26 janeiro, 2013

Milan Fashion Week FallWinter'13 | Menswear

This month great Menswear collections were showed at Fashion weeks like London, Milan and Paris.
Italian designers are always looking for new perspectives and point on view. Tailoring as the masterpiece and the look of menswear is now re-viewd with high-tech fabrics and luxury fur, introduced in menswear like it has been here forever.
So, let's talk about my favourite shows in Milan...

Burberry Prorsum
Burberry Prorsum

Ok. I always love Christopher Bailey's work, and this is no exception. This collection was called 'I love Classics', and sure we do. 
I always love a beautiful coat in camel or militar green, and I never resist to the great fashion experiences that Bailey always do with great high-tech materials, like the latex coats. Burberry Prorsum, for me always means Outerwear. It's all about the trench, the coats and amazing tailoring. And I don't even need to talk about the great accessories and technological advances that this brand always show us so well.
The classic Burberry pattern were in bags, scarfs and accessories, but always mixed with leopard print, seen in those amazing shoes, fur coats and beautiful iPad cases.
Oh, I forgot, don't you love those leopard print sunglasses? I'm sooo ready!!

Burberry Prorsum
Gucci

This Gucci collection is very colorful, but in a dark way. I just see beautful colors in dark shades like burgundy, olive green, and almost '50 shades of grey' in that magnificent fur coat! Clear blues opened the collection and aguen Outerwear were the masterpiece of the show, like in so many others this season.
I loved the details, like silk scarfs inside polos or turtle-necks, the luxury fabrics, and also the bags. And the tuxedos at the end of the show... So beautiful.
Did you saw Clement Chabernaud with the last look of the collection, with that coat? Ugh-mazing!

Gucci
Kenzo 

Surprisingly Kenzo is becoming one of the best young brands by the hands of Humberto Leon and Carol Lim. They are creating new house-codes from the brand and with this "Above the sky & beyond" collection, we can notice that so well. Creating a romantic and sophisticated men, inspired by the sky in graphics and cuts, including 'Tiger Fever', that is already an icon of the brand.
It's a collection that makes you dream above the sky, create fantasis and see the difference between night and day.
Kenzo
Fendi

Fendi, just a few seasons ago created their menswear line. Like the ID of the brand, it's all about fur, luxury and creativity. We notice oversized coats, capes and beautiful colors, like the magnificent yellow in that coat. Many pieces had fusion materials like a coat from leather to whool, or the red shirt showed here. I would love be in one of these coats in the freezing days that we are living, so Silvia Fendi, if you hear me (or read...) I'm here! Waiting...

Fendi

15 janeiro, 2013

Prada | FallWinter'2013 Menswear


In one of my favourite runway sets, a minimal house with Rem Khoolaas furniture produced by Knoll, that perfectly match one of the most 'normal' Prada shows. But we know this is Prada by Miuccia, so we know that this 'normality' is not what it seems...
She said about this collection that is "one of the most sophisticated I've ever done". But, How? You ask.
She explains it so much better:

"Simplicity is so difficult. To make perfect something that is normal and classic is much harder."

And what we see just here, is incredibly beautiful. I mean... You want to wear everything! I want it! And that is what Fashion is about. Those normal clothes with perfect 'shades' of blue, yellow and red, full of leather details, perfect fabrics and the perfect cut in jackets and shirts.

That is a collection that talks to me about innocence, in a creative way that explores perversity in some point... We can talk about these clothes as 'normality' but we shure know that it's not about 'banality'.
Those beautiful and amazing shoes that I want to wear right now, are just a new classic in such a different way.

We know that this is so 'normal', but 'different'.

It's controversial. So Miuccia and so Prada.


09 dezembro, 2012

& Other Stories | Spring 2013


Spring sees the launch of new Swedish fashion brand '& Other Sories'.
It's a new brand from H&M and is offering ready-to-wear, shoes, bags, accessories and beauty, with make-up according to the collection, with the colours changing with the season to complement the clothes...

With ateliers in Paris and Stocholm, the idea behind the brand is to give women freedom of expression across one label - from cool modernism to a more romantic side.
With the clothing designed by two design duos, garments from different themes are encouraged to be mixed, creating personal edits of their looks.

So far so enigmatic.


