The art of topiary @ V&R

Topiary is in the air, on my mind...
I am very interested in ardening which is one of my passions.
And I really like Tim Burton's.
So, what do Victor & Rolf, Topiary and Tim Burton have in common in the intricate paths of my fashion perverted mind?
Well, just a stream of mixed consciousness and ideas I guess.
Talking about Alice in Wonderland, most of you have probably seen the first images available...

Images from Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton

And now let's go back to the couple of genious that I think are going back to their unique and visionary approach. Let's talk about tulle. I cannot think about a more "common" yet sculptorial, color rich, light yet materic, full, layer"able", simple but sophisticated and much more fabric.

And here we go with Victor & Rolf and this brilliant creative carousel of tulle carved in the way they did.

It's pure joy for the eyes!Victor&Rolf - SpringSummer 2010

Black&Blonde Uniform

Photos by Daniele Mari

Prada - SS2010

The more I look at this show the more I find it interesting and, as always, full of details and concepts to be investigated and thought about. May sound obvious or cliché but to me it is once again so true. I would particularly share my feelings and suggestions that the prints of crowded (and kinda artificial) beaches gave me.
It made me think about Massimo Vitali's photography. Just in the midway between a sociological and estetic point of view.

Photo by Massimo Vitali

I love those prints because allow me going behind the beauty of fabric, colors and shapes. It is just as if you are projected to a more complex concept of these clothings beauty. They invite you to watch at people's stories happening under the surface of a nice composition. You can just loose yourself in catching more and more details of the images. Characters, lifes.

And I also find a reason to reflect on the concept of getaways, on our contemporary perception of holiday, on its mass-oriented nature.

Prada SS 2010, all background images by Massimo Vitali

Director's hair

Photos by Daniele Mari

Kate Lanphear or "Sense of style"

Every season we can't stop taking pictures of her.

Kate is the quintessence of elegance I'd say, which is something that she deeply owns in the inside, as a person.
I have never seen someone who has such a personal, cohesive, coherent, effortless Style. And she is so gentle and spontaneous in the approach that makes her even more lovely.
Her look is not properly "androginous" in an old style sense, she is so contemporary, "clean", immediate and always balanced. And her presence, her presence! She blows my mind with her personal taste in picking and combining the greatest accessories! I have usually seen her walking on marvellous heels but I have to say that I loved loved loved Kate in Sonia Rykiel's black crystal encrusted creepers...pure 2009 rock'n'roll!!!!!!!

All photos by Daniele Mari

Pelette - Post #2

...JUST A PREVIEW!!!!!!!!!

Gareth Pugh - SS2010

Style influence

This orange dress has been one of my favourite from the moment I saw it one year ago. I particularly loved the way it came out on the runaway, with its peculiar egg shape. But I have to admit that the way Anna Dello Russo styled and worn it 6 months ago was very interesting. Totally re-interpreted shape, with a high waisted black belt squeezing it around her silhouette with nude coloured shoes and golden accessories which added softness and a powerful, strong feminine touch. As I was observing a few posts ago, here comes again the big influence some people and streetstyle photographers have on style.
We spotted the same dress with a similar belt around the waist:
from my personal point of view, the choice of black buckled shoe-boots and bag pushed all the tenderness away, also considering the strength of this vitaminic orange.
But I like the braveness of wearing it!

Palette

I am not crazy, I am not loosing my mind...just...guess what?
I am dieing to see Gareth Pugh SS2010 show!!!!
...some rumours wispered about loads of grey...

Milano - Fashion Week - Sept. 2009

...but still...

Imogen Morris Clarke by Daniele Mari

...we got some juicy pics from outside the shows...

Imogen Morris Clarke by Daniele Mari

Milano - Fashion Week - Sept. 2009

This season we decided not to go street hunting during fashion week, even if it was THE SEASON for "streetstyle-ers".

Photo by Daniele Mari

Scott Schuman is presenting his book in all fashion capitals, signing copies for his fan/followers/groupies.

Photos by Daniele Mari

We all thank him for having brought streetstyle blogs to such an exposure. And thanx to all of the other bloggers flying to one city to the other to shoot and give us so many examples and inspiration of style. They are a real tribe, a nice one, sharing great moments, travelling around and bringing fun.
Read this adorable post by Géraldine Dormoy - Le streetstyle en mutation (et moi avec),
And have a look at my cool friend's blog: All the pretty birds

NYC Fashion Week - SS 2010 - MONOGRAPHY#2

RODARTE

or
THE CYBORG NATURE WILDERNESS

Enjoy the silence

Rodarte - Spring Summer 2010

NYC VS LONDON

Similar curvy lines and color pallette driving designers to totally different style trails.

