Welcome to Part Two of our Fall 2019 Couture Week review! Today we’re continuing on the subject of growth and transformation from Monday’s post with review of Givenchy and Viktor & Rolf! Viktor & Rolf You might remember their last couture collection that was sassy in the extreme. This collection was more introspective, described by […]
If you’d like a background on couture and why it’s worth a look, check out this post before reading on! Just like that, the Fall 2019 Haute Couture Week has come and gone – but it hasn’t left us empty-handed. Like any good fashion week, over the span of a few days and many presentations, […]
By now, this is old news. Karl Lagerfeld died last month at 85 years old (plus or minus), and everyone went bonkers. A deluge of articles and lists of iconic Karl moments hit the press and social media, most done in a worshipful tone and a few with the attitude of “good riddance.” So what’s […]
Paris Fashion Week was all about what fashion reviewers call “bourgeoise dressing.” Designers seem to be fascinated by this category and the idea that upper-middle class professionals adhere to a sort of dress code of mostly neutrals, lightweight wools, and buttoned-up style. It reminds me of some of the coping mechanisms designers in New York […]
Hello from Detroit! I’m visiting my sister here in Michigan, which means indulging in red wine, face masks, and talk of Paul Hollywood’s kneading expertise (if you watch the British Bake-Off and are even remotely attracted to men, you’ll know what I’m talking about). But it’s also February, which means that Fashion Month is still […]
In light of Brexit, what IS British style today and where is it going? Beats me. All I can say as a bystander (and direct product of British involvement in globalization, thanks King George ) is that the question of British identity was a loaded one this week. The tension between the political, social, and […]
As I wrote Friday’s post on New York Fashion Week, I had planned on including the Marc Jacobs show under the “head on” section. I had gone through the runway photos and thought about the boxy silhouettes and dark lighting and initially was feeling ambivalent about it. The clothes looked like walking walls in some […]
The big question for every fashion week is “where the hell are we going from here?” It’s a question that is always dictated by the social climate at the time, and this year was no exception. Especially with how we view women under such scrutiny and back and forth – we’ve had Lean In, Me […]
This week, I listened to an interview on the podcast Fashion No Filter with The New York Times’s fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman. And let me tell you, it changed the way I look at fashion. It’s not like I did a complete one-eighty; I was aware that fashion is political, and that different trends can come out of […]
Today marks the start of Haute Couture Week 2019! Exciting, right? If that opening left you thinking, “and your point is . . . ,” not to worry. I get it – couture is hard to conceptualize on many fronts. I myself harbor some quality questions, including but not limited to: Do people actually wear […]
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