tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82223079139555114572024-02-21T00:50:49.856-08:00Fashion, Art And BeyondA Blog where Fashion meets ArtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-86982904557926627352011-03-01T08:43:00.000-08:002011-03-01T09:35:14.892-08:00In defense of John Galliano<em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69Sx9qQmNEoSy32kfCPvPbShRadiqSnQTJsYtfUJoM64WGfU9p8fG12BAZxNc2LmsZoqtqOApNvrBsw7YlO-WpMWpn5Wnp9igvVUXrbYTqCDoadBNtgAcU8otiz5PPxqTtUdVCxd_R-HZ/s1600/John+Galliano.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579155589271630818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69Sx9qQmNEoSy32kfCPvPbShRadiqSnQTJsYtfUJoM64WGfU9p8fG12BAZxNc2LmsZoqtqOApNvrBsw7YlO-WpMWpn5Wnp9igvVUXrbYTqCDoadBNtgAcU8otiz5PPxqTtUdVCxd_R-HZ/s1600/John+Galliano.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">In the midst of all the mud slinging that is happening to John Galliano, one of the greatest couturiers of this day, have we, in the haste to bulldoze 25 years of rock solid contribution to fashion made by this great man, forgotten that we live in an era of "fictionalised realism", an era where we are programmed to see the world in a way that might be far removed from what it actually is. Has anyone paused to think whether the video of John uttering racist comments could have been doctored? Whether his apparently "odious" comments might have been taken out of context after all?<br /><br /></div></span></em><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">John is quoted as saying "People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers would all be fucking gassed." What is the prelude to this conversation? John is using "would" implying that he might be referring to some incident prior to making these comments.<br /><br /></div></span></em><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">Is it fair to crucify a man, who for 25 years maintained the impeccable image of a gentleman making significant contribution to the fashion industry tirelessly working to push the limits of creativity, without giving him a chance to hear his side of the story?<br /><br />P.S The intent of this article is not to support anti-Semitism or racism but rather to kindle a thought in all concerned minds as to whether we are judging too soon? </span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-6363987539440214662010-03-05T08:23:00.000-08:002010-03-28T23:13:56.318-07:00Christian Dior Fall 2010, be seduced!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbvsJ5V_1vIcGaemngCByFB6m77Uk4aNOTzp1udbfxAxSGfa1AT_buj3EXiL6VTxpBRjpHbYdDB9MtfGn4ZKEIozTvMTVdGSJvZag6w-JTgHtPJkORcqgmzYffEX_ZVX2-QmTVgE3YyJm/s1600-h/cats-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 600px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 477px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445186550320530402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbvsJ5V_1vIcGaemngCByFB6m77Uk4aNOTzp1udbfxAxSGfa1AT_buj3EXiL6VTxpBRjpHbYdDB9MtfGn4ZKEIozTvMTVdGSJvZag6w-JTgHtPJkORcqgmzYffEX_ZVX2-QmTVgE3YyJm/s1600/cats-horz.jpg" /></a><br /><div><em><span style="color:#000000;">The Seduction of Libertine - Christian Dior Fall 2010!</span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-59095966325723404152010-03-03T09:02:00.000-08:002010-03-03T11:25:27.372-08:00Paris This Fall!<em><span style="color:#330000;"></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxAXt6oJ-e2NE6DFxeh2xUM4fLYeKvsMOQvBc3NYM9yRVuSBL8nmQCdUL8Eh9MX3CbHaleZv9W6Mc4CSTQZqof926yM-AahDELRRuXtsXelZDb9vzBRt8vUV3S2Rhlt05uhgli7cp8RlQ/s1600-h/DSC00467-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 653px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 490px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444454340911515634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxAXt6oJ-e2NE6DFxeh2xUM4fLYeKvsMOQvBc3NYM9yRVuSBL8nmQCdUL8Eh9MX3CbHaleZv9W6Mc4CSTQZqof926yM-AahDELRRuXtsXelZDb9vzBRt8vUV3S2Rhlt05uhgli7cp8RlQ/s1600/DSC00467-horz.jpg" /></a><br /><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">She's back after a long hiatus!</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">(Where she went and what she did</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">Will remain a mystery forever!)</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">T</span></em><em><span style="color:#330000;">o grace her presence, among</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">The many, that have pruned and preened,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">And await her presence</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">O</span></em><em><span style="color:#330000;">n the runways of Paris...<br /></span></em><br /></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">Is she a joyous riot of colors</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">Or a melancholy medley of black and white?</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">Has she ballooned into a mountain of creativity</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">Or wasted away into itsy bitsy rags of mediocrity?</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">Is she youth glorified or senility mourned?</span></em><br /><br /></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">As the Grand Lady of Fashion<br />Descends on the runways of Paris yet again...<br />Showing the tricks to escape the icy fingers of Fall<br />Will she be embraced as the matron of fashion</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">Or abandoned as a mere nebulous of confusion?<br /></span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#330000;"><br /></div></span></em><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6MDfNV1G8OJghecpAgqd20Ks0XucMoomOrjFRl_1kf15ZBlTGj31Omk4MA1qLqtuxCOrwu2aWtu4KMceVw-m5I3cciCXGxcufqZRvgIjDaHEyfS8hUKyOhtDETRNDn0JjivUXD0zuWET/s1600-h/DRIE_AW10_0666-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 466px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 420px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444485477259667570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6MDfNV1G8OJghecpAgqd20Ks0XucMoomOrjFRl_1kf15ZBlTGj31Omk4MA1qLqtuxCOrwu2aWtu4KMceVw-m5I3cciCXGxcufqZRvgIjDaHEyfS8hUKyOhtDETRNDn0JjivUXD0zuWET/s1600/DRIE_AW10_0666-horz.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Credit:www.catwalking.com</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-73224006766322702392010-02-08T09:12:00.000-08:002010-02-08T09:57:23.673-08:00On Monday, am a good girl!<div align="justify"><span style="color:#663333;"></span><em><span style="color:#663333;"></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLWL_LDmwxBInWrvll7KDhyphenhyphenJkKCqHwdYtODr40x5ubspg9QHrVGXow1Pn1huNbJV05jpSxNsXRCEVtUUiI_WcJeSqM8nDU64eYa4S0lLZL3Ep0Im4DDqtBY2YtQMmph-QQy-NCDeBkDtb/s1600-h/Girl-Man0001-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 357px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 510px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435921770995399186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLWL_LDmwxBInWrvll7KDhyphenhyphenJkKCqHwdYtODr40x5ubspg9QHrVGXow1Pn1huNbJV05jpSxNsXRCEVtUUiI_WcJeSqM8nDU64eYa4S0lLZL3Ep0Im4DDqtBY2YtQMmph-QQy-NCDeBkDtb/s1600/Girl-Man0001-vert.