Here's a video premier of 'Ocean Print' from their upcoming SS13 debut, featuring designer Behnaz Aram, ahed of the brands official channels.


You can also whatch two other isnpirational videos, named 'Rose Revival' from a more romantic collection and the 'Shoes & Other Sotries' with some of the collection pieces...

Please, visit '& Other Stories' tumblr with special atelier features, and the Facebook fan page.

06 dezembro, 2012

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012

Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr and Alessandra Ambrosio by Kevin Tachman

We always know that this time of the year, means Victoria's Secret... Every year we saw the most beautiful Angels walk down the runway side-by-side with the most popular music artists of the season...

2012 was not an exception, and Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Candice Swanepoel and so many other Angels showed us what the world has the best! 
Here the intimate underware is exposed, being the X Factor of each look and shining at the most fabulous and epic Fashion Show on earth!

The Backstage mood is visible and is one of the thousand reasons of why I love this show. The pink robes, the party feeling and the beauty of the models just made this the most exciting Backstage of them all...
Here's some of the photos by Kevin Tachman for Vogue!

Miranda Kerr by Kevin Tachman
Joan Smalls, Doutzen Kroes and Miranda Kerr
Cara Delevigne and Joan Smalls by Kevin Tachman
This year during the Show we had three of the best performers... they were Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber!
I must say that Rihanna just 'killed it' with her fresh new single 'Phresh Out The Runway'. She also performed her single 'Diamonds' from the new album 'Unapologetic'. Bruno Mars made thousands of girls fall in love with his 'Young Girls' performance in one of the best segments of the show, and 'shake-tha-thing' performing 'Locked Out Of Heaven'. Justin Bieber danced with the angels with 'Beauty And a Beat' and exploded the 'Bieber Fever' with a version of 'As Long As You Love Me' accapela.

Jourdan Dunn, Adriana Lima, Constance Jablonski and Karlie Kloss by Kevin Tachman
Behati Prinsloo and Constance Jablonski by Kevin Tachman
Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber performing


Here's for me one of the best performances of the night... Rihanna's 'Phresh Out The Runway'.

27 novembro, 2012

Louis Vuitton | 'Small is beautiful!'



What about your bags in size MINI?
Please, take notes: Small is the new Big!

This is an adorable video by Louis Vuitton featuring some of my favourite girls around the Fashion world: Elin Kling, Hanneli Mustaparta and Miroslava Duma!
Just get ready to downsize and minimize... ;)


26 novembro, 2012

Haute-Couture Fall'2012 | Photographed by Kevin Tachman

Chanel show
Recently I discovered Kevin Tachman, a fenomenal photographer inspired by Fashion, Music and Art...
He always approach distinctive models at the exclusive universe of 'backstage', photographing history-in-the-making, like these ones during Couture Fashion Shows, in Paris.

Usually seen at Vogue.com, "Tachman's specialty is capturing essencial moments that express excitement, beauty, and drama. Shot in a naturalistic style, his photos make you feel like you're there, whether it's a Fashion Week, during a live performance, or on the set of a photo shoot."

Here with details and backstage footage he captured speechless moments during Couture Week meanwhile in Paris, attending some of the 'Fashion houses' like Chanel, Giambattista Valli, Buchra Jarrar or Versace...
Giambattista Valli models
Giambattista Valli model /  Giambattista Valli himself with models
Giambattista Valli models
Versace show / Donatella Versace
Shoes by Christian Louboutin for Buchra Jarrar

Photos by Kevin Tachman

19 novembro, 2012

Fashion Ilustration' | by Antonio Soares

Luis Buchinho SS'13 / Nuno Baltazar SS'13 / Nuno Baltazar SS'13

This powerwomen designed and ilustrated by Antonio Soares was inspired in the Portuguese runways.
Fearless and Powerfull. Two miserable words to describe this genious workmanship!
It's even speechless whatching this dresses walking straight the runway and then see them here... An amazing artistic work that expresses the spirit of a free and independent woman that lives and believes in Portuguese designs into her cosmopolitan life...

