Model slip 1
Model slip 2 (totally styled it out though)
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Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Mugler Tingle
Mugler made a triumphant return to the runway just under an hour ago at Paris Fashion Week (40minutes late...) Gaga was amazing, the clothes even better and the heels where just killer...2 model slips geez, only got screen caps for now but when official pics hit expect favorite pieces and some ankle breaking shoes!
Model slip 1
Model slip 2 (totally styled it out though)
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Model slip 1Model slip 2 (totally styled it out though)Bravo
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Night Of The Walking Mugler!
Months ago I was going through the many body modification pics Google had to offer, I had that itch to do something new... I didn't in the end, but I did come across "Zombie Boy" Rick Genest, a Canadian guy who has tattooed himself into a Zombie. His Macabre body art fascinated me but there was only so much Google could tell me, so it was just a bit of a thrill to see him walking for the brand new Thierry Mugler menswear collection!
I've always been enthralled by horror movies and ghost stories, and it seems to me that ghostly themes work beautifully in fashion, think of Rodarte's Japanese horror movie inspired A/W 08-09 and Frankenstein inspired A/W 09-10 collections, and the new Thierry Mugler menswear collection ( took on the same eerie-ghost-zombie-monster like feel. With the gray sand covered runway, rubber shirts, tailored suits and chiffon veils covered every horror flick from American Psycho to The House on Haunted Hill.
Bravo to Nicola Formichetti (yes GaGa's very own stylist) who is the newly appointed Creative Director, and to Rick Genest, who I can only assumed played the muse to the collection.
oh btw check out the beautiful video for the collection featuring Rick and a remix of Lady GaGa's soon to be released "Born This Way"
Bravo to Nicola Formichetti (yes GaGa's very own stylist) who is the newly appointed Creative Director, and to Rick Genest, who I can only assumed played the muse to the collection.
oh btw check out the beautiful video for the collection featuring Rick and a remix of Lady GaGa's soon to be released "Born This Way"
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Long Live McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen that is...
No this isn't a post about his death or how amazing he was (you already knew this...I hope) this is about the new creative director of the McQueen label, Sarah Burton. When I first heard Lee had passed I, of course, was shocked and saddened, but more nervous. What would happen to Alexander McQueen and McQ!? The thought of never seeing one of Lee's breath taking shows in person was bad enough, but would the fashion house...close!? All my fears were set aside when Vogue reported that Sarah Burton, the head of womens wear, would be taking the helm of the McQueen label. Sarah had began working for McQueen while in her final year at CSM, and was appointed head of womens wear in 2000. Who better for role than Sarah?
After loving the pre Spring/Summer collection I waited with baited breath for the McQueen show, and after seeing the runway photo's I had a couple of points to make on the collection, first the show itself lacked the essence of a McQueen show, there wasn't a build up of drama, just a dreary barn like runway to match the floral prints. Second something Lee had mastered was print, he could make dresses completely covered in print and balance it with a remarkable silhouette, this collection however didn't do that. I felt that some of the looks were far too busy and heavy on the eye.
I felt like I was just nit picking because no matter how amazing the show could have been it wasn't from the mind of Lee. So, giving it another chance I watched the runway video on the McQueen Site, watching the fabrics dance so elegantly as the models walked up and down the runway had won me over. Of course, the prints do need some work. Now I would love to rave about how the future of McQueen has been saved by this amazing woman...but...big but...the kinda but your heart sinks at, you know the one...I got the McQueen email informing me that the RTW lookbook was up on the site, so like a giddy Japanese school girl I dropped everything I was doing to get a quick glance (and yes by quick glance I do mean spending an hour studying every look) My inner school girl quickly died, where were my dancing fabrics? The intricate details, the drama I had come to find in the collection. It was all gone, not just filtered down from show pieces to wearable for every day. GONE! While there are looks that still have that McQueen essence, it looked like an entirely different collection, the kind of collection done for H&M, spruced up with shoes and accessories stolen from the runway. Needless to say I won't be skipping down Old Bond street to see these clothes in person, I can only hope Sarah steps up for A/W.
No this isn't a post about his death or how amazing he was (you already knew this...I hope) this is about the new creative director of the McQueen label, Sarah Burton. When I first heard Lee had passed I, of course, was shocked and saddened, but more nervous. What would happen to Alexander McQueen and McQ!? The thought of never seeing one of Lee's breath taking shows in person was bad enough, but would the fashion house...close!? All my fears were set aside when Vogue reported that Sarah Burton, the head of womens wear, would be taking the helm of the McQueen label. Sarah had began working for McQueen while in her final year at CSM, and was appointed head of womens wear in 2000. Who better for role than Sarah?
After loving the pre Spring/Summer collection I waited with baited breath for the McQueen show, and after seeing the runway photo's I had a couple of points to make on the collection, first the show itself lacked the essence of a McQueen show, there wasn't a build up of drama, just a dreary barn like runway to match the floral prints. Second something Lee had mastered was print, he could make dresses completely covered in print and balance it with a remarkable silhouette, this collection however didn't do that. I felt that some of the looks were far too busy and heavy on the eye.
I felt like I was just nit picking because no matter how amazing the show could have been it wasn't from the mind of Lee. So, giving it another chance I watched the runway video on the McQueen Site, watching the fabrics dance so elegantly as the models walked up and down the runway had won me over. Of course, the prints do need some work. Now I would love to rave about how the future of McQueen has been saved by this amazing woman...but...big but...the kinda but your heart sinks at, you know the one...I got the McQueen email informing me that the RTW lookbook was up on the site, so like a giddy Japanese school girl I dropped everything I was doing to get a quick glance (and yes by quick glance I do mean spending an hour studying every look) My inner school girl quickly died, where were my dancing fabrics? The intricate details, the drama I had come to find in the collection. It was all gone, not just filtered down from show pieces to wearable for every day. GONE! While there are looks that still have that McQueen essence, it looked like an entirely different collection, the kind of collection done for H&M, spruced up with shoes and accessories stolen from the runway. Needless to say I won't be skipping down Old Bond street to see these clothes in person, I can only hope Sarah steps up for A/W.
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