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ModaLisboa TRUST | Day 2

The second day of  ModaLisboa, Lisbon Fashion Week bring us more style and attitude.

Some fresh attitude and creativity was inspiring, watching Pedro Pedro, Alexandra Moura or Ricardo Preto.

Fashion is always a good idea and this day was just a reflexion of it.

Let's talk about it...

O segundo dia da ModaLisboa, Lisboa Fashion Week, trouxe-nos mais estilo e atitude.

Com uma atitude fresca, cheia de creatividade e inspiração, desfilaram Pedro Pedro, Alexandra Moura e Ricardo Preto.

Moda é sempre uma boa ideia e este dia foi apenas um reflexo disso.

Vamos falar sobre isso... 

Luís Buchinho

Designer himslef, sai it was all about Portugal at the 70's, and we noticed it in strong graphic looks with florarl patterns and classic colors. We talk about black/white and red. 

It was really one of my favourite collection from the designer, and I'm still loving the clean shapes with graphic notes.

Those high black boots with a grey mini skirt and black/white shirt? That's soo RIGHT!

O próprio designer disse que tudo se tratava sobre Portugal, nos anos 70 e notámos bem isso em looks gráficos e de formas fortes, introduzidos com padrões florais e cores clássicas. Falamos de preto/branco e vermelho.

Esta foi mesmo uma das minhas colecções preferidas do designer e ainda estou a amar as formas claras com notas bem gráficas.

Aquelas botas pretas altas, com a mini saia floral cinza e a camisola gráfica em preto/branco? Está tão CERTA!

Ricardo Andrez

Always with his masculine collections about sportswear and comfort, this time he got it right.

I loved the silhouettes and color palette. I heard that it's all about the monuments and great constructions into nature and it's light, so the looks are fluid and simple with simbolic effects made by hand... just like monuments in nature.

Sempre com colecções masculinas em volta de sportswear e conforto, desta vez acertou em muito.

Gostei das silhuetas e palete de cores. Ouvi falar que a colecção foi inspirada em monumentos e grandes construções marcadas na Natureza, os looks foram assim sempre fluidos e simples com efeitos feitos a mão... tal como os monumentos na Natureza.

SayMyName

This collection were inspired by the work of Victorine Muller with PVC sculptures always in big dimensions and always very light and pure.

Looking for the looks, they sure captivate the public with a strong and powerful collection. Great graphics and metalics were introduced in dresses and coats. I also liked the bordeux looks at the end. 

All mixed together... A creation about propotions and strong feelings.

Esta colecção foi inspirada pelo trabalho de Victorine Muller com PVC, em esculturas com grandes dimensões, sempre com a ideia de leveza e luz.

Olhando para os looks, eles certamente captaram a atenção do publico numa colecção forte e estruturada. Bons gráficos e metalizados foram introduzidos em vestidos e calças. Também gostei dos ultimos looks em bordeux.

Tudo misturado... Uma criação que fala de proporções e sentimentos fortes.

Aleksandar Protic

With a fresh new silhouette and performing from black to white, this show became poetic and lyric in shapes and textures.

I loved the detail of necks atacheds with hair inside, and the midi skirts becoming attractives with fluid blouses and shirts above them.

Simple, efficient and sober. Pure black and white with patterns, creating dynamics and more complex shapes.

Com uma nova silhuetae entrando desde o preto ao branco, este desfile tornou-se poetico e lírico em formas e texturas.

Gostei dos detalhes no pescoço com o cabelo por dentro e as saias pelo joelho que se tornaram atraentes com blusas fluidas e tops a acompanhar.

Simples, eficiente e sóbrio. Puro preto no branco com um padrão que cria dinâmicas e mais complexas formas.

Os Burgueses

Starting with white shirts in a black mood, the rest of the entire collection, were about black.
Actually my favourite pieces were the white shirts at the beginning. I thought it was creative and the shirts looked very well. 
Other piece that caught my eye was the feminine bomber jacket, very sexy, and also the long jacket half leather, with a dark sexyer mood.

Começando com camisas brancas num ambiente escuro, o resto da colecção foi apenas sobre preto.
As minhas peças preferidas, foram mesmo as camisas brancas que abriram o desfile, achei-as criativas e muito refrescantes.
Outras peças que captaram a minha atenção, da colecção feminina foram o bomber jacket em pele, muito sexy e também o sobretudo com metade em pele, inserido num mood escuro mas bem atraente.

Pedro Pedro

This is pure art. Maybe a masterpiece with the right to perform in Paris, Milan, or New York. 
Inspired by North American Indians this collection presents a contemporary wardrobe with modern and minimals touches from tribes, like leather jackets, fur cluthces and oversized pieces.
From black and white to browns and camel, the turtel-neck were ellegant and the white coat just simple and elegant to a cold winter.
Any questions about quality? I can see it everywhere.

