Three Makes it a Trend: Mariacarla Boscono is Killin' it for Fall 2013

If I've never mentioned it before, I LOVE me some Mariacarla Boscono! Her chilly eyes and sharp cheekbones with that wash of raven hair... yes X three! 


And Fall 2013 had her at rare form 










Here's Mariacarla closing out Vionnet all Greek goddess at the disco draped 

Watch Mariacarla cut quite the figure opening the Hermes show with a swatch of wool and a deadly stare 






























You can put Mariacarla in a shapeless sweater and bathing 
skull cap (?) and that B shines her light through it all

Aint nothin' you can't throw at Mariacarla and she make look sizzlin'! 

Go on now! 

This Chloé Skirt is Quite Versatile

Bring on the Kit Kats and Chicken and Waffle potato chips, fashionista! 

Ms. Clare Waight Keller has created a Chloé that lets you still look amaze if you've over-indulged 

Not that anyone in fashion would admit to consuming a Kit Kat 

Three Makes it a Trend: Second Skin Boots

The message is clear for Fall 2013: keep the baby powder handy! 

Boots shown on the Fall runways of Paris are second skin close

First seen Sunday at Céline... 

the trend carried over in thigh high and chains at Chanel

and Lydia Maurer showed a cropped and tight style at Paco Rabanne 

But in a world of ever increasing obesity and global warming 

is this a climate controlled runway only fantasy? 

Rihanna's New Fave

This Neil Barret look from his Fall 2013 Paris Fashion Week showing, really gives me some Rihanna off duty vibes

 Perhaps the top needs to be see-through, though...

Sometimes It Can Be: Dior Ready to Wear Fall 2013

Now THIS Raf, is some Dior I can get behind!!!!

I knew you had it in you. 

And I'll ignore this

For now....

It's Raining Rochas

Carven Crafts the Ultimate Kim Novak in Vertigo Coat

Try not to jump for joy into the San Francisco Bay 

Very Important for Fall: Dires Van Noten Salamander Brooch

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Hedi Does Saint Laurent Drag

First off ignore the hats. Everyone found them distracting....

But the 'monumnetal' premiere collection Hedi Slimane designed for Saint Laurent seems, well, more like a thesis on well worn YSL motifs

All the tried and true tropes (Verushcka safari jackets: Check; Betty Catroux: Check; Le Smoking: Check) were there minus some ornate Ballet Russe details and models of color (Seriously: 

M. Saint Laurent loved a model of color and with this topic still hotly debated this was a huge miss for Slimane) 

I'm not saying the collection isn't salable and that Slimane's signature aspiration slim fit wasn't present, I'm just sayin' it ain't re-inventing the wheel. 

And that was a lot of hype for an homage.  

Ready or Not.......

(Photo courtesy Alexandra Shulman) 

He's Not Heavy, He's My Spring Collection

Why         So

Heavy???

(Clockwise from top: Haider Ackermann, Givenchy, Giambattista Valli, Balenciaga)

Perhaps after years of responding to negative body image pushing, designers have decided to pack on the pounds, cuzwhen you trim the fat from the Paris runways a significant trend is weighing in: Spring 2013 is gonna be heavy, man

(Layered, heavyweight satin and fur shoes at Céline. Summer calls, ladies!)

Do designers wanna wrap up and hide from a world riddled with political unrest and shaky economies? Do they figure the impending Mayan doomsday in December means none of this mess will make it to stores anyway?


Whatever the reason coats, layers and heavier fabrics abound for the first half of the year

(Rochas)

Jesus, is that velvet???? 

How I Feel Working Today on a Saturday

Thanks, Vivienne Westwood, for visualizing my mood today 

DON'T!

Take a storied French fashion house and send out raver bumblebee costumes.....

-sigh-

Dior Spring 2013: Disco Conjunctivitis?

(Photo Courtesy of Grazia)

Mixed Media Dressing Continues

What Proenza started this season carries on in the Spring 2013 European collections with Dries Van Noten showing a delicious palette of mix and match

Light and airy layers in muted colors seems referential to 90's grunge but still feminine and carefree.

Plus pointed toe shoes march forward as the new heel silhouette.

Why Don't You....

Pair  Navy 

with  Turquoise 

Like Marcel Marongiu

at Guy Laroche Spring 2013    

It's Crystal Karl...

Chanel is NOT for Me

I'm sorry but I'm with Robin Givhan on this one.

What is the cult of Chanel all about?

  These clothes be UG!