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Thursday March 11th, 2010

Céline Fall/Winter Ready-to-wear 2010/11 Paris

Céline Spring/Summer Ready-to-wear 2010 Paris

Caroline Brasch Nielsen, Carla Gebhart and Jaquelyn Jablonski in Céline

One sleepy “morning”, my friend woke me up from my most wanted and most needed beauty sleep to tell me to urgently check out Garance Dore’s video of Céline’s show. At first, I was doubtful. I mean was it really that powerful, that worthy to disrupt the most valued activity of my day? Moreover, does it truly live up to all the hypes and expectations? Well… Well… Well… To my surprise, Ms. Philo’s show for Céline was indeed everything of the above description and even more.

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Thursday February 18th, 2010

Alexis Mabille Spring/Summer Haute Couture 2010 Paris

Marlenz Szoka, Maria Kashleva and Suzie Bird in Alexis Mabille Haute Couture 2010

Marlena Szoka, Maria Kashleva and Suzie Bird in Alexis Mabille Haute Couture 2010

Alexis Mabille’s Spring/Summer Haute Couture show 2010 is certainly something that I did not expect to see at first glance. No frills. No pretty bows. No lace. The show opened with Belarusian model Olga Sherer dressed in the French designer’s bi-colour pant suit look. As oppose to what the Lyon-born designer had been doing famously, this is certainly something new and fresh.

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Tuesday February 16th, 2010

Drop dead sexy Dolce & Gabbana

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Kamila Filipcikova, Denisa Dvorakova, Heloise Guerin, Diana Meszaros and Zuzana Gregorova show off Dolce & Gabbana's Spring/Summer 2010 Collection

Dolce & Gabbana returns to its root with a drop dead sexy collection for Spring/Summer 2010. Shown by Zuzana Gregorova, Kamila Filipcikova, Georgina Stojiljkovic, Tanya Dziahileva, Denisa Dvorakova, Heloise Guerin and veteran Diana Meszaros, the collection is modern yet chic and everlastingly elegant. Many iconic Dolce & Gabbana motives are reworked. This includes the infamous leopard prints, which made a blissful appearance in its original shade as well as red and blue. Floral prints filled the air with a fresh sweet scent, while trims of black lace add a touch of mystery to the alluring collection. Furthermore, the collection features handfuls of black outfits adorned with dazzling oversized jewels, which makes these lavish looks all the more truly and utterly irresistible!

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Wednesday February 10th, 2010

Viktor & Rolf Fall/Winter Ready-to-wear 2010/11 Paris

Danish model Mathias Lauridsen shows off Viktor & Rolf's Fall/Winter 2010/11 Collection

Danish model Mathias Lauridsen shows off Viktor & Rolf's Fall/Winter 2010/11 Collection

Entitled “Paint It Black”, Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren’s men’s show took its cue from the infamous Rolling Stones song. Influenced by the remarkable English Rock Band, the colour palette of the collection is naturally tainted with almighty blackness; yet the attitude and the final look are true blue royal and loyal to the Amsterdam-based fashion house. Namely, each model appears like an exact replica of Mr. Horsting and Mr. Snoeren exhibiting the designers’ signature quirky and cool style.

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Friday February 5th, 2010

If I Lay Here in Stella McCartney’s Lingerie…

French model Morgane Dubled shows off Stella McCartney’s Lingerie Collection Fall/Winter 2009

French model Morgane Dubled shows off Stella McCartney’s Lingerie Collection Fall/Winter 2009

Each season, I look at Stella McCartney’s lingerie collection and it has never let me down. Stella has definitely convinced me that wearing granny’s high-waisted underwear is actually cool. Although she has gradually moved on from grandma’s undies in terms of conceptual designs, her understated collections remain sensual and alluring.

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Wednesday November 25th, 2009

Versace Spring/Summer Ready-to-wear 2010 Milano Menswear

Lenz von Johnston, Clement Chabernaud and Danny Schwarz in Versace Uomo Spring Summer Ready-to-wear 2010

Lenz von Johnston, Clement Chabernaud and Danny Schwarz in Versace Uomo Spring Summer Ready-to-wear 2010

I just love Versace’s show, because it’s not for every man. It’s for hot man only! For Spring/Summer 2010, Donatella Versace presented a light collection that is sleek, sophisticated and so so so super sexy. The colours used range from crisp white, camel, peachy nudes, grey then finally, black. This gradual transition of colours perfectly mirrors a man’s wardrobe from day to night during the spring summer season – light colours for day and black for the evening time. The essence of the collection for me is in the precision in tailoring and a conspicuous confidence – drowned in the luxurious Italian fashion label’s distinctive lavish style from head to toe. Shown by a parade of muscular models - complete with delicious 6-packs - catwalking along to the cool beats of The Rakes22 Grand Job and The MaccabesX-ray vision, the runway presentation was an infectious affair that gets me catwalking out of the venue wishing that I have Lenz in my arms.

