Fashion News & Beauty Reviews
King Karl has done it again. Throughout the Chanel haute couture show in Paris, he reminded us why he has the Midas touch with fashion, successfully created a fashion wonderland to showcase his latest designs. Nothing is too much for Karl Lagerfeld, and this time, he ordered the construction of a jet, which took five days to construct and was complete with numbered seats and a transparent roof, which revealed clouds above showgoers heads, and whisked the fashion set away to another world. The show then took its audience on a long-haul Chanel flight, travelling through the House’s day wear designs first, eventually working the way through to evening wear. Lagerfeld’s designs were simple and elegant; classic Chanel, with delicate hues once again making an appearance in the latest Paris shows. Perhaps a throwback to 1960s air hostesses, Lagerfeld presented slim dresses that fell just above the knee with simplistic embroidery as the models strutted the airplane aisle-come-runway.
Said Lagerfeld of the show: “I’m bored with the red carpet, so why not a blue carpet?” But it wasn’t just the carpet, which was monogrammed with the House’s signature double C logo, that was blue. Throughout the collection’s 60 looks, Lagerfeld showcased a staggering 150 shades of blue, ranging from sky blue to deep navy- looks like we know what colour is set to be huge this season! Any embroidery seen on the chic silhouettes of the designs was also done in blue, and consisted of variations of beads, stones and sequins. Lagerfeld maintained he wanted each of his couture looks to have the relaxed approach to fashion akin to jeans, and as a result model walked with their hands slouched in the pockets of their outfits. As always, the designs were elegant, and this time around more simplistic than usual, which only allowed them to appear all the more graceful and sophisticated.
Hot on the heels of Versace’s return to Paris was the Christian Dior Haute Couture show, with the French fashion house giving a nod to fashion of decades past with a 1950s inspired collection. It was designer Bill Gaytten’s second Couture collection for the House while they search for a replacement for John Galliano. This year Gaytten kept the collection much more demure and sophisticated in true Dior style, as opposed to last year’s eccentric Couture showing, which included clowns. Each of the looks presented were of breathtaking beauty, many with the signature Dior fitted waist detailing made famous by the New Look, and whimsical ballroom-style skirts. Coupled with beaded detailing, sheer skirts, voluminous layering and girlish bows, each gown was more magical than the last, with hues ranging from vivid red, to silvers and deep purples, and finally black dominating throughout the collection. For the floor length gowns, layers of tulle flowed, with many of these looks also accompanied by elbow-length gloves, which accentuated the feminine tones of the 1950s themed looks.
Shorter dresses added a playful element to the collection and complemented their floor-length counterparts perfectly, with sheer layers and beaded detailing shown throughout the shorter options. In true 1950s style, the models wore their hair sleek and bobbed, with minimal makeup allowing the strong, graceful tones of the show to take centre stage.
Lauren Kruger is a Melbourne based journalism student who loves all things fashion and being inspired by the latest trends, whether it be high fashion or high street. Follow Lauren on Twitter at @LaurenKruger26.
High fashion has never been this personal – KARL (a lower priced line by Karl Lagerfeld) is launching exclusively at Net-A-Porter.com on January 25th 2012 (January 26th if you’re time zone is closer to Australia than Europe). We were given a chance to get up close and personal with the collection here in Sydney as the luxury online retail gears up for a global launch in five countries.
If Karl Lagerfeld was a hipster-chic girl, this is the collection for her. Modern and sleek, KARL is a modern sportswear collection which brings in this season’s hottest trends, from matte sequins to PVC, leather, denim and hardware. But as always there were clever twists and turns that makes a Lagerfeld collection just that much more desirable, and it was in the details. Jean tags were embossed with the KARL logo (which of course features a silhouette of Lagerfeld’s head), while the same silhouette featured heavily on the brass hardware, canvas bags (which retails from a cheap AUD$30), slouchy t-shirts and even as a houndstooth-esque print on denim and jacket lining. It’s these clever little touches that make you love a collection because you realise a lot of thought went into the creation.
We all want a piece of Lagerfeld, and with four detachable collars, cut-off gloves, bags and other accessories avaliable, it’s hard not to be tempted by the affordability of the KARL collection We were given a chance to style our own looks for personalised photos for SASSYBELLA.com, so we tasked Nadia from The Animal Orchestra to do the styling and here are the stunning results.
Haute Couture week kicked off in Paris on Monday, and what better way to start the festivities than by welcoming back one of fashion’s favourite houses to the City of Lights. In the first Atelier Versace couture collection in eight years, Donatella sent models down the golden staircase runway dripping in colour, sparkles,...
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With a new weekend upon us, it’s nearly time to put your feet up and relax. But before the weekend begins, it is time to decide on something fun, outrageous or just plain relaxing to do, and this weekend there is certainly no shortage of fun events on, whether it be in your backyard, or a daydream away. If you’re in Melbourne...
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The fashion world goes gaga every time Karl Lagerfeld releases a collection and his eagerly anticipated collaboration with Net-A-Porter is no different with the luxury etailer announcing that the KARL collection will launch with simultaneous launch events across the globe. With a worldwide launch date of January 25, the collection...
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After writing about a faux television commercial we shot last year yesterday, we’ve debating what was going to be our first ‘news’ post of 2012. Sorry Golden Globes, you didn’t make the cut. Instead we went with the ridiculously sexy Spring/Summer 2012 campaign by Just Cavalli. Skinny male models and Terry...
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Sometimes being a blogger leads us down some interesting paths. And this one time, thanks to Pantene’s new Aqua Light range, we were lead into a video studio and asked to “swish” our hair just like Cat Deeley did in their British television commercials (and all those other Pantene commercials we’ve grown up...
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Back in October the guys at Dolce & Gabbana had brought together a vertible who’s who of Italian actors to Portofino, Italy to shoot their Spring/Summer 2012 menswear advertising campaign. Set against the beautiful backdrop of the cliffs and the sea, the campaign was shotby Mariano Vivanco and give an intentionally candid...
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