Month: February, 2011

HANNAH’s NEW BALLET

I wonder if Hannah MacGibbon had in mind a slightly less twisted “Black Swan” while designing her Spring Summer collection. Everything from the tutu skirts to the oversized leather gym bags, screams 5th avenue dance studio and I would imagine the drama to be way worse than what we saw in Darren Aronofsky’s film. I [...]

PRADA PLEASE!

Monkeys, cherubs, bananas, oh my! After a drought of Beige, Miuccia Prada has arrived with a bucket of water and doused the Spring Summer season with beautiful chaos and bursting color. I worship her for always thinking outside the box and making fashion editors lay awake at night thinking….”what the F@*K was that? I love [...]

“THE GARDEN PARTY”

Is Lace the New Basic? Every season a few key trends from fashion’s past sneak their way into some of the major shows, reinterpreted and sent back down the runway disguised as “New”. One of these annoying trends is Lace and every year I swear not to become trapped in its embroidered web, yet somehow [...]

UNE AMERICAINE: SPRING`S GEEK CHIC

When Kate and Laura Mulleavy from Rodarte where asked about their Spring Summer 2011 collection, they looked no further than their own backyard. It was a flash back to growing up and made me go back to my own suburban upbringing and back to my roots. Since flights to Illinois for a weekend shoot were [...]