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Top Picks: Burberry Prorsum Fall 2010 Ready To Wear
Military chic a-plenty. Oh for one of these coats…
Tagged: 1940s, army, aviator, burberry, Fall 2010, forties, military, navy, prorsum, Ready to Wear, RTW, wartime, World War II, wwii
Top Picks: Antonio Marras Fall 2011 Ready To Wear
Understated, I like it. Other pieces in the show were fairly dowdy, but I’d walk down the street in any of these numbers. Shame on the hair and makeup stylists for not being more bold, but I do appreciate the red lippy…
Tagged: Antonio Marras, Fall 2011, Ready to Wear, RTW
Top Picks: ADAM Fall 2011 Ready to Wear
A few cute looks along the “retro librarian” line…
Tagged: ADAM, Fall 2011, Ready to Wear, RTW
Top Picks: Luisa Beccaria Fall 2011 Ready to Wear
I’m all inspired to add more touches of gold to my wardrobe…
Tagged: 2011, fall, Luisa Beccaria, Ready to Wear, RTW
Top Picks: Azzaro Fall 2011 Ready To Wear
I adore this collection! Simple, elegant, playful… completely wearable.
Tagged: 2011, Azzaro, fall, Ready to Wear, RTW
Top Picks: Aquilano Rimondi Fall 2011 (Ready To Wear)
Love these bold geometric shapes…
Tagged: 2011, Aquilano Rimondi, fall, Ready to Wear, RTW
Top Picks: Moschino Fall 2011 Ready to Wear
Ahh, this Moschino show was so fun! The uniforms, the exaggerated detailing, the clean, simple palette… I want to put on a musical with these as the costumes 
I think it’s set on a cruiseliner, what do you think?
Tagged: 2011, chanel, fall, moschino, nautical, Ready to Wear, RTW, sailor
Galliano’s Sad Finale: Christian Dior Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Well, you all know how great a fan I have been of John Galliano’s work for the house of Christian Dior, so this is a sad post. I’m sure you have all heard how Galliano has been dismissed from Christian Dior, after being publicly disgraced in relation to antisemitic and pro-Nazi statements, and he has now checked himself into rehabilitation for alcoholism. Yes, I know. Shock. Disbelief. This was his last ready-to-wear collection for Dior, and as usual, has so much I adore. Apparently the show was a sad affair, with a long speech from the CEO Sidney Toledano and, in place of Galliano’s usual flamboyant strut down the catwalk at the end, a gathering of the collection’s design team, seamstresses and craftsmen on stage, and both cheering and weeping from the audience. As Tim Blanks at Style.com noted, “The only precedent for this situation is Coco Chanel’s postwar denunciation as a Nazi collaboratrice. Her exile from the fashion world lasted nine years.”
Tagged: catwalk, Christian Dior, collection, Dior, Fall 2011, final, Galliano, John Galliano, last, Ready to Wear, RTW, show
Top Picks: John Galliano’s Spring 2008 Ready-to-Wear Show
One of my favourite shows of all time, it was pure fantasy…
Categories: On Catwalks
Tagged: Dior, John Galliano, Ready to Wear, RTW, Spring 2008
Top Picks: Burberry Prorsum Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear
My top picks from the Burberry Prorsum spring 2010 ready-to-wear show. Those puff-shouldered trenches have been mighty popular with the celebs…
Tagged: burberry, classic, jacket, prorsum, Ready to Wear, RTW, Spring 2010, trench, trench coat, trenchcoat
Hermes Fall 2010: Top Picks
My favorites from the Hermes Fall 2010 ready-to-wear show. Plenty of lady fops and dandies, with leather replacing tweeds in a mildly fetish twist. Like British super-heroines in some post-apocalyptic London… very Avengers. These women clearly need to be driving . Animal print umbrellas, pocket watches, leather gloves, bowler hats and netting veils, what’s not to like?
Tagged: bowler hat, Fall 2010, hermes, ladies, Ready to Wear, RTW, suit, top hat, tuxedo, women
Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 4: Fall 2003
In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 4, my top picks from the Fall 2003 ready-to-wear show. More to come…
Tagged: 2003, Alexander McQueen, catwalk, collection, fall, fashion, Ready to Wear, RTW, show
Louis Vuitton Fall 2010: Top Picks
With Marc Jacobs (*swoon*) at the helm, the Louis Vuitton Fall 2010 ready-to-wear show was all about an unabashedly vintage silhouette. Balconette bosoms, wasp waists, lined 50s circle skirts, sweater girls, fur collars, bows, long gloves and clutches. Also so nice to see a retro-inspired collection trotted down the catwalk, without terrifying abstract makeup or surrealist hair, to ‘balance out the old-fashioned’. Of course, I would have preferred red lippie and pincurls, but the preppy ponytails and fresh-faced ingenue makeup is a welcome relief after some of the absurdist hair, makeup (and shoes) of the season. Here are my favourites:
Tagged: 1950s, circle skirt, Fall 2010, fifties, full skirt, Louis Vuitton, poodle skirt, Ready to Wear, RTW
Elie Saab Fall 2010: Top Picks
My favorites from The Elie Saab Fall 2010 ready-to-wear show. Gathering and drapery in all the right places, a classic palette of black, charcoal and maroon,with splashes of black lace and fur thrown in. Very glamorous. And then there’s those sequinned gowns – oh god! Breathtaking, and those unusual cuts remind me of Wentworth gowns from the 1920s, and of that Virgina Mayo wears while singing Daddy-O in A Song Is Born (1947).
Tagged: Elie Saab, Fall 2010, fur, gathering, Ready to Wear, RTW, virginia mayo, wentworth
Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 3: Spring 2002
In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 3, my top picks from the Spring 2002 ready-to-wear show. More to come…
Tagged: 2002, Alexander McQueen, catwalk, collection, fashion, Ready to Wear, RTW, show, spring
Nina Ricci Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear: Top Picks
My favourites from the latest Nini Ricci show…
Tagged: Fall 2010, nina ricci, Ready to Wear, RTW