Esta mulher de poder desenhada e ilustrada por António Soares foi inspirada nas paseereles Portuguesas.
Ousada e Forte. Duas miseráveis palavras para descrever este trabalho de génio!
Fica-se sem palavras só de ver observar estes vestidos a percorrerem a passerele e depois os  pode ver aqui e assim... Um trabalho incrivel, que expressa o espirito de uma mulher livre e independente que vive e acredita no design Português inserido na sua vida cosmopolita...
Luis Buchinho SS'13 / Ricardo Dourado SS'13 / Felipe Oliveira Baptista'13
Alexandra Moura SS'13 / Alexandra Moura SS'13 / Miguel Vieira SS'13

I'm in love with how a Portuguese soul can actually do such an A-MA-ZING job with some of our best designers work...
I'm talking about Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Nuno Baltazar, Luis Buchinho, Ricardo Dourado or Alexandra Moura. Many of them with international success and bigger status at the runway, even adding shows to Paris Fashion Week schedule!


If you loved as much as I did this incredible talent, you can enjoy more of Antonio's work on his tumblr...
Congratulation, for the incredible work!

Amo o facto de como alguém português consegue mesmo concretizar este trabalho tão IN-CRÍ-VEL com alguns trabalhos dos nossos melhores designers...
Estou a falar de Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Nuno Baltazar, Luis Buchinho, Ricardo Dourado ou Alexandra Moura. Muitos deles com reconhecimento internacional e grande destaque em desfile, estando até inseridos no calendário da Paris Fashion Week!

Se amaram tanto como eu este talento incrivel, podem ver mais trabalhos do António no seu tumblr...
Parabéns, pelo incrível trabalho!

Filipe Faisca FW'13 / Felipe Oliveira Baptista FW'13 / Nuno Baltazar FW'13 / Luis Buchinho FW'13

Luis Buchinho SS'12 / Nuno Baltazar SS'12 / Ricardo Dourado SS'12 / Alexandra Moura SS'12

Images by Antonio Soares

15 novembro, 2012

Electric Holidays | Barneys New York




Barneys New York, asked Disney to colaborate with them on a video, mixing their iconic character's with people from Fashion industry in an hilarious and fascinating history around Paris!

You can watch real-life fashion players that make the industry what it is... Like Sarah Jessica Parker, Linda Evangelista, Pat McGraph (make-up artist), Steven Meisel (photographer) , Carine Roitfeld (fashion editor), Suzy Menkes (fashion editor), Alber Elbaz (designer of Lanvin), Nicolas Ghesquiére (designer of Balenciaga), Lady Gaga or even Naomi Campbell...


O Barneys New York, convidou a Disney para colaborar num filme animado que junta-se os seus desenhos animados mais icónicos com personalidades conhecidas da industria da Moda, numa hilariante e fascinante historia protagonizada em Paris!

Nela podem-se encontrar pessoas da vida real que fazem da Moda de hoje-em-dia o que ela tem de melhor... Como Sarah Jessica Parker, Linda Evangelista, Pat McGraph (maquilhadora), Steven Meisel (fotografo) , Carine Roitfeld (editora de moda), Suzy Menkes (editora de moda), Alber Elbaz (designer da Lanvin), Nicolas Ghesquiére (designer da Balenciaga), Lady Gaga ou até Naomi Campbell...

Anna Dello Russo
Cathy Horyn, Daphne Guiness, Carine Roitfeld and Naomi Campbell
Alber Elbaz
Emanuelle Alt, Franca Sozzani, Sarah Jessica Parker and Glenda Bailey
Lady Gaga in Marc Jacobs

You can buy online some of the special objects produced in colaboration with guests designers  (Paul Smith and DVF) only for this season at Barneys.com!

All here it's Fashion and breathe's style!!
I love it and I can whatching over and over again... ;)

Podes ainda comprar online objectos exclusivos, produzidos em colaboração com designers convidados (Paul Smith e DVF) especialmente para esta época em Barneys.com!

Aqui tudo é Moda e tudo respira Estilo!!
Eu amei o video e vou continuar a ver, mais uma e outra vez... ;)


Nicolas Ghesquiére wearing Mickey in Balenciaga

26 outubro, 2012

'Maison Martin Margiela x H&M'












These are some of my favourite pieces from 'Maison Martin Margiela x H&M' Collection for Men and Women...

From party-dresses and every-day trousers and coats to sexy-jackets.
It's a controversial collection, but true and very loyal to the brand's DNA. Some of the pieces are from past collections of Margiela, and here you have the chance to have it and afford it!

Available in selected stores 15 November.


Photos by hm.com