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#663333;">On some days you just wanna confirm, more so on a Monday when the gossamer of carefree slumber is rudely melted by the brazen sun, that pokes you awake, streaming in through the curtains that had thus far walled you from its nascent play! Days when nothing ever matters to please or displease, love or hate and when you ride on one such wave of nonchalance and absolute indifference then these looks convince you enough that they are indeed part of the Spring 2010 Haute Couture collection that was showcased recently in Paris and they are as intricate, sophisticated and avant-garde as any from the season would look. On other days when you take life with an ounce of zest, am not so sure...</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikAowh06xFWQkMo9Yepv6v_u8S2jCSncKmVlM-9rWtrmbH1z5LoZnVIVai5Jvx1aDXQn014-lboAvyF2xX90KwPHCUl4kNerSqT39yVjm0l1F5crX9K_2XGUnLXoMcnvguq4J1pkslmA6/s1600-h/ROLL_HC_SS10_0376-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 552px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 420px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435931862716250882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikAowh06xFWQkMo9Yepv6v_u8S2jCSncKmVlM-9rWtrmbH1z5LoZnVIVai5Jvx1aDXQn014-lboAvyF2xX90KwPHCUl4kNerSqT39yVjm0l1F5crX9K_2XGUnLXoMcnvguq4J1pkslmA6/s1600/ROLL_HC_SS10_0376-horz.jpg" /></a> </div><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Credit:www.catwalking.com</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-6154563401099282082010-02-05T09:38:00.000-08:002010-02-05T09:48:49.035-08:00Its time to snooooooze! Happy Weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIkIJJnik1_DdCXoCRI8IMNp45ZqU3Dr-FcjSpNth3O-e08_oFYqaQ7BvYv9yXAN7QPPKfyJbLJ9b5OyWSlaT1UMx4Qch8f3ePXQrt7FS4UOvIvFdJ37Zc-vAmbees4lcYUSjPYCAWUTv/s1600-h/Laughing0001-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 567px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434815307603399474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIkIJJnik1_DdCXoCRI8IMNp45ZqU3Dr-FcjSpNth3O-e08_oFYqaQ7BvYv9yXAN7QPPKfyJbLJ9b5OyWSlaT1UMx4Qch8f3ePXQrt7FS4UOvIvFdJ37Zc-vAmbees4lcYUSjPYCAWUTv/s1600/Laughing0001-vert.jpg" /></a><br /><div><em><span style="color:#663333;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="color:#663333;"></span></em> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-2532969843970051212010-02-04T10:20:00.000-08:002010-02-04T10:25:57.581-08:00The Missing Horse at Christian Dior's Haute Couture...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNuBl4OPoZRW5TbrtnQL6I5N6SERpzpcpn_WRd9T_Ot19U3gdiYU10NCCHnPi-7xLWLrReqVl8shMGBj1__UNCPCjMiurZshuJqIHY_DFt3v9EV2RXM66OTvWwFlxwhr03YldCu9J_vi8/s1600-h/Burden+on+a+horse-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 583px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 409px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434455059314245074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNuBl4OPoZRW5TbrtnQL6I5N6SERpzpcpn_WRd9T_Ot19U3gdiYU10NCCHnPi-7xLWLrReqVl8shMGBj1__UNCPCjMiurZshuJqIHY_DFt3v9EV2RXM66OTvWwFlxwhr03YldCu9J_vi8/s1600/Burden+on+a+horse-vert.jpg" /></a><em><span style="color:#000000;">Inspired by Christian Dior's Haute Couture Spring 2010 collection</span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-9036843079149361682010-02-03T09:10:00.000-08:002010-02-03T09:56:54.687-08:00Nothingness...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYm14pzy5qI6PVFTk7S7Vz2qc64safXNSjpV59_27T41SnqhW011KZZHF1O8I5hRqSdLV6KUWkhMW3nkrDcbc5Vr4InT0iGQN1JM7pT7HG9D9trsIjEdeTVhbV77e8ACuP4_LhmInKBS0/s1600-h/Bikini+Girl0001-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 403px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 584px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434065859139204498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYm14pzy5qI6PVFTk7S7Vz2qc64safXNSjpV59_27T41SnqhW011KZZHF1O8I5hRqSdLV6KUWkhMW3nkrDcbc5Vr4InT0iGQN1JM7pT7HG9D9trsIjEdeTVhbV77e8ACuP4_LhmInKBS0/s1600/Bikini+Girl0001-vert.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#330000;">Engulfed by nothingness - hauling out of bed - colossal reluctance - break of day - reflecting into the mirror - stupified in a stance - thinking of life fleeting past - vague nebulous thoughts - prematurely aborted - a bit of slumber - a ton of melancholy - stabbed - bludgeoned - suffocated - drowned in nothingness...</span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-47879176530674084832010-02-02T08:50:00.000-08:002010-02-03T21:21:16.681-08:00Face of a Concept!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkahmBZ8Ocwd60gcMa7G3A88DU1dYI5CwHVPkAuIfzMqxhfqw1xehyphenhyphenNoUPvR2NVDBnCK3ecpzKzJU9dWcYto6KSkByXj7i3xcZoBazFeD0yVrMy-7rWOuczhN9IJpb00G1hNvgZQFDK5T7/s1600-h/angry0002-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 558px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 394px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433689906478054962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkahmBZ8Ocwd60gcMa7G3A88DU1dYI5CwHVPkAuIfzMqxhfqw1xehyphenhyphenNoUPvR2NVDBnCK3ecpzKzJU9dWcYto6KSkByXj7i3xcZoBazFeD0yVrMy-7rWOuczhN9IJpb00G1hNvgZQFDK5T7/s1600/angry0002-vert.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;"><em>Now that Haute Couture week is over, the discussion hasn't yet settled on the maybe trivial question of who showed what, but still seems to linger around(much like a shrew's tantrums) the "unforgivable" sin of a little girl making her appearance on the front row of fashion shows, blinding one and all by an infamous bow. The issue it seems is not so much of the bow but how a pesky little 13 something can upstage years of hard work and dedication thrown in by senior editors of conventional fashion magazines. The whole cosmic world was aghast about the extreme injustice, about being short changed etc And when I tried to make light of the situation in one of my <a href="http://fashionfifthavenue.blogspot.com/2010/01/at-devils-disposal.html">previous posts </a>I got many not so nice comments about the little girl's supposed obnoxiousness for even daring to attend those shows.<br /><br />To all those bow and baby bashers I can only say "Don't be angry!". The girl is not your competition unless of course you are a 6 year old fashion blogger with a keen sense of observation of how Chanel's couture hairstyle resembles an inflated balloon! This girl is what you may call "the face of a concept". What concept? The concept of unbridled youth, uncorrupted by external influences having its say on fashion. What with couture clients being mature ladies, a breath of fresh air would do them wonders into thinking that when I wear that dress I'm a 60 looking a 13, because this 13 that attends my favourite designer's show looks more like me i.e a 13 resembling a 60(the greyed hair aiding belief)! And what with the electronic media stretching its long hands and pinching the Grand Lady of Fashion in unthinkable places coupled with the need to fatten the bottom line, PRs are willing to throw in any spice into the fashion curry to make it more palatable! So unless you are a toddler, move on...<br /></em></span></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#330000;"></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#000066;"><br />Disclaimer:The views expressed are my own and not influenced by anyone else.</span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-17585787983925136042010-02-01T01:59:00.000-08:002010-02-01T11:17:09.796-08:00Madame Haute Couture...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Mwu8o5xTjdm58MkuHAtZYq75ubKwvYe4YBQnWMF15rijfIqXnpwLbStVkUnVJJ3wH3qicnl1dZjFcL6gItJBp8PbElPXvdV8mYbfloxtTLecM5j0QvdbHFkXTS-TkSFAJfkXtWD0Tngh/s1600-h/CoutureGirl.