Chewbacca for Chanel

Posted by Sophie on March 17, 2010

Chanel went from their country-chic spring collection to a hairy beast fest for fall 2010.  Toasty coats & boots are ok but furry pants?… no thanks.  I’m glad they are all faux fur!  Go fake when it comes to fur.  The bags are quite lovely in this collection particularly the ice crystal clutch.

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Fall Winter 2010 RTW hair review

Posted by Sophie on February 25, 2010

Models sported simple & minimal hairstyles for Fall 2010 RTW fashion shows.  Look lovely on the runway but definitely not a flattering look for me.  I need some volume for my hair.  The style is not easy to pull off… I can never part a straight line in the middle.  I’ll stick with messy and undone.

Side sweeps.

Burberry goes 3D

Posted by Sophie on February 22, 2010

Burberry 3d Show

On Feb. 23rd from London Fashion Week, Burberry will be live streaming their F/W 2010 collection in 3d.  The 3d show is private and invitation only events held in NY, Paris, Dubai, and Tokyo.  You can also view the live show at live.burberry.com, of course, in 2d.  Judging from how much I enjoyed Avatar in 3d, watching the fashion show in 3d would be quite an experience.  One step closer to seeing them in reality.  Still, nothing beats being at the live show!

photo credit: luxuo

Kardashians by bebe

Posted by Sophie on February 19, 2010

The Kardashian-bebe collection just debuted at NY Fashion Week.  “This collection is sexy but youthful. It represents my personality.” as Kim describes.  A fast sell out but honestly, it’s a typical wearable line that is not much more exciting than what’s already there at bebe.  What do you think?  See the entire collection here.

Reality stars and the fashion industry go hand in hand.  Wanna be a designer?  Get on a reality tv show and get famous (then purposely leak out a sex tape)… that easy!  Everybody and their mom that have gotten popular from reality shows end up launching a clothing or beauty line starting with Jessica Simpson and now the Kardashians.  Wow, the power of reality shows!  But there better not be any fashion/beauty association with Octomom or Kate Gosselin… then I know the world is coming to an end.  Speaking of reality shows, have you seen Kell on earth?  The show is more focused on the behind the scenes of fashion PR which I find more interesting than watching Speidi or tons of kids running around screaming.

NY Fashion Week – Fall 2010

Posted by Sophie on February 11, 2010

Bryant Park Fall 2009

Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week kicked off this morning in Manhattan’s Bryant Park (one last time at this location), NY.  The event will run for Feb 11 – 18.  More than 60 designers are ready to showcase their fall collections including last season’s Project Runway’s winner Irina Shabayeva.  Hope everything goes as planned after the huge snowstorm.  Excited to see lots of new and enticing must-have trends!

P.S.  My condolences go out to Alexander McQueen’s family and loved ones.  RIP.