Fashion brings peace!
Monday November 23rd, 2009
Alisa Matviychuk, Mina Cvetković and Ksenia Kahnovich in Lacoste
There are times, when I think is it really necessary for Lacoste to do a show each season? I mean what else can you do with sportswear? It’s always the same ol’ stuff! However, each season, Creative Director Christophe Lemaire proposes a strong well-argumentted rebut that leaves me gasping for more!
Tags: Alisa Matviychuk, Aminata Niaria, Angelika Kocheva, Charlotte di Calypso, Christophe Lemaire, Danish Models, Daul Kim, Dutch models, Evelina Mambetova, French Models, Gen Huismans, Ginta Lapina, Kim Noorda, Korean Model, Ksenia Kahnovich, Lacoste, Latvian models, Mathias Lauridsen, Mina Cvetković, Russian Model, Senegalese model, Serbian Models, Ukrainian Models
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Menswear, New York, Ready-to-wear, Runway looks, S/S10, Womenswear 
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Wednesday October 7th, 2009
Russian Model Anna Gushina in Hussein Chalayan Beehive-shaped sunnies
I must admit: I was extremely surprised when I found out Hussein Chalayan’s collection this season did not contain any loud messages concerning mother earth. I guess if this collection was to visit that familiar ground in the same sort of explosive way as previously, it would seem tedious and tiring, so I am glad he took a break from that. Nonetheless, this collection is still a delight with a load of avant-garde trends that will surely become the heart of fashion’s ‘it’ trend next season.
Tags: Alana Zimmer, Alex Sandor, Angelika Kocheva, Anna Gushina, Belarusian Models, British designer Hussein Chalayan, Canadian Models, Charlotte di Calypso, Elena Melnik, Estonian Model, French Models, Hussein Chalayan, Kelli Lumi, Olga Sherer, Russian Model, Slovakian Models, Tanya Dziahileva, Zuzana Gregorova
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Eyewear, Paris, Ready-to-wear, Runway looks, S/S10, Womenswear
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Sunday September 20th, 2009
Charlotte di Calypso, Bette Franke and Ali Stephens in Mary Katrantzou
Mary Katrantzou, the Greek-born designer, who just presented her second collection under her very own name, certainly has a reason to hold an after-party and most of all, to celebrate.
Tags: Alana Zimmer, Ali Stephens, Alyona Osmanova, American Model, Angelika Kocheva, Bette Franke, Canadian Models, Charlotte di Calypso, Daria Strokous, Dutch models, Ekat Kiseleva, Enikő Mihalik, Estonian Model, French Models, German Models, Hanna Rundlöf, Hungarian Models, Karolin Wolter, Kätlin Aas, Mary Katrantzou, Melodie Dagault, Russian Model, Swedish Models, Ukrainian Models
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London, Ready-to-wear, Runway looks, S/S10, Womenswear
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Tuesday July 21st, 2009
Charlotte di Calypso in a Limited Edition Collection by Zuhair Murad for Mango - Summer 2009
Really like these elegant dresses by Zuhair Murad. It is so soft and feminine. But wait! Feminine does not equate weak, as this editorial proves how tough these heavenly angelic dresses could be! Absolutely drop dead gorgeous!
Tags: Charlotte di Calypso, French Models, Mango
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Lookbook, S/S09, Womenswear
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Friday January 2nd, 2009
The season was spring/summer 2003. That was the season when I first discovered the magical fantastic world of Fashion and you know what? Cacharel was one of the first houses that I first loved. At least 5 whole years have passed and lots have occurred to my life as well as within the France-based fashion house with the change of appointment in creative director twice. Although Cacharel has been quite quiet recently, evident of this is that the collections have unfortunately not been featured on style.com since Spring/Summer 2003 (link), the house does not cease to produce things that I simply adore.
