Elegantly Waisted

COUTURE
spring 2013

So when the FALL/WINTER 12 sales are coming to an end, the RESORT 13 collections have hit the stores just before christmas, the PRE SPRING 13 is already hanging on the rails, and every designer have made you sneak peak on PRE FALL 13….FALL/WINTER 13 starts off in just a week, with a kick off in Stockholm and Copenhagen. (Not to mention the Berlin Fashion Week that was last week, and MENSWEAR of course always in January).

In between and just before the crazyness of FASHIONWEEKS. It is always nice to dream away with the COUTURE COLLECTIONS that are happening right now:

VALLI GIRLS
_black & white lux patterns.
_model Hannah Gaby Odiele wearing a beautiful pink flowered dress.
_yellow dream of silk organza and lace.
_subtle croc pattern on silk trousers and a light floaty long top.

DIOR DETAILS
_bright red sparkle lips with the perfect liner, sets the look.
_girls backstage at DIOR.
_frame it!

View the show here:

CHANEL EYES
_the perfect lashes.
_portrait of a lady.
_beautiful coloured prints. But is that a bag, or some left over fabric?
_who says three is a crowd? Feather and lace Finale @ CHANEL.

I love the luxury and the extravagance of the couture collections, even though I am more a minimalist at heart. But for some reason I just wanna go all Marie Antoinette and eat cake and wear beautiful dresses all day long….

Raf Simons’ first Spring Summer 2013 Ready-to-Wear for Dior campaign shot by photographer Willy Vanderperre

_love these images in which the Dior woman becomes the luminous muse of pictorial scenes.

PARIS COUTURE
this week
-The star lineup from GIVENCHY Fall 2012 Couture-
-Fringes and skinny trousers, raw, ethnic and slightly futuristic wood warrior, GIVENCHY Fall 2012 Couture-
-Black beaded fringes and simple beige wool and fur, extravagant but in a subtile mysterious way, GIVENCHY Fall 2012 Couture-
-Raf Simons debut at DIOR, hey hey hey, it all looks beautiful, elegant and sophisticated. But still with some old times references, with a twist, the peplum top with cigarette trousers, is such a wearable but chic look, CHRISTIAN DIOR Fall 2012 Couture-
-Flowers, more peplum and 50s inspired dresses perfect for your Society Ball in printed silk. Keep warm with oversized wool coats in artistic prints, CHRISTIAN DIOR Fall 2012 Couture-
-Another “newcomer” to the PARIS Couture scene. He went for colourful flowerprints with both peplums and and ruffles, some say it might have become too stuffed and too far away from fashion, but I wouldnt mind to wear any of these dresses to a social occation this fall, a little bit over the top, but never too much, GIAMBATTISTA VALLI Fall 2012 Couture-
-Flowers, prints, red, and more peplum, this was my favorite look from GIAMBATTISTA VALLI Fall 2012 Couture-

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