My Miu Miu review

I know that I haven't been awesome at covering the Paris shows (but at least I got John Galliano and Sonia Rykiel), but it's still on my to-do list. Part of the reason that I've been putting it off is that I'm so excited by Chloe that I need time to figure out the best way to express my glee, and that unfortunately, I'm just not that excited by Miu Miu. I did like all the pretty dresses at the end quite a bit--see below--but most of the collection didn't excite me as much as past collections have. It was all a bit plain and monotone:


But at least the shoes were awesome:

WHY didn't I got to her outlet when I was in Paris??

I adore Sonia Rykiel. I usually try to start my entries with some sort of clever hook before I get to the point, but with Sonia Rykiel, there's no need. I have a vintage Sonia Rykiel top that's possibly my favorite top ever (next to my also dearly loved Built by Wendy tops), because it's slouchy-tastic and it just always looks stylish. I think that it's safe to say that any piece from the new Sonia Rykiel collection would do the job just as well.


I was going to try to find some vintage sweater dresses on eBay to offer a more wallet-friendly alternative to Sonia Rykiel's gorgeous knit dresses, but there's just no alternative. My advice to you would be to learn to knit. But, if you're dying to recreate Sonia Rykiel with a little less cash, the color chartreuse (usually so ugly. . .) was also a prominent feature of the collection. Again, I love it, especially in typically luxe charmeuse, and especially with amazing teal patent heels. But, the easiest, safest, and undoubtedly cheapest way to recreate the look to pair your LBD with a pair of chartreuse tights. I usually wear deep teal or blood-red tights when I want to look a bit edgy, but this might just be my new color of choice:

Lovely as always. I adore Sonia Rykiel.

You can't kill goth. . . it's a vampire

I never really identified with the gothy kids in school. Got along with them, sure, but nothing they ever did seemed like true, or at least effective, rebellion, so I found the whole thing a little self-conscious, even embarrassing. And I certainly never coveted their clothing.

Then, two years ago, goth became chic. Rather than being self-conscious or useless, the gothy moments of high fashion had the women who were previously traisping around with IT-bags in Chanel ballet flats now pursuing ripped lace tights to wear under grungy plaid dresses. The irony was great. The message was obvious. And best of all, it was something new.

It was new enough that I was disappointed by the return to pastels and ladylike skirts in this past fall. I mean, goth had glory, so what was it so disposable? I didn't get it. And that, my friends, is why I'm so grateful to Galliano:




Enough said.

More, to follow, but. . .

Yum! at Miu Miu. Oh, and scroll down for plenitful updates.

More jumpsuits. . . and some pretty dresses as well.

Stella McCartney was probably the fashion show that I was most looking forward to. Now that the pics are out and the anticipation is over, I'm not blown away, but I'm pleased. It looked like there was a sense of fun about it all, and I liked sort of discordant themes of the outfits, and the way she wove it all together. There was plenty of conceptual. . .


(remember how I now love jumpsuits?)

and there was plenty of lovely and wearable as well:


Enough to keep everyone happy. I know I am.

Insanity

Have you ever felt insecure and wished that your clothing could drape gracefully over something OTHER than your body?

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I couldn't resist. But despite the snarkiness, I love it. I do.

The boys were refined, the girls were rebellious

This is a really tough look for the typically sophisticated, straight-laced super-Brit brand Burberry.

And I love it! I especially love this, though God only knows when I'll have the money to buy a Burberry coat that's short sleeved and therefore functionally useless:

Truthfully, though, as much as I liked the edgy sophisticate clothes (though I found the thigh-high boots a bit overdone and annoying), I'd rather have one of the male models than the coats.

But that failing, I certainly wouldn't say no to this:

Christopher Bailey should be my boyfriend.

Yet another fashion week recap

Sass and Bide, perennail purveyors of super skinnies, have now forayed into a new shape: genie!

But fear not--there's still plenty of tight, tapered action yet to come.

Twinkle was lovely and soft and feminine, exactly how I'd want to dress if I was more sophisticated and less of a college partygoer than I am. Well, some day.

Malandrino had a lovely color palette.

And it's a bit of a pity that nothing else really excited me. Oh well. Spring fashion week is a mere half year away. . .

Fashion week recap, a mere week after the fact

Betsey Johnson's shoes were sexy, but her dresses were shockingly, scandalously demure.

Alexander Wang married street style and sophisticated elegance seamlessly, though I'm not sure how (magic wand?).

Trovata got a lukewarm review, but had a perfectly wearable collection with more edge than the collections have had in the past. I liked it. I wish I was cool enough to wear this:

And I would love this coat (if I could afford it):

Derek Lam's show was another of my favorites. I loved the little nipped in dresses with pencil skirts--sexy, sexy, sexy--but this was one of my favorite dresses:

Marc Jacobs delievered, as we've all come to expect from Marc Jacobs. I thought his collection was really clean and fresh. I gotta say, though, for all the modest, 40's Parisian-esque shapes that he showed, my favorite pieces were the shiny little mini-dresses. I must be hopelessly stuck in this season:


Last year, I had my reservations about Doo.Ri, but now, it's safe to say that I have completely, totally, and 100% come around. I honestly liked the whole show, but my absolute favorites were the sort of floppy-looking jersey dresses in deep teal that she showed at the end. Everyone knows I love jersey, but I'm afraid I don't do it much justice by calling it 'floppy;' what I mean is that the dresses had some fantastic draped shapes, and deep teal is one of my favorite colors, as such:

Anna Sui was, as usual, pattern-tastic, with sweet shapes to boot. Honestly, her collection wasn't enough of a change from what she's done before for me, but it was still awfully cute. This dress was my favorite. I'd wear it to class and look ridiculously overdressed, and rock it anyway.