Isto é arte pura. Talvez uma peça de arte com direito a ser exposta em Paris, Milão ou Nova York.
Inspirada por Índios Norte Americanos, esta colecção apresenta um 'guarda-roupa' contemporâneo com toques modernos e minimais de tribos, tal como os casacos de pele, as clutchs de pêlo ou as peças oversized.
Do preto e branco até aos castanhos em camel, as golas altas são elegantes e os casacos brancos apenas simples e elegantes para um Inverno frio.
Alguma questão sobre qualidade? Eu consigo vê-la.

Alexandra Moura

Always creative, innovative and dynamic. She always surprises with great ideas and new ideals.

A simple collection with some great shapes, with special evoque on fabrics and texture, envolving the body. 

With a tribe inspiration somewhere in the hair with a new genetic code to humans and style.

I simply love the dark yellow looks with contrasts and forms, and also the men's collection with comfortable and basic pieces in new ways and shapes.

Sempre criativa, inovadora e dinâmica. Sempre surpreende com grandes ideias e novo ideais.

Esta simples colecção com grandes formas, tem especial foco em tecidos e texturas envolventes no corpo.

Com uma inspiração em tribos vista nos cabelos, criando um novo codigo genetico humano e de estilo.

Gostei dos looks em amarelo torrado, do seu contraste e formas e também da colecção masculina com peças básicas, confortáveis, mas sempre idealizadas em novas formas e cortes.

Nuno Baltazar

Surprisingly with colors, new shapes and relevant details.
I talk about mirror glasses, oversized clutch's, long leather gloves, structured shoulders and sexy dresses.
I noticed camel coats with black sequins skirts, and metalic dresses with black tights (always a great accessory!).
I liked the vibe, the colors and the shapes. 
Ok, they say it's always the same... But, you know what? I kinda like it!

Surpreendente com cores, novas formas e detalhes relevantes.
Como oculos espelhados, clutch's oversized, luvas de pele longas, ombros estruturados e vestidos sexys.
Notei também casacos camel com saias de lantejoulas pretas, vestidos metalicos com collants pretas (que são sempre um bom acessório!)
Gostei do ambiente, das cores e das formas.
Ok, dizem que é sempre a mesma coisa... Mas, sabem que mais? Eu continuo a gostar!

Ricardo Preto

Such a poetic ambience, misterious smoke introducing pure knitwear and fall pieces.
He wanted to break the rules of tradition and modernity icons like Kadinski or Bauhaus.
Making fluid pieces like dresses, shirts or knits have a contradition to structured jackets, dresses or trousers.
Always with a touch of yellow, dark orange or insinuous browns. 
Of course I have to mension the white fluid suit with a structures unbuttuned blazer... Beautiful.

Num ambiente extremamente poético e misterioso introduziu-se malhas puras e peças de inverno, tentando quebrar as regras de tradições e de ícones modernos como Kadinski ou Bauhaus.
Fazendo peças fluidas como vestidos, camisas ou malhas contradizerem o estruturado de casacos, vestidos ou calças.
Sempre com um toque de amarelo torrado ou laranja escuro misturado com insinuosos castanhos. Claro que tenho de mencionar o fato branco com casaco estruturado sem botões... Lindo.

ModaLisboa TRUST | Day 1

After all the great Fashion Weeks around the globe, it's time to Lisbon rock the world!

With some national and international press, and some creative Portuguese bloggers, this Fashion Week, called 'ModaLisboa, it's really good to apreciate and live it for Fashion and Culture.

Our "mass industry" is 'all in' and the streets are grooving with some 'street style' rocking the city.

This season the calendar is much 'shorter', with few shows missing the season... ('hello, crisis'?)

Here's the review of Day 1...

Depois de grandes Fashion Weeks pelo mundo, chega a vez de Lisboa liderar o mundo!

Com alguma imprensa nacional e internacional, alguns bloggers Portugueses criativos, esta Fashion Week chamada 'ModaLisboa' é boa de se apreciar e viver em pleno, nem que seja pela Moda e pela Cultura.

A 'massa da industria' está toda presente, e as ruas mostram-se cheias de estilo com o 'Street Style' elevado ao seu máximo.

Esta época o calendário tornou-se mais 'curto', com alguns desfiles a faltarem na lista... (hello, crise?)

Aqui está a review do Dia 1...

Valentim Quaresma

The epitome of jewellry in Portugal hapens with Valentim Quaresma. An extremely creative designer making amazing pieces for years to Ana Salazar, is now rocking the runway with his own pieces! What to say about it? That's pure 'metal' (literally!) and rock'n'roll.

O epitome da joalharia em Portugal acontece nas mãos de Valentim Quaresma. Extremamente criativo, o designer já desenhou por vários anos colecções para Ana Salazar, mas agora toma conta da passerele com as suas próprias mãos. O que se tem a dizer sobre isto? É puro 'metal' (literalmente!) e rock'n'roll.