NYC Fashion Week - SS 2010

Marc by Marc Jacobs + Anna Sui

Even if Anna Sui wasn't directly inspired by African textiles this season - while MJ did - her colorama porn just contributed to inspire this association. I loved those looks and prints making me wish for a never ending summer season...or a great mid-winter african escape...

1,2,3,11,12,13. Marc by Marc Jacobs; 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,14.Anna Sui

From NYC to LONDON

This morning I checked Mary Katrantzou's SS10 collection and I had a confirm.

She is one of my favourites in mixing incredible digital print with the most feminine, voluptuous, silky marvellous dresses.
Before I put together a post on this topic,
guess who was wearing her FW collection?!?!

NYC Fashion Week - SS 2010 - MONOGRAPHY#1

ALEXANDER WANG

I have been watching and waving at Wang for a little while now and my interest in him is not going to stop. Since the beginning he has been exploring that special, fresh, clean, effortless style essence that my imagination consider "AMERICAN" by searching and indaguing some macro&micro references around the theme of "Casual".
Latest show widely explores american football : from training to uniforms to the playground, including cheerleaders and leather balls, showing us consumed like knitted pieces, grey fleece, padded shoulders and quilted surfaces reminding protective structures.
And he added some deconstructed pieces, starting from army like jackets and
raincoats softly wrapping the body.

The collection is completed by his signature classics such as white skirts,tshirts, tight minidresses, some transparences and supper cool accessories like the animal print shoes, black zipped shoeboots, ball-like-clutches...

It is like the perfect new wardrobe, to be mixed and matched with everything all day and night long.

NYC Fashion Week - SS 2010

GIMME SOME POCKETS

I love pockets, I really do.
They give me a touch of easyness, always, immediately.
I just picked a few of the biggest and apparently most confortable ones from nyc fashion scene.
I consider them the perfect topping for a fresh and somehow casual look, from day to night.

1.Preen; 2.Cynthia Rowley; 3.Jen Kao; 4.Altuzarra; 5.Adam

NYC Fashion Week - SS 2010

A new color palette

made of different shades of orange, beige, camel, mustard, nude, grey, blue...
Full colors vibrantly blended.
Love.

1. David Delfin; 2.Jen Kao; 3+4.Derek Lam; 5.Proenza Schouler; 6.David Delfin; 7.Lacoste; 8.Ohne Titel; 9+10.Diane von Furstenberg; 11.Alexander Herchcovitch; 12.Marc by Marc Jacobs; 13. 3.1 Phiip Lim; 14.Derek Lam; 15. Phi; 16.Cushnie et Ochs; 17+18. Alexander Wang; 19. 3.1 PhilipLim; 20.elise Overland; 21. Jen Kao; 22.Erin Wasson x RVCA; 23.Ohne Titeel; 24.Doo.Ri; 25.Jen Kao

NYC Fashion Week - SS 2010

New York Fashion Week is already over, fashion system has alsready moved to London and will be here in Milan soon (at least I hope...since Milan has been always less interesting recently...!). This is time for me to go through a lot of images of shows and designers I love alot and start to make my own considerations on some focuses that are catching my attention.
First of all, I am glad to notice that my obsession with anatomic/patterned/armour/graphic leggings and pants has been widely explored. Once again I thank my adored Delphine Murat for being so ahead in fulfilling my fashion desires.

Legs de Delphine Murat

Here is an abstract of her tights/leggings collection that I want to share for the delight of the ones who do not know her yet. The above items are already available. Check her stockists or buy online.

And below, some of the best looks for next season around the theme from nyc scene .

1. Altuzarra; 2.Behnaz Sarafpour; 3&4. Alexandre Herchchovitch; 5.Thakoon; 6.ThreeasFour; 7.Thakoon; 8. Jen Kao; 9&10.Jeremy Lang; 11.Cushnie et Ochs; 12.ThreeasFour; 13.Helmut Lang

NYC Fashion Week - SS 2010

I have started looking on latest Spring Summer 2010 fashion shows from NYC and found out that Eva Fontanelli's beloved feathers puffy skirt and embellishments have been inspirating a bunch of designers already. Obviously we can say that ideas are in the air but once again I have to make some thoughts about the influence that StreetStyle photographers/bloggers, first of all Scott Schuman from The Sartorialist, have on fashion.

And I am also glad to see how influent and powerful personal style can still be.

FASHION DEVIANCE

A choice of pics from a recent styling


Photography Luca Ascari
Hair&MakeUp Alemka Krupic
Art Direction Jovanka Savic
Styling Simona T

WE ARE BACK ON TRACK

...and sorry for the long silence..!

