milan fashion week
Now that Jason Wu has been confirmed as the next Target collaborator, we are already being teased by what’s to come! Above, we have a sketch of a Jason Wu for Target design next to one of his Spring/Summer 2012 runway looks, for reference. The collection will launch February 5, 2012, and the teaser video below already has me overloaded with excitement. At the end of March 2012, London’s Design Museum will be opening a retrospective of Christian Louboutin‘s 10-year-long rise to the top of the shoe game! Kanye West‘s debut collection was apparently more high risk than many thought,...
I’m pretty sure Roberto Cavalli has earned himself the rights to the phrase, “Going For The Gold“. His Spring/Summer 2012 collection was practically blinding. Producing a brain twinkle similar to the sensation you get after staring into the sun for too long, this renaissance collection was the perfect way to end Milan Fashion Week. The feel was light and sensual, though touted laborious detail. Gold sequins dances around, and even outlined, expert pleating. Garments opened in such a way that floral prints would reveal themselves only upon movement. There was even leopard-printed mousseline. Le sigh. Gold standard, in every way....
Anna Molinari has created the most wonderfully unhinged collection for Spring/Summer 2012. With no idea of what would come, I was experiencing major lust while the Blumarine designer sent out first looks of covetable feminine sweetness: full-skirted sundresses dripping with the colours of hazy, youthful summers in Capri (and beautiful raffia!). While every look was being mentally added to my wishlist, suddenly, a fluorescent orange shrunken neoprene biker jacket and matching neoprene micro-shorts emerged. Wake up, Milan Fashion Week! Blumarine is here! Shameless, 3-dimensionally embellished, and seductive – more vibrantly-hued garments strutted out with sequins, patent fabrics, fur, and more...
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