Shoes are every girl’s first love, so I’ve been scouring the AW10 runways since February for next fall’s best footwear.
From Thakoon’s furry booties to Christopher Kane’s leather lace-ups, AW10 delivered a wide spectrum of beautiful shoes. Balenciaga’s synthetic loafers in pastel colors are my personal favorites.
Think of our lengthy list as more of wish list than a shopping list–we don’t have to worry about narrowing it down until they actually hit shelves at the end of summer.
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While we’re very excited for warmer weather, we can’t help but linger on some beautiful cold-weather pieces from AW10.
We went through all the collections and narrowed down our favorite coats. In no particular order, here’s a roundup of our top ten!
1. Burberry: No one makes a coat quite like Christoper Bailey. It was hard to pick just one.
2. Celine: Phoebe Philo always knows how to make a woman feel like a woman. The rounded lapel on this two-toned coat feels like school-girl all grown up.
3. Rochas’ version of the oh-so trendy leopard coat is the best we’ve seen so far.
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If, like me, you were too busy looking at the glaciers and worrying about Baptiste’s fur boots splashing through blue water to pay attention to the clothes, we’ve scanned in Chanel’s AW10 lookbook.
White folders sat on each seat, and when every single person opened to this picture of Siri and Baptiste, they’d roar with laughter until the Grand Palais was shaking with it, like fashion’s version of the Wave.
But once you get past Baptiste’s arched eyebrows and melodramatic faces, you can actually see the embroidered lace, loose knit leggings and slim tweed suits Karl sent down the runway (or around the glacier). Also, close ups of the shoes, jewelry, bags and scarves, not to mention Siri’s perfect bouffant.
We’re still not sure we’d wear any of it, but the ice cube clutch is pretty great.
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I nearly had a heart attack on the way to Miu Miu.
We had to cross all of Paris post-Cerruti and traffic was terrible. I wanted to scream, “I canNOT miss my first Miu Miu show.”
Finally, about 25 minutes past the hour I checked Twitter. If the show had in fact started I knew at least one person would’ve tweeted about it. Instead, I saw Katie Grand’s, “On our way to Miu Miu!” and breathed again.
When I did make it, and the show started under crystal chandeliers and a purple staircase, I had mixed feelings. The first round of black dresses was too boring, the next round of sherbet colored dresses was too much. It felt safe staring at the shoes until they too wore collars, or detachable necklaces. Read more »
When I’m sitting at a show, especially after 30 straight days of fashion shows, I get so distracted by a particular person that I forget to watch the clothes.
Yesterday, at Richard Nicoll’s Cerruti debut, the venue was barely filled. Not because the industry isn’t interested in what he does with the Italian house, but because the show was so out of the way and the poor thing got sandwiched between Hermes and Miu Miu on the last day of fashion month.
Anyway, Hamish Bowles and Sarah Mower were directly across the aisle. Hamish has the same notebook as I–from a small shop in Cairo–and every time Sarah Mower scrunched her forehead or scribbled in her notebook I jerked my head to get a closer look. What was she seeing? What was she thinking? Was she writing her review on her Blackberry right there?
As far as I could see, the clothes were impressive. I know little about Cerruti other than that Narciso Rodriguez used to design for the brand and Mr. Cerruti’s still alive. I love Richard Nicoll’s eponymous collection and think he has the potential to make an old name relevant again. Yesterday’s collection was grownup and expensive looking, but still creative, a combination I imagine an the label will be pleased with. Read more »
I finally met Hanneli Mustaparta yesterday, the Norwegian model turned blogger who was featured in this month’s American Vogue with Garance, Tommy & co.
She was wearing Miu Miu’s giant white cat pin on the shoulder of her sleek black coat.
“I love your pin,” I gushed.
“Thanks! It’s Miu Miu,” she answered.
“I know! The whole collection was amazing.”
“When I went into the shop, I walked up to the counter, pointed at the pin and went, ‘Meow!’ [makes claw motions] and you know because it’s Miu Miu I expected them to be like [makes hoighty-toighty face], but instead the guy just looked at me and goes, ‘Meowww!’ [makes claw motions],” she explained.
Just when we thought Miu Miu couldn’t get any better.
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