WEEKLY COLLECTION #3

Blurred Lines- Yue Ning By Carter Bowman For The South China Morning Post Style Magazine 13th October 2013

Dreaming Of Cara- Cara Delevingne By Sofia Sanchez And Mauro Mongiello For Numero Tokyo 73 January/ February 2014

Dreaming Of Cara- Cara Delevingne By Sofia Sanchez And Mauro Mongiello For Numero Tokyo 73 January/ February 2014

Estrella Roja- Bette Franke By Nagi Sakai For Harper's Bazaar Spain December 2013

Into The Darkness- Harmony Boucher By Thomas Whiteside For Uk Elle December 2013

Oh La La..!- Saskia De Brauw By Alique For Marie Claire Netherlands December 2013

Oh Olsen-  Elizabeth Olsen By Cass Bird For Interview Germany December/ January 13/14

Paris Je T'aime- Sibui Nazarenko By Stefania Paparelli For Elle Australia December 2013

Portrait Of An Artist- Meghan Collison By Mark Segal For Vogue Japan January 2014 

Portrait Of An Artist -Meghan Collison By Mark Segal For Vogue Japan January 2014 

The Birth Of Beauty- Emily Baker By Julia Noni For Vogue Japan January 2014

Thinking Sporty- Karlie Kloss By Patrick Demarchelier For Vogue Japan January 2014

VALENTINO SPRING 2014

VALENTINO DESIGNERS MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI AND PIER PAOLO PICCIOLI GOT INSPIRED FOR THEIR LATEST COLLECTION BY A VISIT TO THE ATELIERS OF THE ROMAN OPERA. 

THE COLLECTION CONSISTED OF 73 DIFFERENT LOOKS, FULLY EMBELLISHED WITH BYZANTINE- INSPIRED  EMBROIDERIES. A THICK BURGUNDY HEADBAND STUDDED WITH GOLD MEDALLIONS KEPT THE MODELS HAIR BACK TO KEEP THEIR FACES CLEAR.

ELEGANT, STRICT LINES CHARACTERIZED THE SILHOUETTES BUT REAL CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS NEEDED TO DECORATE THE PIECES WITH WEIGHTY BEADWORK AND COUTURE-LEVEL FOLKSY DECORATIONS.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD- RED LABEL SS14 READY-TO- WEAR

SUPERMODEL LILY COLE OPENED THE LATEST VIVIENNE WESTWOOD FASHION SHOW WITH A RITUALISTIC SOLO DANCE PERFORMANCE BATHED IN RED LIGHT IN AN IMPRESSIVE DRESS OF FLOWING FABRICS.

THE SHOW FEATURED PATTERNED JUMPSUITS, SCARVES KNOTTED TO THE KNEES, FLORAL DRESSES. MAIN ACCESSORIES WERE GLADIATOR WEDGES WITH LONG STRAPS AND STRAPLESS SATCHELS HELD AS CLUTCH BAGS.

THE MODELS WORE STRONG THEATRICAL MAKE UP AND MAKE -UP ARTIST VAL GARLAND USED A FEATHER TO CREATE INTRICATE BLACK, BLUE AND RED  DESIGNS.

ALL IMAGES FOR DAZED AND CONFUSED

Y-3 SPRING SUMMER 2014 RUNWAY SHOW

''MEANINGLESS EXCITEMENT'' IS THE NAME THAT Y-3'S ART DIRECTOR PETER SAVILLE GAVE THE BRAND'S NEW COLLECTION.

INSPIRED BY DIGITAL NOISE THE COLLECTION AND ITS TITLE STRIVE TO FORM A CRITIQUE, BUT ALSO A CELEBRATION OF INTERNET CULTURE AND ITS ENDLESS PURSUIT OF THE NEST BIG THING.

THE DESIGNS FEATURE DISTRORTED SLOGANS AND BRIGHT, ACID  PRINTS WHILE BRINGING TOGETHER THE ELEGANCE OF JAPANESE TAILORING AND AMERICAN ICONIC STREETWEAR FOR MEN AND WOMEN. CLASSIC AMERICAN STYLES ARE SUBVERTED LIKE A SPORTS JACKET COMBINED WITH A KIMONO.

EXTRACTING IMAGES AND WORDS FROM THE VASTNESS OF THE INTERNET WORLD, LIKE PERSONAL BLOGS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE FORUMS, SAVILLE COPIES AND PASTES THE COLLECTED MATERIAL INTO A COLLAGE THAT REFLECTS THE BEAUTY, BUT ALSO THE DIVERSITY OF THE NET.

A HIGHLIGHT OF THE COLLECTION? A BREAKTHOUGH FABRIC CONCEPT WHERE KNITWEAR FEATURE SIMPLE SPORTSWEAR STAPLES THAT LITERALLY EMIT LIGHT. THESE FORM HIDDEN MESSAGES ON THE CLOTHES THAT CAN BE READ ONLY UNDER SPECIFIC LIGHT CONDITIONS (LIKE THE FLASH OF A CAMERA).

THE SHOW CLOSED WITH THREE GOWNS IN COUTURE STYLE REMINDER OF YOJI YAMAMOTO'S CLASSIC STYLE WHILE THE MODELS WALKED IN THE RHYTHMS OF A LIVE DRUM PERFORMANCE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE SHOW!

MARA HOFFMAN SS14 IN NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

POSITIVE ENERGY.

THESE TWO WORDS ARE BEST DESCRIBING MARA HOFFMAN'S SPRING 2014 COLLECTION PRESENTED AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK.

''THIS COLLECTION IS ABOUT STRAIGHT-UP HAPPINESS. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS HIPPIE- DIPPIE, BUT ITS REAL'' SAYS THE NEW YORK- BASED DESIGNER, WHO WAS ''DISCOVERED'' ON THE STREET BY THE 'SEX AND THE CITY' STYLIST PATRICIA FIELD, WHO STOPPED AND ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS WEARING- HER OWN DESIGNS. HER LINE WAS LAUNCHED IN 2000 AND SINCE THEN SHE HAS BUILT A SUCCESSFUL SERIES OF COLLECTIONS BASED ON HER SIGNATURE PRINTS. 

FOR HER SS14 READY- TO- WEAR COLLECTION, HOFFMAN RELEASES HER RAINBOW WARRIORS IN A HAZE OF COLOR THAT LIGHTS UP A ROOM. 

SERPENT, IRIS AND PRISM PRINTS BUILT UP KALEIDOSCOPIC LOOKS . CHIFFON MAXI- DRESSES, BOMBER JACKETS, CAFTANS, TIE DYE SKIRTS, SEXY SWIMWEAR WITH CUTOUTS AND SHORT SHORTS MADE BY ARTISANAL GUATEMALAN BELTS ARE ONLY SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE COLLECTION.

IMAGES FROM VOGUE.CO.UK