McQueen - Pt II

All the hot shoes this season are making my head spin.







*pictures from style.com

McQueeeeeen!!!!

Went a little picture crazy, but I just couldn't help myself.
Oh I can't wait to see the shoes on style.com













*all pictures courtesy of fashionlogie.com

CDG

Every time PFW rolls around, I get antsy for the CDG gang to show off their stuff. Rei, Junya and Tao rarely disappoint me (especially Mr. Watanabe).

The Comme Des Garcons line always inspires me. Although I don't find it nearly as poetic as her bride collection, but beautiful nontheless.



Junya Watanabe is hands down one of my favorite designers. His ability to balance avant garde with utility, romanticism with edge, and extravagence with minimalism never fails to astound me. I swear it took all of my might to not clean out his store while I was in Tokyo about 3 years ago (this was when he did the collection with the trench coats and crazy spiked wigs). Luckily nothing I could afford fit. I'd give my left arm to pick his brain and watch him work for just one day.



Tao Kurihara is also amazing. I'm not the biggest fan of how her collections are styled but her individual pieces are usually strong. I'd wear any of the dresses below with some silver doc martens. I'm also a big fan of the skirts on the right, and the top in the middle.

Just Can't Get Enough

Hopped on over to style.com to see close-ups of the Nina Ricci shoes. I have 2 pairs of Nina Ricci platforms and they're actually very comfortable and easy to walk in, so it makes these shoes even more tempting. I swear I need the hot pink. I NEEEED.

I <3 Olivier

While everyone is going gaga over Balmain, I've been oggling Nina Ricci's latet collection, and possibly Olivier's last for the label. I'm sure you have all seen the latest Gareth and Balmain collections on numerous blogs, so I'll stick with Olivier.

Olivier Theyskens is someone I've been following for awhile now. First designing under his own name, then under Rocha, and now Nina Ricci. I love this collection with it's hard edge and amazing towering platform shoes (the shoes totally remind me of Luxirare).







PS: These shoes look promising, unless they're pants with boots attached. In which case, I retract my comment.


PPS: I told myself I wouldn't focus on new collections, but unfortunately, I have no access to my computer with all my archived collections, scans, and saved images. Hopefully, I'll have a more original post soon.

WTF? PUCCI? REALLY?

Pucci is one of those collections where I would judge if I wanted to see the rest of the collection based upon the first picture on style. One look at Pucci's brightly colored patterns and I was off to look at a different designer. The general look was never my thing. But they've undergone a tremendous face-lift thanks to their new designer Peter Dundas.

I personally like this collection a lot, but I can't decide if it's because I'm surprised as hell, or because it's really actually that great. Probably somewhere in between. I'm don't really know much about Pucci since I never really liked the look, but I feel like this collection might alienate its clientele. But then again, I was actually thinking about how Pucci, among other design houses, would utilize the prevailing trends seen in this season's fashion weeks. I suppose I got my answer.

I've separated the photos because I was having a hard time editing. I've separated them into general categories: fur, dresses, prints, and random shit. Click the pictures to make them bigger.






*images from style.com

more, more, more

Yesterday I saw a little bit of the Julien Macdonald collection and was enraptured by the look I posted yesterday. Granted, it's not "original" in the sense that crazy furs and shredded things have been all over the blogosphere. But who cares, it doesn't change the fact that it's fucking hot as hell. And yes. It's fact. Not opinion.

That being said, I was actually excited to see the full collection on style.com. I think I'm in love.












PS. I <3 LONDON FASHION WEEK.

holy sweet mother of god. this is great.

*photo from Julien Macdonald, courtesy of coutorture

Ann-Sofie Back Fall 2009

Ann-Sofie Back, like Alexander Wang, is one of those collections that I usually highly anticipate every season. And unlike Alexander Wang, she didn't disappoint. This collection was inspired by American Horror movies.

I loved the styling, the pieces, and the makeup. I feel inspired. Thank You Ann-Sofie.