Valentino in Shanghai
On the 14th of November Valentino opened a new store in
Shanghai, China. On the occasion of the opening a fashion show was also held
showing the designs of the new collections created by Maria Grazia Chiuri and
Pierpaolo Piccioli.
The collection, said to be season-less, encompasses
prêt-à-porter, haute couture and accessories and it is already
available for sale in the new shop located in the newly built luxury mall IAPM.
The shop itself was designed by architect David Chipperfield, and its the
second biggest Valentino shop after the one in Milan.
Address: 999 Huai Hai Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu, Xuhui district.
The collection was made up only from red pieces in the shades from crimson
to dark terracotta. The style as alwasy, represented the multifaceted, elegant
and graceful women. The Shanghai collection was also inspired by the Chinese
culture in terms of accessories and motifs.
Lace, redness, seduction, thrill and beauty, take a look on
the pieces of the collection:
Watch the show:
Get the collection: http://www.valentino.com/en/home/
2014 Spring Fahion Weeks Review
Milan
Armani
Armani's collection dream for this season was "Lights and
shadows" representing his signature through cloud-light silhouettes and
light-coloured feminine suits. The light was visualized by jacquard silk and the
shadow by transparent fabrics that reflected moonlight on clothes. The colours
of the clothes ran from light colours to bright corals making me remember to
the wardrobe of the Queen of the Night.
Armani’s hats were also highlight of the show. The oversized oblique
square hats in the shade of pink, black and blue strutted on the model’s heads.
Armani backstage
Fausto Puglisi
Puglisi was born in Sicily, and began his career in the United
States. He is a new comer having his independent collection for the first time at
the October 2013 Milan Fashion Week. Puglisi used to create costumes for
celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Madonna. According to his words’, the brand
is famous from combining opposing elements that creates tense in harmony.
Puglisi’s 2014 Spring collection also represented the tense duality of
Puglisi’s work, and as a result, in some point was the show quite shocking. Puglisi designed and mixed leather biker
jackets with leather bondage bras and ball skirts, while a colourful palm-tree
motif ran through the entire collection. Definitely striking.
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce &
Gabbana's fashion show took us to an imaginary journey to ancient Sicily to
rediscover the island’s multilateral beauty. Sicily is by the way also the home
land of Domenico Dolce. The collection showcased all the history and cultures
that the island represents itself. The dresses were dreamy and romantic many of
them referred to the island’s Greek ruins and temples, while the golden coin
belts cited the period of the Roman emperors. Also many of the shoes had Ionic
columns incorporated in the heels. The model's make-ups reflected warm golden tones and red
accents, while their hair was made in a roman crown style studded with flowers and golden
coins. The show was closed by an army of models wearing gold-spangled short
dresses.
Moschino
Moschino’s this year collection had nothing to do with high
fashion. The once famous models walking down on the runway created the
atmosphere of a costume show rather than couture, however the audiance enjoyed a lot the cavalcade of imaginative costumes. We could see
everything, from Moschino’s bin bag dress to ushanka made from teddy bears. The
show speaks for itself.
Emilio Pucci
Peter Dundas’ models represented the sporty and disco girl
look, all of them looked party- and gym-ready, with their glittering minishorts
and disheveled look. Amazing collection.
Roberto Cavalli
Cavalli brought the Hollywood chic look with his collection to
Milan. Majority of the clothes were dominated by python-print chiffons, real python skin and
silver mini jackets and dresses. The show beside the dazzling glamour, gave back
the perfect and nostalgic atmosphere of Hollywood studio lights, and the past
glory of the 1920s movie industry.
Versace
Donatella Versace designed
rock-bands inspired heavy-metal and rock chick collection this season. The black- and and pruple-coloured leather and
denim dressed models were walking out from a giant silver medusa head in their
high platforms. Versace said that her collection was inspired by a picture of
herself with the Guns N' Roses singer
Axel Rose, creating the glamouros version of Rock & Roll women.
