new york spring 2013 highlights

Bookmarks for the Spring 2013 from New York Fashion Week

Orla Kiely Except at Orla is always happening a showcase of extremely pretty garments, once again she amused her loyal fans with another wonderful film from her factory of talent; director Maximilla Lukacs and Lula’s Leith Clark. Bardot-esque Hannah Holman as Darlin took Orla Kiely’s pretty designs to vague summer of 1960. (see film here)
Lauren Moffatt’s quirky dresses and swimsuits made in joyful stripes and polka dots, perfectly fitted in the environment; the tennis court. Inspiration behind; "a combination of the very classic look of lawn tennis in the '60s, and a colorful city pool." 
Rachel Antonoff had another great presentation. This time Rachel’s girls, dressed up in comfy frocks that only cool girls know how to wear, spent the day at picnic. Except clothes, she showed us once again why her collaboration with Bass shoes is just the right thing. 
Karen Walker, New Zealand queen of preppy, steps more than usual into the field of girly and it looked just right. So except Playpark in New Zealand, she created one in New York. (Playpark is the store that besides  Karen Walker clothing and eyewear, offers great range of clothes by Karen’s favorite designers) 
Tocca, under our beloved Emma Fletcher is surely going to right direction. Emma’s vision of hot air balloons and kaleidoscopes it’s not just marvelous, but very practical. Shoes were ideal, especially when they were in contrast with Emma's signature soft lace inserts. 

More moments to remember

Christian Siriano ballerina’s moment and pointed Mary Janes adorned with bow. Suno’s shiny dresses, everything from Honor and Steven Alan, Yeohlee’s metallic romance, Edie’s moment at Marc Jacobs (even Alexa Chung between her DJing gigs found the time to share the memory of Edie with designer) and Misha Nonoo’s Cuba-inspired unpretentious ensembles. 


IMAGES VIA STYLE.COM, ORLA KIELY, FASHIONISTA, REFINERY29, BUZZNET, BLACKLOG

Jill Stuart; timeline

With New York fashion week that for two days will be behind us, and all the showcased clothed that will try to make our summer of 2013 wonderful, most of us are already living in the next year. Fashion is all about the future, since is all the time about the lust. To move away for a little from this tendency of living for the future times, we need sometimes to reflect on the past. So little timelines that I am going to post in the future times here, will serve us hopefully as useful reminders of what these loves of ours have been doing in past seasons. Maybe this will answer our queries of ability to create lust in us while keeping us as their fans. Jill Stuart, except few getaways to edge, is the designer that has been eminent source for our feminine ways of dressing up. For spring 2013, Jill continues with taking us on the path of a lace, which we quite like. Not only that she went once again on the known territory of white lace that is great summer friend, she explores the new ways of black. But black just couldn’t deal with the impressive good old white, because except for the typical and safe romance that white lace brings, Jill brought a strong vibe of confidence into her ensembles. Blouses with delicate nets and ruffle collars, still can offer a lot to grown up woman. Silky trench coat with four pockets is kind of a statement piece that just waits for some movie heroin to pick it up from a chair. With a breeze of Hollywood that Stuart brought to New York and all those lavish silk pieces that are indicating glamorous summer for next year, we are happy to set confidence on its right place; to our closet.
While remembering previous collections from Jill Stuart, I believe that brand has ability to create science of happiness while maintaining that dazzling desire in us. Always the same? No. Related? Yes! Too much to reveal and leave us without a lust for next season? No. That brings us to conclusion that middle is not boring. At all.

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New York fashion week fall 2012 favorites

New York fashion week bookmarks for fall 2012:
Red Valentino, Calla, Jill Stuart, 

Karen Walker, Rachel Comey, Giulietta,

Anna Sui, Steven Alan, Rachel Antonoff

fashion, week, street and style

With one more New York Fashion Week, somehow comes to mind that we like stability. Stability in this case gives to us a beautiful and not so beautiful clothes and tons of celebrities, most of them looking phony dressed in clothes by designers in whose front row they are sitting in. Fashion is business, a business that is forth-largest industry globally and somehow that $500 billion worth thing brings joy and fun. And there was no lack of joy this year in New York. Besides everyone gossips about Alt-Roitfeld failed friendship, Terry Richardson is hugging Emanuelle. Julia Frakes had a problem with dishwasher 10 minutes before the Karen Walker show and fellow brygger has some serious jungle issues. Grace Coddington assiduously takes notes while her boss looks like she is bored to death, as usual. Flamboyant, cool and unique Miss Elson and the rest of the clique gathered around 3W (Wasson, Waris and Wang) are still the ones that have most fun.
And what is splendid is the fact that you can see all this even if you are miles away from New York. Those that are enabling this are tons of PP (party photographers) and SSP (street style photographers) and specialties of the week are certainly street style photos. But sometimes I question myself is it unfair or if not perverted that we are more into stalking the pretty people rather than the pretty clothes. On this issue I found the like-minded, Carine Roitfeld, who herself creates lot of buzz. She told Style.com’s Dirk Standen; “It’s true that, when you go to a show now, the photographers are more interested sometimes in the dress or the jacket you’re wearing than to photograph the show, and I think this is totally wrong. It’s an honor and you smile to the people. But is it normal? I think there is something a bit weird, that more people want to see these looks than want to see what John Galliano or Dolce & Gabbana did for the show.”
After all it’s not easy in the times when begins the end of cold winter trauma and you are more into thinking about short sleeves, to be a prophet. For that, I believe you have to have a little something in your head. Does today’s society appreciate that?

PHOTOS IN THIS SUMMARY OF NEW YORK FASHION WEEK FALL 2011 STREET STYLE AND PARTIES VIA NYMAG, STYLE.COM, TOTALLYNOTDEPRESSED, TELEGRAPH, VOGUE.IT, REFINERY29, FACEHUNTER, MR. NEWTON, VOGUE.UK

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3.1 Phillip Lim pants, net-a-porter; vintage Chanel woolen coat, Atelier Mayer; 3.1 Phillip Lim ivory blouse, net-a-porter; top in point d'esprit mood, modcloth; vintage Balenciaga fur bolero, Atelier Mayer; Marni purple suede sandals, net-a-porter; blue feather, Atelier Mayer; YSL 70s paisley dress, Atelier Mayer ; Elsa Schiaparelli coat, Atelier Mayer; Lanvin flats