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 640px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 480px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433352834933639666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Mwu8o5xTjdm58MkuHAtZYq75ubKwvYe4YBQnWMF15rijfIqXnpwLbStVkUnVJJ3wH3qicnl1dZjFcL6gItJBp8PbElPXvdV8mYbfloxtTLecM5j0QvdbHFkXTS-TkSFAJfkXtWD0Tngh/s1600/CoutureGirl.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ztHMwJKYrGWQJP8vE4QNrFGQ26inFMnP0IeR0TRZ1xhFTXmhpMDflVKpfABp3MV0NRytEosaMuZ8L0qBfmolLDpVSH-Xu2dTBnImWN1ECm6BPdnrhRb8t91OAzZ3y0wt0cHf0qtHCf1A/s1600-h/HauteCouture1-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 614px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1749px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433354969259881138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ztHMwJKYrGWQJP8vE4QNrFGQ26inFMnP0IeR0TRZ1xhFTXmhpMDflVKpfABp3MV0NRytEosaMuZ8L0qBfmolLDpVSH-Xu2dTBnImWN1ECm6BPdnrhRb8t91OAzZ3y0wt0cHf0qtHCf1A/s1600/HauteCouture1-vert.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Credit:www.catwalking.com</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-3575918419098237532010-01-30T08:56:00.000-08:002010-01-30T21:35:51.742-08:00Wait!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDSApdJtAv0s76wgtom10D5doQBqKz0YzcSF20uD57WG1owTelAqjZ12ac00f7ks9GMjlK5RNDwpd33MM96SjilWfD301gEohIewiLAcAloCFUtzD0xkxqhIlaMQbL9zYR4VnvvjJlUnd/s1600-h/Wait.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 460px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432772056166674466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDSApdJtAv0s76wgtom10D5doQBqKz0YzcSF20uD57WG1owTelAqjZ12ac00f7ks9GMjlK5RNDwpd33MM96SjilWfD301gEohIewiLAcAloCFUtzD0xkxqhIlaMQbL9zYR4VnvvjJlUnd/s1600/Wait.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! How gargantuan you are!</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Poured your heart out</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Talked of your admiration</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">For your idol<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Sent your thoughts </span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">All packed neatly</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">In lines scribbled</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Across many papers, </span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Resembling words,</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">or perhaps a woven dream</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Creating a window </span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">of </span></em><em><span style="color:#000099;">graphite dust</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">That offers a peep </span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Into your inner soul<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Have your thoughts </span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Been delivered </span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Lands and oceans across?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">To the one for whom</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">You have sculpted</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Your wishes<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Has your idol seen </span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">The little packet</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">In his inbox docket?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Opened to reveal</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Your admiration pure<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Did your idol</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Glance deep enough?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">To understand the graphite dance</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Now metamorphosed strangely by chance</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Into his portrait, entranced<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Was that his thought?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Or me in a mere knot?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Vacillating like a pendulum clock</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Between extremes of</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Hope and Embarrassment<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Did you hear a gentle knock?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Everything around blurred</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">And your little world swirled<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Was that your idol's symphony?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">In response to your graphite cacophony?</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Oh how he communed a melody</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Or perhaps not!<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Oh what joy you are in pain</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Or a throbbing pain in joy</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">Wait! Wait! Wait!</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#660000;">Inspired by a young girl who writes to her idol and speculates his reaction...</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-31699630704019099622010-01-26T22:36:00.000-08:002010-01-27T09:08:52.645-08:00At Devil's Disposal...<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2PpOYrgn4jGrYso6r11LcSa5U1Tz47A7g9C91Xg-2eKVzoJarozKE0Hbmu1WeZxzh40-b3T9CVQ42nf4FjfNlXxEieiilYWsaCnIDFc9mR7f7mYeL4x80bdtfWcrf9uwelHcaL6BbPfD/s1600-h/The+Devil-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 485px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431305170384410706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2PpOYrgn4jGrYso6r11LcSa5U1Tz47A7g9C91Xg-2eKVzoJarozKE0Hbmu1WeZxzh40-b3T9CVQ42nf4FjfNlXxEieiilYWsaCnIDFc9mR7f7mYeL4x80bdtfWcrf9uwelHcaL6BbPfD/s1600/The+Devil-horz.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#660000;">Have you seen the devil, young lady?<br />Asks the man smoking a pink ciggy<br />Yes sir, I reply rather coyly </span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">For quite recently</span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">It caused such a furore<br /><br /></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">Over my big pink bow</span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">Which it fumed had </span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em><em><span style="color:#660000;">Blinded it temporarily</span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">From flaring at</span></em><em><span style="color:#660000;"> pretty young girls</span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;">Daintily walking the aisle</span></em></div><em><span style="color:#660000;"><div align="justify"><br /></span></em><em><span style="color:#660000;">The pink ciggy man persists<br />So lady, does the devil anguish you much?<br />Oh sir it's terrible, I confess<br />It bathes me in vitriol<br />From morning till night<br /><br />Reminds me constantly of how ugly I'm<br />Calls me a cretin when I'm perfection<br />Unutterable names when I'm human </span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#660000;"><br />Yes sir I work the devil<br />That has jumped hell's gate<br />Right onto my plate<br />To twist my poor fate!<br /><br /></div></span></em><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000066;"><em>Dedicated to all those poor souls that attract the devil's wrath with their big pink bows!