Certain designers have lived through the 70’s, and can translate the trend into wearable fashionable looks, and Cavalli is definitely one of them. Roberto Cavalli’s Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 is bohemian hippy chic- the use of textiles, print, embroidery, flowing silhouettes and maxi dresses, embroidered flared jeans, long velvet and denim coats, and scarves…
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Alberta Ferretti Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 MFW FW16
Alberta Ferretti Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 features floral embellishments and embroidery on ethereal sheath and slip dresses, statement coats, loads of lace, and intricate cutouts. The color palette consisted of gray, nude, beige, black, light blue, sage green, and taupe.
The Bad: London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
Every season and city has it’s highlights, but there are also the laughably bad, hideous, vulgar, out of touch designs I typically refer to as Fashion Comedy. London Fashion Week has been full of hideous looks for SS16 and FW16. Last season, I complained of not understanding the proportions, and wondering if it is in to…
Ashish Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
Can it be? Are the English regaining their senses, or actually developing a fashion sense?Ashish Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 was a massive improvement from last season’s wacky show that featured black guys in womenswear! The show was monochromatic, with matching outfits, afros, lip color, and shoes, which I think represents this brand becoming more salable,…
Christopher Kane Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
Christopher Kane Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 was full of juxtaposition, with leather and lace dresses, lace-ups, oversized leather totes, leather pants, graphic knits, bold cobalt lilac white and orange floral print dresses and skirts, beautiful singular flower embroidered sweaters, cray bouquet heels, shearling and mesh bags, and an impressive open-weave floral knit were among the…
A.F. Vandevorst Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
Visually striking with it’s splatter eye makeup and belt-masks, the A.F. Vandevorst Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 collection features velvet jumpsuits; denim dresses and and jeans; pleated wrap skirts with wide black leather belt; a plum leather jumpsuit with matching blazer; leather and velvet platform boots in black, taupe, and grape soda; shearling-and-leather and fur vests; houndstooth…this…
Burberry London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
Burberry London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 collection was full of snakeskin and snakeskin prints, gold, vivid grass and deep army greens,signature plaids scaled up and down, animal print and intricate graphic snake skin bags with chunky grommeted straps in black and multicolored snake skin, blue sheen and patent leather dresses and coats, bold print shirts…
Alexander McQueen London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
Alexander McQueen London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 took us through the looking glass and into this new concept of the boob thong. We went back in time to Madonna’s bra era, with body chains, flowers in the models’ hair, a really nude makeup, butterfly and pocket watch graphics, leg of mutton sleeves, leather, organza, maid…
Topshop Unique London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
TopShop Unique’s London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 show featured lots of print- leopard, houndstooth, a forest graphic print- even done in sequins! Velvet, fur, sheer silk chiffon, and suede fabrics were used in this 90’s sometimes 80’s looking collection. Shirt dresses, leather minis, collars, tie closures, fur collar jackets… Topship’s LFW FW16 collection was impressively graphic,…
David Koma London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 LFW FW16
David Koma’s London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 show was all about metal hardware, wraps, white perforated leather, black leather, wool…gray, white, black, cut away shoulders, turtle necks, stud embellishments, and cut-outs. There were nods to the 90’s and 70’s, the later of which with the development of synthetic materials. There was something reminiscent of Versace,…
