Is it me or do Frisoni’s sky high frilled heels remind you of something?
Fuchsia Frill at Frisoni Fall 09
Pink Punk
Be a fashion rebel and stick out with these pumps!
Twisted Sister
I’ve had quite the fascination with belts the past few seasons. Call it a remnant, or perhaps a revival of the ’80s girl in me.
I’ll feature a few or more of my faves for this season in an upcoming post. But this one, well, this one, I Wanna Rock right now.
Phillip Lim has this sister all twisted.
Phillip Lim SS09 Waist Art
Photo: Style.com.
Update August 23: See more great belts in Looking Good is a Cinch.]
Flappergasted
The great recession of the Noughties? This is no Valley of Ashes, my friends. Decadence is still in full swing, where else, but at Chanel.
Karl Lagerfeld recalled the roaring ’20s for his Resort 2010 collection for the House that flourished in the flapper era.
Prints + stockings + jewelled accents = '20s perfection
The mix of prints, borders, low-slung belt and minauderie are perfect ’20s accoutrements. The platforms and proportions make it a perfect look for today.
If Cleo lived in the '20s, she'd surely be wearing this, n'est pas?
Karl shortens the typical skirt length from the era, introducing medieval gold accents and mixing it with a bit of mod. Brilliance and Karl do go hand in hand, after all.
The jewels are the medieval elements in the next look. Love the harsh metal against the soft, printed chiffon. That necklace could change the state of everything in your closet – and mine.
Medieval medallions embellish this flapper
These looks are ultra Lagerfeld, but part of his brilliance is that he has such respect for Coco Chanel’s spirit and vision. That always comes through in each collection. I can see her wearing this dress today…
Loco for Coco
Maybe this nod to the ’20s is Karl’s subtle way of telling us to keep reaching for Fitzgerald’s green light.
Live the dream – American or otherwise.
- Frilly, flirty, floaty and fantastic
Watch for more Resort 2010 coverage in this week’s posts.
All photos from Style.com.
Thirties Something
Her Thirties. A time when a girl leaves crazy fashion experimentation behind and accepts the graceful woman that she is.
The Thirties. An era of ultra femininity and grace in women’s fashion.
These two examples from Erdem’s Resort 2010 collection echo both Thirties, albeit softly.
Draping isn’t dramatic, florals don’t flash but the silhouette screams for a graceful goddess. We accept.
(Nice to see Trish Goff, too.)
Photos from Style.com.
Anna Wintour’s 60 Minutes of Fame
The much anticipated glimpse into the enigma that is Anna Wintour finally aired on 60 Minutes this weekend.
I certainly wasn’t a fan of the tone and the mockery by Morley Safer of the fashion set, but there are good sound bites from Karl, Nicholas Ghesquière and ALT.
You can ignore all the bias, the narration, the Morley…well, because, it’s all about Anna, anyway. You are straining your neck to see who’s in the background with her at the Met gala, who else is at that Vogue conference table [fainting spell], what her green eyes are saying – and hiding – now that we can actually see them.
Having one of the best jobs in the world, your hair and makeup done every day of the week, a $200K annual clothing budget (I thought it would be more? Of course, that doesn’t include the gratis Gucci, Pucci, Fioruccis…) – all are enviable to say the least.
But it’s her confidence, her instincts that leave me in awe. I agree with Karl, “I like tough people and I like tough women”.
And no matter what she says, I don’t believe for a minute – or 60 – that she will go quietly if she ever leaves the holy land of Vogue.
The state of fashion certainly won’t be quiet if she does.
I have the Hicuffs
Ever have the hiccups? Gasping for breath every few minutes? I felt the same way when I saw these charmers.
Come up and see me sometime - arm climber from the big K SS09
Not a cuff, really…more of an arm climber… Filligree at it’s finest. Frill without the fuss.
Gloved and loved at Karl Lagerfeld SS09
Leave it to Karl Lagerfeld to deliver something truly unique and new. Ornamented and anything but ordinary.
Photos from Style.com.
Sneak Preview of Anna Wintour on 60 Minutes
Your friend and mine, Anna Wintour will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday (in case you live on the outskirts of fashion and aren’t aware).
