Oh So cover me with chic blanket

Since the beginning of the year, knitwear certainly made ascend on the scale of trends. Runaway announced comeback of it, from basics to lurex (think of Marni), items embroidered with sequins or knitted laces (think of Missoni)
It’s pretty handsome to see all of the 80’s sparkly, glamazon crave which often implies marvelous fur, while on the other side warm fall glance is more cozier, with more of neutral or warm colors including all of the goodies as tweed or woolen jackets and trousers, knitted vests and scarves. But if looking back in the time, there is no way that 80’s style elides knitting. If you don’t remember just think how Marc Jacobs adorably connected both. With layers of fine knitted items, afraid for freezing is diminished. But with more of colder days, the hedonistic side of our hearts is growing so often chocolate or tea, movie or book and the blanket inside your private paradise(meaning warm) is preferable than strutting on the streets.
Oh how we love blankets.
Who was the person that left the warm inside wrapped in the blanket, we don’t know. Maybe someone greedy for productivity and too cold, but she/he did the fashion forward for blankets as outwear. Since then we realized that outwear with blanket lookalike makes us balmy in our hearts even on the streets. That is why we are saying; Oh so cover me!
HOW TO WEAR
For knitted outwear, capes, wide scarves in-blanket –glance, oversized is essential.
Pattern or color to choose is matter of personal style. If you are more common with bohemian you’ll choose isle or DIY patterns. Overlay it over basic clothing, cotton dresses, knitted tunic tops on tights or jeans. It matches perfectly with canvas. But also with heels.
WHERE TO BUY: There is very possibility that your grandma has it in closet or visit nearest vintage shop.
Coats 1. Missoni from matches, 2.Henrik Vibskov from farfetch,4.knitted coat at mytheresa Scarves 3. Asos, 4. Topshop
Alison Mosshart of The Kills

Vision of Art and Couture- Stéphane Rolland

If main characteristic of haute couture is its uniqueness, than Stéphane Rolland as 11th. Member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, justified his membership.
Stéphane Rolland launched his couture Maison, that has been financially supported by just two shareholders, in 2007. Before love in his own couture, was a creative director at Balenciaga, has launched prêt-a-porter collection, and worked in Jean-Louis Scherrer house on womenswear and couture.
At Palais de la Découverte, this year in July, first time as official couturier Rolland presented 40 Haute creations together with leather goods for fall/winter 2009. What inspires this Parisian couturier mostly is art; contemporary, modern, architecture or sculpture, and that really is big influence on his designs. Inspiration for graphic mosaic embroidery from this show came from the wall of one New York apartment. Silhouettes of Rolland’s dresses really look like sculptures enliven that had un-notable walked out from some museum retrospective to runaway.
Except mosaic embroidery sign of last collection were rounded, sometimes bit asymmetrical cutouts (enchanted especially with cutouts on the back). Through whole collection, Stéphane plays with openness of the woman’s body parts.
Train dress is rich and despite big shoulders with bateau neckline, on the back will have little cutout that balances with silhouette. If it’s one sleeved, that sleeve will be pleated and bit avant-garde. He put sheer details on the back on long velvet dress with power shoulders and mosaic details all over. Long tailored blazer with details on the shoulders is paired on the runway with long dress and I can clearly imagine high class socialite on art exhibition in front of Monet's painting. Stéphane made me to fall in love with his long -floor touching-dresses and with one of those, in white, he closed his show, while other models in black dresses where aligned on stairs of Palace. That image clearly portrays Rolland’s art obsession.
Maybe the idea of timeless is reason of lots of diamonds embroidered in fabrics like cashmere, beige camel, gazar, crepe and jersey.
He also showed bags which varied from day bags to evening clutches (22-karat gold metalwork and diamond-encrusted closures) with prices from €10,000 and higher, depending on client specifications. And we say yes to Rolland same as we said yes when we saw Rihanna in Rolland’s ivory satin mermaid gown at Glamour’s woman of the year.

images via LE FIGARO
Since there's not enough reporting about Haute Couture, from now on, every week on misslikey will be published post regarding Couture

The story of Gia

If this year we are having the great comeback of 80s, there’s a person that we should reminisce of, since she was true symbol of early years of decade.
Gia Marie Carangi was often nicknamed as America’s first supermodel and along with Janice Dickenson and Beverly Johnson (Johnson was first black model to appear on cover of Vogue) had pave the way for glamazons in fashion modeling.
Gia, the rebellious Philly teenager, that was in the high school hanging with Bowie clique (David Bowie and androgynity fans) came to New York when photographer Maurice Tannenbaum, that spotted her dancing in local club, arranged meeting with Wilhelmina Cooper, the famous agent. Wilhelmina literally faint when she saw Gia. There was something special about that girl’s appearance that was making her real. In the world where smiling long hair blond was symbol, Gia was total outsider. And Brunette.
Over the night Philly girl transformed into the face that everybody wanted to work with and for about two years was at the top. She did campaigns for Dior, Diane Von Furstenberg, Lancetti, Versace and Cosmopolitan, Bazaar, Vogue covers and editorials. She was part of series Woman into man by Helmut Newton and worked with greatest photographers of the time; Patrick Demarchelier, Avedon, Irving Penn, Denis Biel, Andrea Blanch, Chris von Wangenhaim, Stan Malinowski.
Another famous photographer Francesco Scavullo, which was also one of her closest friend, said "It was like working with a wild young horse. Once I got used to working with her, she spoiled me. “
In 1980 Richard Avedon photographed her for her first and only Vogue US cover,
With covers, editorials, overseas traveling she was in the center of New York social scene, regular in Studio 54, and the list of those who wanted to date Gia was long as list of those who wanted to work with her (Salvador Dali asked her for a dinner but she turned him cause she wasn’t really hungry). She also appeared in Blondie’s video Atomic which was one of her favorite bends.
Photographers that worked with Gia are testifying that everything could be pull out of Gia because she had kind of energy that was unseen before; Gia strikes sparks not poses, said Scavullo.
Janice Dickinson, her model fellow describes her: Put on the red string bikini, walking next the horse, forget Bo Derek. I'll never forget this visual, the sun's going down, the waves coming in and Gia, just one minute she was being real punk like Yeah Janice c'mon lets go drink some tequila, lets go get the chips , lets go pick up some Mexicans. Am like Gia were doing Vooogue! This is V.O.G.U.E, honey.

