MODELOS: Imogen Morris Clarke

martes, 14 de septiembre de 2010

VICTORIA BECKHAM SPRING 2011 RTW

Lindsey Wixson

Only one dress out of the 26 Victoria Beckham showed today featured a corset. That's groundbreaking news for a glamour puss who looks so pulled together in paparazzi snapshots you'd swear she wears a waist cincher to the gym.

Alina Baikova

But as Beckham said while narrating the collection, her own style has loosened up quite a bit, and it showed in the clothes. She opened with a draped parachute silk dress in ultraviolet knotted at the torso, and included a few more variations of the theme, including a striking gown in black with jet embroidery at the shoulder. Kudos for expanding the range, though the irony is a weightless fabric like parachute silk hides nothing; as easy as the new silhouettes are, they require a flawless body.

Amanda Laine

Hollywood is full of those, of course, but Beckham's fans—even those with last names like Diaz, Lopez, and Moore—will probably gravitate toward the curving seams of the hourglass dresses she's best known for. Hard not to like the way they reliably hold everything in place. Among the best examples today: a shoulder-baring iridescent jacquard with ribbon straps and a Cadillac pink double crepe with an asymmetric neckline and a contrasting zipper in back.

Juana Berga

At the designer's request, Brian Atwood made the show's rose gold platform pumps to match her new Rolex. As for the new Victoria Beckham bags, they featured luxe materials and classically ladylike shapes, as befits a lady who knows her way around a Birkin.

Alina Baikova

Amanda Laine

TANYA KOZHEMYAKINA

ESME CARPENTER

Kristy Kaurova

Lindsey Wixson

Imogen Morris Clarke

Juana Berga

ESME CARPENTER

TANYA KOZHEMYAKINA

Alina Baikova

Amanda Laine

Kristy Kaurova

Lindsey Wixson

Imogen Morris Clarke

ESME CARPENTER

TANYA KOZHEMYAKINA

Juana Berga

Alina Baikova

Amanda Laine

Kristy Kaurova

Lindsey Wixson

sábado, 10 de octubre de 2009

Emanuel Ungaro Spring 2010 RTW.

Yulia Lobova (MAJOR)

The wall of cameras at the end of the runway was double the size it was last season, and there was an impressive turnout of industry professionals and curious onlookers at Ungaro today.

Siri Tollerød (MARILYN)

In a bid for easy headlines, CEO Mounir Moufarrige recently replaced Esteban Cortazar with an unusual team: the little-known Spanish designer Estrella Archs and, as "artistic adviser," the actress turned self-bronzer entrepreneur Lindsay Lohan.

Thana Kuhnen (NATHALIE)

Would the move turn out to be a bit of counterintuitive brilliance—the Olsens, after all, have had a bona fide hit with The Row—or would the results be as embarrassing as a streaky orange fake tan?

Katie Fogarty (NEXT)

In separate interviews a couple of days before the show, Archs discussed reviving the DNA and Lohan mentioned injecting a bit of youth into the brand—not necessarily mutually exclusive notions for a label that was beloved by eighties party girls.

Kinga Rajzak (IMG)

The show opened on an up note, with a strapless fuchsia plissé minidress—two Ungaro signatures rolled into one—and Archs turned the house's polka dots into a charming enough heart print on colorful sequined jackets. So far, not so bad…but it wasn't destined to last.

Egle Tvirbutaite (NEXT)

This quickly devolved into a bad joke of a fashion show, one with questionable color combinations, "bad eighties" draped silk jackets and drop-crotch pants, old-fashioned and ill-judged fur stoles, and, yes, tasteless sequin pasties.

Tati Cotliar (NEXT)

To top it off, the fabrics and the construction lacked the finesse you expect from a famous Avenue Montaigne brand.

Kinée Diouf (VIVA)

To be fair, Archs had just about a month to design the collection. But both she and Lohan (if she sticks around long enough) will have to work a lot harder next time to impress the editors and buyers who witnessed this disappointing debut.