Review: Valentino, Renewed, Refreshed & Modern

Photo: Valentino Haute Couture.

Since Valentino has left his brand, new designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli have completely revamped the brand. It pretty obvious that they're trying to generate a younger audience with this Haute Couture collection. since Spring 2009 we've really seen the shift from classic Valentino into this new age of the label. i love where Maria & Pier are taking the brand, with the state of alot fashion houses i think that its smart to switch up things a bit. now where celebrity & media focus is at an all time high you want to create clothes that you know young stars will wear.

Style.com Called the collection "Garden Of Eden in Cyberworld" and i dont think i could have put it anymore perfectly. The clothes themseleves were very romantic with the ruffled chiffon and pastel colors. But then you get this space age feel with the blue sprayed shoulders & eyes, the fantasy tribal styling and the overall warrior feel you kind of got. but with all of that it was still feminine and ver very modern. Usually when you think of Couture, you think of heavy beading and embroidery, and gowns. but this collection showed you a different side. and i have to say one of my favorite collections from Valentino to date.

+Favorite Runway looks+

My Handsome Spring/Summer Lover.

Photo: The "Hollywood" Swimsuit
Designer: We Are Handsome

Spring , Summer call me the fun lover. I've always wanted to design a line of swim wear. I love clothes but but i oddly love women out them. more and more swimsuits are becoming more aesthetically appealing. Swimwear designers are looking for more creative ways to design it and i think i found the Ring leader. "We Are Handsome" swimwear is probaly the best swim line i've ever seen. the take a different approach with they're line. the swimsuit have become more of a art piece than just a swimsuit. oh, and only one pieces. no bikini's over here.

"The Arabia"


"The Africa"

Fringe, Feathers, & Denim.

Photo: Trussardi 1911 Campaign

Photographer: Milan Vukmirovic

This was one of my favorite collections from Trussardi 1911. The collection kinda gave me this James + Cowboy + Native american Feel but a very refined and sophisticated. the model in the campaign is absolutely gorgeous. The pieces i loved the most were the Studded Jean jacket, the bags, and the multi colored loafers. The styling was very commercial to me. they made it very easy for consumers to kind of pick the looks apart and see the separate pieces as their own.

- i also loved this Bag -

My friend Janard over at "Favored Fashion Fix" Actually did a DIY of the feather tanks from this a collection a while back. which he did a great job on!

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Fashion Editors + School Boys = ♥

Photo: Proenza Schouler Pre Fall 2010

Anyone who knows me knows, that i love love love Proenza Schouler. I think that they're two of the greatest designers of our generation, and will be one day be legends. They're senior collections at Parsons was bought by Barneys. which is amazing. to be a college senior and have your first collection bought by a major department store. But anyway, that not what this post is about. I loved adored the Pre Fall collection from Lazaro & Jack.

this collection they strayed away from the neon bright colors and embellishments and went with a more subdue color palette. From what i've seen it looks like the "New York Prep School girl" was the inspiration. It was very gossip girl to me i absolutely loved it. This collection was probably the closet to my personal style them all the rest.

Photo: Burberry Prorsum Pre Fall 2010

I've Admired Christopher Bailey's work since the Fall 2008 collection. He always has a way of making a woman look slightly masculine but yet sexy and daring at the same time. burberry is known for the "Art Of The Trench" movement. Partly because its there staple and what they're noted for. But Bailey has definitely expanded the brand beyond the trench. I loved this Pre fall collection because it was sleek, modern and had a little bit of an edge. The shoes and cocktail dresses were my favorite pieces of the collection. But one thing that i did notice, am i the only one who automatically thought of Carine Roitfeld when i saw this collection? from the hair, to the styling i automatically thought of the french Vogue editor. what do you think?