At Fashion Week in Paris, violence was the statement at Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway show with boxing as the main inspiration showing the wide range in the collection from casual to formal wear. The line is infused with an eclectic mix of silhouettes and pieces inspired from a boxer’s uniform in robe-like outwear, voluminous waistlines, and tapered legs using multi-functional leather giving shape to a variety of ready-to-layer basics and suiting pieces.
Christian Dior was born in 1905 and died in 1957. Dior left a mark on style like no other designer and the Dior runway shows today always have a bit of his inspiration from a half century back. This is a Dior dress from post WWII era
and this is a dress from last years spring collection
Looks like they re-used the hat. Christian Dior created what the press called the “New Look”. The Dior look was called new because it moved away from the slim skirts and broad shoulders that were in style during that era and introduced designs with wide skirts, small waists and smaller shoulders.
That look still continues today and wide skirts with small waists have been a part of the line for many decades.
The Dior line has also kept the hats. While most designers have gotten rid of hats, the Dior line still has flashbacks to post WWII and the large hats that were in style.
As decades pass and styles change, the Dior line still seems to stay true to its creator, following in his footsteps of very feminine and detailed fashion… with a good amount of hats in their shows.
One of my favorite Dior shows was the Paris show of the spring 2007 line. It had a lot of great makeup with a heavily Asian influence. As with any Dior show, the hair is a spectacle in itself and the models looked as flawless as porcelain dolls. Christian Dior Spring 2007
I was browsing through a bunch of handbags that I clearly can not afford and I found a black handbag from the Valentino 2008-2009 collection that I just adore.
I love how the leather pattern forms a rose. Actually, it seems like bows and roses were in the spotlight for the 2008-2009 fall/winter Valentino purse collection since most of the bags had one or the other. Yep, the hand bags are pretty awesome, well most of them, but very expensive as well. As much as I love the bag…. yikes, its a few grand to own it…$2495 to be exact. Check out some the rest of the Valentino 2008-2009 handbag and shoe collection… and yes, you can but them all here
BTW… this is an awesome shoe, and yes, it also has a bow to go along with the handbags
Think it would be an easy task to cast a large fashion show…. think again. Victoria’s Secret puts on one of the most famous fashion shows around. Casting the Victoria’s secret fashion show brings out supermodels from the most elite modeling agencies around as well as thousands not so famous ones.
When the Victoria’s Secret casting call comes out, thousands of the most beautiful women on the planet answer. Picking the few girls that will join the tour or work the shows I hear takes many rounds of auditions and cuts with the final decisions being made as late as a few weeks prior to the show itself.
Check out the video below. This short video gives you the scoop on what happens during the casting of the Victoria’s Secret Angels.
