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By Zaid Taji Farouki

Category: Journal

Belstaff – Fall 2013

My favorite looks from the Bellstaff runway show:

Pictures were taken Gianni Pucci

 

Victoria Beckham – Fall 2013

Here are my favorite looks from the Victoria Beckham runway show:

photos were taken by Marcus Tondo

Lacoste – Fall 2013

Star Trek meets Pan Am at the Lacoste runway show. I was personally surprised by the designs, they look so futuristic while also being inspired by the 60’s fashion. Here are my favorite looks from the show:

photos were taken by Gianni Pucci

Jason Wu – Fall 2013

Here are my favorite looks from the Jason Wu runway show.

Tadashi Shoji – Fall 2013

As you may know, Mercedes- Benz Fashion week started yesterday in New York and one of the runway shows that I liked is Tadashi Shoji. Take a look at my favorite looks:

photos were taken by Alessandro Viero

Lips

This season is all about the lips, there has been an increase in the utilization of lips in the fashion industry specially on clutches. Two designers have capitalized on this, here are clutches by Diane von Fürstenberg (DVF) and Roger Vivier:

pictures taken from Dvf and Roger Vivier

Daily Obsessions

Below you will find three button-down shirts that I would love to own, I came across the three shirts while shopping around the other day. The dark blue shirt is by Hugo Boss, The ostrich-print shirt is by Marni, and the butterfly  shirt is by Alexander McQueen.

photographs were taken from Boss, Saks, and Ssense

Chanel & The Diamond

Chanel’s experimentation with jewelry.

 

Wearable Drawings

Elvira ‘t Hart created an avant garde collection that will give the impression that the piece has been drawn or sketched on the wearer. She achieved these looks by laser-cutting leather and attaching it to a white fabric. The first two pictures I have posted show her sketches and how she wanted the garments to look like, the other pictures show the actual collection. Take a look at the collection:

Pictures were taken from ssense.com

Les Heures Fabuleuses de Cartier

This collection by Cartier backs the idea that a watch is now considered a piece of jewelry, it no longer just serves the sole purpose of knowing time, but it has evolved over the years. This collection plays around with the idea that the watch can transform into a ring, pendent, brooch, necklace, cuff and a tiara. Here are pictures of the collection, but to truly know how the collection works watch the video bellow.

David Yurman

Prêt-à-Porter fashion shows will be starting in the few upcoming days. In the meanwhile lets look at things that we could obsess about. Today I came across this David Yurman Haute Joaillerie necklace, it is made out of diamonds and emeralds. I can just imagine how breathtaking it would be on any woman that puts it on.

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Giambattista Valli – Spring 2013 Couture

In this collection you can notice that some of the designs distort the hips, I love the concept and Idea behind it, but such a design would not appeal to a woman with curves as it will enlarge her figure. Ann Hathaway chose one of his dresses for the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards). Take a look  at my favorite pieces from the collection:

PS to reduce page clutter I am going to make a slideshow. So in order to see the pieces just click left and right on the slideshow to see the entire collection.

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Pictures were taken by Marcus Tondo / gorunway

Jean Paul Gaultier – Spring 2013 Couture

I felt that his inspiration for this collection was based from Persian and Indian traditional clothing but somehow it was also mixed with modern designs. Take a look for yourself and tell me what you think about it. Here are my favorite pieces out of the collection:

PS to reduce page clutter I am going to make a slideshow. So in order to see the pieces just click left and right on the slideshow to see the entire collection.

 

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pictures were taken by Yannis Vlamos

Elie Saab – Pre-Fall 2013

This guy is pure genius, I still can’t decide which collection is better, the couture collection or this collection. (Click here for the couture collection) Take a look at my favorite pieces, I seriously drooled while looking at the collection. My favorite pieces in this collection are the long dresses. Enjoy the collection!

PS to reduce page clutter I am going to make a slideshow. So in order to see the pieces just click left and right on the slideshow to see the entire collection.

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Valentino – Spring 2013 Couture

Below you will find my favorite pieces from the collection, but by far what I love the most were the cape dresses, I also loved the pipping and detailing on the white dresses. I have mentioned yesterday about how capes are this season’s “it” piece, here is another designer that included capes in his collection, so keep an eye on them when shopping. Enjoy!

PS to reduce page clutter I am going to make a slideshow. So in order to see the pieces just click left and right on the slideshow to see the entire collection.

All photos were taken by Marcus Tondo / go runway