Seventies influences met with a western flair- layered contrasting colors and textures with knits, graphic tees, creepy faces photo prints, ascots, double breasted jackets, ski masks…there was a lot going on in the Vivienne Westwood Fall/Winter 2017 collection. The runway makeup featured both understated nude faces, lips, and eyes; and insane runway beauty looks with […]
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Backtrack to Versace Spring/Summer 2017 MFW
The Versace Spring/Summer 2017 fashion show featured windbreakers, sporty body suits, drawstring gathered dresses, and suits belted at the natural waistline. The color palette tottered between the dark, with black, and the bold, with emerald green, grape, yellow, all sewn into an abstract graphic print. The square-toe platform boots have a pop of color and…
Fendi Spring/Summer 2017
Laser cuts, stripes galore, intricately gorgeous bags, the Fendi Spring/Summer 2016 runway show was full of utilitarian pockets, voluminous sleeves, truly wearable takes on the PJ’s movement, and how Karl can anything be without shade(s)? There was something odd about those aprons…err- slip dress mutations, and I can only see them serving as a cover…
Fashion and Beauty Trends From Fashion Weeks Fall/Winter 2016 FW16
Fashion Weeks typically follow certain trends globally, with each city having things in common with and differing from the other parts of the globe. In the videos below I discuss trends we’ve seen in fashion and beauty from Paris, London, Milan, and New York Fashion Week. Fashion Trends:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laIIHCmtOCQ&w=560&h=315] As we move from the 90’s…
Runway Beauty Fall/Winter 2016 Paris Fashion Week PFW FW16 AH16
Runway Beauty Fall/Winter 2016 Paris Fashion Week seemed to have the same formula show to show- bold eyes contrasting a nude face and lips, with the exception of Saunt Laurent, which went 80’s full face, and Dior and Yohji Yamamoto, which went the opposite direction with black lips and nude or lined eyes. The runway…
Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2016 Paris Fashion Week PFW FW16 AH16
Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2016 Paris Fashion Week collection had this strange 80’s air about it, the cocktail dresses, the shoulders, the styling… it’s the third show in PFW to invoke the era. We know Saint Laurent has embodied the 80’s and Punk recently, but this is less hard edged and more era gone by. The…
Dries Van Noten Fall/Winter 2016 Paris Fashion Week PFW FW16 AH16
Prep for Prep School: Dries Van Noten Fall/Winter 2016 Paris Fashion Week show featured varsity jackets; monogram/crest embroidered blazers; cardigans,;leopard and tiger animal prints and furs; gold lame suits; collars; crushed velvet dresses, skirts, and booties; slip dresses; intricate precise beaded embellishments; and a gothic black smudged eyemakeup. Dries Van Noten PFW FW16 AH16 was…
Runway Beauty and Makeup from New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 NYFW MBFW FW16
While the fashion is the main focus of Fashion Week, regardless of the season or locale, when the makeup catches our eye you know it’s interesting, over the top, uniquely original, or done beautifully. It can also be that it either compliments, or more likely, draws away from the clothing, the later of which is…
NicoPanda Fall/Winter 2016 New York Fashion Week NYFW MBFW FW16
The NicoPanda Fall/Winter 2016 New York Fashion Week runway fashion show featured platform shoes in red and black, glitter coats, multicolored fur jackets, neon graphic t-shirts, layers upon layers, long metallic gloves, nasty pig bondage harnesses- an ode to leather culture- paired with double waist-band cargo pants, cropped metallic leather jackets and pants, bishop sleeves…