Paris Haute Couture: Spring/Summer 2013.

Couture Fashion Week- an opportunity for designers to tap into the most extravagant and outlandish of fashion fantasies kicked off to a great start. Dior and Chanel drew inspiration from the garden with flowers and leaves. Giorgio Armani drew inspiration from Turkey and Jean Paul Gaultier went to Morocco. These are the trends Paris Haute Couture had to offer for Spring/Summer 2013.

Off The Shoulder. Dresses descended like trapeze shapes and columns from bare shoulders for Dior, Georges Hobeika, Maison Martin Margiela and Alexis Mabille.

From L-R: Armani Prive, Elie Saab Christian Dior and Giambattista Valli

Midi Lengths. It was an exploration of midi lengths on elegant and structural dresses for Elie Saab, Giambattista Valli, Armani Prive and Valentino.

From L-R: Armani Prive, Christian Dior, Chanel and Giambattista Valli

Capes. Cascading off shoulders and trailing at the back, long capes gave a modern twist to evening wear at Valentino, Chanel, Bouchra Jarrar and Ulyana Sergeenko.

From L-R: Zuhair Murad, Valentino, Stephane Rolland and Elie Saab

Cropped Pants.  A trend that is still going strong in Paris, cropped pants featured strongly on menswear inspired collections from Christian Dior, Armani Prive, Alexandre Vauthier and Stephane Rolland.

From L-R: Alecandre Vauthier, Armani Prive, Versace Atelier and Georges Chakra

 Embroidery. Exquisite embroidery at Elie Saab, Alexis Mabille, Jean Paul Gaultier and Maison Martin Margiela portrayed flowers and blooms splayed out on dresses, crawling up a sleeve and hugging hemlines on skirts and dresses.

From L-R: Elie Saab, Christian Dior, Armani Prive and Valentino

Embellishment. Gem, sequins and mosaic encrusted dresses had a luminous and glamorous effect at Versace, Zuhair Murad, Elie Saab and Maison Martin Margiela.

From L-R: Versace Atelier, Valentino, Georges Chakra and Elie Saab

Voluminous Bottoms. Giambattista Valli, Chanel, Ulyana Segeenko and Dior gave definition to waists through volume build up at the bottom for the most romantic of ball gowns.

From L-R: Elie Saab, Christian Dior, Giambattista Valli and Armani Prive

Cinched Waists. Nipped and cinched in, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valli and Nicholas Oakwell played up the emphasis on waists with bold and colourful belts.

From L-R: Dany Atrache, Chanel, Alexis Mabille and Jean Paul Gaultier

Lace. Lace transparency sensually skimmed bodies at Valentino, Zuhair Murad, Alexis Mabille and Dior.

From L-R: Elie Saab, Valentino, Stephane Rolland and Alexandre Vauthier

Babydoll Dresses.  Couture brought back to the runway frothy baby doll dresses from Giambattista Valli, Versace Atelier, Elie Saab and Valentino.

From L-R: Valentino, Christophe Josse, Giambattista Valli and Versace Atelier.

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Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013

Awards season is now in full swing, we’ve had the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards and now the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards also known as the SAGs.
The Golden Globes red carpet this year was filled with a sea of red gowns, however the Screen Actors Guild Awards was all about navy. Jennifer Lawrence and Marion Cotillard are in sync this award season as they both opted for strapless navy gowns by Dior. Here’s a few other trends to make it onto the SAGs red carpet.

Navy. It was a sea of navy blue as Jennifer Lawrence, Marion Cotillard, Amanda Seyfried and Nicole Kidman stole the show in their strappless navy blue ensembles which made it the colour of the night.

From L-R: Jennifer Lawrence, Amanda Seyfried, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman and Jessica Lange

Strapless. Gorgeous frocks came off the shoulder for Jennifer Garner, Lea Michele, Jessica Chastain and Tina Fey.

From L-R: Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Garner, Tina Fey, Lea Michelle and Helen Hunt

Black and White. Julianna Margulies, January Jones and Julianne Moore upped they style stakes by showing up in one of the hot trends for spring/summer 2013.

From L-R: Claire Danes, Julianna Margulies, Julianne Moore and Rocsi Diaz

Suit and Tie. Always and elegant classic for menswear, Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Eddie Redmayne brought the suave to the Awards in their choice of suits.

Embroidery. Delicate embroidery done in beads, sequins and feathers told its own tale on the gowns of Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington, Jayma Mays and Ellie Kemper.

From L-R: Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington, Ellie Kemper, Jayma Mays and Rocsi Diaz

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The American Music Awards 2012.

