15 October 2009
The steel-grey and cloud-white cobwebbed knits are draped on a trio of mannequins in the windows of the boutique Colette. Mixed with patinated leather jackets and boots, the pieces create a stir: crowds of fashion folk were snapping away on their BlackBerrys when I was in Paris for the shows last week. The pieces are by Rodarte and the designers behind the label, sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, are at the forefront of a revolution which has seen knitwear elevated from frumpy to cutting edge.
Rodarte marries complex handicraft – think spidery knits in lustrous, metallic yarns interrupted with dense stitching to create knitted “cages” – with a romantically Gothic vision of designs, which are manipulated to look worn, shredded and decayed. These deconstructed knits chime with our adverse times and have garnered a large fan club, including actresses Emma Watson and Kirsten Dunst, who have worn Rodarte on the red carpet.
Deconstructed knits are also at the heart of Mark Fast’s work. The 28-year-old Canadian-born designer, who lives in London, trained at Central Saint Martins. His shredded knits – hot-sellers at Browns – have caught the attention of girls-about-town including Julia Restoin Roitfeld (daughter of French Vogue editor Carine), Alice Dellal and Dasha Zukhova. He created a storm at London Fashion Week last month when he sent a size-12 model down the runway in a grey cable dress, proving his body-con knits can look great on curvier figures.
Louise Goldin is another young knitwear maestro making waves with her designs. Her structured dresses are more Pilates-toned urban warrior than rustic homemaker.
“I create knitwear that is not in its traditional form,” she says. “It’s very technical and doesn’t look like knitwear at all. I’m unafraid of trying new things. I love combining knitwear with fabrics such as lace, leather and tulle – it’s very much incorporating mixed media.” Her versions of LBDs with sculpted leather harnesses and belts (£2,250, 020 7033 7713) are voguish options for the party season.
For more subdued – but no less directional – pieces, look to Christopher Kane, who has an ongoing collaboration with Johnstons of Elgin, the Scottish cashmere house. This season, his charcoal plaid twinset is a winner.
Even Julien Macdonald, who made his name with outrageous knits full of fringing and pompoms in the Nineties, is exploring his roots again. His black body-con knits are more Gothic affairs – all peekaboo string vests paired with spike-shouldered jackets and intricate knitted minidresses.
“Processes have changed due to the development of yarns and machinery, which means that more technical knitwear is possible,” says Macdonald. “However, I do think the craft element has been lost as there aren’t many designers hand-knitting and crocheting any more.”
But there is more experimentation. Sarah Gresty, knitwear pathway leader at Central Saint Martins, says: “Yarns are becoming more eco-friendly, and new developments include therapeutic yarns. These may incorporate scents to relieve symptoms of trauma and natural chemicals to aid recovery from certain illnesses or treat the effect of allergies.”
Knitwear has always been thought of as comforting, but with this new generation it can be cutting-edge and complex, sexy or chic – and now possibly healing, too.
(telegraph fashion news)
15 October 2009
The November issue of Harper’s Bazaar features its cover star, German supermodel Claudia Schiffer, as the muse to contemporary UK artists such as Jake and Dinos Chapman, the Turner Prize-winning artist, Keith Tyson, Marc Quinn, Jason Brooks, Gilian Wearing, Dexter Dalwood and Chris Bucklow. 'Capturing Claudia' sees the model immortalised as a seven headed golf course, as a ‘snow white’ character and as a film noir heroine from the Forties. The result is Claudia as you've never seen her before....
Photographer Marc Quinn has incorporated Claudia Schiffer into a remake of a section of Botticelli’s Primavera. He said: “Claudia is a kind of Sleeping Beauty, a Snow White…. Claudia is about perfection. The flowers are genetically engineered to be perfect versions of themselves, but then there’s a tension between nature and artifice. Does Claudia Schiffer really exist, or did we create her?”
The Chapman Brothers, Jake and Dinos, art-directed their first ever fashion shoot for the Harper's Bazaar project. A tale of pluck and pencil skirts sees Claudia portrayed as a flaxen fiend-hunter battling the forces of evil, inspired by the heroines of Forties graphic thriller novels.
