Alber Elbaz‘s Lanvin is one of opulent femininity and cinematic drama; Pre-Fall 2013 played to his strong suits as his penchant for the unapologetically “fancy” heard the call of the wild. This meant that those signature cocktail frocks were put on a short hiatus–no doubt they’ll be back for Fall–in order to let some seriously glamorous sportswear take center stage.
Award season is officially upon us.
Elbaz talks tying bow ties (or rather not tying them), how he spruced up his Israel Defense Force uniform, and his humble beginnings as a designer at Geoffrey Beene.
As a follow up to last year’s fashion book gift guide, we rounded up the best fashion books from 2012, jotted down a little description and pointed you in the right direction of where to buy.
Recently, we’ve noticed the emergence of an unlikely style icon: The witch. We’re serious.
From the runways of Saint Laurent and Thom Browne to the backs of celebrities like Elle Fanning, witch-inspired fashion is no longer just for Halloween.
Kim Kardashian admits her ill-fitting yellow jacket was a major fashion faux pas–but let’s get real, there’s no way color-hating Kanye even approved of that disastah in the first place. {HuffPo}
Looks like Brad Pitt didn’t have to spend much extra time in the studio for his second Chanel No.5 commercial! {YouTube}
Proenza Schouler’s new Halloweeny .gif is a real skull scratcher. {PhotoBucket}
You can’t talk about handbags for Spring 2013 without mentioning Karl’s enormous hula-hoop creation that stole the show at Chanel. Clearly, that one takes the cake as the most dramatic accessories moment of the season. (And comes with an instructions on how to use it from the Kaiser himself.)
After all the hype surrounding Raf Simons’ and Hedi Slimane’s debuts for Dior and Saint Laurent respectively, and all the backlash and name-calling following Hedi Slimane’s Saint Laurent show, it’s easy to forget there were some really lovely collections shown this week. Click through for a little reminder, plus our picks for the 10 best collections from the week.
Thursday designers went back to school–in some case, literally–as Alber Elbaz commenced his second decade at Lanvin with a concise essay on those icons of French femininity, le smoking and the LBD, at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. At Balenciaga, Nicolas Ghesquière earned top marks for his more-pragmatic-than-usual collection inspired by the house founder’s ballet costumes, while at Balmain, Olivier Rousteing was deemed a quick study in the pop culture of the decade in which he was born.
How would Alber Elbaz follow his glamorous over-the-top 10th anniversary show for Lanvin? By paring it down and amping up the sex appeal. He deconstructed YSL’s Le Smoking, and man is it H-O-T.
Tomorrow is the official first day of fall and if there’s been an official animal of the fall fashion season, it’s cats. So, we thought we’d photoshop some cats onto fashion ad campaigns, as we’re wont to do.