</em></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-24424233913401446262010-01-25T10:06:00.000-08:002010-01-25T10:14:08.274-08:00Solidarity for Haiti<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9MRHUQ05lLXH24et2UvNFArmOmY10KbEZdrDEhGu6J0SLzna97_nC89_nYUjED208H_rV2MHtQ2cHzkceoEYfytrVq7SHtWhoTOpaPDKmtrzEmbJ_xg0tGBX8ty6mnd8e6CIt4NTUFlF/s1600-h/Solidarity-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 602px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 426px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430741037928971906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9MRHUQ05lLXH24et2UvNFArmOmY10KbEZdrDEhGu6J0SLzna97_nC89_nYUjED208H_rV2MHtQ2cHzkceoEYfytrVq7SHtWhoTOpaPDKmtrzEmbJ_xg0tGBX8ty6mnd8e6CIt4NTUFlF/s1600/Solidarity-horz.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#000000;">Our hearts go out to the countless victims of Haiti earthquake disaster.</span></em> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-81324047788954362242010-01-22T10:22:00.001-08:002010-01-22T10:28:47.819-08:00Versace's Wonderland!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEs5dTdsYaOwS6Aq1wOia74W-86jF44c5keXn8y3iS7hVaBhe9cqSZoeqNIfApVJiC7dN0yliV72CaIvPRZah2SFlor7X97lN1dYkqtyj6tzigsFrakkEeRKxkqUg13MbvegUm_bgUHr7M/s1600-h/Colors+in+Dream0001-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 607px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 427px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429631473787554930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEs5dTdsYaOwS6Aq1wOia74W-86jF44c5keXn8y3iS7hVaBhe9cqSZoeqNIfApVJiC7dN0yliV72CaIvPRZah2SFlor7X97lN1dYkqtyj6tzigsFrakkEeRKxkqUg13MbvegUm_bgUHr7M/s1600/Colors+in+Dream0001-horz.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Inspired by Versace's Spring Summer 2010 Ready-to-Wear Womenswear</span></em></div><em><span style="color:#990000;"><br />Stay tuned for more...</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-44360680694650121462010-01-21T09:59:00.000-08:002010-01-22T09:25:29.426-08:00Tropic of Flowers From Stella!<div align="center"><em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbb_NtMNXcQTEukm-ONZBKqaio_Pn64DeiGejUHKz-z9Nv6QrNOAQU0FO-XExwTPGJV5T6KiEYAmTYHg4e8pfWhJyqvvAbJuBLmXpwT_zOHaTuY5ZXkz-S6ljPsyYVWGpUudRAX-i_TaT/s1600-h/Spring+Senses.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 597px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 433px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429254602928806946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbb_NtMNXcQTEukm-ONZBKqaio_Pn64DeiGejUHKz-z9Nv6QrNOAQU0FO-XExwTPGJV5T6KiEYAmTYHg4e8pfWhJyqvvAbJuBLmXpwT_zOHaTuY5ZXkz-S6ljPsyYVWGpUudRAX-i_TaT/s1600/Spring+Senses.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Inspired by Stella McCartney's Spring Summer 2010 Ready-To-Wear Womenswear</span></em><br /><br /></div><p><em><span style="color:#993300;">Have you seen the barren trees<br />Colored a gentle green?<br />By this woman named Nature<br />Who exchanged her blackened slate<br />For a painter's rich color palette?<br /><br />She labors long under the gentle sun<br />Whose warm rays caress her into tireless work<br />For all who have felt a painter's pain<br />Would know that her task is no mean!<br /><br />To tinge the fiery red with orange<br />Splash some yellow on a lemon<br />Color the flowers to soothe the eyes<br />And the earth with youth and joy<br /><br />Oh how Nature churns her colors<br />To deftly apply on her canvas Earth<br />Once every year a unique painting she does<br />Rich in colors and strong in beauty<br /><br />"Spring" she calls it every time<br />Oh! I wonder why?<br /></span></em><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSEt2J2kp7wzMktfxAzwd77elSZKKyNSOY_iR0dSM1xwx8ZChgpBNPic0FKc1RKQdwlTvvW37pJv6GLwJCqwLrW7hVndZxxwunVkKTojAR9kYbbK__bmXsznLcu8RRa7UqCsTk6CXP1wC/s1600-h/MCCA_SS10_0679-horz-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 492px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 326px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429611548223185698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSEt2J2kp7wzMktfxAzwd77elSZKKyNSOY_iR0dSM1xwx8ZChgpBNPic0FKc1RKQdwlTvvW37pJv6GLwJCqwLrW7hVndZxxwunVkKTojAR9kYbbK__bmXsznLcu8RRa7UqCsTk6CXP1wC/s1600/MCCA_SS10_0679-horz-horz.jpg" /></a></p><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Credit:www.catwalking.com</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-47030944666723041072010-01-18T08:42:00.000-08:002010-01-18T22:00:32.166-08:00Mysterious Dior!<div align="center"><em></em><em><span style="color:#330000;"></span></em><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb0LhxHP6djNGFQeWYGScufxvAuksk1ypplTzmKVwdIVCpf9grHvU3Fao_ZPKwS6o-_3u688iJzfI358S6zACD99agvNoSEFY7m59j6VgGaG4amGqkfnQPYTeOwYp5C3OrqM_uCV0JTpj/s1600-h/Spooky_Dior0001-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 602px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 415px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423312624203239618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb0LhxHP6djNGFQeWYGScufxvAuksk1ypplTzmKVwdIVCpf9grHvU3Fao_ZPKwS6o-_3u688iJzfI358S6zACD99agvNoSEFY7m59j6VgGaG4amGqkfnQPYTeOwYp5C3OrqM_uCV0JTpj/s1600/Spooky_Dior0001-vert.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Inspired by Christian Dior's Spring Summer 2010 Ready-To-Wear <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Womenswear</span> collection!</span></em></div><br /><br /><p><em><span style="color:#330000;">Dior girl on the run<br />In a silver <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">lamé</span> trench coat to stun<br />Sparkling diamonds in her bun<br />Pursued by a gangster's gun</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#330000;">She hears a faint knock on her door<br />Leaps off her bed to avoid terrible gore<br />No time to dress and adore<br />Slips into her underwear on the floor<br />And deftly escapes before<br />Things turn really sour!<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#330000;">Only baby dolls and negligees cover her modesty<br />Onlookers gape wide at her audacity<br />No time for outerwear she says in honesty<br />Dior girl's frail femininity<br />And robust vanity<br />Never fails to impress in enormity! </span></em><em><br /></p></em><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOdXuck1LHJa4O4XWNj4qLjwWGqX1VhieH7suU1nkHAWmQRayjMWttKsGRVVBxiDvQA6oYo1wwAFYFFowVU-ywCrGC0GpSoBYhmscfNXiy5C3XXiNIW7E3PgcDBTBvroguFBR_BnjWKJW/s1600-h/DIOR_SS10_0109-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 613px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 450px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428082464894010338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOdXuck1LHJa4O4XWNj4qLjwWGqX1VhieH7suU1nkHAWmQRayjMWttKsGRVVBxiDvQA6oYo1wwAFYFFowVU-ywCrGC0GpSoBYhmscfNXiy5C3XXiNIW7E3PgcDBTBvroguFBR_BnjWKJW/s1600/DIOR_SS10_0109-horz.jpg" /></a><em><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Credit:www.catwalking.com</span><br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000000;">Creator:</span> <span style="color:#996633;">John <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Galliano</span> </span></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYS7I9PZKHYY7nurdFsqy_0-JqxIehyphenhyphenawYRJGR08tKmGgfbGmvs9L6qVl0I-xZaabHqeFQ3vRP_JYUf-haTTHOSnfEMTrKUy3jsQE4aUW_hPVDHor2VvDiEyuwkqGOQoSNvsDpkpBBB9m/s1600-h/DIOR_SS10_1245.