Regarding the project and working with Claudia Schiffer, Dinos Chapman said: “You could never say you know who Claudia Schiffer is – or find anything bad about her. She has this squeaky-clean, very controlled image. In some ways, she doesn’t exist outside the pages of a magazine. I think she’s tired of her Barbie-fined image. We wanted to dirty her up, push her to see how far she would go.”
In this image Claudia Schiffer is depicted by artist Keith Tyson, as an amorphous seven-headed person with an expansive golf course for a conjoined torso, inhabited solely by Nakima the mouse, which was Claudia's first pet. The November issue of Harper's Bazaar is out on Friday 9th October
(telegraph fashion news)
13 October 2009
The grey polka-dot frock was bought from the shop which above all others epitomises middle class respectability: Marks and Spencer.
And it capped a week in which Mrs Cameron has daily showcased the best that the British high street can provide in the way of fashion.
With a nipped in waist and puffed sleeves, the stylish vintage style dress, designed as part of M&S’s 125th anniversary celebrations, complimented her slim figure, while Zara high heels added extra inches to her already long legs.
Mrs Cameron chose to dress up for her husband’s speech after wearing more relaxed attire for the rest of conference.
On Wednesday, she was photographed in James jeans and a grey jumper by Uniqlo.
And she arrived at conference in Joseph peddle pushers and a jacket by Erdem – the same designer who Sarah Brown, the Prime Minster’s wife, picked for her own party conference outing the week before.
Her biggest impact however was a pair of £29 grey Zara high heels, which she wore two days running.
The polka dot dress, which bears a striking resemblance to won worn by the actress Julia Roberts in the “polo scene in the 1990 hit Pretty
Woman, is no longer available in the shops, although M&S has said that a new black and white version will be in stores later this month.
(telegraph fashion news)
13 October 2009
The designer, Marc Jacobs, creative director of Louis Vuitton, and the British supermodel, Naomi Campbell, are to collaborate in a new project to support one of the Prime Minister’s wife, Sarah Brown’s favourite charities, The White Ribbon Alliance.
Louis Vuitton will donate a portion of sales from a bag from the new spring/summer 2010 collection, designed by Jacobs, to the charity.
Ms Campbell, who is a Global Ambassador for the White Ribbon Alliance, made a special visit to the Louis Vuitton headquarters in Paris, recently, to choose the bag. It is made of khaki, metallic leather, with natural leather trim, and will be available from Louis Vuitton stores, in March, coinciding with the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day.
Mrs Brown became the patron of the White Ribbon Alliance in 2008. The charity is an international coalition of organizations and individuals, spanning 142 countries, dedicated to reducing maternal mortality worldwide and making pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and newborns.
(telegraph fashion news)
12 October 2009
2009 2010 new fahion news – Spanish designer Estrella Archs (left) and US actress Lindsay Lohan appointed as artistic advisor acknowledges
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Lindsay Lohan's widely panned appearance on Paris catwalks for luxury label Ungaro could signal a shift away from high end brands seeking creative input from celebrities, analysts say.
Lohan was hired by Ungaro in September as an "artistic advisor" to the fashion house's new chief designer Estrella Archs, with a brief to give the label a "cooler" look, according to president Mounir Moufarrige.
But the alliance got off to a catastrophic start with global critics trashing the brightly colored collection unveiled at Paris Fashion Week as a gaudy series of sartorial faux pas.
"When Lohan came out for a runway bow, her eyes were full of tears. And it's easy to see why," the Los Angeles Times sniped.
"After all the hullabaloo over her appointment a month ago, with some fashion insiders suggesting it was an insult to anyone who had ever really worked in design, it had to have been the walk of shame to end all."
The universal savaging has left analysts asking if Lohan's appointment and subsequent ridiculing may have marked a watershed moment for the industry.
While high street labels in Europe and the United States have forged a series of successful collaborations with the likes of Madonna and Kate Moss, Lohan's foray into fashion appears to have been an unmitigated failure.
Steven Faerm, director at the prestigious Parsons The New School for Design in New York, said he believed the trend towards fashion labels seeking celebrity input could be a sign of the recession-hit economy.
"While fashion has certainly gone in the direction of using celebrities for selling fashion, I think we very well may have seen the straw that broke the camel's back with the appearance of Lohan for Ungaro," Faerm told AFP.
