I know, I have sucked as a blogger recently, buttt I have been doing bloggy stuff, collecting images cutting them up, sticking them back together and very much thinking about blogging. Still no excuse. I have also been busy, with school, and a crappy Internet connection for a week hasn't helped. STILL NO EXCUSE RIGHT? Anywayy, back to this blog, I have finally finished Milan, which I think this year was amazing, me being late, you have probably already read about the amazingness of Prada and the beauty of Dolce & Gabbana, but I thought I would repeat it, just to emphasize what possibly every other fashion blogger has been going on about. Quite rightly, so here goes Millaaannn.
Albino
Albino - Albino seemed to grasp completely where fashion was going, especially when it came to colours. Camel is EVERYWHERE at the moment, and looking at just some of the pieces from the collection you can quite clearly see, a Camel was most definitely inspiration for the collection.
Okay maybe not literally a camel, but they did pick up on the perfect colour for this season, and maybe use it slightly to the death. It was though a well tailored clean cut, undramatic but perfectly simple collection.
Dolce & Gabbanna
Dolce & Gabbana - Docle and Gabbana, was a presentation and moving insight into the traditions and morals of the company, it was also a show representing the hundreds of people behind the brand and the hard work from so many that goes into designing and making a collection. It was all about going back to the company's roots, and the simplicity but detail that can go into designing, they really thought about what women got out of the brand, which quite obviously was beautiful and skilled tailoring. Making every piece black seemed to add to the collection keeping it traditional and simple but also adding a lot more emotional focus on the clothes themselves, instead of that being taken away by colour or pattern.
On a lighter less philosophical note, yeaaah there where like 85 pieces, so I just thought I would put these three together, to give you the general idea, while making it look like I have artistic tendencies. Don't Judge.
D&G
D&G - When I think Fall Winter, I think Christmas Jumpers, and fur. So when I see fur short shorts, the traditional Christmas pattern made super size, and abominable snowman boots, I smile think of snow and Turkish delight with a high fashion twist. D&G was my idea of Fall Winter, and about the only collection that really thought about the season we should be wearing the clothes in. The patterns where classic, but new, they where bigger, and printed on chiffon, the fur shorts had me breathing heavily, and the boots paired with beautiful ghostly nighties was so perfect.
YES that was my nostalgic review of D&G
Emilio Pucci - Was bohemian 70's beauty, it made bell bottoms look cooler than usual, and made colourful maxi dresses look wearable without stares, there was everything in the collection, nothing got passed the creative eye of Dunde, tassels, sequins, Metal, leather, suede, studs. Nothing was spared, the whole collection was a visual spectacle of wonderful clothes. The patterns for the dresses, looked like they where smoke inspired, everything felt very bohemian chic, natural and comfortable without loosing out on detail and precision.
Jil Sander - If in 30 years time I could choose one collection to wear this would be it, and no insult intended, this collection was all about the powerful women of today, although maybe slightly repetitive, the collection was perfect for the modern women, it was beautifully tailored and precise, your whole attention was focused on the material and cut of what was coming out. He used a wonderful variety of classic suit materials and so many tweeds. He also seemed set on creating something you could only call a corporate onsie which although I found humorous I also thought worked well, everything was focused on the clothes, the faces where natural and hair a simple as you could get, all the models where wearing the same shoes and very little accessorising was done, the collection meant business, it was power dressing at it's most modern and very true to Jill Sander.
Marni - Was the awkward art deco mathematics teacher, with geometric shapes and box cut shirts and trousers, the colours were unflattering but worked perfectly along side each and the chunky jewelry and tightly bunned hair with sharp glasses just emphasized the look.
Everything looked awkwardly cut and slightly too big, making the collection fun and flateringly amusing. Marni looked as if it should of been un-natural, but it flowed perfectly and the colour and shapes of everything complimented the show perfectly, making it wonderful. The detail that went into Marni was amazing, with the biker gloves and chunky necklaces to the half half socks, and unbrushed swept by the wind looking hair. Whoever was the stylist must take credit for making the models the character they where.
Missoni
Missoni - Africa Meets Scotland folk meets punk was the vibe I was getting from missoni, but also with the ever present futuristic theme so many designers have began to adopt, I say this negatively but only mean it in a positive way, they put metal cuffs on the necks and wrists, just adding a flash of silver to the looks making it fresh and exciting, a lot of the catwalks wonder also came from the one piece of knitted material made into a layered detailed dress through the use of a few giant pins, it just made the collection that much more interesting and detailed than it already was. Missoni
No.21
No. 21 - After Alessandro Dell'Acqua lost his rights to his own company, and was absent in Spring, he has come back with a fresh new brand No.21 and I have to say, I loved it, he colours where so strong, and the cuts where so rigid and powerful, apparently this new brand is ‘all about real women’ but you could put it differently, as ‘more daywear’.
He used classic menswear and turned it in to beautiful womens wear, such as blue cotton poplin shirts, and camel trousers.
Prada - Was so talked about, and talked about and talked about, quite rightly, Miuccia Prada once again created an amazing collection, and this time a really powerful collection, which emphasized on women hood and curves and the beauty parlour era of women, where everything was teasing a provocative, there where high heels, big tits, and beehives, and it all worked so perfectly together, creating another unforgettable collection. Some of the detail that went into the collection made it so much more exciting, the knitwear next to rubber making it really kind of perverse, not uncomfortably, but beautifully. There was so much to look at and think about at Prada, the clothes made each model walking the catwalk a character, they where one of these slightly mysterious and classily sleazy women, they had attitude but glamour, and the clothes just brought it to life, so did the beehive hair and pristine yet simple makeup, like they had all arrived straight from the beauty parlour.
Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli - Celebrating 40 years of Roberto Cavalli the collection was going to be special. The Cavalli show was layers after layers, or intricately designed fabrics and well cut furs, the models where powerful yet graceful, in floor length flowing dresses, the clothes where all about texture, layering and the prints printed on so many different materials, like Chiffon and Muslin creating such different effects. All the animal prints being faded was just a extra fluid touch. The whole collection was about women, and the fluidity and grace that women can poses, it was about what they love and this was put into clothes, beautiful clothes to mark a ground breaking year for the Brand and Roberto Cavalli himself.
Versace
Versace - Was a powerful futuristic women, with metal like plates embellished on dresses, and strong angular tailoring, it was like avatar meets the future meets Dontella Versace, it was fresh and exciting and risky, everything was bold and so out there, the curves of the clothes where just that bit more extenuated, and where the slits in the dresses, it was just a really powerful lively show, and something interesting and different, almost shocking or unexpected. The colours where also so bold. The whole collection spoke power and femininity, in such a new way, but using such a tired idea of futurism, but somehow she made it really work.
It brings a tear to my eye but also a sigh of relief to say there is only one more fashion Capital to go, Paris. After that I will actually have to think about what to blog, jheez!!!!