Diana Farkhullina, Imogen Morris Clarke and Charlotte di Calypso in Cacharel Spring Summer 2009
Tags: Alyona Osmanova, American Model, Anastasia Krivosheeva, Anna Gushina, Anya Kazakova, Belgian Models, Cacharel, Charlotte di Calypso, Diana Farkhullina, Elena Lomkova, Eley Kishimoto, English Models, French Models, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Hungarian Models, Imogen Morris Clarke, Karlie Kloss, Kendra Spears, Madisyn Ritland, Mark Eley, Natalie Hockey, Russian Model, Sophie Srej, Ukrainian Models, Wakako Kishimoto
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Paris, Ready-to-wear, Runway looks, S/S09, Womenswear
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Thursday November 27th, 2008
Although this fall show for Christian Dior’s Haute Couture Collection showcased only in July 2006, it already seems like a century ago in today’s hyper fast paced world of fashion. Despite that, because this video had been running on a loop on my real player this whole week, I feel like I have something to say about it and so here it goes. The show was simply spectacular! It had the glamorous and extravagant elements of a typical collection by designer John Galliano, but of course, pushed to the limit and showcased in max power that only makes us dream and dare for more.
This opening segment is undoubtedly my favorite for its fantastic elements to transform and bring the audience to the surreal exclusive world of Mr. Galliano’s pure magical creation. The first look that appeared on the runway was a black hourglass dress heavily bejewelled with metallic armour of the same colour worn by Swiss model Nadine Strittmatter along to a soundtrack that assists to create an eerie supernatural environment. As each note is sounded, this uncanny feeling is intensified. As a succession of models who almost seemed like cold-blooded guards with their hyperglamorous headdress and armour past by, one cannot help but notice each movement the girls make in this body-hugging dress and how the hips sway along rhythmically, as the gilded chain mail of the headdress clash together creating that distinct sound in the silence of the night amidst the Renaissance garden, which Mr. Galliano has created as the setting of this season’s show.
Nadine Strittmatter, Eugenia Volodina and Ai Tominaga in Christian Dior Haute Couture
Tags: Ai Tominaga, Alek Wek, Anna Chyzh, Asia Pulco, Black Models, British Designer John Galliano, Charlotte di Calypso, Christian Dior, Czech Models, Dewi Driegen, Dutch models, Ekaterina Kashyntseva, Élise Crombez, Emina Çunmulaj, Estonian Model, Eugenia Volodina, Hana Soukupová, Hedvig Marie Maigre, Irina Bondarenko, Italian Model, John Galliano, Mariacarla Boscono, Nadine Strittmatter, Snejana Onopka, Stella Tennant, Sudanese Models, Tiiu Kuik, Ukrainian Models, Vlada Roslyakova
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F/W06, Haute Couture, Paris, Runway looks, Womenswear
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Wednesday November 26th, 2008
I had been looking forward to seeing the entire Jil Sander collection for awhile and now that I have seen this display of purely remarkable creation, I feel a little scared about writing about it, because it is simply amazing! If I don’t write enough, I do not focus enough on the collection; and if I write too much, I will kill the simplicity of an iconique Jil Sander Collection.
While any references are made in a minimal fashion, which in turn allows the ingenious Simons to exhibit his freedom to be inspired by the moment; the philosophy of the German fashion house to focus on elements of purity is no doubt present in this season’s collection as well.
I love the show, because it is very twisted in a peek-a-boo way! It really plays with the viewers of the clothes in that obscure manner. The hypersexual element is very minimal but when tuned to the right channel, it is very voluminous and so powerful, which makes it fit to be presented in the city that is no stranger to sex and not inferior to other collections presented there. The black stretch bodysuits with silken skeins of fringing drapping down accentuate every curve of a woman’s body perfectly and eroticise it to present a look that is simply understated in a sensual sexual way yet elegant and chic, see Polish Model Magdalena Frackowiak in her first outfit. In fact, the entire look is balanced ingeniously with an equal emphasis on the back of the various pieces. Some of which are opened up bare or draped with silken skeins of fringing – perhaps symbolising a sort of opening up as Simons brings us to venture with him into a brand new world that is incredibly streamlined and modern.
Magdalena Frackowiak, Alyona Osmanova and Olga Sherer in Jil Sander
Tags: Alyona Osmanova, Anabela Belikova, Anya Kazakova, Belarusian Models, Charlotte di Calypso, Designer Raf Simons for Jil Sander, Diana Farkhullina, Inna Pilipenko, Jil Sander, Kate Somers, Magdalena Frackowiak, Myf Shepherd, Olga Sherer, Pernille Moeller, Polish model, Russian Model, Ukrainian Models, Vlada Roslyakova
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Milano, Ready-to-wear, Runway looks, S/S09, Womenswear
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