Etro
Etro brought hippie, rich in patterns collection inspired by
the Moroccon culture. Most of the clothes were loose and baggy with colourful
prints. As Etro said, the collection represents a woman on a voyage filled with
exocitism, femininity and luxury that shines with summer’s optimism.
Some of my favourites:
Just Cavalli
Just Cavalli’s show started with a short space journey and
continued with colourful botanical prints, florals, tartans and animal spots.
Minidresses, cutouts, leather pants visualized by pshychadelic colours. Pretty
wild and sassy.
Fendi
Lagerfeld’s Fendi collection took the digital world as
inspiration for its clothes. The opening
clothes reflected in different colours the different pages open in a web
browser. We also could see prints and designs similar to circuit boards and components
of the computer.
Gucci
Frida
Giannini mixed this year athletic and sporty shapes with kimono silhouettes and oversize art deco
prints. The dominating colours were, gold, porple, lizard green and salmon pink.
New York
Fashion weeks presenting 2014 Spring collections have just
started all over the world with designers showing their newest creatures.
The first one to be held from September 5-12 was taking place in New York.
The very first Fashion Week in New York was held in 1943,
during the World War II, when workers in the fashion industry were not able to
travel to Paris to the French Fashion Week.
However, this was also an opportunity for them to secede from the French impact
and develop a distinct trend and event from the Parisian one. The fashion event
in New York, called the Press Week was organized by an American fashion
publicist, Eleanor Lambert and was a big success from the first time. Fashion
magazines started to feature not only French but American designers as well.
New York, 1943, Press Week
Eleanor Lambert
2014 Spring
The dominating colours are orange, pink, peach and their
shades.
The patterns are big florals, art-inspired prints, geometric
forms, circles, stripes and abstracts.
Tadashi Shoji
Tadashi Shoji is a Japanese-born American fashion designer. He was born and raised in Sendai, Japan, and
began painting and drawing from a young age and eventually moved to Tokyo, where
he studied fine art. Later, Shoji moved to the United States, where he
launched his own collection. Shoji has become widely recognized for his
original designs and innovative collections.
Shoji’s 2014 Spring collection was creative and soft.
According to him, his collection was inspired
by the idea of Sweet Liberation, the desire to assert confidence combined with
the beauty of sweet femininity.
Jill Stuart
Jill Stuart was born into the world of fashion as her
parents owned a well known sportswear company in the 1960’s. Stuart's 2014 Spring collection was characterized by black and white style, rock and roll look leather and lace, often showing bare bellies.
Kate
Spade
Kate
Spade’s this year’s collection was inspired by the city of Paris, Capri and
Monaco.
The show started with a Parisian scene and chic looks.
Later, it moved to a scene in Capri, where the perfectly
polished models were creating the atmosphere of a cafe with their bright lemon
prints and and tennis shoes.
Nicole Miller
This year I found Nicole Miller’s spring collection the most
innovative. The prints and the shapes were very originate, and the colourful sparkling stones and unusual
forms made each pieces extraordinary. Miller mixed fancy and proper with a
rock and roll edge.
Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera's Spring Collection was characterized by light, airy and transparent fabrics. The whole collection was inspired by the kinetic art movement that extends the viewer's perspective of the artwork and incorporates multidimensional movement in the masterpiece. Kinetic art is an international art movement that refers to art of both real and apparent motion created between 1920 and 1970.
Chado Ralph Rucci
Rucci’s spring collection
featured aspirational suiting, dresses and separates with exquisite fabrics in
regal black, white, taupe and bronze. He also used quite a lot of aprons.
Rebecca Minkoff
Minkoff this year drew inspiration from well known Latin American women such as Bianca Jagger,
Frida Kahlo or Caroline Issa. Her clothes were bright florals and billowing
silhouettes mixed with striking
patterned gladiator heels. The show was coloured by live music from singer
Janelle Monae.
Diane
Von Furstenberg
Furstenberg’s concept of a fashion show is to take the
audience on journey with the clothes and the models. This year’s story was
internal with a woman who is an island unto herself and emerges to find an unexpected source of serenity and beauty.
She called her spring summer 2014 collection Oasis and described it as an unexpected
source of renewal, serenity and beauty.