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Monday November 23rd, 2009

Lacoste Spring/Summer Ready-to-wear 2010 New York

Alisa Matviychuk, Mina Cvetkovic and Ksenia Kahnovich in Lacoste

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!

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Sunday November 22nd, 2009

All I Want For Christmas Is… YSL!

Martinique-born model Sigrid Agren for Yves Saint Laurent Holiday Look 2009

Martinique-born model Sigrid Agren for Yves Saint Laurent Holiday Look 2009

I know! I know! I know! It’s bad to change my mind so quickly. However, when confronting something oh so lovely as Yves Saint Laurent’s New Holiday Makeup collection, I’m just absolutely feeble as a flee! I love how in your face the holiday look, as shown by Martinique model Sigrid Agren, is! It says strong, bold and confident, like nobody else does and I adore everything about it – from the flawless use of pure colour to create this rich vibrant look to the raw energy it exudes! Everything is rich, sensual and immaculately powerful! Chanel Christmas look? Sorry, no, thanks! Not anymore! Yves Saint Laurent’s holiday collection is truly what I want for Christmas! 

Yves Saint Laurent's Your Lovely Palette For Lips & Eyes

Yves Saint Laurent's Your Lovely Palette For Lips & Eyes

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Tuesday November 10th, 2009

Fantastic Fantasy: Freja

Freja kissing Lara over Baptiste

Dreaming of Freja - Freja kissing Lara over Baptiste

Talk about pre-mature ageing. Is it because of my irregular lifestyle that I am turning into an old old old woman in lightning speed? Otherwise, how else could you explain why I could not even recall my own dream… until a certain trigger came up?

Well… Today was as usual a rather dizzy day. Just as I was working like a crazy mechanical robot on some digital data on my computer, the song “Copenhagen” by Trentemøller, TomBoy, Jørgensen, Barnes and Fisker came up – causing some sparks of memory to fly off the hidden corners of my head, as my body felt the cool funky electronic beat. Is that not the very song used in the very first part of Mads Nørgaard’s fantastic Fashion Film Trilogy The Copenhagen Experience featuring i.t. Danish models – Prada man Eddie Klint and the über-cool Freja Beha Erichsen, who not only is in the limelight of Mr. Nørgaard’s video, but also by the sounds of it, wasn’t she also the guest of honour in my dream, too?

The first scene of my dream occurred at a hostel somewhere in a historical city close by the beautiful Baltic Sea. It was extremely late at night when we arrived there after a long long journey from afar. Like most people, the incidental star-struck moment caught us off guard. It occurred when my friend Rusya and I had retired to our dormitory and just as we were fixing the annoying bed linen and duvet cover with much anger and beastliness. The door sprang open and along came two people in with the hostel owner to inspect the dimly lit room. Since we were both so tired, we really were not concerned about our surroundings. However, during the 30 seconds long inspection time, in which the mysterious couple quickly arrived at the final conclusion that the room is not suitable for their stay; I caught a mesmerising sight of the pair as I was waving the duvet with much vigorous force in order to smooth things out. Oh my… It was Freja with a boy! Gone with the wind! * faint and black out *

Next scene occurred somewhere that appears like Sea World, where my friends Olga, Rusya and I were at the front row watching the dolphins jump hoops. Since I am not really too much of a fan of animals doing tricks, I often liked to turn my back to watch the audience’s reaction and see who made the loudest “uuh…” and “aaah…”. When my head turned to the 90º mark, I immediately caught sight of someone familiar… the superfine face of Freja! Meeting someone this stellar once is chance, but the second time, it must have been fate! I couldn’t control myself and I yelled out “OMG! It’s Freja!” But then, somehow, Freja didn’t react to my outburst, even though it was clear that her boyfriend male companion heard every word I shouted out crisp and clear.

Then, I woke up.

I have heard from numerous sources, i.e. TREVOFASHIONISTO, that Freja is the nicest model ever to grace the earth. So I must have thought too much, but well having dreamt of Freja is always nicer than not having dreamt of anything!

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Saturday October 31st, 2009

Dries van Noten Mens Spring/Summer Ready-to-wear 2010 Paris

Adrian Bosch, Nikola Jovanovic and Matvey Lykov in Dries Van Noten Spring Summer 2010 Collection

Adrian Bosch, Nikola Jovanovic and Matvey Lykov in Dries Van Noten Spring Summer 2010 Collection

Is Dries Van Noten men and Dries Van Noten women one of the most matching couples in fashion history ever? Just like the Belgian designer’s womens collection, which we have just seen yesterday, South East Asia is the source of inspiration for menswear as well – creating an easy and non-chalant collection that is smart yet casual and refined yet never over the top.

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