John Galliano, plays the Incroyable!

John Galliano attended the inauguration of the exhibition "Tyen:30 Years of Creation" at the Palais de Tokyo Museum dressed as a Muscadin(Incroyable).It cannot be more apt that in dressing for an event commemorating Tyen's(the creative director of cosmetics at Dior who also had shot innumerable fashion and beauty campaigns for Dior) work, he went all the way back by 25 years to slip into his first creation, namely Les Incroyables.Maybe he is also drawing parallels between the turbulent times of today and those that existed post French Revolution in 1790s when all forms of ornateness in dressing were scorned at and the Incroyables dressed in a manner reflecting that sentiment! Talk about thoughtful dressing and see who comes to your mind first!

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Seeing is believing!

At least so when it comes to Red Carpet gazing of the fashion folks, whose many times clownish and at times impeccable style requires some serious eye work to be even construed as remotely possible! Any fashion event like the amfAR's Inaugural Milan Fashion Week Event is bound to pique interest because the attendees are mostly fashion people(read models, stylists, critics, designers) dressed in truffles from Milan's runway. The reality might just be that that still ain't enough for the tacky to get tackier!

Its a little sad that Dita Von Teese just thought that any dressed pulled off the runway of Dolce & Gabbana would just suit her fine! And whichever way she may turn the dress still looks like its been borrowed from that fat lady who sells trinkets at the street corner!

Anna Piaggi, the famed fashion writer, "style" icon and muses to designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Manolo Blahnik turned up in her usual, inimitable style, which leaves me wondering how many folks are desperate to do the circus ringmaster act?

Alek Wek as always was the star of the event, dressed in a white shimmering gown that absolutely went with her!


Dsquared2 designers Dean and Dan Caten looked like perfect bunnies in their pink blazer over bleached denims, a look which only they could manage to pull off so well!

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Gucci girl: tough, intelligent and skinny!

Creator:Frida Giannini


Inspiration:Extreme sports, LBD, modern femininity, bag hardware, patterns from Indonesia and Uzbekisthan, recession


Color Palette:Largely monochrome(white, grey and black) with tribal patterns interpreted in combinations of cobalt, fluoro orange and pink or black and white.


Collection's Composition:Body con dresses either slit in a criss-cross way or manipulated with elements from the accessories department: harness straps for shoulders, silken cords in metal piping, intricately knotted through O rings joined together with buckles forming halter necks, silken cords knotted through metal Gucci horse bit for belts, high waisted pants and mini skirts inset with sports meshes, moto cross jackets and crocodile bikers, leather skirt suits with laces corseting the side seams and front of the skirt and a monokini tethered with silver hardware and silken cords.

Pièces de résistance:


Accessories:Shoes and bags in plush leather embellished with silver "bag" hardware, belts and bracelets comprising of Gucci horse bit. The lattice "stocking" boots could be one of the IT shoes of Spring 2010!


Philosophy behind Collection:This collection is strongly reflective of the current times of economic turmoil, the silhouette and the "bag" hardware used heavily throughout the collection are proof enough for this.In emphasising a super skinny silhouette to such an extent resulting in the total elimination of free flowing gowns that were so characteristic of her past collections, Frida stresses that any form of excess right from physical to material is out.Her choice of using hardware from the accessories department should not be construed as her drawing from her past experience of being the head of Gucci accessories (way before she took charge of the ready to wear collections), but rather as a deliberate attempt to send across the message that fashion is more about attitude and creativity than mere opulence.By eliminating jewellery of the usual kind and instead using harness straps, clasps, buckles as substitutes for precious metals and stones, she confirmed that an imaginative mind can turn even the most dull objects into sophisticated pieces of art!

Her injection of optimism into the collection through kilim patterns from Uzbekisthan is commendable for her attention to detail.For example the dress shown below sports Anatolian motifs that symbolise fertility and happiness(the black line in the centre) encased in a symbol that wards off evil eye(the white triangle with orange spikes)! Is Frida wishing the wearers of her dress eternal happiness? Who could have thought that even dresses have a story to tell?

Her jump into extreme sportswear inspired dresses in addition to conveying a dare devil attitude also ushers in a new era heralded by innovation in fabrics concocted in labs by scientists.

To summarise, optimism, prudence, toughness and intelligence are the ingredients in Frida's spring 2010 fashion pie!

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Marc Jacobs marries John Galliano!

