Posted in Shopping on Apr 14th, 2009
Vintage glamour at its best– Giorgio Armani reworks the fascination with the Orient of yore and dramatic silhouettes of the 1930s to reveal a modern-day couture equivalent that will be sure to dazzle the eye for more than one season. A favorite detail from the collection is the winged sleeves, shoulders and pant hems, practically an [...]
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Posted in Shopping on Apr 9th, 2009
If it’s going to be a look of the day from Valentino, you better believe it will be something in “Valentino Red!” I held my breathe as the design transfer went from Signore Valentino to Alessandra Facchinetti and then rapidly onto Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli — what would be embraced in the designs [...]
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Posted in Runway Looks on Jan 2nd, 2009
Out of the entire pre-fall 2009 collection, this was the “stunner”, the dress that I just couldn’t get out of my mind. It has an almost apron-like overlay to it, and defines the next wave of the “gradient” trend — rather two separate colors that have a thin line that blends the two for a [...]
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