NY Mag just posted a sneak peek on their blog. Had to share!
Oh Ms. Wintour, how we love thee!
Counting the days until the full interview on Sunday…
Covered in Coral
Lots of designers were hanging out by the ocean while thinking about their Spring 09 shows. Gucci rocked the South Seas gowns but some designers dove deeper for inspiration from the coral reefs.
- Andrew Gn SS09
Andrew Gn was obviously inspired by kaftans for his reef evening dress. It’s simple enough for an early dinner al fresco in Biarritz…but elegant enough for a New York night at the Met. The coral colour reminds me so much of the vibrant oranges of Morocco and Gn has picked up on the Moroccan vibe with the beaded belt and earrings.
Speaking of baubles, reef necklaces showed up at Oscar de la Renta, where the lizard leather cutouts look more like the legs of mini Eiffel Towers on a string than coral reefs.
String of Reefs at Oscar de la Renta
Kenneth Jay Lane showed a more sophisticated, multi-strand version strewn with gold accents.
Coral Collar at Kenneth Jay Lane
And given that I saw a version of a coral necklace at Winners today, the trend has hit the mainland. Sure we’ll be sea-ing it around a lot this summer.
Oscar and Gn photos from Style.com. KJL necklace available at http://www.saksfifthavenue.com.
Rock Solid Style
Jewels. Fools we are for falling in love. Shove aside reason. These rocks rock any season.
Iradj Moini's Rock Star Belt
And what’s that on your hand? Stand by sister, you need no Mister to make your finger spark. Make your own dizzying, dazzling mark.
Moini's Aquamarine & Citrine Ring
Photos and availability from www.iradjmoini.com.
Déjà Vu: Balmain vs. Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey – hair apparent of the ’80s scene…
The hair to match the soaring voice...
…as seen inspiring Balmain Homme FW09 recently…
Tressed to Kill at Balmain
Interesting how Moz has kept the same look fresh all these years.
Turning 50 this past week, he shows us that true style never fades. We owe trimmed and tousled haircuts, big shirts, skinny low jeans and flowers hanging out of our back pockets to him.
Moz pic 1 source, pic 2 source, pic 3 source. Balmain photo from Frillr.com.
Moms: our style icons for life
While my mother may not be a fashionista, she is my number one reader.
So, to my mom, who has shown me that strength, warmth and grace should always be something you wear, I say…
(Karolina Kurkova in Viktor & Rolf at the Met’s Costume Institute Gala, 2008.)
This Charming Man
“I would go out tonight…but I haven’t got a stitch to wear…”
When the ’80s were good, they were very, very good. While the rest of the world is obsessed with the “return” of the harem pant (I am a desi girl, so salwars and churridars will always rock my world, regardless of trend), I prefer to wax nostalgic about a different memory from the decadent decade…
The turtlenecked, jeaned and army boot-clad ’80s boy, reinvented here by Balmain for Fall Winter ’09.
Fantastic hair? Check. Aviator jacket? Check. Runaway cheekbones? Check. Cleared for take off, eh.
Suddenly, I’m behind the Palais Royale and the Fall leaves smell sweet in the September rain…and the soundtrack chimes back in…
“This man said…it’s gruesome that someone so handsome should caaaaaaare…na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man.”
Lyrics from This Charming Man, written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey of The Smiths. Photos of Balmain Homme FW09 Collection from Frillr.com. Nostalgic sequence by Jyotika.
A Prince or Ten Among Men
All this recent talk of prints and Princes reminded me of the regal state of menswear lately.
Old world princes are to be had whether it’s Rajput or recent influence. Raghavendra Rathore has the lineage – both royal and rag-trade. His family origins date back to the maharajahs of Jodhpur and he’s trained at Parsons, having worked for DKNY and Oscar de la Renta before launching the Rathore Jodhpur label in the mid ’90s.
Modern Indian Prince at Rathore Jodhpur AW09
The Maharajah of Nawanagar, b. 1872
Etro's Rock and Roll Regalia
Etro embellishes their modern heir to the throne with rock and roll cool and colour. Bhupendra Singh of Patiala shows off rocks of a different nature during his reign from 1900-1938.
Bhupendra Singh Maharajah of Patilia, b. 1891
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