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April 30, 2010

frida

Other than being obsessed with height, size and weight, this modeling industry is constantly on the look-out for the next Sasha Pivovarova, and we may have found that in a certain Lindsey Wixson. Fresh, edgy, unique, these are some of the words we have often used to describe someone who we think will make it big in the industry. No doubt, these faces will leave a huge impact on the editors and designers but more often than so, we are sometimes unable to grasp the beauty of it, and whatever "unique" becomes "peculiar." And in situations like these, there's Frida Gustavsson, one of the prettiest face on the runway. She is almost elf-like in her looks but definitely not so when it comes to her height (those legs!!!). Ignore Freja or Ginta (or at least for a while), this Swede stunner made her debut in Paris, opening the Valentino Fall '09 Couture show. Talk about having a big break, for Frida it was huge. Since then, she has appeared on the cover of Vogue Germany, editorials in Vogue Italia featuring the very same Valentino Haute Couture, and has continued her success for Spring 2010, booking over 60 shows in her debut season. Fall saw her walking in 69 shows, opening 4 and closing 4 shows. That's pretty good for a 16 year old, and from an industry that has recently received much flak for putting teenagers in their mother's dresses, I couldn't even care less. She's a stunner, no doubt about that.

March 20, 2010

Of Orange, Purple and Collars

Obviously Miu Miu can never be as good as Spring, but Fall was nonetheless still very fun and young. Bright poppy colours, oversized bow collars, replaced the naked ladies, cat and bird prints we saw at Spring, and it was all very cartoonish in a good way. In some way, the nude bow collars did resemble neck braces, but I did love how weirdly exaggerated they were. And the foamy, structured fabrics made it even more cartoonish.

For the later part of the show, the Miu Miu girls grew slightly older, the silhouettes became much more darker and sophisticated. They became less playful and more provocative. The necklines became lower, and even though flower embellishments adorned the clothes, they were much more darker, some in fuller bloom, some have slightly withered (or it could be just the color) as compared to the earlier part. And the shoes.......I didn't get how it was put together but it was weirdly awkward cool.

January 25, 2010

Rei Kawakubo, can you be my friend? Rei Kawakubo, stalker fan letters I will send. Now does anyone knows what's her address?

Comme des Garcons Homme Fall 2010/11

This collection is just so good. Firstly, if you thinking you're seeing another collection about armor, strength, and anything associated with the military, think again. Rei Kawakubo is one of the smartest designers out there and probably one of the few that has ever lived, and yes, she completely redefines the notion of armor in clothes in this collection. Secondly, if you're thinking you're seeing another collection with plain old tailored suits, I think you're blind.

Clothes as a protective armor, the implementation of this thought to clothes has been done by many designers and I can dare say that Miuccia Prada and Rei Kawakubo are the only two designers that can reinvent this idea and make it completely theirs. From the first few looks, the jackets and trousers were padded at places coinciding with important organs of the human body that laid beneath them. The heart, the elbows and the knees, though I seriously doubt the last two were vital organs of the body. Buckles were seen on vests under the tailored jackets; something like bulletproof vests to be more specific. That was really smart, I thought. Shorts were layered over pants, eskimo-like headgear (by the ah-mazing Stephen Jones), a big fur jacket, the sombre colours; the idea of protection was seen throughout the whole collection. The last part of the show, was a slight trip back to reality though, classic tailored suits were shown but then again, this was only applicable for the upper half of the body. As with Rei Kawakubo, nothing is complete without her whimsical twist, either the neon coloured shoes (they're so bad that they're good), or the baggy trousers.

Fashion as protection, come to think of it, that's what I really need right now. To protect against the cynical comments of others against fashion, to protect against the criticisms one may get when they say 'I'm doing fashion', to protect us from the harshness of this world. (All I want to do is get the huge bearish-fur jacket and wrap myself in it.)  Rei Kawakubo is definitely no ordinary designer, she's a thinker's designer.

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