SEASONAL STYLING TIPS: By Marlene Birger
This past season was a joy to work with. The combination of precious skins for a more powerful and all-together women’s silhouette made it worthwhile. The boyish charm of Dolce & Gabbana, the severe elegance of Marni, Hitchcockian women of Bottega Veneta, Louis Vuitton’s The Night Porter references and many others as Haider Ackermann and Moschino . These happen to be in a selection of my favorite shows. The question that ponders the mind is how do we steal than spree?
By Malene Birger solves this matter for us extraordinarily. Danish designer also named the Danish Brand of the year founded By Malene Birger name in 2003. Before this she had a collection of Day Birger et Mikkelsen. The beautiful collection offers a high quality, top tailored style steals of the catwalks. Malene Birger followed the trends of the season well and elaborated on these micro and macro trends well.
So, first up is Dolce Gabbana and the boy-chic. Style a nice suit with a waist coat, ankle length booties -flats are a preference- use a fedora to style it up to boy zone. No need for a tie; but may be a bow tie even!
Marni’s lady like collection is all about layering and proportions which we are familiar by now that is a big trend in the fall season. Mono tones and sub-tones are the key for this look. Combine similar colours with each other. Prefer knee length skirts and oversized coats with shorter sleeves and use them with long leather or even knit gloves to reach the proportional beauty. Use jewelry and accessories to finish the look to a perfection.
Haider Ackermann has been a personal favorite of mine. This look is perfect for a little mix and match of fabrics and textures. Leather with suede, silk and sequins have a fur coat on and ready to go. Malene Birger put together a collection specially for the Christmas time coming around. Use a chiffon or a silky even sequin skirt, full length, bring it together with a leather jacket and make it a full look with a sleeveless fur coat on top and go rock chic.
Moschino also used Charlotte Rampling in The Night Porter as Louis Vuitton and used the notorious hats that have been Vogue since the start of the season. A white sleek tuxedo saves the whole day if you want to go for suits but not look boyish at all. I personally like to combine blazers with tshirts to take the edge off the seriousness of the look however shirts are accepted too. Since having a porter hat is not the most fancied thing, use any other style -besides berets- but keep it simple with black or white. Use a necklace however I would put the bow side on the front and keep the pearls on the side. Use accessories and high heels to complete the look.
Marlene Birger and both of her brands, By Marlene Birger and Day Birger et Mikkelsen are good for a styling because of their high tailoring and sense of trend. Definitely to shop for!
