Deee-lite’s Groove is in the heart. We’re so harlequin right now!
And as always, here are our favorite thingies online this week:
Schmashion gets cultured, Vivienne Westwood style.
Trendinista claims that Zubab pants are making a comeback. Ay!
Trashbag Aesthetics has the Monkey Claw 2008 collection.
Leggings jump the shark at Fashion Binge. Ah, Pinky Tuskadero.
Have you heard about this? Apparently, 17-year old Ali Michael, a runway model who had a lot of success during previous fashion week seasons, can’t get work now because she gained 5 pounds. Well, that’s at least what her mother is claiming in the Wall Street Journal.
There she is above at the John Galliano show in spring 2008. And here’s she is now after slopping on the weight, at Yohji Yamamoto in Paris recently:
Yohji practically has her in a muumuu! Yeah, what a porker!
Lot’s of people agree that this skinny model thing is getting out of hand, including Nina Gaaaarcia, who thinks the models are getting skinnier and skinnier. Even the Parisians are freaking out:
“If you look at the girls, they are not beautiful like models were 20 years ago,” says Jimmy Pihet, spokesman for the Federation Française de la Couture, which oversees Paris fashion shows. “The girls are thin, they have strange faces. … At first, you look at them and you’re not sure if they’re beautiful or disgusting.”
–Valentina
Okay, these dumb, impractical shoes need to stop already! WTF? Why do we need to experiment with physical balance? Are the designers teaching us to see thing from a new perspective? Duh, okay we get it, we’ll change, whatever we have to do! Just let us walk on physically possible shoes.
Hey, Briton Antonio Berardi, experiment on men for once. God!
–Valentina
OK I know this is over 2 weeks old now but it’s so fitting to Threadtrend, I had to make sure we talked about it. Besides Vogue is just now talking about it in their March 08 issue, too. The infamous Ossie Clark label was resurrected on Feb. 11th at London Fashion week under new Creative Director Avshalom Gur.
Gur has a very tough legacy to follow considering Ossie Clark was THE clothing and textile designer of the 60’s. His Maxi dresses and floral prints have been copied for decades and people still hope to score his pieces til this day. Lord knows it’s still a life goal of mine. Right now on ebay you can buy an original Ossie Clark blouse for $225 or a dress for $500.
Vintage Ossie Clark
When I saw photos from the Fall 2008 show I was…. Confused. Some pieces really excited me while others just looked like filler pieces that a Project Runway judge would call boring. Nina Gaaarcia would say “There’s not enough cohesion” and Michael Kors would say “You know, she’s like a 60’s harlot who goes from the whore house to the office and she has nothing else to put on but this Red coat”.
Ofcourse the voluminous shear puffy dresses are my faves as well as the wide leg pants and mixed media sweaters. But the designer’s take on tailoring and suiting just doesn’t fit. I know Ossie Clark was known earlier on for the dresses and pretty florals and later added tailoring to the equation but it’s like Avshalom Gur felt the need to squeeze it all in just in-case this is the first and last Ossie Clark revival line. I think a better technique may have been to breed the iconic prints with the tailoring to create adorable floral or psychedelic-print jackets and skirts. Just my opinion. What do you guys think?
-Camille L.
Chris March was out on Project Runway tonight. He did get to show his collection at fashion week, though, and yes, hair was a big part of the line.
Now, I’ll admit that the skirt above is actually kind of cool, but, still, I cannot abide by this human hair trend in fashion. We already saw a hair dress this season, and I’m scared this trend is going to catch on. But there won’t be any shiny, human hair involved.
You think a cheap weave is bad? Prepare yourself if this craze hits Ross Dress for Less or if Kimora Lee Simmons gets her hands on it! Oh, how I rue the day.
–Valentina.
While watching ANTM tonight, this is what went through my head:
–Valentina
Sorry no spacing above–WordPress was acting like a Paulina.
Jezebel reports that Marc Jacobs is selling Hillary Clinton shirts in his stores. I would certainly rather wear this than the Posh shirt he’s hawking, but that’s not an endorsement of Hillary. Really, it’s just a vote against Victoria Beckham.
–Valentina
Vivienne Westwood may be a lot of things, but she’s not boring. Her Paris Fashion Week show was definite proof of this fact. For it, she brought in a bunch of kids to doodle on her collection. According to Style.com, she told the babes all about global warming and then encouraged them to create “eco-warrior” garb.
Sounds like Vivienne.
Here are the results:
A pegged leg?!?! I love it.
–Valentina
I was tipped off to this site by Christine. Etsy-affiliated, Burdastyle is a “virtual sewing circle,” complete with downloadable patterns, expert advice and tons of inspiration. There’s lots of cute stuff on this site, and there’s a forum for people to share their tips and tricks. Plus, if your a beginner, they have a Sewpedia to help you learn the lingo. It’s very lovey-dovey. And just look at the threads:
Too bad I can’t sew.
–Valentina