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 118px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 344px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428088193603328354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYS7I9PZKHYY7nurdFsqy_0-JqxIehyphenhyphenawYRJGR08tKmGgfbGmvs9L6qVl0I-xZaabHqeFQ3vRP_JYUf-haTTHOSnfEMTrKUy3jsQE4aUW_hPVDHor2VvDiEyuwkqGOQoSNvsDpkpBBB9m/s400/DIOR_SS10_1245.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#000000;">Event:</span> <span style="color:#996633;">Spring Summer 2010 Ready-To-Wear <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Womenswear</span></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Date Held:</span><span style="color:#996633;"> Oct 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span>, 2009</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Place:</span> <span style="color:#996633;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Espace</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ephémère</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tuileries</span> - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jardin</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">des</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tuileries</span> – Paris 1er </span></em></p><p><em><span style="color:#000000;">Designer(John <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Galliano</span>) Speak:<br /><br />“<span style="color:#990000;">I discovered this wonderful image of Lauren Bacall, a loyal Dior client, and Humphrey Bogart on an Avenue Montaigne terrace, and I took it from there</span>”<br /><br />“<span style="color:#990000;">She was a regular client of M. Dior and I loved the idea of taking that 1940s Hollywood glamour and making it more contemporary. And I liked the idea of the link between film as an illusion and the illusion of undressed dresses</span>”<br /><br />“<span style="color:#990000;">I wanted very femme <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">fatale</span>, a strong woman with a lot of independence, a heart breaker</span>”<br /></span></em><em><span style="color:#000000;"><br />“<span style="color:#990000;">semi-dressed allure</span>” </span></em></p><p><em><span style="color:#000000;">Critics Say:<br /><br />“<span style="color:#000066;">Disrobing was Dior’s biggest story today.</span>”(<a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/catwalk-report/id,8397">Vogue.com UK</a>)</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color:#000000;">“<span style="color:#000066;">It’s just that this season the look <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">isn</span>’t special enough.</span>” (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/fashion/03REVIEW.html">The New York Times</a>)<br /><br />“<span style="color:#000066;">The message at Christian Dior this afternoon was very definitely taken straight from the underwear drawer.</span>” <span style="color:#000000;">(</span><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/paris-fashion-week/6255249/Paris-Fashion-Week-Christian-Dior.html">The Daily Telegraph</a><span style="color:#000000;">)</span><br /><br /></p></span></em><p><em></em></p><p></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color:#996633;"></span><span style="color:#000000;">“</span><span style="color:#000066;">For all its delicacy, and prettiness, was there a single idea that took fashion — or Dior — forward?Everything seemed like a reworking of early <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Galliano</span> collections under his own name, but now with all the finesse and studio support that he has from Dior.</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span> <span style="color:#000000;">(</span><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/fashion/03iht-rdior.html">International Herald Tribune</a></span><span style="color:#000000;">)</span><br /></em><br /><em><span style="color:#000000;">“</span><span style="color:#000066;">Why limit yourself to a movie when you can access the living wardrobe?</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span> <span style="color:#000000;">(</span><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7910d38-a119-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1">Financial Times</a><span style="color:#000000;">)</span><br /></em></p><br /><em><p><a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/catwalk-report/id,8397">View Complete Collection</a><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZYlXdvebZFY&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZYlXdvebZFY&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/POKCrU7kqfQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/POKCrU7kqfQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /></p><p><br /></em><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-36113054815124784442010-01-15T10:33:00.000-08:002010-01-16T05:20:03.814-08:00Bui girl gonna rock!!<div align="center"><em></em><em><span style="color:#663300;"></span></em><em><span style="color:#000099;"></span></em><em></em><em><span style="color:#663333;"></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaSLZZouBPqSDOOiteQpYvsU8TjToin_O2F14eefimHOIIHIO01nwtHuFYYotmtHJA2_OH5OIvdMGfzLmEUtMa1D0gpFbDYRIFx18MeLE_9v-uRYq-cPX1ReBPpsKkqTptSa_k_gUXoey/s1600-h/Awaiting+a+rocking+performance-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 604px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 433px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425552470451130994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaSLZZouBPqSDOOiteQpYvsU8TjToin_O2F14eefimHOIIHIO01nwtHuFYYotmtHJA2_OH5OIvdMGfzLmEUtMa1D0gpFbDYRIFx18MeLE_9v-uRYq-cPX1ReBPpsKkqTptSa_k_gUXoey/s1600/Awaiting+a+rocking+performance-vert.jpg" /></a><em><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Inspired by Barbara Bui's Spring Summer 2010 RTW Womenswear Collection</span> </span></em></div><p align="justify"><em><span style="color:#663300;">Bui girl, not yet a star<br />Just a young girl having a lot of fun<br />Attending rock shows, strumming her guitar<br />Bohemian attitude and a wardrobe to match!<br /><br />Rocks in skinny leather pants and studded jackets<br />Slithers into metallic python pants with equal aplomb<br />Throws in some feminity with lacy slips<br />Patchwork mini dresses and tons of sequins<br /><br />Arty Pop or plain Woodstock<br />However you categorise her<br />Its not easy to match<br />Bui girl, who's yet a star...<br /></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_87FfslkZ5RHSnQsuBOOyzP_pgteUyoq5F2X6neu0WIz5XHNUj75pxwMb6axoyQLndILicc9EMTA8v9bkn3gzFmWONBL_a9AHW9LrEZlU8MAl1rBMnLR08CqQ4nxsCKIyJFB9_vcNKaP0/s1600-h/Barbara-bui-Podium-spring-fashion-2010-030_show_fullscreen_view-horz-horz.jpg"><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 600px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 547px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426955268834772370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_87FfslkZ5RHSnQsuBOOyzP_pgteUyoq5F2X6neu0WIz5XHNUj75pxwMb6axoyQLndILicc9EMTA8v9bkn3gzFmWONBL_a9AHW9LrEZlU8MAl1rBMnLR08CqQ4nxsCKIyJFB9_vcNKaP0/s1600/Barbara-bui-Podium-spring-fashion-2010-030_show_fullscreen_view-horz-horz.jpg" /></a> <p><em><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Credit:www.elleuk.com<br /><br /></span>Creator: <span style="color:#663333;">Barbara Bui</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMprMk4XcKMqxaC9sfX88KUMEufEifmXuegJAUWVgkVoFWLucKdig7MWvG-k8Ht15yeBtlAXJ9Xya_Lo_HlBJlEL-P07j8fI-LxhMHevKtGOZL5-bFCbj9OjnHnfRIEdr4VjlCt6vvX3h/s1600-h/barbara-bui33.jpg"></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 