dresses
“Run and tell all of the angels, This could take all night, Think I need a devil to help me get things right” - “Learn to Fly“, Foo Fighters It is simply not warm anymore, hombres. I am obviously trying to hold onto my dresses as long as I possibly can – time to call in the cardigans, sweaters, and other warm friends! A-line polka-dot dress (with a bow on the front) is handmade, lavender-coloured long cardigan from the archives, hair is in strange stage between brunette and blonde, and dusty pink ruffled platforms from eBay....
This week, the Versace x H&M lookbook was finally released. Thankfully, it did not disappoint in any way! The 50-piece collection features dresses, skirts, leggings, scarves, handbags, shoes, belts, menswear, jewelry, and even homeware. Impressively, many of the prints, products and palettes seem to have been drawn almost straight from the archives. Value for money, in my eyes! That said, it isn’t going to translate as ‘value‘ if we go out and buy everything at once (…note to self). Above, I have compiled some of my favourite pieces that I believe will work both alltogether and also add something special...
Paco Rabanne has not shown ready to wear since 2006. But damn, did those 5 years produce results. As it was Manish Arora‘s first collection since taking over the brand, I will let him explain his Spring/Summer 2012 collection: “The workmanship is similar [between my own work and Paco Rabanne's work]. We like to work hard, we like to make dresses that take 25 people and 20 days to make and that’s the value of Paco Rabanne that I appreciate and that’s the common factor”. While Manish has a real flair for sci-fi showmanship, he seemed to put his own...
In my head, where I have the design skills of a couturier and a fabric arsenal of my favourite stores in East London, I dream of collections like this. Delivering demi-couture like only this label knows how, it was incredibly moving to – yet again – feel like Lee McQueen was holding the reigns of the design process. A testament to the absolute brilliance of Sarah Burton. For her third solo collection for Alexander McQueen, the obsessive detailing was as powerful as ever. Breathtaking and haunting pieces (dresses, dresses everywhere) were modelled after the three G’s; Grès for the pleating...
Lela is…
Editor. Freelance fashion/beauty/lifestyle journalist. Former (and when industry friends ask) fashion stylist and makeup artist. Media Executive. Currently based in London. Author of She Said Style.
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