A Memory of a Dress

In March 2004, Karolina Kurkova attended the Met's Costume Institute Ball wearing Azzedine Alaia

 

This is not a great photo, and you can't even come close to seeing all of the details, but this dress is so lovely. I tried to find photos of Karolina climbing the Met stairs, as that's when the complexities of the bustle and train can best be seen...but the Internet isn't really holding on to photos from 6 years ago!

I'm posting this because I find it fascinating that I would hold on to a romantic attachment to something for years, and I wonder why I haven't really done it with other pieces of clothing. I think it's mainly because owning it is much less possible than perhaps, a silk blouse or a peacoat. I will NEVER have this dress *wails*

A Start on the Chaos that is S/S 11

I always find Fashion Week overwhelming because there are so many shows to see and that is really hard when you can only see them on a computer screen (it TIRES the eyes, yeah). You end up making the decision to look at ones that are the personal faves (Bottega, 3.1, Dries, Vera Wang, Lanvin, Erdem, Celine) and the big names (YSL, Marc Jacobs, D&G etc.).....so when do you take a look at the up and comers? I usually take 3 or 4 weeks to sift through everything and make sure to evaluate collections that I generally don't think about......like Rochas.....Les Copains.......Christopher Kane......others....

At the moment I'm in Capetown and my Internet is not great, but I really felt like making a start on blogging S/S- this post will definitely be limited in scope and aesthetic value......BUT FASHION WEEK WAS PRETTY GRAND THIS SEASON! I'm not sure whether designers tend to take themselves too seriously for their fall/winter collections or whether inspiration for S/S was unusually rampant, and beautiful, and glorious . There were some truely KNOCKOUT collections and a whole bunch of interesting ones.

It pleases me so much to see collections continue their achievements from the most recent Resort collections- as you can remember, I was pretty blown away by them.


Proenza Schouler



Proenza Schouler

Proenza Schouler

This is the kind of excitement I remember feeling when Proenza first came out as a label- exuberant colour (used appropriately!), intriguing underwear/outerwear, sick styling, bold patterning.....a return to all that was good about the duo's first few seasons. I didn't want to support the hype around this collection but I couldn't not.

Zero + Maria Cornejo

Erdem

Erdem



Erdem

My little Canadian dumpling, you slay me with your ability to create beautiful, ethereal clothing.

Bottega Veneta

  

Bottega Veneta

I think that Tomas Maier dreams in intense colour. I think that his dreams are lush and detailed and vivid. His collections are largely monochromatic but his use of texture, of voids and visible skin in contrast is so strong. I feel he truely investigates what is new and what can be done with materials.