4:51 pm...

As I flip through my mass amount of magazines that I've been buying off of news stands like I'm stocking up on cans of beans for a second great depression (remember this factoid when I have to be checked into the Conde Nast addictions clinic) I cannot help but be swept up into the slew of fashion stories.  Whether the showcase is for electric funk of techno colours and prints (shout out to Prenza Shouler s/s collection) urban military or the delicate femininity of lingerie inspired attire, the vast theme is amped up energy and high on impact. 

So, here for you, are some of my favorite images -  also doubling as my wish list -  from Bazaar, Flare, Fashion and Vogue...enjoy as I enjoy...whatever trend your vibing this season.

My Absolutely Fabulous Design Project...

With spring in the air, I've been feeling a new serge of energy.  The sun has been shining,  the smell of the warming sea air overtakes me as I get my morning coffee, Cherry Blossom's are all a bloom and so is my creativity...so here I go letting you in on my new pet project, it's my version of a teaser trailer (and look I'm utilizing all those tools I learned at school!! although the pattern making portion has been taking me a little longer than I would like to admit, but that's just between you and me).  

More to come on this one..

Ps. new thought.. (I've also noticed that spring makes me spontaineous)  start dropping 'absolutely fabulous'  in daily conversation more...gives it a little extra zing. It took my post title from meh to Ooo la la.  Try it, it's like adding a cherry to vanilla ice cream. 

1:34 am...

...Robert Pattinson,

..."Bette Davis Eyes",

...The Sartorialist,

. ...black bean salsa,

What more could a girl need?

(just me winding down my Sunday night, and on a further note, my week)

Where is the fashion you ask? Well, it was when I was flipping through Feb.s GQ that I stumbled on one Mr. Pattinson who "dresses so you don't give a damn how he's dressed" when the tinge of perfection happened.

I'll take the 50's and 60's for $200 Alex...

If fashions your game, retro is the name...at least for many of the most recent fall/winter shows in Paris (and Prada if you came from Milan).  Designers have been sending silhouettes down the runways inspired from the technicolor decades from A-line skirts to boxy jackets.  The shows are styled with belted sweaters or cardigans, and fabulous bouffant or perfectly teased hair straight out of the Brigitte Bardot handbook.  Whatever the look, the message is fun, polished and feminine.   

The Giles Deacon show on March 3 played with pop art clouds on everything from bags, and hemlines to the actual runway.  Over at Rochas, which showed on the same day, the collection used a multitude of pastels and sought it's inspiration from the 1969 film "Cactus Flower" starring Goldie Hawn - perfectly placed for 60's inspiration.  The mood at Prada was slightly more serious, coined "Librarian Chic", using heavier knits and subdued colors but they didn't miss out on the fun with ruffled stockings and cat-eye glasses with (hold for dramatic pause)...eyebrows!

Enjoy!

Giles Deacon...

Rochas...

Giambattista Valli...

Prada's "librarian chic"...

fashion images from WWD...cartoon from bewitched opening credits

And the Award goes to...

This past Sunday people crowded around their television sets to watch the creme de la creme of cinema awards, and win a years worth of  bragging rights to guess who would walk with Oscar gold, many also stayed glued to the pre ceremonies...of course I am talking about the red carpet watch where the nominees are not the only names to be seen and heard.  This is a moment for Hollywood starlets to wear the creme de la creme of couture, bringing along their friends Dior, Chanel, Prada and Lanvin.  Naturally, year after year it is the ladies who take centre stage but the one who stole the show is Tom Ford; an attendee for his acclaimed directorial debut and also dressing at least half of the hunks in his own designs.  

It is a night filled with glamour, with winners and runners up...and to be followed up with days that are buzzing with lists... best dressed, best moments and top tens of every sort.  So, in true Oscar fashion (pun intended) here is my - in no particular order -  top ten list...

Diane Kruger in Chanel Couture...

Sarah Jessica Parker in Chanel Couture...

Luciana Barroso in Salvatore Ferragamo...

Also wins my pick for Best Accessory...Matt Damon...

Anna Kendrick in Elie Saab Couture...

Demi Moore in Atelier Versace...

Tom Ford in, Tom Ford...

Robert Downey Jr. in Lanvin...

wife Susan Downey...

Carey Mulligan in Prada...

Miley Cyrus in Jenny Packham...

Zoe Saldana in Givency...

images taken from style.com

Just a lazy Sunday...and Lady Gaga

Just a lazy Sunday, it's raining and cold out and in true lazy Sunday fashion I've been relaxing and reading one of many magazines...stumbled on this months Elle Canada, which i miss placed a few weeks ago - that or I've been in  some post Olympic coma, or possibly an obsessive Gossip Girl craze only able to concentraite on the devilishly misbehavings of one Chuck Bass that I simply wasn't paying attention, oh well..that was a bit of a tangent...anyways - and flipping through the pages with all the new spring ads, trends, bags and Oscar buzz, there was an article entitled "Goodbye, Gaga".  The article was written about the new movement, rather, shift of focus in fashion to minimalism, and away from the grandure and eccentricities of past seasons.  Now, I'm all for the minimal wave, the simplicity and ease of the garments is beautiful in the same way that true Italian food is the best, simple, pure taste...why cover it up with a whole lot of extra shit?.. but just for the sake of the title I'm going over to the other side for a minute.

"Goodbye, Gaga", now clearly we can only be referring to the extreme stylings of one Lady Gaga?...Extreme, yes!...Unpractical, most definately...but what she has also managed to do is totally and completely change our vision of what fashion is.  Here is an ingenue, she wears her clothes to make a statement that has become larger than she.  In the short year, year and a half that Lady Gaga has been making us stop and command that we take notice, she has influenced trends and propelled fashion to the forefront of her music...Bad Romance anyone? All it takes is a spark and sometimes the world just needs a little insanity, we need to be rocked a little and have our point of view thrust into a completely new direction, to take us out of our comfort zone and explore the possibilities of what having a little bit of an out of the box mentality can do for us.  Musicians have been doing it for decades from Elton John and Madonna to the early years of David Bowie, even the zany worlds of Tim Burton and Marilyn Manson (his music videos I will be the first to admit give me the heeby jeebeez, but for someone to go as balls deep as he does, on an artistic and creative level is, well, Awesome) take us into a wildly alternate worlds, and into the minds of true visionaries.  

The world is made up of opposites and extremes, the ying and yang, both beautiful in their own right, both completely necessary to the other.  Through out history it has always taken someone (and sometimes a few) who stand out from social normalicy, to break away from the status quo, to take the path less chosen, or to simply do what they do only because they want to  and they don't give a crap what anyone has to say for it. 

 So, before the new decade is fully underway and simplicity and minimalism are taking centre stage, pushing the wild and unorthadox into a distant memory of years gone by (I'm sure there will be a good fight, Gaga's new obsession of over the top shoulder pads are truly a force to be reckoned with) here are some artists who have managed to challenge our opinions and command our attention....