Neon Dont's: When you look like a light bulb

Following my last post, there are also times when neon is NOT chic. As seen at Preen's Fall show in London.

Never head to toe, never head to toe.

Neon Do's: When you keep it simple and chic

I have never been a fan of fluorescent yellow or bright lime green, but splashed all over the fall runways, I think that in doses, it looks very chic. At Tommy Hilfiger (great collection, will post photos later), after a year and a half hiatus, he returns with a bang, incorporating bits of neon colours along with neutrals like tweed and grey knits. I love the neon shoes which he mostly paired with minidresses and dark tights.

Backstage at Tommy Hilfiger: Flavia De Oliveira and Solange Wilvert show us how it's done

Also another sportyAmerican desginer who used sneaked in bright colours in his collection is Michael Kors. Amidst trenches and anoraks trimmed in fur and leather jackets and structured suits, he used things from bright clutches to a chunky sweater underneath.

Paris Spring 2007 Couture

As the Academy Awards are just around the corner, big designers race to dress the ultra fabulous for one of the most prestigious nights of showbusiness. Intricate detailing, hand-painted silk gowns, designers debuted their haute couture lines in Paris a few days ago. Only a few fashion houses do couture as it is extremely expensive, and can be as long as six figures; the six houses so far are Christian Dior, Elie Saab, Givenchy, Chanel, Valentino and Christian Lacroix. Up soon is Armani Prive and Jean Paul Gaultier. Old fashion houses that have been running for generations and have built up a name as one of the best of haute couture.

Christian Dior
My favorite so far. I haven't seen all of them. (SO busy!!)

I think this collection speaks for itself. well done mr Galliano. (gosh it's so beautiful! i'm just in awe!)

Detail shots

And as the French say, au revoir!

La belle vie - Paris Fashion Week!

I love Paris in the springtime, I love Paris in the fall, I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles, I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles... well you know how it goes.

Yay Paris Fashion Week! Some more Spring Pret-a-porter collections to drool over! So far I've seen Rick Owens, and frankly I'm not very impressed. I didn't love it, the pure-white organdy asymmetric jackets, crunched up around the neck and gathered into a peplum in back, were paired with complex handkerchief-point or draped skirts, striding leggily out on shaggy-chiffon were sorta cute. But some of his looks for the collection had this funnel hood that was veiled over the models faces, I did not like that... Here's a picture...

I liked Balmain's collection though, they made their mark when Audrey Tatou wore a cropped white dress to the Cannes Film Festival. Their Spring '07 collection is filled with those types of dresses, aimed at young people; strapless dresses, short, one shouldered... etc. He also did not skimp out on the hardware; gold chains, silver sequins, brass studs were plenty. Here are some of my favorite looks...

So it's only been two days, Paris Fashion Week I mean and I will update again on my favorite designers and collections.... (Chloe!)

Milan Fashion Week (Part II)

So I have to do Milan Fashion Week in a few parts because its too much to do under one post. Part II i'm gonna talk about Bottega Veneta. So far this is my favorite collection I've seen!

I love love love it, understated and luxurious, Tomas Maier has done a beautiful job on the collecetion with a subtle beige-through-rose palette. I wish I could put in all the looks at Bottega Veneta but if I put on too many pictures something goes wrong... sighh... well here are some of my favorites.... (oh and I also love the runway!)

Isn't it ultra-chic? Ciao bellas.

Milan Fashion Week (Part I)

As Milan Fashion Week 2007 is wrapping up, here are some of my favorite looks from the pret-a-porter (ready-to-wear) Spring 2007 collections.

Burberry Prorsum (weird, I thought they were showing in Paris Fashion Week)

I really liked Burberry's collection; the clothes changed from the start to the end. It began with some neutral shades and then later throughout the collection there was more color, but it was always soft and never too bright but with some metallics and shine here and there. I loved some of the male looks as well.

And then some pastelic colours are introduced...




Men's collection...

Sighh... wonder if the guys here would ever wear those two outfits! I love them! So preppy and chic but for the 2nd look I would swap the trendy silver shirt for a classic white one.