275px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427324992971381426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMprMk4XcKMqxaC9sfX88KUMEufEifmXuegJAUWVgkVoFWLucKdig7MWvG-k8Ht15yeBtlAXJ9Xya_Lo_HlBJlEL-P07j8fI-LxhMHevKtGOZL5-bFCbj9OjnHnfRIEdr4VjlCt6vvX3h/s400/barbara-bui33.jpg" /> <p align="justify"></a><br /></span></span></em><em><span style="color:#000000;">Event:</span> <span style="color:#663333;">Spring Summer 2010 Ready-To-Wear Womenswear</span></em><em><span style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="color:#000000;">Date Held:</span> <span style="color:#663333;">Oct 5th, 2009</span></em><em><span style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="color:#000000;">Place:</span> <span style="color:#663333;">Musée de l'Homme - 17 place du Trocadéro - Paris 16e</span><br /></em><em><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;"><br />Press Notes:</span><br /></span></em><em><span style="color:#663333;">Free-spirited and luminescent, she refuses the gloom. Her rock chick nonchalance is dressed in brightly coloured clothing. Exuberant and happy-go-lucky, she can’t stay still and claims her zest for life. Flower Rock and Arty Pop embroidery invades her androgynous chic wardrobe. Party-perfect trousers and jackets shake it up for a look that is part self-conscious sophisticate, part laid-back rebel. Anything goes - as Victorian lace, Kerouac-style worn brown leather and chain mail is mixed with floral prints, simple white cotton fabrics, snakeskin and high octane punk leather. Somewhere between Woodstock and the Palace, her wardrobe is a patchwork remix of pop culture and party girl. She dares to mimic the humour of Ziggy Stardust, evokes the sensuality of Veruhska and harnesses the lightness of touch of Vanessa Paradis. Her obsessions? Chain bracelets and necklaces. Her style? Disco stilettos, punk boots and sexy rock sandals. Her nonchalent accessories? Woodstock-style bags with lashings of luxe. The bullets in her armour? Precious mini bags that shine like jewels.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.elleuk.com/.../barbara-bui/spring-summer-2010">View Complete Collection</a> </span></em><em></p></em><div align="center"><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/amSSY58p7w0&hl=hi_IN&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/amSSY58p7w0&hl=hi_IN&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br /><p></p><br /><p><em></em></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-90725118991260690602010-01-10T03:45:00.000-08:002010-01-10T03:55:16.722-08:00Balenciaga high street drama!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielHs5X9isPKg2YDHEJN9Wec8BL8jzuHU72j7-PD198UZvTD2QSjVGC61DZsmmW-esNGz_veWbfAkpMxyzh7OllnQqE78O-znuvCzNLU-KjvhIRwg825NQUgqDScO4lGPITEd2LqsKydSj/s1600-h/femme_fatale.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 608px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 428px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425077303144068530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielHs5X9isPKg2YDHEJN9Wec8BL8jzuHU72j7-PD198UZvTD2QSjVGC61DZsmmW-esNGz_veWbfAkpMxyzh7OllnQqE78O-znuvCzNLU-KjvhIRwg825NQUgqDScO4lGPITEd2LqsKydSj/s1600/femme_fatale.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#000000;">Inspired by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Balenciaga</span> Spring Summer 2010 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">RTW</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Womenswear's</span> tough urban look!<br /></span></div></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-21372951970552731822010-01-09T10:24:00.000-08:002010-01-10T06:46:05.980-08:00Quest for growing young John Galliano way!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5xSoNe3UNySiZt3LEMncMzXk3X1H98_qw6_UCPqM2nVZBIlyM1YWGNwxA5S5efxYmgKa9XfU2sSrYOnO6ZjtB2aZMTeEXMlAqBApik_nAU6ooPw0JWTt3o8BUKSQ2Isqrs5k0UWaXUAL/s1600-h/Old+and+new0001-vert-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 610px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 416px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424807837825875810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5xSoNe3UNySiZt3LEMncMzXk3X1H98_qw6_UCPqM2nVZBIlyM1YWGNwxA5S5efxYmgKa9XfU2sSrYOnO6ZjtB2aZMTeEXMlAqBApik_nAU6ooPw0JWTt3o8BUKSQ2Isqrs5k0UWaXUAL/s1600/Old+and+new0001-vert-vert.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#663333;">Inspired by John Galliano's Spring Summer 2010 RTW WomensWear where an old actress revelling in the glory of her heydays tries to make a comeback oblivious of the reality that she has long lost her youthful looks!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXjz0frvIn9ypHmsaXuFMAkMmG1skz4OdqhemVJojfFuBoWvA9A8mbeyx5FRqTQ9hBidkLdWU__6cgIh-YTOM38x3ZoPbDhjiP4Ryd1xl1hVyamEi7OGHCu2JA8X1rZzMSOBG-am9Kuqa/s1600-h/John+Galliano-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 614px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 461px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425119589846474850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXjz0frvIn9ypHmsaXuFMAkMmG1skz4OdqhemVJojfFuBoWvA9A8mbeyx5FRqTQ9hBidkLdWU__6cgIh-YTOM38x3ZoPbDhjiP4Ryd1xl1hVyamEi7OGHCu2JA8X1rZzMSOBG-am9Kuqa/s1600/John+Galliano-vert.jpg" /></a><br />John Galliano- Spring Summer 2010 RTW- Oct 7th 2009- Paris- inspired by movie Sunset Boulevard- an actress of the silent movie era attempts a comeback- assembles a red carpet wardrobe from her existing wardrobe of lingerie, night gowns, brooches and pearls- 1920s Hollywood glamour- fresh colors, ice blue, silver lame, powder pink, lemon yellow-sheer fabrics of chiffon, tulle and lace- trench coats either encrusted with brooches with price tags till attached or decorated with flowers made from film gel, bias cut semi transparent gowns layered with bright polka dot gowns- spray painted hair- "Galliano Gazette" newspaper print hats and drawstring purses- giant pearl bracelets- high heeled shoes with pearl stacked heels- for the young and wild- cute romantic dresses reflecting Spring- familiar territory for John Galliano- collection focused on a strong bottom line!<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#6666cc;">Image Source:</span><span style="color:#333399;">www.catwalking.com</span></span></em> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-91998499926960870752010-01-08T11:28:00.000-08:002010-01-08T11:36:31.905-08:00Mystic Woman...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycTy2wbW2oK9cs3wXTvNDwQCCxkVJ5HoFSZ1Gq9ebG3WexO6LN4kDQ7HL8jn40yscbpkA2Z4lGgjG7yjx8v4ebS-D-PqwGTDtc1G_KpZJdb1qjjVDtsAdXa5Nni_E4zcKGvcbgpXhMnb1/s1600-h/Timeless0001-vert-vert.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 611px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 869px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424454917536273170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycTy2wbW2oK9cs3wXTvNDwQCCxkVJ5HoFSZ1Gq9ebG3WexO6LN4kDQ7HL8jn40yscbpkA2Z4lGgjG7yjx8v4ebS-D-PqwGTDtc1G_KpZJdb1qjjVDtsAdXa5Nni_E4zcKGvcbgpXhMnb1/s1600/Timeless0001-vert-vert.jpg" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-54152776340347787892010-01-05T05:52:00.001-08:002010-01-09T02:43:45.828-08:00Hmmm...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhVIOgwFVB_iAntrhco9fTSEVrEiPnZ2fTESd_zBGTlGosMZvJV8r0Zr4WPYHgzFn3DFiHRMktbIdy2CLHwnAieGR_Dr61RMmDHe70OhnI1NAGFdjCZCO-KQNiEPiHtriYHpplizMSn96/s1600-h/Moody+Girl0001-vert.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhVIOgwFVB_iAntrhco9fTSEVrEiPnZ2fTESd_zBGTlGosMZvJV8r0Zr4WPYHgzFn3DFiHRMktbIdy2CLHwnAieGR_Dr61RMmDHe70OhnI1NAGFdjCZCO-KQNiEPiHtriYHpplizMSn96/s400/Moody+Girl0001-vert.