Getting back to what I love.... Couture

I say this all the time, but Jean Paul Gaultier's collection was stunning. It was a perfect mixture of crazy couture and easy (well easier) to wear pieces. The whole collection fits my style right now. I love black and this has lots of that, but then I also love bright colors and crazy patterns and this line had that as well. He used Farida Khelfa a gorgeous French actress as a model to show that fashion isn't just for twenty-somethings. Overall the collection was punk meets French cabaret. The show even closed with a can-can dancer! Jean Paul Gaultier is one of the greats. He is also such a forward thinker being one of the firsts to use Crystal Renn after she went "plus sized." I look forward to his shows ever year to see what surprise he has in store this time.


Farida Khelfa


Wow just wow


Thanks for making me a dress to wear to formal Jean Paul!


I want some bold, daring and frightfully tall and skinny to wear this to a premiere. Please?? Get on that Rachel Zoe.


This would be an amazing Oscar dress and you can't tell here, but when it first walked down the runway the train of the dress was used as a wrap.


Because I'm crazy (or maybe engaged to Sid Vicious) I would make this my wedding dress in a heartbeat. The back of the dress has a lovely detail because that choker comes down in pretty chains.


Here's a lovely example of his bright colors that contrasted with all that black.

thanks to style.com for the pictures and for adding the new "see it in motion" feature.

Couture Couture Part 2

Karl Lagerfeld never bores. This collection yet again updates the whole feel of the fashion house into a new century. The sparkle was undeniable and there was a certain contrast to the collection. Some pieces, like the pants were definitely tough and the tops and dresses flowed well. I want so many jackets and I'm seeing a continuation of the trend I recently read about, wearing dresses over skinny cut pants. Chanel does this well. The color scheme says "spring" with it's pastels focusing mainly on blue and especially pink. Again this is another approachable collection that I would happily drop down some serious dough for if I had any.







thanks to style.com for the pictures and for the previous post as well

Couture Couture part 1

So I looked at Armani Prive late last night and I'm going to share my thoughts and favorite looks.
The whole collection was very space age-y and I loved the hats because it reminded me of a hat Isabella Blow wore. This features some "new" metallics which I love. I have seen very few people wear such a shiny purple color except on their nails. Love the head pieces and the whole collection is structurally very interesting, yet wearable. Especially the pants.

It's Haute Couture Time!

I shouldn't be blogging, but it's couture fashion week my favorite time of year. I will just gush over John Galliano's collection for Dior Spring 2011.

First off it's so wearable! There are beautiful handcrafted pieces in this collection that if you have the money you could wear around town and people wouldn't look at you funny. Second it's red which is one of my favorite colors to wear. It makes a woman look so sexy. And third I see bits of Isabella Blow in here. WIth the hats, headpieces, and masks especially. I can't wait to wear my veil and channel Dior. Fourth look at those jackets!! They are to die for. And fifth Karolina Kurova is strutting down the runway which I love.





I want some one anyone to wear these on the red carpet. If I ever land a role in a Quentin Tarantino film I will I promise.



Thanks style.com for the pictures

If I were a Disney Princess I'd Wear...

I got back from Disney World last week (that explains the gap in posting) and I don't know if you've ever been, but I've been more times than I can count. It always gets me in this way of thinking; that I would make a great fairytale princess. Don't get me wrong being a real princess would be nice too (are you listening Prince Harry?), but I've always thought it would be more fun to be a princess in a fairytale with dragons and fairy godmothers and what not. So I've said all that to set this up. Here's a list of fairytale worthy dresses of all price ranges.
I suppose this post could also double as a fashionable prom dress post. Being a rebel however I must say I loathe the event so don't think I'm condoning it.

For the princess on a budget this Aqua dress at Bloomingdales is a lovely option. It's only $188 which is a bargin price for your prince charming to pay.



For the princess for a bit more cash to burn I'd choose this Carmen Marc Valvo dress on sale for about $400 at Bergdorf Goodman.


Of course most princesses don't have to deal with silly peasant things like budgets so here are a few haute couture choices for her:
This Dior fall 2010 couture dress is prefect if her prince decides to throw her a flower themed ball.


If she wants to be cutting edge at say a parade or other outside event. I would say choose this Valentino Fall 2010 dress. But if she simply couldn't decide she might take the whole collection. It's enchanting.


For her wedding there would absolutely be no other choice than this Elie Saab Couture Fall 2010 piece. Jaws will drop all around the kingdom.


thanks to style.com and of course Disney for keeping my little girl dreams alive.

If I looked like Kate Moss....

....I would wear these outfits.

Most of designer's crazier dresses are really only meant for the super-confident and yes super-skinny. The latter is not always true, but here's some designs I would wear if I had that kind of money and that kind of body. I'm not saying I'm fat or that someone over a size 2 can't wear these things, but it would certainly help.

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It's featured in next month's ELLE magazine and really inspired this post. It's from Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci the 2011 Resort Collection.



This is from Jean Paul Gaultier's Fall 2010 Couture Collection and really everything he does is a little off the wall, but this is just beautiful. I would wear it exactly as it's styled no turning back.



This is a piece from Chanel's Fall 2010 Couture Collection and I think the only reason why I chose it is because it's just a little odd. I think it's gorgeous, but it would take some guts for me to wear it as is. Plus I have a stigma against boots because I don't like my calves.



This is from Alexander McQueen's final collection enough said.



All pictures from style.com

Chanel Couture Show

This week was Couture Week in Paris. Couture is a dying art. In order to be considered couture everything must be hand made. I watched a TV mini-series about the making of Chanel's couture line and Karl Lagerfeld, the head designer, commissioned an elderly lady to hand-make lace for each of his dresses. The lace was beautiful and intricate and she was the last in a long line of lace makers. For this reason haute couture is beyond expensive. Almost $100,000 per dress is a good estimate. Not everyone can afford this obviously, but I hope someone is always able to so I can see the over the top designs Karl and other couture designers like John Galliano cook up. It's wearable art.

For this post I chose what I think are the highlights of the Chanel Haute Couture show:

The theme of the show was iridescent colors. Pastels mostly. It produced a lovely effect. The pink long dress would be a refreshing change to the normal mermaid dresses that you see on the red carpet these days. Lets hope some ingenue like Cate Blanchett picks it up and wears it to a premiere.