Inspired by Versace's Spring Summer 2010 Ready-to-Wear WomenswearStay tuned for more...
Showing posts with label 2010 Spring Milan Fashion Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 Spring Milan Fashion Week. Show all posts
Friday, January 22, 2010
Versace's Wonderland!
Inspired by Versace's Spring Summer 2010 Ready-to-Wear WomenswearStay tuned for more...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
At Prada, couture meets trash!
Creator: Miuccia Prada
Show: Spring Summer 2010 RTW (Women)
Date Held: Sept 24th 2009
Place: Via Fogazzaro, 36 - Milano
Show: Spring Summer 2010 RTW (Women)
Date Held: Sept 24th 2009
Place: Via Fogazzaro, 36 - Milano
Inspiration: Italian architecture - doorways in streets, chandeliers and marble floors juxtaposed with touristy beach scenes reflecting the highs and lows of life.
Color Palette: Primarily black, gray and white with a bit of yellow, blue and purple coloring the prints
Collection's Composition: Fly away jackets and bermudas in steel gray with raw edges, knickers in burgundy, green, white or silver, waistcoats crossed over at the front, rose printed coats on black silk, beach scene complete with palm trees, sand, clouds and people in beach loungers printed on silk blended with nylon strands and constructed into sleeveless dresses, jackets, mini skirts and cycling shorts, floaty halter tops, and white stretch cotton T-shirts and briefs worn under jangling layers of hinged clear plastic beads resembling chandelier crystals
Pièces de résistance:
Color Palette: Primarily black, gray and white with a bit of yellow, blue and purple coloring the prints
Collection's Composition: Fly away jackets and bermudas in steel gray with raw edges, knickers in burgundy, green, white or silver, waistcoats crossed over at the front, rose printed coats on black silk, beach scene complete with palm trees, sand, clouds and people in beach loungers printed on silk blended with nylon strands and constructed into sleeveless dresses, jackets, mini skirts and cycling shorts, floaty halter tops, and white stretch cotton T-shirts and briefs worn under jangling layers of hinged clear plastic beads resembling chandelier crystals
Pièces de résistance:
Accessories: Crystal belts, bags in clear plastic at times embellished with crystals, Perspex and PVC stack-heel sandals and pointed toe pumps in clear plastic with some sandals spilling crystals from the heels and the vamp, over sized clear plastic goggles
Philosophy behind collection: Miuccia wanted to send out a message relevant to the recessionary times we live in by projecting life as a mixed bag of joys and sorrows. Her message was expressed by contrasting steel grey blazers and cycling shorts symbolising hard work and endurance with beach scene printed dresses and knickers signifying good times and leisure. The collection also projected a "rich contaminated with poverty" feeling with raw unfinished hemlines, short knickers and plain cotton t-shirts adorned with crystals.
Targeted Buyers: The entire collection has a youngish look, focusing on young women with a daring alternate sense of style, although the long jackets in either steel gray or beach scene prints could adorn women like Anna Wintour.In short, only for the fashion crowd!
High Points: The proportions of the jackets seemed fresh, the other strong point being the beautifully executed "picture post card" like beach scene printed dresses, the transparent thick plastic frames are this season's IT glasses bound to adorn many a fashionista's eyes.
Low Points: Though the idea of expressing trashy elements(plastic bags, raw hems) through couture fabrics seemed a novel idea, the translation that ensued was weak, contrived and too direct. The collection was not overtly stunning largely due to the lack of variety in the collection which heavily focused on knickers and shorts with almost nothing appearing below the knee. Many of the elements like unfinished hems, clear plastic bags and shoes, crystal embellished dresses have already been seen much too often to evoke any sense of shock or surprise. The plastic shoes and bags without the "Prada" tag could sit for ages on a retailer's rack and go unnoticed!
Image Source:www.catwalking.com www.style.com
Philosophy behind collection: Miuccia wanted to send out a message relevant to the recessionary times we live in by projecting life as a mixed bag of joys and sorrows. Her message was expressed by contrasting steel grey blazers and cycling shorts symbolising hard work and endurance with beach scene printed dresses and knickers signifying good times and leisure. The collection also projected a "rich contaminated with poverty" feeling with raw unfinished hemlines, short knickers and plain cotton t-shirts adorned with crystals.
Targeted Buyers: The entire collection has a youngish look, focusing on young women with a daring alternate sense of style, although the long jackets in either steel gray or beach scene prints could adorn women like Anna Wintour.In short, only for the fashion crowd!
High Points: The proportions of the jackets seemed fresh, the other strong point being the beautifully executed "picture post card" like beach scene printed dresses, the transparent thick plastic frames are this season's IT glasses bound to adorn many a fashionista's eyes.
Low Points: Though the idea of expressing trashy elements(plastic bags, raw hems) through couture fabrics seemed a novel idea, the translation that ensued was weak, contrived and too direct. The collection was not overtly stunning largely due to the lack of variety in the collection which heavily focused on knickers and shorts with almost nothing appearing below the knee. Many of the elements like unfinished hems, clear plastic bags and shoes, crystal embellished dresses have already been seen much too often to evoke any sense of shock or surprise. The plastic shoes and bags without the "Prada" tag could sit for ages on a retailer's rack and go unnoticed!
Image Source:www.catwalking.com www.style.com
Saturday, September 26, 2009
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?
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!
Image Source:www.style.com www.wwd.com www.wiki.com www.kilim.com www.bwgrayscale.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