"I think it is indeed an indication that some houses are doing all that it takes to stay afloat in this difficult economy.
"I personally find it a sad commentary on our society that a product can sell simply because a consumer has an affinity for a personality associated with the product rather than the viewing the product for what it truly is.
"We live in a world today where you can do anything once you brand your name, no matter what your qualifications are, and I find that unsettling."
Wendy Bendoni, fashion director of Stylelens.com forecasting website, said meanwhile that as soon as Lohan's appointment was announced "you could hear everyone who knows anything about fashion saying 'what were they thinking?'"
"Usually 'artistic advisor' is something you hear if you were creating a private label for Macys -- not a collection for Paris Fashion Week," she said. "This isn't Target, Walmart or JCPenny's -- this is Fashion Week in Paris."
"If anything this really hurt Ungaro relationship with their high-end luxury customers. Miley Cyrus wouldn't even come to the show, even though Lindsay kept tweeting for her to 'please come.'
"I just feel bad for the poor designer who took the job in the first place."
Farah Chajin, an instructor of apparel design at California State University, said any collection would be judged on the designs themselves.
"The collection by Ungaro collaboration with Lohan was not successful, it lacked creativity and innovation to the fashion world," Chajin said.
Nevertheless celebrities will continue to play a role as figureheads for fashion brands. "To have Nicole Kidman as the face of Chanel adds glamour given the image she presents," Faerm said.
"She was also hired to be 'the face' of the brand rather than have an active, creative role in the collection's development.
"I think the backlash to Lohan is the idea that she does not elevate the brand's heritage and does not elevate the creative process since she does not have proper training for such a monumental task."
Bendoni echoed that view.
"I get the idea of celebrities endorsing brands but creating brands is a dangerous ground," she said. "Do you really think all these celebrities are designing their own lines?
"I think fashion should remain for the most part up to designers to create. We need more Marc Jacobs, Tom Fords, Stella McCartneys, Donatella Versaces, Karl Lagerfelds..."
(Yahoo fashion news)
12 October 2009
12 October 2009
2009-2010 new fashion news– Italian designer Giorgio Armani poses with his models at the end of his Spring/Summer 2010 women's …
MILAN (Reuters Life!) – Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani presented a new 700-euro ($1,032) mobile phone on Friday, a stylish device aimed at complementing the designer's suits.
Founding designer Giorgio Armani, widely regarded as the doyen of Italian fashion, made a brief public appearance at the launch of the Armani-Samsung smartphone, which also has the new Microsoft software for mobiles.
Microsoft Corp introduced Windows Mobile 6.5 this week, which allows phones to play music, open Word and Excel documents and be synchronized over the Internet.
The sleek phone has both a touch screen and a key pad. It also includes a video player and GPS navigation, as well as bronze detailing "which coordinates perfectly with Giorgio Armani suits," according to a statement.
Armani, 75, did not speak at the presentation, only posing for photographs, but said in the statement he sought to create a phone "perfect for today's managers."
Armany, who suffered a bout of hepatitis this year, announced three senior management changes in late September, signaling an easing of his workload.
Armani, known for his classically elegant lines and muted colors in clothes, said last month he was reshuffling his agenda to take better care of himself after the illness.
The smartphone is the third phone Armani has designed for South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, wearing a tie signed by Armani, said the phone was "a statement of style" and his company was not looking to work with other designers, adding this partnership with Samsung and Armani was "a unique thing."
(Yahoo fashion news)
12 October 2009
2009 new fashion news – FWD113 Model walks the runway at the John Galliano show during Spring 2010 Fashion Week in Paris
Paris – John Galliano went west to Hollywood in a retro flash Spring 2010 collection of great individual pieces, where his romanticism and wit were very much to the fore.
His theme was a Hollywood awakening from a half-century long scriptwriters' strike, so the movie divas, in this case the models, were raring to go when they hit the catwalk on Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the Halle Freyssinet, the former railway station in eastern Paris.
"I took all the creative team to Los Angeles and we toured all the mansions of Tallulah Bankhead, Rudolph Valentino, Lillian Gish. The gods and goddesses of Hollywood had amazing villas, totally wicked," said Galliano backstage.
