Seeing this Spring 2013 Gaultier collection (shown last year), I am once more reminded that I should pay even more attention to menswear. Gorgeous sailor’s trousers, shirts, harem pants, lace fronts and colors – I would wear every single piece.
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Sometimes, we all just need a reminder of how it’s done: high-voltage glamour, that is. So who better to teach us a lesson or two than Ms. Ross herself. Enjoy, and: You’re welcome.
I came, I saw, I wanted, I wept.
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This may be the funniest picture of Anna Wintour ever! And it’s been posted on Vogue’s Instagram page, no less. It’s always a big deal when Anna makes one of her rare appearances on any social media platform, so this photo is a particular delight. It was published with the caption: “Anna Wintour reads #TheSeptemberIssue. Do you? We would love to see it! Show us your #voguestagram.”
So, Lady Gaga released her new video yesterday and of course, the main thing I’m interested in is: What the hell is she wearing? With her usual theatrics and shenanigans you can always count on some major fashion statement, so let’s see some of the things she came up with this time.
Brandon Maxwell, Gaga’s stylist, explained that the concept for the video was: “What would you do for the applause?” Not digging very deep here, since the song’s title is “Applause”… Well, whatever, I’m not here for some pseudo-intellectual babble, I’m here for the costumes, so let’s get to them!
First, we have a surreal top by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac that looks like two gloved hands grasping her breasts, worn with a matching glove-choker, coordinating leather gloves and some glove-panties.
Well, of course, she wasn’t the first who came up with that idea:
Next, we have a a custom Gareth Pugh pillow gown worn over a black catsuit by Mila Schön. Very simple, very beautiful.
When I saw the green jacket Gaga is wearing next, I knew I had seen it not too long ago: Yep, it was the Maison Martin Margiela Couture jacket shown a couple of months ago at Paris Couture week. Gaga’s sister Natali Germanotta designed the mirror-and-pin costume she’s wearing it with.
The lingerie Gaga is wearing here is by Valentino Couture, the boots are Alaïa. Quite boring, really, and I think I saw a similar pair of panties at H&M last week.
The seashell pasties and bottoms were made by Perry Meek from fresh flowers, glue, sea shells, obviously, and string. And yes, the inspiration behind this outfit – no prizes for guessing that right – is Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. The singer recently tweeted a photo of her in that outift with the hashtag #boticellibabe.
The wings worn here are made by Junker Designs from broken umbrella spokes.
Maxwell commissioned New York based fashion designer Mathieu Mirano to design this bra. He said that it was made of duct tape that had been burned with a blow torch; it had crystals on it and safety pins stuck through it for a rougher feel.
And last, but not least: How beautiful does Gaga look in these stills? Gorgeous, non?
Yep, here we go again, another Madonna-related post. But don’t worry, fashiondotblog isn’t slowly turning into a fan-blog. I just thought that these pictures would go nicely with the one I showed you a couple of weeks ago; and then, I mean, come on: Just look at her! How could I not show you these photographs?
It’s hard to imagine that 30 years ago, her style got everybody up in arms; and compared to today’s silly shenanigans of a Lady Gaga, this seems utterly tame. But back then, her style was provocative, shocking and just really, really unique. The media couldn’t stop writing about her look and adults were really pissed off. Every girl and every woman on the planet was trying to imitate her style, to tease her hair just like her, to layer ripped jeans over lace leggins, to crop her t-shirt just to the right length, to pile on bangles and belts and necklaces just like she did.
Today, if you’re dressing up for an 80s-themed party, you’re really just dressing like a young Madonna. That just goes to show you how lasting and deep her influence and legacy has been.
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I’ve been a long-time fan of Stella McCartney, so there is really no other reason for this post than the gorgeous clothes featured in this editorial published by Harper’s Bazaar Latin America. I love that the androgynous Bo Don was cast. She perfectly embodies the masculine and sportswear inspired cuts. This is what I want my hair to look like, and these are the clothes I want to wear on a daily basis. I mean, of course you can always count on the likes of Zara etc. to sell some cheap rip-offs. It’s just not the same… Nope, sorry Zara, I love you very much and my wardrobe consists of a looooot of your clothes, but it just isn’t. And now enjoy the real thing:
Bo Don shot by Hans Neumann for Harper’s Bazaar Latin America
What better way to start the weekend than with a vintage photograph of Madonna, before she became Madonna? Look at her, looking all fresh and young in 1984. She could be any old little hipster coming straight out of Williamsburg, couldn’t she?
(It goes without saying that I was the biggest Madonna-fan growing up, with posters plastered all over my walls, Madonna-buttons pinned to my stoned-washed jean jacket, bootleg music cassettes from Hong Kong etc.).
Enjoy and have a nice weekend!
Madonna in 1984 with DJ Jellybean Benitez at the opening of private eyes video club
In its August 2013 issue, Dazed & Confused published a great editorial portaying some of the best from Miu Miu‘s past and present collections. In its accompanying article, the magazine describes the label as being “intuitive, playful, clever and contrary, a subversive take on the elder label’s hammering of the bourgeois code.” And since I have always been a big admirer of Miuccia Prada and her two labels, I was really happy to see some of my favorite pieces shot in the spread, including the yellow dress with the peach-colored bow at the neck from AW11 and the cat-printed dress with the puffy sleeves from SS 2010.
(Sorry for the really small captions under the pics, you can read them by clicking on the image.)
The Miu Age
Photographer: Ben Toms
Stylist: Robbie Spencer
Models: Anne-Catherine Lacroix, Delfine Bafort, Irene Hiemstra, Jamily Wernke and Vlada Roslyakova
As a teenager in the early 90s, I was literally obsessed with the reigning supermodels of the time: Cindy, Linda, Christy, Naomi, Claudia. I mean, I even bought Cindy’s workout video, with no intention of ever doing any of the exercises; I just wanted to ogle her. For me, these women epitomized everything I thought you had to be to be successful and loved: tall, thin, beautiful; admired by men and women alike. They were the embodiment of beauty and glamour and everything I didn’t even dare dreaming of ever becoming. I collected everything I could possibly find about them and tore out every picture, ad, article and snippet I could find in fashion magazines. I had literally binders full of stuff about them. But the mother-of-all of everything these supermodels represented really were the 90s Versace campaigns shot by Richard Avedon. I don’t remember even particularly liking the clothes, but no one could ever be any more glitzy and sexy than these women. So, in celebration of my youthful enthusiasm for these over-the-top images, here a trip down memory lane.
Spring 1987
Even though this ad is from the late 80s, I really just had to show you Christy’s and Cindy’s baby-faces.
1990
Don’t even mind Christy here: What kind of god-awful watch is this?
Spring 1991
Look at that hair! Are we still in the 80s?
Fall 1991
Helena Christensen, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington. Did anybody say fierce?
Fall 1992
Yee-haw! Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Yasmeen Ghauri and Christy Turlington shot by Irving Penn.
Spring 1993
Playing in the sand: Stephanie Seymour, Naomi Campbell and Shalom Harlow shot by Richard Avedon.
Fall 1994
It really didn’t get any better than this: Nadja Auermann, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Stephanie Seymour shot by Richard Avedon.
Fall 1994
Oh, just Christy and Claudia hanging with a bunch of chiseled naked dudes.
Bonus 1994
What? Just some friends waiting for the soccer game to start!
