One consistent thing about Lanvin is it hardly ever disappoints. Alber Elbaz creates amazing collections year after year. This season the collection seemed to take on a mixture of looks, mainly embellishment with african and tribal influences but there was not a absence of signature Lanvin draping. The main pieces that stuck out for me though were the amazing coats, wether lined with fur, exaggerated shoulders, or all over fur, the jackets were the main highlight for me, as my friend Becca pointed out, this season there seems to be lots of really amazing jackets, which leads us to think that maybe fall 2010 will be season of the really good jacket.
You can view the whole collection here.
It’s been a while since I updated with any illustration or work of my own and because there was no Luella this season at London fashion week I thought I’d reminisce a bit. A piece from the Spring/Summer 2010 collection. You can view the whole collection here.
Christopher Kane unveiled his new collection for Versus yesterday and once again delivered an amazing collection. Still in keeping with his signature style the collection, mainly made up of dresses was fun with a slight edge. The collection also featured some rather cool T-shirts with original photographs from bruce weber which Kane and Donatella dug out from the archives, and mixed them into the collection too. Although the collection in parts screams Chris Kane all over, there are pieces reminiscent of the Versace house thrown in the mix. With Kanes ideas and Versace’s backing there is no doubt this collection will be a instant hit.
I’m a huge fan of the V&A. It’s one of my favorite places in London and is a endless source of inspiration, ideas and just all round wonderful things. If your ever in need of some creative fuel the V&A is bound to have something for you in it’s vast collections, which very conveniently can now be searched online.
Like all museums the V&A has a ton of stuff on show but has just as much stuff hidden away, so having all the collections online is a bit amazing and they are full of hidden gems. I’ve spend god knows how long searching through the fashion collections, stumbling upon amazing vintage pieces by Balenciaga, Dior, Givenchy & Chanel.
Of course the collections are not at all limited to fashion, there’s graphic design, paintings, textiles, sculpture and jewelry. Basically anything you can think of, the V&A has it in it’s collections. If you have a few spare minutes it’s definitely worth a look, although a few minutes easily turns into a good hour or so, so be prepared…
Christopher Kane is one of the shows I always look forward to seeing, one of the most talented young British designers there is he never fails to disappoint. Apart from last season, although that collection has now grown on me. Kane showed this morning what should probably in retrospect be a complete disaster of a collection. If you had told me he was going to mixed lace, leather, embroidered flowers and gems together I would have predicted it would be a complete disaster but in true Kane style he managed to pull it off.
Although Kane has slightly moved away from the shapes and silhouettes that made him, his use of paneling was still evident and used to good form. Once again Kane has proved that he can indeed push the boundaries between good and bad and provide us with some rather amazing pieces while doing so. As vogue.co.uk quite rightly says, I wonder who will be the first person to adorn one of these creations…