Being Galliano, he came back from California with his own take on racy femininity, in a show which contained many of his classic ideas about fashion, yet enough new spin to keep things fresh and rather naughty.
The designer was pretty much in sync with the current mania for all things sheer and transparent for next spring. But his take - plisse and pleated printed semi-transparent silks and chiffons, doubled and tripled - felt a lot fresher than many of his colleagues.
The transplanted Englishman sees divas alternating between girly lace blouses and summery dresses with his own obsession with Edwardian frock coats, though this time jazzed up with lots of medallions and brooches.
He was also smart enough to throw in the odd dash of crazy sportswear, like the great crystal encrusted, high collar safari paired with chiffon miniskirt on blonde model Russian Natasha Poly.
His movies stars are, of course, faintly mad. Raging down the catwalk, their hair was packed with gold sprayed flowers. On their feet were sensational Art Deco table-leg heeled platforms and on their heads, sassy Spanish contessa sunglasses, the fruit of the designer's latest joint venture with Italian eyewear specialist Marcolin.
Faintly vengeful, faintly desperate to have a great time after 50 years in aspic, the new Galliano screen goddess is very much ready for two things: Love and a great close-up.
(Yahoo fashion news)
12 October 2009
2009 new fashion news – Models present creations by French designer Sonia Rykiel as part of her Spring/Summer 2010 collection
PARIS (Reuters) – If you've got it, flaunt it and sell it: that was the message at Paris fashion week as collections teemed with lacy stockings, bra straps and exposed knickers.
Garter belts -- real, worked into dresses or painted onto skin -- featured heavily at Sonia Rykiel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior and Chanel.
At Chanel, designer Karl Lagerfeld mixed innocent white folk dresses with tattoo-like garters and high-cut knickers in a countryside romp, complete with models canoodling in a haystack.
"I'm completely with it," Russian model Natalia Vodianova said of the lingerie trend."A woman has to be elegant and not wear it in a vulgar way."
Presenting her new lingerie line for retailer Etam, Vodianova told reporters she felt inspired by women who showed a glimpse of their underwear or exposed their bra straps.
The Milan collections featured so many skimpy dresses that fashion critics dubbed the overarching theme "Viva la Bimbo."
Micro-dresses also abounded in Paris for spring/summer 2010, with Lagerfeld inserting slits into already tiny skirts at Chanel. Dior showed sleek negligee dresses and high-waisted French knickers, evoking the boudoirs of 1950s film stars.
Summing up the sexy mood, Gaultier named his collection "G-Spot" and dug into his archives for a provocatively half-dressed look, reviving the conical satin bra he once created for pop star Madonna.
"I wanted to go back to the street, in contrast to this kind of political correctness, this total gentrification of fashion," Gaultier said backstage after his show on Saturday.
At Alexander McQueen, super-short dresses in bold rust, blue and green were intricately folded into origami skirts.
Shelly Musselman, co-proprietor of the Forty Five Ten boutique in Dallas, was not surprised by the seductive trend.
"Women want to look that way -- and the husbands who pay for the clothes want them to look that way!" she told Reuters after the Alexander McQueen show.
(Yahoo fashion news)
09 October 2009
If you've got it, flaunt it and sell it: that was the message at Paris fashion week as collections teemed with lacy stockings, bra straps and exposed knickers.
Garter belts -- real, worked into dresses or painted onto skin -- featured heavily at Sonia Rykiel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior and Chanel.
At Chanel, designer Karl Lagerfeld mixed innocent white folk dresses with tattoo-like garters and high-cut knickers in a countryside romp, complete with models canoodling in a haystack.
"I'm completely with it," Russian model Natalia Vodianova said of the lingerie trend."A woman has to be elegant and not wear it in a vulgar way."
Presenting her new lingerie line for retailer Etam, Vodianova told reporters she felt inspired by women who showed a glimpse of their underwear or exposed their bra straps.
The Milan collections featured so many skimpy dresses that fashion critics dubbed the overarching theme "Viva la Bimbo."
Micro-dresses also abounded in Paris for spring/summer 2010, with Lagerfeld inserting slits into already tiny skirts at Chanel. Dior showed sleek negligee dresses and high-waisted French knickers, evoking the boudoirs of 1950s film stars.
