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Best-Dressed at the Met Costume Institute Gala
Are there two more deeply intelligent and influential designers of the past century than Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada? So it’s only logical that for Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, the Met Gala’s glamorous attendees brought out all the stops, with looks that ran the gamut from the fiercely elegant to the just plain fierce [...]
Top 5 Lolita Looks: Retro Revival
Dolores Haze might have just been 12-years-old, but the reluctant “nymphet” has proven herself to be a style icon for decades. And while the topic of this lust story may be uncomfortable at best, there’s no denying the cultural influence. Penned in 1955, the star of one of the most controversial novels of all time [...]
Givenchy Spring 2012 Couture Collection: The Dark Horse
A basketball court gone eerily ethereal. This set the tone for Riccardo Tisci’s take on Givenchy Couture – and it’s not the gauzy, floral, effervescent Spring collection most designers have in mind. And we wouldn’t have Riccardo any other way! Inspired by the groundbreaking 1920s film Metropolis, there were industrial touches like bold metal spikes, not to [...]
Paris Mens Fashion Week: Day 2 (From Beautiful Balmain to Grizzly Givenchy)
Today, Paris played hostess with the mostess to several shows. Some were amazing and incredibly sexy. Others were eccentric or rather unremarkable. So if you read this blog, or any of its siblings, you’ll know one thing: we love our Balmain. It’s true. We love it, and lets face it, it is snobby. It’s pricy, [...]
Top 5 New Peplums: Pep(lum) Talk
It’s time to get hip to the flounce: peplum is an important trend for spring. It started back in the fifties with Dior’s New Look, but now everyone from Jason Wu to Armani to Marc Jacobs is embracing a little extra skirting. But before you dare to flare, think about what will work with your [...]
Givenchy Resort 2012 Collection: Tropical Thunder
High-level dressing with higher-voltage levels of interest and enthusiasm. For his resort collection, Riccardo Tisci showed up with full-force confidence. It was sensory overload, in the best way possible. So where to begin? The showing was a shakeup of structured power-dressing doused in fantastical prints, colors, and tailoring details. Florals from a futuristic paradise (some [...]
Givenchy Ruffle Leather Plastron Vest: Party in the Front, Bondage in the Back
I saw this knockout number at NYFW and literally stopped in my tracks. I proceeded to strip it off the mannequin (or at least try desperately) while my friends, Catherine from “Red Carpet Fashion” and Logan Home, watched in amusement. It is by far the most fun piece I’ve picked up this season, and its [...]
Givenchy Fall 2010
A diving enthusiast himself, Riccardo Tisci looked to the sports world for inspiration this season, drawing on ski and scuba for reference. Mixing masculine and feminine, the colors referenced Bauhaus but with clean and simple results unique to Riccardo Tisci. Tailored and body-conscious silhouettes were the name of the game with Tisci’s sports redux collection: [...]
Givenchy buys Givenchy
From WWD: A collection of Audrey Hepburn’s dresses were auctioned off in London this week. No surprise that the Givenchy black lace suit (above), worn by Hepburn in “How to Steal a Million” in 1966 was purchased for 60,000 pounds, or $97,542 by The house of Givenchy (the iconic LBD worn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” [...]
Givenchy Netted Ankle Boots
Battlestar Galactica anyone? If you’re too young to know what I’m talking about, skip to the next entry. Seriously, if this is the design of the future I’ll have to wear old shoes for the rest of my life. The space age inspired design of mesh and elastic look really cheap (and how are you [...]