Left:John Galliano 2010 Spring Ready-To-Wear (Menswear)

Right:Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2010 Ready-To-Wear

Need I say more? Anyway now you have an option of wearing t-shirts that match your underwear! Maybe its the next trend waiting around the corner! Never knew that Marc Jacobs is such a huge fan of John Galliano!

P.S: The "marries" in the title refers to the marriage of ideas and not of the fashion gods in question!

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Front Row Mavericks:Day 4 2010 Spring New York Fashion Week

While Day 3 saw a upsurge in the number of mavericks invading the Front Row, Day 4 was marked by eccentricity of a different kind.It was not the usual DJs, models or the young things in movies that grabbed attention, but the mature and serious crowd of fashion critics who stole the limelight!

Fashion critics Hilary Alexander of the Daily Telegraph (left) and Suzy Menkes of NYTimes sure look like ladies up to some mischief, with a "wait-till-you-see-my-review-tomorrow" kind of look! Its interesting to note that zimbio(from where this photo is sourced) just identified Suzy Menkes as a guest, that just shows that the less eccentric your dress sense is, the more easily you are forgotten!


Micky Boardman, columnist for Paper magazine, while not going over the top in the dress department adds a small dose of eclecticism through his multi colored beaded necklace!

Lynn Yaeger, another accomplished fashion writer who regularly contributes to magazines like NYTimes Style, Travel & Leisure to mention a few firmly establishes that a bit of bold makeup in the form of powdered cheeks can compensate for a nonchalant dress and still manage to grab attention!

So long to writers and their eccentric dress sense, after all what is fashion without their at times acerbic and most times sweet reviews?

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Rihanna does a Goth!

Above:Rihanna attending Fashion's Night Out

If Maison Martin Margiela's mono-lens sunglass was a bit on the edgier side, what would you say to Rihanna's spiked blinders? I agree Fashion's Night Out had the entire New York city brightly lit but was the city this blinding? And whats with those super spiked earrings and that bracelet piercing right through her flesh (see picture below), not to forget the black gloves with extreme black claws? If recession made it tough to afford body guards then maybe its not a very bad strategy! As for those blinders, well Rihanna seems to believe in the adage that appearances can be deceptive and decided to sense fashion and not get deceived by the brightly lit stores and the huge posters trumpeting the event! And with those spiky spikes would anyone dare to touch those blinders?

To muse, would you do an extreme Goth? Well she's a singer and all that, so its understandable that the need to grab attention and stand out could play an important part in her wardrobe choices.Apart from that can you give a thumbs up to this look? Eccentricity for eccentricity's sake or avant garde fashion? Do let me know.

Above:Rihanna attending World of Giuseppe Zanotti on Fashion's Night Out

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Front Row Mavericks:Day 3 2010 Spring New York Fashion Week

After a rather slim picking on Day 2, Day 3 threw in quite an array of eyebrow raising fashion in the form of bright colors and odd accessories at the Front Row.

Writer Patrick Mcdonald grabbed tons of attention at the Academy of Art University fashion show with his never ending eyebrows, little bunny peeping out of his coat pocket, a tie adding a pop of color to his predominantly monochromatic look and finally upped the craziness of his entire look with some odd shoes and striped socks. Any fashion followers for Partick's unique style?

Fern Mallis, the Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion was spotted at the Academy of Art University fashion show wearing a bright jacket in red and black accessorised with a bunch of chunky necklaces seemingly grabbed in a hurry from the jewel box(how else can one explain all those odd shapes of necklaces so harmoniously hanging from the neck?)! Though there was nothing overtly freaky about her appearance still she managed to stand out!

Stylists necessarily have to dress either like they have no style(which helps you appreciate better the work they do on their clients) or like they have a style thats only comprehensible to them! Stylist Derek Warburton made no exception to these rules when he landed up at the Georges Chakra show wearing a lace shirt sans vest, a green pyjama and a flashy purse all of which could have belonged to the shew who serves cold porridge for 5 cents and yells at all her customers!

Rosemary Ponzo's dress code for the Front Row is always "anyting in black" right from her dress to the ribbons stuck up her hair and yet there is always something that differentiates each of her looks! Good or bad, she never goes unnoticed!

Well the recession might force people to cut corners in many imaginative ways one of which could be buying yards of fabric and sharing them with your buddies(the more your buy, the bigger the discount), and the other, buying merchandise that rots on the shelf for months and gets discounted to almost a few cents like these boots with toe separators that Tristan Christann is seen wearing at the Academy of Art University fashion show!

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