Still with small audiences and participators and under development but I found a few looks at Fashion IV that are quite daring and captivating. Such beauties and style like lilyofthevalley (first one) and Frankincense (second two) are definitely great inspirations.
Where do they make awesome denim like the one shown here?? I would love to have a pair that is in a darker inkier wash, lighter wash is hard for petite girls to pull off especially if the thigh and calves proportion is just slightly off the perfect slender scale. This jeans would be really cute too if it is tapered.
I finally found a blush that is perfect enough to replace my sad little crumbly remainder from the discontinued MAC powder blush ICE.
This is the Cargo BeachBlush Sunset Beach - Just the right amount of shimmery pink that just match my bronzer Guenlain Terracotta Light Sheer Bronzing Powder Blonde perfectly!
This video is even better than the other ones I have found previously. This has more commenting from the judges and people involved in the Festival, as well as my two favorite designers Sandra and Peter talking a little bit about their design and inspiration - I absolutely adore Sandra! Her sheepish smile with incredibly high cheekbone and cute Swedish accent when she speaks english - probably contribute a lot to the reason why everybody in the Fashion and Photography Festival had a crush on her ;) (as the commenter said). Enjoy the Vid!
As a future attendee, I checked out the May Student Fashion Show (papierdoll). I guess it's hard to judge by looking at a few snapshots in the photo gallery, but I have to say the images did very little for me. Maybe I was hoping for a little more originality and sophistication in tailoring that could rival Antwerp Royal Academy, but not much gives me a hint of scholarly attitude in forming a concept, theme, or establishing a signature style. I do recognize some good craftsmanship that is looks very commercial (in a good way, as McQueen said), practical and luxurious, which is a signature strength for New York designers.
All in all I am still really excited and looking forward to my new venture. I believe that the school will provide sufficient knowledge and the outcome really depends on inspirations and hard work.
Just a few hour after I blogged that Norma Kamali Sneaker Heel that I found on ebay recently, there goes a blog entry introducing this....ARGH!!! freaking gorgeous pair of sneaker heels by Dries Van Noten (post from Kingdom of Style) - How crazy is this? I want a pair seriously, I might just want to put this on the top of my shelf to stare at it everyday or something, its just so damn cute.
While I was looking thru vintage Norma Kamali's stuff on ebay, I came across this famous sneaker heels she designed in the 80s. Its sooo strange but I can't help staring at them for a long long time!
What do you guys think? Strange, Ugly or Fabulous?
There seems to be a leading force which favors design with color blocks in geometrical shapes over Victorian style print, or any other pattern type prints. Like Emilio Pucci's Fall 07 design (bottom 1st), and Marni's classic style (bottom 2nd, Miss Castiglioni looking absolutely adorable) neutral color blocks (left). From the "Oracle" of the fashion industry, Lady Miucia said that "The only thing I could think of was to work on color and materials", giving the idea that fabric and color are the two main elements that defines what's "current". Her Fall 07 line (bottom 3rd and 4th) mixed in the synthetic material, bright with neutral color and some gradient effects. Jonathan Saunder, a london designer who also did quite a similar interpretation with colors and gradient (last two), but I prefer the more subtle and retrained version from Prada.
I have been meaning to post this but was holding back by my workload recently. Anyways on my kind of recent trip to Vancouver I discovered my new interests in Everlast by Norma Kamali. She is a FIT alum who created a sensational sleeping bag coat in the 70s (wore by Chrissy Turlington here) which does make quite a statement that she is not just creating everyday casual wear, but casual wear made out of real silk parachutes material and gym jersey clothing that can be worn in 30+ ways. Kamali is experimental with her fabric while keeping her design functional and sleek.
She has made a subtle but captivating come back with her new line with Everlast. My first encounter with her design was in this nice boutique store in Vancouver downtown, Jonathan & Olivia, a sleek black turtle neck 3/4 sleeves dress, which looks really demure and reminds me of those sexy wetsuits for surfing, then i found the stunner point - it has a full open back! I quickly tried it on and it looks even more amazing on the body. The polyester material gives the right amount of stretch and weight, which hugs the body perfectly. There was no way I could resist the dress even though I had to go broke and sell my older clothes on ebay. ;)
There are some other design which I found intriguing, such as the green one shoulder dress and the kimono sleeves one shoulder dress below. There are certainly not everyday dresses but they are so unique and stylish.
I have this image in my blog folder for quite sometime. The classic Roland Mouret dress from Fall 2005, has a very 1950s European style to it. It is such surgically body enhancing piece that really sculpt your body the right way. Looking at the voluminous blouses and dresses and all these emperor waisted style that are all concealing the curviness of the body figure, I find myself always going back to the body enhancing pieces, maybe adding the edgier, funkier element with a pair of unique heels, bold accessories, and captivating makeup. 
I am happy to say that Two of my favorite designer (that I mentioned from my previous post) Sandra Backlund and Peter Bertsch won the First Price and 123 Price respectively!
check out the video:
