Tag: Fashion Week
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MFW SS13, Sense and Simplicity from Fendi
There’s always a show that gives you that jolt of surprise when you see it coming down the runway on the tight bodies of the models adorned in the finery of the house. A good kind of surprise. This was Fendi. Simple yet alluring. Sensible yet impeccably stylish. There was an element of fun with…
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MFW SSI3; Dressing Up a la Bottega
Lets all play dress up…THIS was such a BEAUTIFUL show. Tomas Maier showed what an absolutely complete understand he has of a woman and our need for wanting perfection when it comes to fashion. There were dresses, in lace, in laser, sheer, and my the embroidery was so intricately exquisite. It was modern but with…
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MFW SS13; Look to Love; Ease
Take it easy baby. Relax and let go for SS13 because its the key to working the season. Tight ain’t right no more so please banish the bandage dress. AMEN. Pockets, fluidity, respectable lengths, easy colours. Don’t be uptight, loosen up and let go, but it’s not the velour tracksuit kind of ease, thank goodness,…
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MFW, SS13 Look to Love; The Power Posse
Power and feminity are two of the most intriguing elements and a perfect combination. I love how designers are catering for both and acknowledging the power of a woman and dressing her as so. It’s the absolutely feminine, the colourful ensemble, the high heel, the bold earring, the luxury handbag. Its unapologetic and beautiful. The…
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MFW SS13-Look to Love; Evening Darling
All hail the darling evening wear. Its an easy look (there’s been a lot of ease from Milan). There’s no drama, no complications, what you see is what you get but its no less luxe. The simple jumpsuit with accents, the white lace dress with tiers, the very sexy red dress with a high neck…
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LFW; SSI3- Burberry Prosum
Christopher Bailey is a really cool guy. And as a designer he is simply genius. Here’s the thing; he gets the concept of Burberry as a brand steeped in heritage but he lends it his touch of cool. He gets the quintessential Burberry customer and adds that touch of cool to their wardrobe. Its why…
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LFW, SS13- Alice Temperley
Anytime I think of Alice Temperley, until this show, I always think of a certain Lady-in-Waiting (can we call her that?), with the trend and hipness. Alas! for SS13 Alice Temperley did nothing short of really blow us all away with her very elegant and very beautiful collection, which was aptly themed a Return to…
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LFW, SS13- Roksanda Ilincic
Roksanda Illincic is a fabulous designer who will go on to do even more fabulously wonderful things and have a career that will be so overly fabulous, fashion won’t know what hit it in its fabulously perky behind. Just so freaking fabulous. God I hate that word, and I will get into trouble with the…
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LFW, SS13- Michael van der Ham
One of the most exciting things about London Fashion Week is the burst of new designers. That is the edge London holds over the rest, for all its quirk, it is the home for the young and fresh. Sorry I couldn’t help myself from a little ditty. Michael van der Ham is one such young,…