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Paris Couture Week – Valentino, Gaultier and Elie Saab
Paris fashion week was full of beautiful outfits, catwalk surprises and star appearances, and the shows of Valentino, Elie Saab and Gaultier had all three. From the buttermilk shades on display at Valentino, to the mixture of Punk 76 and Moulin Rouge Gay Paris 90s at Gaultier, the shows had colour, drama and, with the male model bride that closed the Gaultier show, the ability to shock. As expected, the front rows were filled with stylish fashionistas sporting a sea of black outfits. Dita Von Teese made appearances at both the Jean Paul Gaultier and Elie Saab shows, wearing her trademark Black Dahlia look. Catherine Deneuve was also front row…
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Kate’s back – The return of the Moss!
Since the launch of her last collection for Topshop, it had been fairly quiet on the Kate Moss front. There were lots of stories abounding around what Kate would do next, with stories of making an album and opening a modelling agency amongst them, but from the lady herself, silence! When the Spring/Summer ad campaigns hit the glossy mags in Early January, the Daily Telegraph was amongst those who highlighted a distinct lake of Moss in the most recent ad campaigns, and talked of the demise of Moss as one of the fashion worlds most famous and fabulous muses. But people should know by now that you write Kate Moss…
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Paris Couture week – style, celebs and Chanel
Paris Couture week should really be suffering. We are in the middle of the Worlds worst depression since the 1930s, times are undoubtably hard for a majority of the worlds populus, and Paris Couture is renowned for being the most exquisitely expensive of vestments. The beautiful, frivolous designs that could only be worn by models on the catwalk seem to be a luxury that is outdated in our modern, fast fashion society, where celebs are often pictured wearing High Street, and Lanvin, Jil Sander, Karl Lagerfeld are names that can be found in Uniqlo and H&M as well as in their own luxury boutiques. But every year Paris Couture week…
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Theoni V Aldredge – The Great Gatsby and Laura Mars
Costume designer Theoni V Aldredge died last week. The name may not be instantly recognisable to 21st century audiences, but this lady was responsible for the fabulous costumes in some of the most stylish and iconic films of the 1970s, Network, The Rose, The Eyes of Laura Mars, and, most famously, The Great Gatsby. The 1974 version of the Great Gatsby was a beautiful failure. Many felt that the leads of Robert Redford and Mia Farrow were totally miscast, and the great things expected of the film failed to materialise. But the costumes designed for this film are another story completely. Theoni V Aldredge was the designer of the stunning…
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All hail the maxi – the dress for all seasons!
In December The Sun Newspaper reported that sales of floor length gowns had doubled this year. Selfridges had reported amazing sales of maxi’s, citing a Project D blue silk dress designed by Dannii Minogue that had been a complete sell out, whilst budget chain Peacocks reported that their best seller had been a £32 off the shoulder dress. The Sun put the success of the maxi dress down to the X Factor, believing that the looks sported by Cheryl, Danni and other contestants on the show had help raise the popularity of full length dresses. But we are now a full month away from the X Factor, with maxi dresses…
