Prada: A Raw Elegance
Miuccia Prada is the rare designer who can dart between over-the-top editorial bait and understated, quiet luxury. Her Fall 2013was a moody, yet surprisingly wearable collection. This season, the Prada...
View ArticleEmilio Pucci’s sense of maximalism
If you’re going to go all out, then you have to do it on the smallest clothes possible. Emilio Pucci’s Fall 2013 collection had a sense of maximalism that didn’t even begin to do justice to the meaning...
View ArticleRoberto Cavalli – Modern Armour
Series of floral and baroque tableaux that were woven into the new collection sashayed down the runway of the Roberto Cavalli show. The king of over-the-top played with colourful brushstrokes across...
View ArticleAlice gets an Aquilano.Rimondi makeover
The sugary and outdated fairytale cliches of Alice as a lost girl has been replaced with a vision of a strong female. Aquilano.Rimondi’s Fall 2013 collection transformed an array of masculine outerwear...
View ArticleHappy. Cool. Love. Lanvin.
It was like girls playing dress-up! The nameplate necklaces with big, bold cursive lettering spelled the words ‘Happy’, ‘Love’, ‘Cool’, and ‘Help’ that were paired with several bulky chains. All the...
View ArticleDior Fall 2013: A scrapbook
It was a collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Raf Simons’ designs brought mid-century modernism and the simple elegance of streamlined architecture to Dior’s Fall 2013...
View ArticleMcQueen Elizabeth I
Sarah Burton sent out 10 fully packed looks at Paris Fashion Week for her Fall 2013 collection. You would think with such a small scale there would be a lack of the ‘wow’ factor, but it’s hard to say...
View ArticleKarlie Kloss…an Angel?
Walking the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show doesn’t automatically earn you Angel status but promoting the new collections would indicate you have. Karlie Kloss joined official Angels, Candice Swanepoel...
View ArticleUndergrad complete! Now what?
You guys are probably wondering (or not) where I have been for the past six weeks. Well, I was finishing up my undergrad. I am officially a certified journalist. Now what… I actually have no plans. I’m...
View ArticleElie Saab: A couture fairytale
No one makes dresses like Elie Saab. And his Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 Haute Couture line proves no different. The plunging necklines. The exquisite embroidery. A palette of nude with silver rivieras...
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