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424688811572483218" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-53870919084396228842010-01-02T06:46:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:14:14.124-08:00Embrace, Explore, Excite! Happy New Decade!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGLbK8wF97ulgG9pF_QspLrUijLH6d2sKX0PirS4tppTe2_e6lEQdWDB7t5QIkIFFgjNIVTTE-wBjtDvMji8WqHxeH9XcP5vpTynziyzpFz0hljaatsgANjl8Zd30xogEFKlTrJS9vHV2/s1600-h/RobinHood0001-vert.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 538px; height: 818px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGLbK8wF97ulgG9pF_QspLrUijLH6d2sKX0PirS4tppTe2_e6lEQdWDB7t5QIkIFFgjNIVTTE-wBjtDvMji8WqHxeH9XcP5vpTynziyzpFz0hljaatsgANjl8Zd30xogEFKlTrJS9vHV2/s1600/RobinHood0001-vert.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320419588863138" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#330000;">As we bid farewell to the oughties and step into a new decade, hope the year holds promises that are bright, varied and colorful !</span> </em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-41102817116500203982009-12-29T01:29:00.000-08:002010-01-09T02:39:41.321-08:00Adieu to a loving decade!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTOB182ZYtG79kGsZ6VdlT7UhocIMyN8KVW8Bgw_pL3tqBnjsbmYNrgDXLFPOWN_4DA-h7EkGsGoGXldo12vmrNmtyxEfbBuY-okW1ttbZzkTBqnWrqxsyRQZVHYC7qpiOoKcRXz1FWvy/s1600-h/DSC00448-vert.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 598px; height: 848px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTOB182ZYtG79kGsZ6VdlT7UhocIMyN8KVW8Bgw_pL3tqBnjsbmYNrgDXLFPOWN_4DA-h7EkGsGoGXldo12vmrNmtyxEfbBuY-okW1ttbZzkTBqnWrqxsyRQZVHYC7qpiOoKcRXz1FWvy/s1600/DSC00448-vert.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424687735805513858" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#000000;">Its been a fabulously fashionable year.<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Thank you</span> readers for all your encouragement and support.Keep tuning in for more action in the coming year.</span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-49054602363182270672009-12-17T08:50:00.000-08:002009-12-17T09:15:14.771-08:00Where beauty beguiles...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22sVh3dy3h5Z7z0J8G9YnQx15eAxR08Ae25tBysQANwkdr_-7qNaHOelK3xOjaCEAP6PzBhYLI48OH-FYQUmATnX9JLwnuAcmqiVmeU5O31nWgvNnOzkoNAopHDNYgLz2HgpaqPSwBL4b/s1600-h/DSC00441-vert-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 596px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 455px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416248965375995378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22sVh3dy3h5Z7z0J8G9YnQx15eAxR08Ae25tBysQANwkdr_-7qNaHOelK3xOjaCEAP6PzBhYLI48OH-FYQUmATnX9JLwnuAcmqiVmeU5O31nWgvNnOzkoNAopHDNYgLz2HgpaqPSwBL4b/s1600/DSC00441-vert-horz.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000099;"><em>To replace the impossibly perfect "photo shopped" women with an equally impossible task of hand stitching each LV bag, fashion ads will always remain tainted with fantasy!</em></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-42751003907387978872009-12-16T07:52:00.000-08:002009-12-16T07:58:21.951-08:00John Galliano, is that you?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslvC8-sWn8lvYP1ELQz_pJCLH4Rmfit5ocGzBEx9VvzieMDKmEMlpjbhnYdkXw75bc4YX2QGCr2gwAq-YUn97gPc5kbIYvveTs_Z8FE1LFo8dFiG_4qlZYvLpz46s6H18T2RAKgYde6yq/s1600-h/88759077.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 422px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 594px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415863013229212306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslvC8-sWn8lvYP1ELQz_pJCLH4Rmfit5ocGzBEx9VvzieMDKmEMlpjbhnYdkXw75bc4YX2QGCr2gwAq-YUn97gPc5kbIYvveTs_Z8FE1LFo8dFiG_4qlZYvLpz46s6H18T2RAKgYde6yq/s1600/88759077.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Does anyone else have a better reaction to this 29 year old John Galliano? From here to where you are today, the transformation has indeed been GARGANTUAN!</em></span><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#6666cc;">Image Source:</span><span style="color:#333399;">www.gettyimages.com</span></span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222307913955511457.post-42521784133059227262009-12-11T08:11:00.000-08:002009-12-15T07:16:43.894-08:00Yohji Yamamoto takes a U-turn, embraces skinny silhouette!<div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#ff6600;">Think <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yohji</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto</span> and images of gloomy girls buried under heaps of black cloth with not a hint of the powerful sexuality that might lie hidden underneath, float across the mind's eye.This time around when the silhouettes mirrored the recession and transformed from voluminous black skirts to tight mini skirts and skinny pants, everyone familiar with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto's</span> work raised an eyebrow in pleasant surprise. A few days later when <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto</span> filed for bankruptcy protection with debts accrued to $67 million, the pieces all fitted together. Concept has been swapped for commercialism, where bottom line seemed to be the strong focus and that it could be strengthened without slaughtering creativity, is after all the genius of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto</span>.<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto</span> understood that no one has the pleasant mood or the gentle patience to indulge in "conceptual" fantasy.Rather he focused on the mood at hand, making angst filled women, thinned down by financial worries and dressed in fitted black skirts and shirts with mutton of leg sleeves and collars stylishly popped out, take on the task of being their families' breadwinner, their inner turmoil and state of unrest manifested through bedraggled hair and blazing eyes made prominent through brightly colored feathers stuck on the eyebrows of eyes painted to match the color of the feathers!<br /></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVil08jnOMJ8kQIz0SIQmyXOd1qMVpbBE8zm3RL6FZE44GBGYgz6FPkpKmwiqTzMIvO9uJgxygtEcNRgQqO5lvBxyqZJIitHANLBHbIOEQOX3rxVGBCGuL8JwkIkENkfWrf7xr-mJ7oTIl/s1600-h/YAMA_SS10_0007-horz.jpg"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 592px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415127783160623634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVil08jnOMJ8kQIz0SIQmyXOd1qMVpbBE8zm3RL6FZE44GBGYgz6FPkpKmwiqTzMIvO9uJgxygtEcNRgQqO5lvBxyqZJIitHANLBHbIOEQOX3rxVGBCGuL8JwkIkENkfWrf7xr-mJ7oTIl/s1600/YAMA_SS10_0007-horz.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoQ9m8ycfbU0D4Dpo8mm5zcV9PXhX2WcF-3PnMSZzxzzkVmwli9DIqhquGsvoIDe4TbXXZRP-iSxgNO70ZyzxqV5gZNHAw8bKMq-KgVAItJBiXqMf1WUUjBWl5pVXI_lukr3EerqTSr49/s1600-h/00010m-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 614px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 461px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415443565357098082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoQ9m8ycfbU0D4Dpo8mm5zcV9PXhX2WcF-3PnMSZzxzzkVmwli9DIqhquGsvoIDe4TbXXZRP-iSxgNO70ZyzxqV5gZNHAw8bKMq-KgVAItJBiXqMf1WUUjBWl5pVXI_lukr3EerqTSr49/s1600/00010m-horz.jpg" /></a><em><span style="color:#ff6600;">The no nonsense tough attitude was prolonged through taut black boned corset jackets and double breasted tuxedo jackets with their collars and lapels pushed down to bare shoulders and worn with miniskirts, all coyness vapourising into an overpowering femininity!