A dark and feminine circus populated by puppets, horses and mysterious ghosts: this is what I thought when I saw Stine Goya’s FW collection. The Danish designer, who started up her own label in 2006 after graduating at CSM the year before, combines special features and details to create beautiful fashion that adhere to people who seek authenticity and individuality in the everyday. Some elements of the collection made me also think to the tale of Pinocchio, the puppet who wanted to become a real boy (…)
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What I mean by the New Black is not the color trends of the Spring Summer 2012 but a new way of wearing black. For sure Audrey Hepburn is a classic and a Hervé Léger goes a long way in our wardrobes! However the new black for the past two seasons have been in a paradox between structured and neo-gothic or romantic, Interview with the Vampire like. Comme Des Garcons and Chanel are really good two examples for these trends. Comme Des Garcons for structured leather and bonnets was a hit. And Chanel, I was absolutely stunned by the lace one pieces combined with grey tweed capes.
Totally a reference to the well known movie. How does this trend follow up in the Spring Summer 2012? Prints, lace, knits, birds, cats (not pretty kittens but Givenchy-like pumas jaguars) and chiffon combined and mixed in one pot. By now everyone around the world knows my obsession of Alexander McQueen and Sarah Burton has outdone herself again for the brand of the beloved designer. Leather, lace, chiffon combinations and corsets. While these make the feeling of the collection a little dark, a little bit of fetish the lace face covers I think are controversial to its purpose. Consider them as a veil and the feel of the whole collections rather turns around to become more Valentino-esque.
For those who like having the labels on models and going for a designer based shopping spree Angelos Frentzos might be the answer. Even the AW11 collection carries a Comme Des Garcons inspiration with the name resembling the looks; “Cracked Blackbirds”. After studying at the Athens School of Fine Arts and Printing he specialized as a print designer for textile companies. He teamed up with Sophia Kokosalaki and created a conceptual experimental collection based on the moods of the new age music. He was named the Creative Director of Alma, the Italian fashion house after his second degree in CSM. His Spring Summer 2012 collection ‘Strangeway Sunpetals’ have an obvious concept on the prints. First resembling the AW11 Givenchy, looking closer at the shapes over white and over black tells us exactly how to have the new black in the SS wardrobe.
Definitely have prints, definitely have chiffon, have them oversize, have them in silk, knit even go for leather like McQ or florals of Dries Van Noten. Go romantic and go gothic; flowers, animals and nature for all.
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I don’t know about anyone else but I prefer a darker fashion sense, that is always more theatrical and dramatic. As I was strolling around the web I found Barbara Í Gongini. She is a Danish designer who graduated from Danmarks Designskole in 1996 and founded her eco friendly sustainable fashion label in 2005. Besides being a fashion designer she is also involved with photography, music and film. Barbara’s work has a gothic side that is combined with minimalism. The lines created through the clothes show the sense of careless beauty with theatrical twist.
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When we are young we are keen on dressing as superman, wonder woman, cinderella on the night of the Hallows. However, the gap between how we dress on Halloween from our daily couture is getting smaller each season in order to keep up with the drama of life. May it be John Galliano or Gareth Pugh we dress according to our fantasies and not really jeans and…
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Tutte le volte che guardo i capi realizzati da Alexander McQueen rimango a bocca aperta dall’incredibile creatività dello stilista, ma poi penso, quando potrei indossare questi pezzi? Possiedo pochi capi e devo dire che siano un pò impegnativi non solo come stile quanto come spazio occupato nel guardaroba . Nella collezione autunno inverno 2008 [...]
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