The world seems to be based on money and sex ... I'm looking for better things than that, like happiness and love and caring......Gia Marie Carangi
Though in social circles often referred as party girl, people who knew Gia describe her as lonely girl, with self-destruction as biggest sensitivity. The irony was that sensibility of hers made her different from the rest, and in the same time along with lack of love carried away her to heroin addiction.
She died at the age of 26 of AIDS and most shocking at the time was that no one from fashion industry, including her colleagues and friends knew that Gia passed away. At that point is created some kind of Gia’s myth. Stephen Fried described her turbulent life in book called Thing of Beauty and later HBO did the movie with Jolie as Gia which according to her friends and family is very different portray of who she really was.
2003. on Tribeca Film Festival was shown documentary The Self-Destruction of Gia in which producer J.J. Martin reveals Gia’s life through unseen rare interviews, home videos, photos and interviews with Scavullo, DVF,Vera Wang, her ex lover Sandy Linter
Gia was one of the first women to die from AIDS and after her death its established Gia Carangie foundation to help prevent the spread of AIDS and using drugs by raising public awareness and education.
She wanted for kids to see what drugs can do and that is not everything glossy behind the magazine cover. It is sad that same industry that raised Gia, after her death pulled out heroin chic as something cool and with the special look. There are lots of fashion terms that are witty and neat but heroin chic is not one of them. The story of Gia is just an illustration of that.

This post is published due to anniversary of Gia’s tragic death(November 18th)
Another tragedy happened yesterday in fashion and modeling world. It's reported that 20 year old model and blogger Daul Kim died. RIP Daul.

What Tolula Wears

Short curly hairstyle, body to envy on and the poster of a diva, Tolula immediately catches your eye. Small presence in media for such an exceptional style, you begin to wonder where the girl is hiding? ANSWER is the UK.
Tolula Adeyemi is 25 year old model and aspiring actress (role in Last Chance Harvey and recently has launched own theater company La Teatra, according to vogue uk)
She is face of Lainey Sheridan-Young label Hari and Vivienne Westwood cosset. We love Tolula’s style because it is everything but boring, and doesn’t fail even if she wears metallic blue nail polish or two diverse leopard patterns in the same outfit. Name the person that looks style icon in white chemise dress, leopard heels and hat, all spiced up with big orange clutch. Tolula’s eclectic style no matter she is red carpet walking in astonishing dress or is the pants with little longer blazer, is always put together. Items like orange bag that she turns into the clutch, which seems that she adores (we too), punk bracelets, rings or metallic wedges, just work for ladylike eighties edgy. At the end we all know Vivi has an eye for extraordinary.
That’s why we want more of What Tolula Wears reports.





On the photo first, Tolula is wearing black silk taffetta gown from young designer Ana Sekularac

With Tinsley Mortimer and Natalie Press on LFW wearing sequin Manjit Deu dress
Photos; Tolula with tartan bow from A shaded view on fashion, Rest via Guardian, Daylife,WWD,Vogue Australia

5 YYYES for lace up boots

1. They raze the statement ˝boots are for summer, flops are for winter˝
You know how it feels in the winter when you have layers of outwear and you still need to wear giant shoes. Lace up boots, for some reason adhere on leg more naturally than most of the boots, and laces are making the effect of detail so you don’t have to do additional effort.
2. Feel of the model off the duty style
Long before Ann Demeulemeester or even when this trend of lace up started, the girls that walk the runaway had sense for motorcycle style.

Hana Soukupova, Joy Bryant wearing lace up boots

Alexa Chung, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Flo Gennaro in lace up boots
3. Heels or flats
Just choose which makes you feel more comfy daily because even flats lace up boots are very wearable for the night, parties (giving your outfit strong, confident glance)

Abbey Lee Kershaw in Ruby Leather Lace up boots from Urban Outfitters, Eniko Mihalik
4. Findable from 1000 $ to 50$ depending on what brand you will choose. From flats my favorites are models with tradition like Martens, Timberland’s or Justin’s (vintage Justin lace up boots are like melody for my heart)

Combat oak boots, Mentor lace up boots, Zeha Berlin boots, Jeffrey Campbell navy lace up boots, Timberland lace up boots
5. Working for the in- a- minute chic
Just think of white long tees and stockings or even nude legs when it’s little warmer. Think of all the high wasted skirts and ripped jean.

first photo; Grace Small for I LOVE FAKE #13 by Viktor Vauthier
Photos via flickr, style.com, modelinia