Summing up the sexy mood, Gaultier named his collection "G-Spot" and dug into his archives for a provocatively half-dressed look, reviving the conical satin bra he once created for pop star Madonna.
"I wanted to go back to the street, in contrast to this kind of political correctness, this total gentrification of fashion," Gaultier said backstage after his show on Saturday.
At Alexander McQueen, super-short dresses in bold rust, blue and green were intricately folded into origami skirts.
Shelly Musselman, co-proprietor of the Forty Five Ten boutique in Dallas, was not surprised by the seductive trend.
"Women want to look that way -- and the husbands who pay for the clothes want them to look that way!" she told Reuters after the Alexander McQueen show.
(Yahoo fashion news)
09 October 2009
Russian fashionistas lapping up Paris fashion week say that a recovery at home has made them hopeful that the world's fourth largest luxury buyer may be regaining ground after a hard hit from the financial crisis.
From models to designers to buyers, the mood is optimistic among the Russian fashion pack, who have descended on the French capital for one of the most glamorous weeks of the year -- when designers show off their creations on the catwalk.
"People are no longer thinking that everything is bad ... People want new ideas, new fashion, new money, everything new -- everything good and positive," said Daniil Gorbachenko, creative director of Moscow's prestigious department store Tsum.
There is "more buying," he told Reuters.
Russia's passion for fashion -- from home-grown designers to its hunger for luxury abroad -- took a severe hit as the financial crisis took its toll, forcing sales to plummet and boutiques to board up their windows.
Stores for designers Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney closed down less than 18 months after their openings in Moscow. The glitzy Russian capital, known for its love of excess, buys more than 80 percent of Russia's designer goods.
Analysts predicted this year's profits would be slashed by around a third in Russia's luxury clothes and accessories industry, estimated between $4.5 billion and $9 billion.
"I think Russians still want their luxury and women with their love of fashion sustain that," said one Russian buyer, who only gave her first name Katya. Like others buyers filling the front rows, she declined to talk about sales.
"Things are bad all around the world but there now good signs in Russia, there is an appetite," she added.
Her optimism was echoed by upcoming designer Alena Akhmadullina, who showed off her spring/summer 2010 collection on Tuesday.
"People did not want to buy before because they did not know what would happen, now it's okay and it seems the sales are okay since autumn," she said via a translator.
Inspired by fairytales and dance, Akhmadullina, whose main market is Russia, presented jumpsuits in fine wool, high-waisted shorts, frilled tops and dresses, worn with cork wedges.
Russian model Natalia Vodianova, who modeled at Stella McCartney's Paris show, said Russian women's affinity for sleek tailoring was boosting her country's demand for luxury.
"Women in Russia love to dress up," she said at a presentation of an underwear line she had designed for high street chain Etam.
Last month as part of Vogue's fashion night, international designers including France's Roland Mouret jetted into Moscow, confident that the Russian capital had got back its groove.
In a sign of recovery, Tsum recently launched an entire floor dedicated to Russian designers, similar to London's Harvey Nichols which has sections for British labels.
(Yahoo fashion news)
09 October 2009
Fashion designers can breathe a sigh of relief.
After a frenzied month of eyeing up catwalk designs in New York, London, Milan and Paris, cautious fashion buyers attending spring/summer 2010 shows say they have got what they wanted -- outfits they say they can sell in these tough economic times.
They say designers have kept the financial crisis in mind, preferring the demure over the eccentric, but also presented standout pieces crunched customers are looking for.
"This season has been a very commercial season. Many designers are working at their very best. This is very good for buyers," said Daniil Gorbachenko, creative director of Moscow's prestigious department store Tsum.
He said he was looking for comfortable jackets and sellable dresses. "I am very happy with what I've seen."
Designers in London defied the economic gloom with colorful creations. Hemlines headed up in Milan and New York while Paris had plenty of lacy stockings, bra straps and exposed knickers.
Buyers say they liked this feminity. Pascale Camart, a buyer from France's Galeries Lafayette, said there was less "bling bling," adding: "It's time to turn the clocks back."
The recession has taken its toll on retailers, with the European luxury market declining by nearly 6 percent to about 81 billion euros ($119.1 billion) this year, Verdict Research said.
