PFW: Gareth Pugh Fall/Winter 10.11

This is the first collection I've loved thus far (for F/W 10.11). I am so happy PFW has finally kicked off.

Gareth is such an underrated desginer, I feel. I'm finding myself loving any and everthing he creates. In the video I'ves posted from Style.com, Time Blanks describes this collection as edgy and glamorous, which I totally agree with.

My love for this collection is making me wonder if I am moving towards a moodier, darker sense of style. I think this is the direction in general fashion might be moving in...we'll see. I hope not though. The last thing I want to see is everyone dressing in goth.

"Poetically industrial"...I like this.

Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

LV Fever. Tokyo Style.

(faithfulfiend.wordpress.com)

Is Everyone Else Like Me...

...in that we're just waiting to see what magic Christophe is going to wield at Balmain this season? Parisian Fashion Week is my favorite of the four, mainly because I love every single designer that shows out of Paris...McQueen, McCartney, Lanvin, Vuitton, Laurent...but what I am most anticipating is the show for Balmain. What he has done the last few seasons has been extraordinary, and I am curious to see if he can top himself. C'est impossible, non?

(fashionising)

I Take Back Everything I've Said About Frida -

This collection for Gucci is GOLD! This is the first collection since Ford that I have actually loved. You have no idea how excited I am right now...those bags!!! I need one immediately. And her evolution of leggings and the skinny jean is so completely fresh. I need a pair in EVERY color. I think the legging is something that's going to stick around for quite a while, which makes me EXTREMELY happy. All I can say is....OMG, OMG, OMG!

(style.com)

Anything Tom Ford, I Love

I love Tom Ford. I just do. There is no denying this fact. I am in love with him. He is amazing. I can't get enough. I love everything he's ever done for Gucci and YSL. I even love what he did for Lauder (he tried, anyway. Estee Lauder has the best products - I use them religiously. It might be a Honduran thing. But they need to fire whomever their creative/art director is). His work is always so appropriately inappropriate. It's perfection. These images are from Fall/Winter 2008, but I still love them. This is what I am currently inspired by. Everything is just so clean and perfect. Plus, Lilianna looks absolutely hottt!

Dolce & Gabbana - Spring/Summer 2008

There is one thing you have to give the boys at Dolce & Gabbana credit for: whenever Dominico and Stefano are designing a collection, they give it everything that they have. I love them for that. Regardless of whether or not the collections are strong, the collections are always completely focused, which is something I can respect. Designers sometimes want to go in so many different directions and the result is that the collection presents itself as blurred. With Dolce & Gabbana, they come up with an idea, research it, and stick to it to the end. And the result is often mesmerizing.

This is one of my many favorite collections by these two, primarily for the dresses at the end. the dress Natasha Poly wears is also worn by Gwen Stefani in one of my favorite video's ever - Early Winter.

Dolce & Gabbana - The Make-Up Collection

Uber Designers, Dolce & Gabbana, have finally decided to launch a make-up collection! The collection, which draws it's inspiration from both "Hollywood Glamour" and "Dreamy Mediterranean Coastlines", is truly exhibition of luxury, or "La Dolce Vita", the good life. The product, which continues in the vain of the Gabbana perfume "The One" in terms of packaging, features Scarlett Johannson as a modern day Marilyn Monroe. The lipstick alone excites me - the texture looks incredible. What's even more exciting is that the website features application tips by none other than Pat McGrath, artist extraordinaire.

One of the things I love the most, aside from the packaging, is that no one is forgotten. A lot of the time, I feel, designers forget or fail to realize that there are more than a few shades of women who purchase their products. This is a collection for everyone. There are pallets for fair skinned women as well as women of color. This fact highlights one of the main reasons why Dominico and Stefano are loved by women all around the globe - it's the fact that we know they love us right back.

(dolcegabbana.com)