🌹Rosed Hair AW13 💇

July 15, 2013July 15, 2013 | Design & Culture by Ed

The hair at Alexander McQueen was a real masterpiece on head. Yes, maybe it was covered with a gold crown, but it was still visible… The curly “roses” on head coloured light blond looked stunning. And very romantic in a slightly romantic twist… The same kind of hairstyle was at Givenchy, where models had their hair in all colours- violet, orange, blue, pink. And it was created by Guido Palau, that as always striked his ideas in a very right context! The floral prints that were seen on the runway were a right match up for the colourful wigs!

Collection AW13: Saint Laurent

July 12, 2013July 13, 2013 | Design & Culture by Ed

Saying that Hedi Slimane is lazy, as wrote Cathy Horyn, is a simple bah. A guy who redesigns everything from the logo to the showroom furnitures in his boutiques of Saint Laurent, doesn’t seem to be lazy at all. Hedi Slimane did a huge revolution at Saint Laurent and in fashion world, that seemed to be very peaceful comparing AW13 with the grunge/punk/Roc &Roll collection. And in reality, Slimane didn’t do this for more controversy- no, it’s all simply his aesthetics. When the designer of SL is not at work, he isn’t kissing Pinault’s ass for money but hangs out with friends/musicians in LA! So there is nothing that is done for more money. Well it is, but it’s not enforcing. People will still buy this kind of Yves Saint Laurent. So, Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane wins the second place in AW13 ranking of best collections!

N.1 Collection AW13 Celine

July 11, 2013August 31, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Autumn Winter 2013 has a N.1 collection that beat all others- it’s of course Celine! No one else could be better than this Parisian label. With it’s geometrical tops, changing forms skirts, fur dresses and up-the-knee leather boots, Phoebe Philo’s collection just couldn’t be a un success. The triangle handbags in checks or leather look very refreshing, just as the creme pistachio coloured coat! And the grey dress with tied sleeves in the front is more a conceptual art, than a casual costume for everyday! The campaign starring Daria Werbowy by Juergen Teller is simple and very sensual- as always beautiful and fragile! Bravo to the winner of AW13!

The Cabinet of Couture

July 5, 2013July 5, 2013 | Design & Culture by Ed

“A cabinet of curiosities was an encyclopedic collection in Renaissance Europe of types of objects whose categorial boundaries were yet to be defined. They were also known by various names such as Cabinet of Wonder, and in German Kunstkammer (“art-room”) or Wunderkammer (“wonder-room”). Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings) and antiquities. “The Kunstkammer was regarded as a microcosm or theater of the world, and a memory theater. The Kunstkammer conveyed symbolically the patron’s control of the world through its indoor, microscopic reproduction.”[1] Of Charles I of England’s collection, Peter Thomas has succinctly stated, “The Kunstkabinett itself was a form of propaganda”.[2] Besides the most famous and best documented cabinets of rulers and aristocrats, members of the merchant class and early practitioners of science in Europe also formed collections that were precursors to museums.” Wikipedia about Cabinet of Curiosities…

The Valentino Couture show was a poesy of fashion and art. No more to write, but just to ply your eyes with beauty by Pierpaolo Picciolini and Maria Grazia Chiuri!

Tribal Tendation

July 4, 2013January 5, 2024 | Design & Culture by Ed

Dior Haute Couture by Raf Simons was inspired with ethnic cultures like Masai’s and Aborigines. Latest Givenchy collection for men was all about the face paintings influenced with African tribes. Fashion goes global and celebrates the beauty of various cultural heritages.