and My Favourite Today is Undercover

Jun Takahashi is creative gold. this collection is youthful, filled with contrasting fabrics in the outfits and within the pieces themselves, blending subdued hues, creating scalloped cuts, !maintaining a subtle level of androgyny (my favourite part). this is the kind of collection that makes you wish it was fall again... well almost. what is the most important thing it achieves? yummy inspiration!

Dior and JG

So if you've ever seen those plastic Barbie dolls from the 60's you'll probably think that the Dior collection was a miniature catwalk with these dolls, with their clicking knees strolling down the runway and their stiff arms swaying back and forth. this show is so 60's glam right down to the eye shadow.

instead of creating basic RTW garments, JG sticks to complete and utter luxury. mmm... good.

Kris van Assche...

does menswear for ladies, because that's what he does best, and its amazing. contrary to Vivienne Westwood's show, this minimalistic take on next year's soon to be trends is going to give me sweet dreams like the Eurythmics.
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It's Paris and It's Fashion Week

Vivienne Westwood is all about the future. What is her possible image of that? Well i think its the possibility of surviving our ecosystem. Her theme for this show is based on an eco-warrior living in an urban future, i.e. us, as people, battling the effects of a global warming and other environmental downfalls, but living as we were today. she returns to themes of the jungle, and Africa, with more primal painted pieces. what i see, is a light-hearted view on very significant issues today. but why not? we need to sometimes see in often worrying topics in an optimistic view or else wouldn't we all lose hope? p.s. alot of this collection is bonkers. i likey.

notice above, the paint streaked coats, pants, and tops. it looks very similar to patterns used by African tribespeople to paint their faces.

above, i really enjoyed the sharp-angled corners to create the bag clasp and the sleeves of that shrug. it looks like a cuffed shirt was coiled around the model's arms.

i love the multi-fabric, multi-patterned items put together to create this outfit.

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We Can All Stand Taller With These Beautifully Towering Collars

Fresh out of the Fall 2008 RTW Milan runways, there was a definite focus on changing themes. Jil Sanders collection exhibited the refreshing creativity of Raf Simons. Alberta Ferretti strayed away from her traditionally whimisically romantic pieces to a more architecturally designed collection. Ferre's collection has reverted back to its oldways, beautifully crafted fall pieces, feminine but not in an Laura Ashley overkill way. i especially love the overall theme with most of the coats with their exaggerated collars that tower high over the models' necks serving to lengthen the overall stature of the person wearing them and providing a utilitarian purpose as a scarf. the collars look like beautiful sculptures sprouting around the models' tiny heads.

Below: Jil Sanders

Below: Alberta Ferretti

Below: Ferre

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So I've Been Weak at NY Fashion Week

I've had a preoccupied week so i haven't been posting on NY Fashion Week. i did get excited about seeing the Project Runway Collection. so the episode for this event hasn't aired so if you want to know what the collections are, stop reading after this next period. one of the finalists was Karen Vaughn. her collection was quite varied and therefore lacked fluidity. her show was noncohesive. however she did have some beautiful quite feminine pieces. i really like the dark maroon and black dress, with the slightly belled almost kimono-like sleeves.





A little more pleasing was the Rami Kashou collection. his experience in dress making is clearly evident. he creates these delicate yet elegant luxurious evening gowns. it was definitely a more formal collection.





so Christian Siriano made the final cut. this was definitely one of my favourites. his show was definitely more fluid than than Karen's. he kept with his feminine edwardian musketeer theme. the detail, and contrast in fabrics made Christian's experience and professionalism shine through.




the following images are of a violent nature, 18 years of age are required. i don't have anything to say about Chris March's collection except that its a gothic mess.



the last but definitely not the least was Jillian Lewis' show. her uber-feminine collection was tasteful. there weren't a whole lot of new ideas in it. it actually reminded alot of what mara hoffman collection's are like with all of the constructed bustier's.



images courtesy: nymag

So i'm off to a movie later this afternoon and back from some filling dim sum. my best friend will yell at me after he found out i bought yet another pair of jeans (too many jeans, too few tops). here's another snippet of yesterday and today's roundup of all things ny fashion week i enjoyed the most. the two images below are from Yigal Azrouel. I enjoy the almost fighter pilot themed jumper. its actually a great contrast to his more simpler dresses which feature detailed accents on the collar usually by some layering method. below is a dress by Juan Carlos Obando. His show was more elegantly themed. most of the garments were formal long flowing gowns accented with harsher, grittier accessories. this dress is seems to be a more 60's inspired ancient Egyptian style.
below are two items from Venexiana. most of this show was heavily based on earthy browns. i really enjoyed mara hoffman's show. its similar to many of the spring/summer '08 themes. i really like the navajo inspired ethnic prints.

Before I Eat, a little Glimpse into NY Fashion Week

The last thing it want to think about right now is winter-ness. the huge snowfall of friday made me realize that spring isn't actually here. a couple of groundhogs confirmed this. so did the shows at ny fashion week. the fall/winter collections have so far shown us the dark colours that will dominate the following year. i've noticed most of the shows featured multi-contrasting fabrics, deep earthy colours (with some exceptions). so far, the garments that were shown by the Academy of Arts University impressed me the most. it was a show that did not exceed in fluidity, likely due to the fact that each model was wearing something from a different designer. the seams on a few of the garments appear a bit crude but nevertheless the items are quite creative. here's a little taste of the Academy collection before i go enjoy some yummy dim sum.