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Spring 2011
John Galliano Spring 2011 Menswear
John Galliano chooses theme after theme for his menswear collections that I love love love! Fall 2006 was aviation, Spring 2006 had New Orleans and jazzmen, and now for Spring 2011 it was epic show themed on silent movie stars like Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. Look at this!
Watch the full show, it’s a fabulous spectacle:
Categories: Men's Fashion, On CatwalksTagged: 1920s, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, film, Harold Lloyd, John Galliano, menswear, silent, Spring 2011, twenties
Top Picks: Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2011 Couture
Some very elegant looks in this collection, all with Jean Paul Gaultier’s signature touch of audacity (or indecency, whichever way you like to look at it!). The 30s and 40s influence is there, though there’s a feeling of 2011 does 1986 doing 1941, if you know what I mean. And I couldn’t help but include the can-can skirt here, how delicious! No better way to end a fashion show, but with a little high-kicking down the runway. The whole affair makes me think of a nightclub in Paris, today or perhaps in the early 1980s. The Lido, or the Crazy Horse…
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, can-can, forties, Haute Couture Collections, Jean Paul Gaultier, Moulin Rouge, Spring 2011, thirties
Top Picks: Christian Dior Spring 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Am I sick of Galliano for Christian Dior yet? Never!! So this ready-to-wear collection is nothing on the couture I posted a few days ago, but ain’t it sweet? Keeping nautical in for spring I see – hello sailor! – and more catseye sunglasses. Oh, and the Bettie bangs (false on the models), brilliant! I’ll post up the hair and makeup shots as well, so you can get a closer look.
I’m more a fan of the styling of the show, than of the individual pieces, but my favourite in the collection is probably the pink ribbon dress. I would love to dance in that… not that there’s much to it. It reminds me a little of Cyd Charisse’s green flapper dress in Singin’ in the Rain. Laura Glaess has a lovely recreation of that. Enjoy!
Tagged: bangs, Betty Paige, catseye sunglasses, Christian Dior, glasses, John Galliano, nautical, RTW, sailor hat, Spring 2011
Top Picks: Elie Saab Spring 2011 Couture
Lovely gowns at Elie Saab, I look forward to seeing these on the red carpet. And look kids, if you cinch the waists on skinny catwalk models really tight, you can almost imitate vintage curves!
Tagged: Elie Saab, Haute Couture Collections, Spring 2011
Top Picks: Moschino Cheap & Chic Spring 2011
From the Ready-to-Wear collection, summery fun…
Tagged: 1950s, cheap & chic, fifties, gingham, moschino, Spring 2011
Top Picks: Sonia Rykiel Spring 2011 Ready-To-Wear
I didn’t like most of the oversized clown clothes in this collection, but here are a few colorful cuties:
Tagged: RTW, Sonia Rykiel, Spring 2011
Backstage Hair & Makeup at Christian Dior Couture Spring 2011
Backstage shots of hair and makeup at the show, fantastico! You can see, to give the models that haughty, high cheek-boned and highly arched brow look of Rene Gruau’s fashion illustrations in the 1950s, they used Face Lift Tape! Apparently it’s common in the fashion world and the entertainment industry, I had no idea!
Tagged: 1940s, 1950s, Christian Dior, Face lift tape, fifties, forties, Hair, Haute Couture Collections, John Galliano, makeup, Spring 2011
Top Picks: Carolina Herrera Spring 2011
From the Spring 2011 Ready To Wear collection…
Tagged: Carolina Herrera, Spring 2011