Slits, sequins ruled the American Music Awards red carpet as the music industry came out once again to support music’s top names and performances. These are some of the trends that made it onto the 40th American Music Awards red carpet.

Short Hemlines. Legs for miles were on display as celebrities turned out in short and sweet dresses. Heidi Klum wowed in her gold mini dress with matching shoes while Kesha surprised everyone in her lady like look.

From L-R: Heidi Klum, Ginnifer Goodwin, Eden Sher and Kesha.

Slits. There is nothing like a high slit to show off a bit of leg. Up to there slits made a huge return to the red carpet courtesy of Christina Aquilera, Jennifer Morrison amongst others.

From L-R: Jennifer Morrison, Elisha Cuthbert, Christina Aguilera and Grace Valerie.

Embroidery. Gwen Stefani, Taylor Swift and Stacy Kiebler stole the show in their intricately beaded and embroidered ensembles.

From L-R: Gwen Stefani, Taylor Swift, Stacy Kiebler and Kelly Rowland.

Sequins. What’s an awards show without a bit of glitter and shimmer? Sequins and glitter from more than one gown lit up the American Music Awards red carpet.

From L-R: Carrie Underwood, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jenny McCarthy and Hayden Pannetiere.

Monotone. A bonafide colour of choice for fall, Rocsi Diaz, Zendaya and Hilary Scott went full black for the awards.

From L-R: Hilary Scott, Zendaya, Lucy Hale and Rocsi Diaz.

Stylishly male. From smart casual to full out dressy; Psy, Lance Bass and Fifty Cent showed how it should be done with their style choices.

From L-R: Psy, Lance Bass, Chris Brown and 50 Cent.

Color. Pastels stood out amongst the bold from Gloria Estefan to Kerry Washington.

From L-R: Gloria Estefan. Kerry Washington, Karmin and Pink

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London Fashion Week Spring/Summer13.

Hardly had the dust settled under the furor of New York Fashion than London Fashion week arrived. The fashion pack from models to designers alike traveled to catch what this great city had to offer. Unlike New York, fashion in London is quite eccentric, quirky and fun. Here are the trends this city has to offer next Spring/Summer.

Prints. An eclectic mix of flowers, birds, geometric, currency and snake skin prints amongst others ruled the catwalk runways of Issa, Mary Kantratzou, Vivienne Westwood and Holly Fulton showing this trend has staying power.

Issa ss13

Embellishments. Embellishments without abandon on the most beautiful of dresses, cropped jackets,  tailored trousers shone and glittered on creations from of Giles Deacon, Burberry, Antoni and Allison and Osman in the form of shattered glass, sequins, jewels, stones and beads.

Antoni and Alison ss13

Pastels. Collections of Christopher Kane, Emilia Wickstead, Erdem and  Pringles Of Scotland were awash with arrays of pastels in shades of pink, blue, buttercup yellow and green.

Christopher Kane ss13

Stripes. Big, bold blocks of colour fell in line to make stripes on sheer, cotton, chiffon confections. A noticeable trend from New York Fashion Week, stripes seem to be one of the big trends this season and Temperley, Acne, PPQ couldn’t agree more.

Temperley ss13

Embroidery. Appliqués in form of swirly symmetrical hearts, florals with sheer and leather as backdrops crawled and littered on collections from Osman, Meadham Kirchoff and Antonio Berardi.

Meadham Kirchoff ss13

Fringe Benefits. From feathers to frills and tussles, fringe trimmings were aplenty during London Fashion Week. Mario Schwab, Sass and Bide and Christopher Kane showcased a host of fringe trimmed pieces that made an impact on the catwalk.

Sass and Bide ss13

Summer Leather. Leather with laser cut outs graced the catwalks of Giles Deacon, Acne, Mulberry, Sass and Bide in black, white whites, Camel toned in dresses, skirts, trousers and jackets. 

Giles ss13

Cropped Jackets. Cute little cropped jackets topped off little dresses, tailored pants and skirts on collections from PPQ, Zoe Jourdan and Todd Lynn as the models walked down the runway.

Paul Smith ss13

Shirt Dresses. Formerly known as ‘shirtwaist dress’. Models from Vivienne Westwood, Nicole Farhi, Preen slunk down the runway in flattering loose to fitting shirt dresses sometimes cinched at the waist for a definitive look.

Nicole Farhi ss13

Orange. It was an explosion of Orange on the runways of London Fashion Week as models from David Koma, Acne and Mulberry walked down in the brightest of orange in all its form.

David Koma ss13

Pictures courtesy of British Vogue.
 

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