since then creative director Henry Holland has never failed to disappoint us. Always taking a witty approach to luxury designer wear, using surreal prints, camp fabrics and huge furry pom-poms, fashion is fun again. We absolutely adored his recent A/W 2011 collection, which was a range of ladylike skirt suits in fun, bold fabrics teamed up with his trademark slogan T-shirts. Finally, the fashion-savvy young girl has a designer to look to for inspiration. To see our favourite House of Holland moments, check the gallery above.
Tags: Agyness Deyn, best of, block colour, designer spotlight, Henry Holland, House of Holland, new rave, slogan tees, spring/summer
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