Dear Viewers,
From Vogue.co.uk. IMO, this year CFDA womenswear catergory's gonna be very exciting...Costa, Lazaro & Jack and Jacobs...wow they're all my princes of NY. Also Plokhov for menswear, Thakoon and Trovata for Perry Ellis.
In the sunny day of Bangkok March, Grey decided to set their own camp in the outdoor. Since the temperature was almost 38 degree Celsius, you could see the fashion people in a new way. Unlike the runway-capitals liked Milan or Paris, which all editors and buyers're dressing in dull trench, the fashionistes of Bangkok created their own way of tropical interpreting. You would see a young entrepreneur wearing cargo-shorts from flea market, carrying yellow Goyard sac while an editor from leading fashion magazine chose bespoke white plain shirt with Prada denim. Everything is possible in Bangkok's fashion. As well as Grey, the niche line from the Greyhound empire, which the belief came from the music, street & grunge culture, and arts but Grey contrarily choose to claim themselves as the modern-ethnic-Asian. Followed the Independent-tribe-match and the folk-ghosts-story, Look like casted the children the refugee camp of UNICEF, Grey brought us to the Tatooine planet and a stylish capacities to reinterpret -donated clothes during the war cloud- in their own [Grey] style. Respected the global-macro-trend of wool and knitting, which going to be a key signature of Grey, I bet. The palette of oxide-dust colored us the summer more than a winter. This ALL WE NEED IS LOVE collection was truly need love, since I didn't see or feel any love from those children's eyes. It might because of the heat baked them to looked more aggressive than they should be. By the way, Kritsada, the head of Grey menswear carried the looks of good looking guy without a disgusting metrosexual touch, while Patree managed her women's balance of street and couture styling, without neglect the must-have items such as doublebreasted jackets, coats and the youth-looked uniforms. This would be a second big giant leap of Grey, which had a big impact from the international buyers last season....Hooray to Grey.
After colonized Paris by opening his new flagship at Palais Royale, which customers gaze out of the window at the pillared arcade and formal gardens, where the French king's court once strolled. Each M J stores have their own characters, from Art Deco in LA to the antique in London. The new pinpoint of Jacobs' empire is Milan. Not the luxury via Montenapoleone or the hip-streetwear like Porta Ticinese. It is via Paulo Sarpi aka China Town...Yes, you did heard right...the China Town. Among the load of counterfeit stores, one of the most overpriced brand in the world versus the cheap copied-Stam bag. I'm looking for confirm from M J's pr...let's see.
Chloe AW06-07, a dull after Phoebe left, there should be a bright phoebus day. For Aw 06-07 in Paris, the design teams, legacies of the mother-of-vintage-chic, Phoebe Philo, decided to carry the great successful babyhood look from SS 06, the chunky paraded out in a grey pallete. Chloe became the mix-match collection, mix Marc Jacobs with Marni, match YSL to Yohji Yamamoto. Beside the already-gone Paddington, there's no interesting acc...dull-color-matched-bags were not impressive as SS were. Shoes were awful as Jessica Stam couldn't stand for as she felt down the runway.
In 1955 the famous Danish designer and architect Arne Jacobson created The Series Seven Chair, a chair which have since become a truly global design icon. [and the most copied chairs in the world.] The trademark is the timeless and unique design described by some as a piece of art. In 2006, 50 years after its introduction...how would it look today if you were given a freehand to design it? At Corso Como 10, Milan the exhibition shows 14 amazing chairs all with their own both surprising and distinctive design by 14 number of world class design brands; Swinging-Camper, [my favorite]Hang-Leather Vuitton, British-stamp-collage Paul Smith, Royal [porcelain] Copenhagen, Pinstripes Hugo Boss, et cetera...
I had a confirmation from brand's PR but didn't receive any invitation...welcome to Italy. So I didn't even know what time of the show is [Jil had 2 times 7 and 8 pm]. After school I ran home, did a little touch up to myself and ran to the venue. I arrived there 30 min-late but show hadn't started yet. Lucky me, my name was in the list of the 7 pm-show. This show was also one of the most awaited show of the season. Raf never did the women collection before and doing for the brand which was so successful is not a easy task. After an arriving of Mrs. Piaggi, the gorgeous collection complimented with White edition of IHT started, talking about the pureness homage Simons did to Mrs. Sander, by parading the look of pale-skin, scrubbed face, sleek hair and new face models [beside Gemma...], wearing the back-to-basic outfits; wide-shoulder boxy jacket, double breast jacket, volumed pea coats, lean trousers...and his new items the floor-length skirts and dresses. Raf played with the volume and effect of the innovative fabric without any trend or inspiration, harmonized with the minimal palette like inky black, white, [Simon's] grey, dark greyish blue and colorish-brown. He carried the looks and details from his Sander men collection, which are the single top button coats, key-hole neck cardigans, white proper shirts. His new introduced-pieces like the inuously jersey dress were also interesting, with a simple knot in front or back could make the simple plain-colored dress so appealing. He should imprint this look to the German minimal house for season and season. His idea was to twist the normal outfit by adding the Simon detailing. After the grievous seasons (after acquired by Prada group), this was the re-glory successful day of Jil Sander, big German brand designed by the small Belgian man.