Proenza Schouler's multitude of coats didn't excite me much, but the fascinatingly draped dresses that came after it did. I loved the way that the fabric looked twisted and tied, and I love that I can buy the same silhouettes at Target. Rock on!

Temperley. Ooooh, Temperly. Perfect. Perfection. Parfait. Loved it. I loved it, loved it, loved it. Unfortunately, I can't afford it, afford it, afford it, but you can bet that the sublime palette of royal blue, black, grey, and some soft lilac will be one that will definitely appear in my wardrobe soon. It was probably my favorite collection.


Now, the same schedule that forced to me put this online a week after fashion week ended demands that I go to a fancy dinner that's going to cost as much as most of my pairs of jeans did. Eh. Well, sometimes you just need to act sophisticated, get pampered, and wind down with overpriced wine. And what will I be wearing to aforementioned snooty restaurant? Built by Wendy, Mint, and. . . Proenza Schouler! Well, Proenza Schouler for Target. But still.

All I can give you

It's seriously late. On a Friday night. Which is party night. Which is why I'm not sleeping/doing homework. Which is why I somehow got separated from my friends in the room where there was dance, which is why I'm now waiting for them to call me when they're back around, which is why I'm not doing anything and why I need something else to do. Which is also, unfortunately, why I'm somewhat impaired and not currently capable of much.

So. . . here ya go. From Marc by Marc Jacobs in London. My favorite shot. Hope you like it as much as I do, and hope I still like it in the morning.

Christopher Kane (for real, not Topshop)

Two posts in a row on the same topic? Sacrilege! Actually, they're not quite on the same topic, since this one's about Christopher Kane's show in London Fashion week. I really liked this:

I really didn't like this:

And that about sums it up. Although, I guess that his final mini dress was pretty damn cute, too:

Vena Cavahhhhhh. . .

This is a look that I'll definitely be trying to replicate this season. I wish that I didn't have to replicate it, but Vena Cava's price tag is usually beyond my college student reach.

Oh well. Maybe Forever 21 will do an interpretation. . .

Is this really Betsey Johnson?

. . . apparently so. Hard to believe, isn't it?

Because everyone loves Lovechild analogies

Charlotte Ronson's show makes me think of what would be produced if a hippie and a milkmaid had a roll in the hay:

And I like it!

What I Wore's "What I would wear"

Even though I haven't been able to hit the sample sales this year, runway shots have provided me with a multitude of items to seek out in the end-of-season sales next year. The designs that come down the runway may not always be exactly what hits the racks--and sometimes for good reason--but I've seen quite a few pieces that I'd wear exactly as they are on the models (um, but in a size 4, please). So, without further ado, here are the items from the shows that I would happily wear (thusfar)!

This adorable little dress was made by knitwear darling Alexander Wang, who apparently doesn't need a skein of cashmere yarn to turn out something fabulous. Actually, I really loved his whole show--I thought it was very clean and new, without any of the coldness usually associated with "modern" design. Plus, I totally think I could pull off the pattern.

I think that this Erin Fetherston dress, modeled by the designer herself, is very sweet. There were other items in the collection that I liked (though the show doesn't seem to have been as fantastic as her last one), but this is probably the only one what I would wear. And, come to think of it, I already have a dress a lot like it. But hey, I do wear a lot of grey.

It's no happy coincidence that the only Developement items I own (two tops and a skirt) were designed while Phillip Lim was still the designer. I adore him. I really, positively, totally and completely adore him. His 3.1 Phillip Lim line is a little out of my price range (um, as is everything else on this page), but I'm keeping an eye out for it on eBay, at Century 21, Tokio 7, etc. Hey, a girl can dream. Oh, and, of course, the dress is lovely. Right for a country club dinner with your grandmother, cocktails with your sexy rocker boyfriend (who's hopefully less of a loser than mine was), or over jeans for a day out with the girls. What more can you ask of a dress?

Rag & Bone is the show that has probably impressed me the most. I know they're known for their denim, but I'm thoroughly in love with their everything right now. I thought that the tight, cropped suits were, for lack of a better way to put it, totally hot. It's no mean feat to make tweed and glenn plaid look fierce (which they did)! I loved the suits, but realistically, I'm not going to toss one on for my Shakespeare seminar, whereas this look is something I would do. Somehow, the black jeans with the shrunken blazer looks very right, even though it should be a played-out look. Something about the proportion just makes it work incredibly well.

And when you really love something, one is never enough, right? I could choose if I liked the previous look or this one better, so you, my lucky readers, get both. I know, I know, a dress over skinny pants is also a bit of a well-loved look (although one that I sure as hell won't give up any time soon), but once more, this one is just so right. The dress is beautiful, but it goes well with the jeans rather than competing with it for formality (because tossing jeans on under something too formal for every day is the best way to extend its life), so I think it's unique in that way. Plus, as I said, I really like grey.

So, those are my (thusfar) picks. Guess I'll be buying a lot of dresses in the coming months. Hey, the more, the merrier!