Dorina Gyurkócza
Carolina Herrera's Spring Collection was characterized by light, airy and transparent fabrics. The whole collection was inspired by the kinetic art movement that extends the viewer's perspective of the artwork and incorporates multidimensional movement in the masterpiece. Kinetic art is an international art movement that refers to art of both real and apparent motion created between 1920 and 1970.
2013 Spring collections
Despite the chilly and cold winter weather, the icy roads and frozen rimes, Europe's fashion industry luckily did not go under híbernation. The upcoming season for the biggest fashion houses are already on runway, lets take a look around what we can expect for the 2013 Spring Season:
Gucci
Flowers, colours, sun, bright mood, I think these were the words that inspired Frida Giannini. Let's be optimistic about this spring.
Marc Jacobs
Lines, black and white, much of textile and serious looks from Marc Jacobs for this spring.
Burberry
Sexy, shiny, conscious and futuristic. Glamorous as always.
Versace
Flawless, light, transparent, fluid and silk.
Dorina Gyurkócza
Hongkong Street Style
A hub for style and fashion, streets of Hongkong is filled with people from all over the world with such an
interesting style on every angle. And as one of the top shopping destination in
Asia, it has incredibly made fashion accessible to its locals and expats.
Here are a few photos taken in the streets of Hongkong.
And a few shops...
Catherine Valencia
Slow fashion
So what is slow fashion about?
Do you remember the day when you went to your grandma’s house and she showed you pieces of clothes that are decades old but still looking nice and neat, quite wearable. Showing you the dress she has met her husband in, or a pair of shoes that she wear for graduation or prom night. I can even recall that my mum has some dresses from 25 years ago that i can still wear today.
But what can I say about myself? I think I only have some pieces from my baby ages, the rest is maximum 2 years old. Where are they now? Probably in waste-disposal facilities or given away for charity. The question naturally arises, what am I going to show to my grandchildren? Well, presumably digital photos...
The concept of slow fashion has emerged about four years from now developing from the Slow Movement that has found its roots in society around the Millenium. The Slow Movement means a shift from the fast-paced world toward a slower one. It has all begun in Italy in 1986, when Carlo Petrini started to organize a protest against an opening of a new McDonald’s restaurant in Rome, and later created the Slow Food organization. Over time, the Slow Food movement has spilled over onto other areas of life as well, such as Slow Cities, Slow Living, Slow Design and Slow Fashion.The main philosophy of the Slow Movement is to oppose and resist our accelerated world; appreciate the time of eating, loving, wearing, working and living.
Probably you also have the experience when you tell your grandma that your socks or your sweater has a hole on it. She would probably bring needle and thread to sew it right away, but I would tell her not to bother with it, cuz its just easier to buy a new one...
In 2012, in our highly accelerated world when trends follow each other, changing with every season we need things that are long-lasting and have a good quality. Things as such, need time, caring, the power of individuality, creativity and work invested in it. But in the end and during the process, it will bring happier and more satisfied consumers, as well as more interesting and creative time for people working on it.
What I have found the most valuable about this concept is that despite the need for variety, the basic needs of humans are not changing with seasons. We might need warmer or lighter fabrics, but clothes will always serve their role despite their design and style. Slow movement spur people to have better instead of more, to choose more thoughtful and not to be led or even misled by the current taste of stylists or leading clothing brands that are only interested in changing their collection by every season to induce society to consume more and more and as fast as possible.
What is true for the human nature and to our world is that there are certain things that will always be there, and we are going to need them no matter of what kind of world, or where we live in. Things like love, family, friends, food, a place to live in, compassion, condolence, empathy, grace and forgiveness are also among them.
At the moment what we need is making more thoughtful choices day by day and making every aspect of life sustainable and more accessible for everybody.
Slow does not mean the lack of variety, one-sidedness or resisting to change, it rather means being more detail-oriented, caring and sustainable.
Less is more. Caring is good.
photosources:
Henrietta Ludgate: http://www.henriettaludgate.com/HENRIETTA_LUDGATE.html
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