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| Please excuse my language...but gosh...these Hinfray Guillaume has converted me to a "flats" person! The patent leather front and trims, golden buckles, and velvety body with graphic prints made these flats so elegant and dressed up. And in my lovely shopping heaven HK...I managed to get these half priced at Harvey Nichols. |
So is that the reason why I abandoned the blog for a week? yes and no...I have been cranking out these bags for my love ones in Hong Kong...and now I am in a totally different side of the planet...blogging may be a little slow these days...but I will be sure to snap tons of photos about Hong Kong street style, cutes stores, good finds...
I like garments with hand crafted details in them, I am definitely not from the nyc minimalist cult (Phillip Lim, Alexander Wang, Doo.Ri...etc.), not to say they are not absolutely talented designers, just not the style that I go for.
Being neither too minimalist nor crazily ornamental, Ingwa;Melero caught my eyes for awhile. This design team from small town Germany has definitely brought some handcrafted design over. I never thought crochet could be so chic and sexy. And to pump up the sexiness even more, the cutout leather is used as the accent for the soft, feminine jersey dresses.
I wish there is a good sample sale with some of the following Ingwa;Melero stuff (especially the second pic on the bottom and the one in the big picture on top!)...I am usually super lazy about going to sample sales, but if they could assure me with these beautiful garments in my size I will not hesitate to go all out for it.
My recent inspiration has been patterns. Dresses with patterns immediately attract my eyes - as well as money in my wallet...The two big purchases were both silk dress with beautiful graphic patterns on it (one is from Anna Sui which is a skirt version of the picture shown below, and one is the blue dress from Plenty by Tracy Reese)
I think that besides fabric and cutting of the garment, pattern is one thing that can really make the garment and its wearer shine. I absolutely admire interior designer Tricia Guild (owner of Designer Guild London), who uses the combination of colors and patterns extensively to create a modern living environment. Her new book is definitely very inspiring for designer of any type.
There are a few more designer which have created beautiful garments with the use of patterns.
(first two are Anna Sui and Plenty, then: Mara Hoffman, Temperley London, Tibi, Tibi)
Happy holiday! :) It has been such a blessed year for me, and somehow this year's holiday decor in stores seem to look prettier~ I still have a long list of friends and family I need to get/make gift for...going to be two weeks of long sewing hours~~
Plus, I just started to take another class for making "the holiday skirt", it will be done by next weekend so stay tuned! :)