Ptaszek

This 'guest designer' bring us a men's collection, trying to talk about the nordic sea and the secrets between the silence and cold nordic areas... Everything seems black, with some poits of bordeux, blue or metalics acentuated in trousers.

I really have to talk about the space of the shows this day, extremely beautiful, just inside the City Hall in Lisbon. Amazing place and great idea from the organization!

Esta convidada especial, trouxe-nos uma colecção de homem, experimentando explorar o mar nórdico e o silencio e frio circundante nos países nórdicos... Tudo envolveu preto, com alguns pontos de bordeux, azul ou tons metálicos, acentuados em calças.

Tenho mesmo de falar do espaço dos desfiles neste primeiro dia, particularmente lindo, mesmo na entrada da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. Uma localização incrível e uma excelente ideia da organização!

Ricardo Dourado

Ricardo's work is always about sub-clutures, exploring new ways of shape, materials and freedom. Aproaching 'Soweto' as an inspiration, he talks about childrens, sportswear, ethnic patterns and tuff propotions in clean shapes. I simply love the contrast of white, being pure and simple, with the colorful ethnic patter, with so much stories and lifes around it!

O trabalho de Ricardo Dourado, sempre envolve sub-culturas, explorando novas formas, materiais e liberdades. Envolvendo 'Soweto' como inspiração, decide aqui falar em crianças, roupa desportiva, padrões étnicos e fortes porpoções em formas simples e limpas. Gostei bastante do contraste do branco, sendo puro e simples, com o padrão étnico e colorido, que envolve tantas histórias e vidas num só espaço!

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Paris Fashion Week FallWinter'13 | Menswear

The Menswear from Paris, is always pleasurable and desirable. We can start from Dries Van Noten, Vuitton or Lanvin, but the 'trashy-chic' is always present in Masculine pieces, and Paris is just the perfect example!

This season we have new trends, new must-have pieces and an elegance that we can never compare.

Here's my favourite shows from Paris...

Lanvin

Dries Van Noten

Dries is always impecable in easyness. But this time, we just went too far! In such a good way.

The pieces are easy to wear, very comfortable, including intense dark colors in amazing patterns that we can see in trousers, jackets or even shirts. This 'easy-chic' is so desirable and tempting in cold days, that we can always dress like this.

I just loved the simple looks with white shirt, a simple sweat or blazer, trending with patter trousers and comfy shoes. Are you in?

Dries Van Noten

Givenchy

So Riccardo Tisci just gave us a very dark lesson! And you should better learn.

He said that he wanted to do a much more couture collection for Menswear (because Givenchy's Couture line won't be presented) introducing something chic and elegant, with new cuts and luxury materials, like cashmere or velvet.

We can notice an involvence with America, in sportive american jackets and patterns, but what I liked the most were the involvence of zippers in such a good pieces like shirts, jackets and amazing coats. I really want them! So couture-ish and elegant.

Givenchy

Louis Vuitton

This was GREAT! I simply want e-ve-ry-thing.
The concept was amazing, the styling was amazing and pieces were amazing. Louis Vuitton's Mesnwear is really becoming an extraordinary influence and point of view as we never had seen before.
The luxury/sportive way that the pieces are created is really magnificent. And the mixing of both, in the way that they do it! Just Beautiful.
Can I start my order-list? Oh-Gosh!

Louis Vuitton

Hermés

Hermés is having a great evolution process in Menswear.
The last collection, was by far my favourite, with great colors and and amazing sportive cuts.
This season, the man is more serious and Parisian. I notice that in turtle-necks, navy coats, white trousers and leather jackets! We can see Hermés becoming more younger, but standing in the same luxury position as before! In this show we noticed the amazing whatches and accessories, so familiar and recognixable from the Maison.
My favourite look? Obviously the second one on the picture. Simple, elegant accomplished by the beautiful whatch !

Hermés

Valentino

This is by far, my favourite collection from this season!
It's sad that we don't have details in pictures, but we can sure notice the flawless looks, in great styling and attitude from the renovated House of Valentino Garavani!
Since last collection, Valentino just don't get out of my mind with THESE sneakers, but now we really step forward. The navy-blue is amazing. But the cuts and materials from each piece just blows me away!
I really want that cape with the large leather stripe! I really want that next coat, and the all look! And also the blue sweater with the clutch... yeah, I really want it badly!!

Valentino

Lanvin

The Men from Lanvin is always straight forward.
This time Lucas Ossendrijver and Alber Elbaz wanted to talk about propotion!
Usually the mens body don't have this aproach, but now they wanted to do it right but commercial.
This refresh was about large coats, oversized pants and new silhouettes. Also introducing technical fabrics in shirts, as we had seen before, creating transparencies and a new way of light, not so common in menswear.
And I really loved that mirror-clutch. So fresh and elegant!
Lanvin is never common, and thats why they always do what they believe even if it's extravagant.

Lanvin

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

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.

& 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.