Must Have

Mine...soon!!!!!!!

Buckle SandalBoots in grey suede.
By Surface2Air

Different perspectives

Pitti People, Photos by Daniele Mari

Undercover - SS 2010

Even if the web is overwelmed with the Undercover's Pitti Show/Event pics,

I loved it so much and Dan took such beautiful photos that I am posting anyway, despite it's already been a month since it happened.
The colletions is very interesting, minimal, functional, rational, inspired by the work of german indistrial designer Dieter Ram.
The after show took place up to the hill of the "Boboli wonderland" and was incredibly poetic.

All images by Daniele Mari

Afshin Feiz

This collection just came straigt to my attention thanx to fb...

power of our net oriented multilevel culture...
This is, for me, his best collection.
Born in Iran, Feiz has been travelling all over the world: America, Asia, Europe...
He studied Literature and I think this has been a big influence on his job because he uses colors and shapes in a totally personal way that suggests me writing:
he applies several methaphors to fashion design.
Afshin's latest collection is graphic but musical, architectural but pictorial and never strict.
Contemporary but withan eye to classic shapes.

Look

This is just how I would love to go out today

Little cape and dress by Maria Romero De Francisco, sequinned legwear by Stella McCartney, boots by Chloe Sevigny for OC

Primo Toccare - Mila Schon's event @Pitti

MATTEO LEVAGGI / CORPICRUDI FOR MILA SCHÖN
PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO 76
choreography MATTEO LEVAGGI
models’ clothes MILA SCHÖN
production BALLETTO TEATRO DI TORINO, in co-production with Biennale de la Danse de Lyon and Torino Danza
artistic director Loredana Furno

Dance, contemporary art and fashion: Primo Toccare meets the creativity of the famous maison MILA SCHÖN for the launch of its men’s collection and to present “M as Mila”, a monography to celebrate the 50 years of the brand.

Photos by Daniele Mari

Halston AW09 Collection Video

Produced by Blink Productions and Colonel Blimp, starring Halston heroine Dree Hemmingway directed by Nez Khammel.

Black&White, leather, vinyl, anathomy details, smoke and other subjects I love

Here I want to write about Gemma Slack and Maiden Art, two of the labels that are mostly taking my attention.

Mrs Slack is a very young promise of british fashion landscape.
She has got a very strong arty approach and often translate sculpture and painting into apparel.
I have seen her creations on the celebrated "Not just a label" young talent incubator/eshop and I totally fell looking at her "spine dress" that sent me directly to her homepage...
WHERE I FOUND OUT THAAAT
she has already interned at Gareth Pugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AnywAY
I selected the look I ostly appreciate,
featuring black&white, shouldel structures, digital smoke prints, chain corsets and leather.


The second brand I was mentioning is Maiden Art.
This label is fresh, italian and conceptual: hurraaaaay!!!
Just to proudly show that Italy has got young energy with something strong to say.
Their production includes apparel, accessories and jewelry for women and men.
This FW 2009/2010 collection is called "The Black Vinyls", all declined and inspired by black and white with a lot of metal and leather. That's why I am pairing these two collection that give me a similar deep vibe.

Not just a fashion guru

Something that I really like of this black look is

the mix of 3 different textures and shiny surfaces.

Sarah Lerfel. Photo by Daniele Mari

The new tie

Pitti People, Photos by Daniele Mari

IED Modalab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

I finally got some official and nice pics of the show.

I am very happy to share them since now it is easier to get details of the pieces and pay the right tribute to the designers!!

IED Modalab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

Mattia Frassinella

IED Modalab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

Gilda Sancisi

IED Modalab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

Claudio Bragagnolo/Deianira Sinatra

IED Modalab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

Linda Riboni

IED Modalab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

Maria Caterina Veneselli/Chiara Berva

IED Modalab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

Oh Haneul/Boo Sang Hon

IED Moda Lab Graduates 2009 Fashion Show

Last night IED dedicated a fashion show featuring an abstract of its best students' collections.

I honestly have to say that I didn't expected such an accurate manifacture of the pieces and that was a truly nice surprise.
I obviously identified a few favourites designers/ideas but I would have expected some little more experimentation.
Chapeau, anyway, since some of them seem to have learned well all those (boring) lessons about the market and the commercial side of creativeness.
I am going to post a few picture I took but will add more as soon as I get some.

Mila Romey Menez Bezerra

Fuchsia Candy

Miss Sweetness

Pitti People, Photo by Daniele Mari