a wee bit skint. (a fashion blog)

shiny.

i don't want to cause much of a ruckus, but this trend of droopy crotches and grand swaths of fabric placed squarely on the hips just makes me groan. loudly.

these 'draped pants' by catherine malandrino are just a step beyond sartorial sanity: people, they're made of LAMÉ! silver lamé! so not only will you be sporting pants, and i use the word very loosely, that make it seem as if adult diapers are involved, and look ma! you have hips! but all of these things will be magpie ready, because LOOK HOW SHINY THEY ARE!

you can tell how inexplicable this all is to me because i'm using CAPITAL LETTERS TO EXPRESS MY CONFUSION!

look at that picture! her butt is soooo shiny!

groan.

 

legs.

i'd say that if karl lagerfeld were a woman, this 2010 collection is exactly what he'd wear. for the likes of you and me, you'd need legs up to here ^ and a kicky, modern sense of style. i think i'd like the legs that go on for miles as i'm all set with the kicky, modern bit...

 

 

 

singular.

bare-faced and utterly beautiful - dries van noten takes prints to the extreme, gathering them all up from all corners of the world and makes them all his own. so gorgeous, so wearable, so completely singular, for a woman who is just as remarkable as the clothes she wears.

i love it when a show perks up my downcast view of these fashion weeks...

 

 

tailored.

a mix, as it looked to me, of the 50s with a slash of mod - the junya watanabe s/s 2010 collection was amazingly sharp and modern.

 

 

exception.

exceptions will be made.

because the lanvin show was just amazing. alber elbaz started off the show slow, with looks that didn't stray far from shows past, but then something changed and the show took on a gloriously beautiful spin...

 

 

 

fashionweekfail.

the radio silence has, i'm sure, clued you in by now, that my usual excitement for the shows has most definitely waned. and i'm not even going to blame it on the baby! i've just found the 2010 s/s season so ultimately uninspiring, that there isn't much enthusiasm to muster writing something up. i was hopeful after new york, but even when marni (shock! horror!) and most of milan failed to inspire a little school-girl glee, i knew it was time for me to sit one out and wait for the next go-round. so, that's exactly what i'm doing. everyone else is doing such a great job at covering the shows anyway, that i'm sure i won't be missed!

day-glo.

proenza schouler presented a collection that seemed like a futuristic version of the cool, and laid back surfer girl. with tie-dye like you've never seen and day-glo neons like you haven't worn since the mid-80s - this collection skewed much younger and less structured than previous seasons to great effect.

   

 

tophat.

an old-school big top feel was the theme for alice temperley's ss2010 temperley london presentation. and though the top hats could have made things a bit too costumey, the overall outcome was a sort of cockney elegance. dressing up with a bit of humour and a slight edge.

 

 

 

mix.

druthers

i don't have much to say in regard to vera wang's ss2010 collection, other than to say that i absolutely adore it.

her aesthetic, her tough-romantic dressing is just so something i relate to. and it makes the inspirational, 100% aspirational. in short, if i had the druthers, i'd have it all...

 

 

 

 

onceness.

if it's clothes you want, you can simply go down the street and pick something up. if it's a show that you're after, you can reliably expect marc jacobs to deliver. and yes, perhaps on first viewing the ruffles, the full kabuki face and it's all-at-onceness may seem a bit jarring, on repeat you'll have to admit that with jacobs there is a difference between seeing some clothes and experiencing fashion as an art...

 

 

 

smidge.

i've heard it said, that to meet victoria beckham, is to fall in love with her charm and self-deprecating nature. and whether or not her pr team has worked wonders or if that's truly who she is - you've got to give her some credit, as she's doing a pretty bang up job creating a niche for herself in the fashion world.

she seems to have a knack at designing dresses that are classic and pretty. and realizing that perhaps the corseted and totally body-con can't be worn by everyone, she's even added looser shaped frocks that perhaps someone with even a smidge of hip could wear.

 

 

fetching.

i really do adore the fetching charm of karen walker. clothes that are as sweet and modern as they are abundantly wearable. i am wanting these pieces, big time!

 

 

pinch.

it wouldn't normally make sense, to combine influences of the asian, then add a pinch of the greco-roman - and expect it to end up looking quite as good as the 2010 s/s diane von furstenberg collection actually does. it does whisper a bit of the bohemian, but not in that over-done 2006 sort of way, and there are loads of wearable pieces here that i think a whole slew of ladies would love to have in their wardrobe.

 

 

scrimmage.

i know that i'll probably be standing on my own when i happen to mention that alexander wang, the wunderkind of new york, the 2008 cfda/vogue fashion fund winner - does nothing for me. and i don't mind being on my own having that opinion.

but, i really must ask... who is going to wear this football-inspired collection? even dissecting it piece by piece, it just doesn't seem to scan for me. and again, i know i'm on a very lonely island having this particular opinion, so if you'd like to enlighten me...