"Designers are going back to what they do well," Ron Frasch, president and chief merchandising officer of Saks Fifth Avenue, said. "(Buyers) are still cautious. Everyone is continuing to be cautious. (Shoppers) want emotional clothes."
Buyers are optimistic about a recovery, but note it will likely take another six months to recuperate. They say that as customers spend less, they are increasingly looking for one-of-a-kind items to add something special to their wardrobe.
"We are very pleased. There was a lot of newness for customers looking for something specific they do not own," Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing said.
"Everyone is aware of the financial situation in the world and fashion houses have sharpened their pencils. There were very pleasing price points without sacrificing design and quality."
At Alexander McQueen, one of the last shows before the season ends on Thursday, intricately folded origami skirts and shoulders in dazzling color combinations wowed the audience.
Brian Bolke, of the Forty Five Ten boutique in Dallas, said customers were becoming more interested in less well-known labels such as Dries van Noten.
"They are buying less but better things. Because they're buying less, they want something that's more meaningful," he said.
"Workmanship is important. They want something they think they can have forever. They don't want something that's on the cover of a magazine so everyone knows it's this season's." (Additional reporting by Sophie Hardach and Mathilde Gardin)
(Yahoo fashion news)
01 October 2009
These are nice pictures in Felipe Oliveira Baptista spring summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week
View models wear designs from the Felipe Oliveira Baptista spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
(telegraph fashion news)
01 October 2009
These are nice pictures in Dévastée spring summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week
View models wear designs from the Dévastée spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Designers Ophelie Klere and Francois Alary thank the audience at the Dévastée spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
(telegraph fashion news)
01 October 2009
These are nice pictures in Ann Valerie Hash spring summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week
View Models wear designs from the Limi feu spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Japanese designer Limi Feu at the Limi feu spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
(telegraph fashion news)
01 October 2009
These are nice pictures in Ann Valerie Hash spring summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week
View Models wear designs from the Anne valerie Hash spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
(telegraph fashion news)
01 October 2009
These are nice pictures in Moon Young Hee spring summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week
View Models wear designs from the Moon Young Hee spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Korean designer Moon Young Hee at the Moon Young Hee spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
(telegraph fashion news)
01 October 2009
These are nice pictures in Impasse de la Defense spring summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week
View models wear designs from the Impasse de la Defense spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Designer Karrim Bonnet at the Impasse de la Defense spring/summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
(telegraph fashion news)
28 September 2009
These are nice pictures in Fendi spring summer 2010 collection at Milan Fashion Week
A pale palette of soft materials was reflected in the sheer and diaphanous looks
A flowing, tulle gown, interwoven with feathered strips of fur and worn over a satin top and knickers, closed the show.
(telegraph fashion news)
28 September 2009
These are nice pictures in Dolce & Gabbana spring summer 2010 collection at Milan Fashion Week
The Dolce & Gabbana corset appeared in rose prints, black lace, denim, leopard-spots and multi-coloured florals
The Corset Is the one single piece of must-have-clothing for next spring/summer
Red and black, leopard print featured highly in the show
Denim is dressed-up with lace details. Dolce & Gabbana also introduced a new version of ‘black tie’.
There were ‘real’ clothes, too, of course; slip-dresses, pencil skirts.
(telegraph fashion news)
28 September 2009
These are nice pictures in Marni spring summer 2010 collection at Milan Fashion Week
Headscarves and oversized earrings at the Marni show
Bold stripes appeared on everything leggings, skirts and belts
Embelishment and print
Bright colours mixed with muted tones
Cinched in waists and shorts
Shes lined up back stage before the show is due to start
(telegraph fashion news)
28 September 2009
These are nice pictures in Pucci spring summer 2010 collection at Milan Fashion Week
Eveningwear was a story of flash and flesh, slinky chiffon gowns in brilliant white, a chrome yellow shell-pattern and chrome-yellow
Microscopic mini dresses came in all-over sequins or sequinned inserts
Silk chiffon, swirled from long, full, printed kaftans with a sea theme. (Dundas has recently become a fan of diving).
Cropped, snakeskin jackets and thigh-skimming dresses. Creative director Peter Dundas (centre)
(telegraph fashion news)
