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sneebliah
July 14, 2010 at 6:31 pm #
Couture week closed out in a blaze of multicolored carats that had editors scurrying from the Place Vendôme to Avenue Montaigne and back again. Not only does the new haute joaillerie day extend the ever-shrinking week by a day, it provided the big houses with a forum to preview their lavish creations for the 25th Biennale des Antiquaires, opening in Paris mid-September. This season, flora and fauna ran rampant.
Chanel dove into its archives and surfaced with a feather theme, anchored by the articulated brooch Diane Kruger wore in her hair at Cannes (pictured); it’s an exact replica of one created by Mlle. Chanel in 1932. An articulated cuff of pavé diamond feathers was trimmed in black diamonds and set with a hidden closure. The feathery wisps were echoed elsewhere, too, as with the Comet necklace, which drapes diamonds around the nape of the neck.
Boucheron took the feather theme literally for one of its unique suites, called Pretty Puff, in which multicolored diamonds were sprinkled over a puffball of white swan feathers. And since versatility is a coveted attribute in haute jewelry (necklace, with or without heavily jeweled brooch, for example), the house pushed the concept to the extreme with the Curlicue five-in-one concept that by turns could be a necklace, two bracelets, a diamond hair clip, or a brooch.
At Dior, a panorama of jewels spanned the classically beautiful—significant Les Précieuses engagement rings and the new Rose Dior Bagatelle rings covered with rubies or pink sapphires—to the more far-out, with one-of-a-kind items from Victoire de Castellane’s wild Coffret de Victoire. One cuff sets a pink tourmaline rabbit in a garden of fire-opal pumpkins; on another, a burnished silver monkey can be lifted from his bejeweled perch. Bollywood earrings, twined with serpents, hang over the ear, as they’re worn in India.
Van Cleef & Arpels drew inspiration from Jules Verne for its Les Voyages Extraordinaires collection, shown at a presentation staged by Argentinean theater director Alfredo Arias. The travels spanned oceans and terra firma. Over here, diamond-encrusted polar bears and penguins swanned on hefty tourmaline glaciers; there, an elephant head paved in gray and white diamonds, dangling a 41-carat topaz, stood in for the African leg of the jaunt. Several pieces were customizable: A whale brooch could spout a jet of diamonds, thanks to integrated springs—now you see it, now you don’t. And if, after all the creatures, you didn’t care for the menagerie, well, there were always the classical constellations—Calliope and Andromeda, re-created to scale.
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sneebliah
July 14, 2010 at 6:35 pm #
PATTERN PLAY…
When it comes to prints, more is definitely more this season. If designers like Dries Van Noten and Donatella Versace have their way, you’ll be mixing and matching from head to toe. And we’re not just talking traditional florals, though there were plenty of pretty ones at Etro, Anna Sui, and Tory Burch. Duro Olowu’s tribal motifs and Givenchy’s digital designs were engineered for maximum impact.
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sneebliah
July 14, 2010 at 6:36 pm #
And you thought there were a lot of sports in the Olympics. Designers have adopted a wide world of active influences for Spring. Alexander Wang’s American football collection will look even better when broken down into its individual components; Pucci’s Peter Dundas has combined business with pleasure, turning out sexy dresses inspired by his love of scuba; and Proenza Schouler has taken two well-worn references—surfing and skateboarding—and made them chicer than they have any right to be
GAME PLAY
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sneebliah
July 14, 2010 at 6:39 pm #
THE BIG REVEAL…
Unless you’re a pop star or a fame monster, you may decide to adopt this trend sparingly. But there’s no doubt you’ll be seeing exposed brassieres on more than just the office flirt this spring. It wasn’t only longtime lingerie lovers like Dolce & Gabbana and Jean Paul Gaultier who got in on the action on the runways; also daring to bare were Antonio Berardi, Karl Lagerfeld at Fendi, and Nina Ricci’s new man, Peter Copping.
denim is the big talk of the town, denim skinny jeans with wild floral prints, guadt jewelwry, and chic or retro shirts. try dolce and gabbana jacket with prada long pants and JUICY COTURE charms and accesories!!!
How to dress 10 pounds thinner?
Start with the butt – Your bottom and hips will always look thinner when you are dressed in a solid color and it doesn’t even have to be black it can be a beautiful incandescent hot pink if you like but solids tend to slim where other patterns don’t. Now a lot of us don’t go around wearing patterned pants but a lot of us wear patterned dresses and skirts – so be warned.
De-emphasize your waist – If you are trying to deemphasize your waist and or your middle then avoid crop jackets because they break up your natural lines rather then help you create long, lean lines.
Smaller bust – if you are small busted then try for some wrap shirts, which will give you the illusion of a bigger bust and smaller waist.
Big hips – go for some flat front pants, which are always a winner.
Big hips – don’t be afraid to go for a black pencil skirt with black hose. It will make your hips do a disappearing act.
Big Bust – avoid lighter colors on top for they will over-emphasize your bust size and go for a geometric-shaped top with a slim pant and you will have a more balanced look.
Trying to play up your waist – try a slightly raised waist that tends to make the torso look narrower and a flared skirt which also makes the waist look narrower.
Unless you are a super model avoid horizontal stripes.
Only buy a pleated skirt if the pleats are stitched down and don’t bunch up at the waist adding thickness.
DO NOT, wear a mini skirt if you have bigger legs, if they are thin then ok,
DONT wear a very nice top, then have jeans and tennishoes, use heels instead!
DO replace crummy shoes with a simple pair of black heels, it makes you look alot nicer!