<br /></span></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaNA2KCc9_1iuWkSFQ9O7nWrws6NaXNTocACnsSHEFMIxfKe2Fu2bfBgfkKvv_RA1EcnU-_52ZIhsZOtKPRiiM2hcz5hAEx0cilRPURI1HwklDjb0qCbs4rSNV_KoXc7pKG9JBa4Jvnvk/s1600-h/YAMA_SS10_0025-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 532px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 599px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415131630127046066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaNA2KCc9_1iuWkSFQ9O7nWrws6NaXNTocACnsSHEFMIxfKe2Fu2bfBgfkKvv_RA1EcnU-_52ZIhsZOtKPRiiM2hcz5hAEx0cilRPURI1HwklDjb0qCbs4rSNV_KoXc7pKG9JBa4Jvnvk/s1600/YAMA_SS10_0025-horz.jpg" /></a><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">As the show progressed the girls got bolder and rougher donning black leather, puffed-sleeve <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">moto</span>-cross jackets and fitted shirts worn with either asymmetrical miniskirts with kilt pleats on one side or over studded garter peeking out of miniskirts!</span><br /></span></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XMC-1cJD9cBPeIfM6jMyubvAZWyYdmCH0bAezpVKaKdW8Tw9Zv6ua8dobY7GaTQn4sYS7yTn0bZeqs07_EO5l-Atz_QFtuvrWVBKJ0H-RimxVaR8nh47GpGKQsgmL_1Tr-qcanBCuy_b/s1600-h/YAMA_SS10_0122-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 577px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415136062858411394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XMC-1cJD9cBPeIfM6jMyubvAZWyYdmCH0bAezpVKaKdW8Tw9Zv6ua8dobY7GaTQn4sYS7yTn0bZeqs07_EO5l-Atz_QFtuvrWVBKJ0H-RimxVaR8nh47GpGKQsgmL_1Tr-qcanBCuy_b/s1600/YAMA_SS10_0122-horz.jpg" /></a><em><span style="color:#ff6600;">With jobs so scarce and the mood intensely workaholic with everyone consumed by a ravaging need to hold on to their only source of income, the focus was on work wear, the lean frame of the damsels held in respect through skinny pants and shorts worn with the usual fare of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto's</span> floor grazing shirt dresses or the more conventional T-shirt over jackets, even the t-shirts oozing out their despair through little black <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">appliquéd</span> flowers decorating them!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cMKyqTA2qh6_DmikV-7AOYdD9RxhLdk8NYgLI_OmGOl2LjgLYOfLIyqUVB677Q0WNvi2ww0si0_LBTe9DPKirNU9bOYKmNOHKgGm7Wd0ajjEgreuB1wjYp3s78WB-g3q5D513IBirena/s1600-h/YAMA_SS10_0194-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 516px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415141807888551074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cMKyqTA2qh6_DmikV-7AOYdD9RxhLdk8NYgLI_OmGOl2LjgLYOfLIyqUVB677Q0WNvi2ww0si0_LBTe9DPKirNU9bOYKmNOHKgGm7Wd0ajjEgreuB1wjYp3s78WB-g3q5D513IBirena/s1600/YAMA_SS10_0194-horz.jpg" /></a>Toughness and practicality give way to another hero of the hour, namely frugality! The worked-to-the-bone woman has barely enough time to crash into bed after making a messy something in the kitchen with not even sufficient time to clean up the leftovers! What was once a spic and span apartment had metamorphosed into a hell where rodents, moths and the like roam around as if they owned the place! The tough life bearing down on her apartment eventually starts showing up in her wardrobe that comprises of skinny pants that hide bony legs and long black lounge robes, all riddled with holes resulting from persistent gnawing at by rodents, barely held together and ready to disintegrate at any time. But in our girl's fight for survival these are the least of her concerns and so we catch a glimpse of her running around doing her weekend errands in "decayed couture"!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ehtFoSBTzsaeBMw86552AzKyvqCfLf0KXIbFOl_46XrO959Ap2O_NmlKRh5vTBtO7Nfm6WujLNf5i7y85E6v3giVm7nZZWHpybSoqe54zw93Pv8p9iALQzVmUc3nAreaSKjh0EZX9ubx/s1600-h/YAMA_SS10_0373-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 531px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415376840453976402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ehtFoSBTzsaeBMw86552AzKyvqCfLf0KXIbFOl_46XrO959Ap2O_NmlKRh5vTBtO7Nfm6WujLNf5i7y85E6v3giVm7nZZWHpybSoqe54zw93Pv8p9iALQzVmUc3nAreaSKjh0EZX9ubx/s1600/YAMA_SS10_0373-horz.jpg" /></a>Finally, even during bad times there is the occasional merriment in the form of some one's birthday or baptism which begs to be dressed in "cheerful clothes". Our heroine brings down a musty old box from her attic where she has put away the girlie dresses of her cheerful youth to wait for better times! As she unpacks those delicate Liberty print floral dresses and jackets with utmost care, she notices to her utter dismay that the icy hands of ill fortune that had pulled her down into this rotten hole, had extended its hands right into this box as well, shredding the dresses into a "holey" mess! With a sunken heart and a threadbare dress our girl marches on to face the world as it is today...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTvrBV3LeJn_jWXn0eHfB9s7FSKMpM7h-kDNjmJKeL-qlyb-PYk0VhF96yL3oZWl44P2F9JQEihBqNoPQL7cCe8LRLBnxM9vq9geyf9YZMuhDi5kMLZHNFdUHkJZ3jTBLlEnaUH_DXNFH/s1600-h/YAMA_SS10_0426-horz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 614px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415442839955466914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTvrBV3LeJn_jWXn0eHfB9s7FSKMpM7h-kDNjmJKeL-qlyb-PYk0VhF96yL3oZWl44P2F9JQEihBqNoPQL7cCe8LRLBnxM9vq9geyf9YZMuhDi5kMLZHNFdUHkJZ3jTBLlEnaUH_DXNFH/s1600/YAMA_SS10_0426-horz.jpg" /></a>Apart from the skinny silhouette which was a first in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto's</span> collection, a 2 inch heeled shoe too was debuted by the designer whose shoes in the past neatly fell into the category of flat soled trainers! The finger tip exposing gloves too added a groovy edge to the collection!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OtX9e7kD9MVMBH9bnXVdpOm3EorBkCmyE0QJADHdNk-YMZEKu6y_IMJo6lGyOJquFsOSFNOZyB0ibsONBKx7v6YyaxSntQ4SwG66xbN7-Dx2RvkZABLx_sKfrqS4kPnB-NX4mxO1ysSb/s1600-h/00090m-tile.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 614px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 922px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415445783326727730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OtX9e7kD9MVMBH9bnXVdpOm3EorBkCmyE0QJADHdNk-YMZEKu6y_IMJo6lGyOJquFsOSFNOZyB0ibsONBKx7v6YyaxSntQ4SwG66xbN7-Dx2RvkZABLx_sKfrqS4kPnB-NX4mxO1ysSb/s1600/00090m-tile.jpg" /></a>Though the shoddy financial situation of his company might have been a contributing factor in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto</span> choosing commercially <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sell able</span> clothes over conceptual ones, still one has to commend <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yamamoto</span> for coming up with an extremely functional and smart work wear wardrobe with a bit of punk rock chic thrown in, in the form of bullet riddled jackets, pants and dresses.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#6666cc;">Image Source:</span><span style="color:#663366;">www.style.com </span></span><a href="http://www.catwalking.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;">www.catwalking.com</span></a></span></em><em><span style="color:#ff6600;"> </span></em></div><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/2389404.js"></script><noscript></noscript>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0