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glossdebaunilha · 1 month
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𝐼𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖 𝐹𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑎
in Vera Wang at the 2004 Met Gala
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KALEY CUOCO at the 80th Annual Golden Globes on January 10th 2023 wearing VERA WANG HAUNTE COUTURE
Kaley looked absolutely adorable while showing off her baby bump in this Vera Wang gown. I loved absolutely everything about this look, from the hair to the color of the dress. I also loved the saint straps. She looked so radiant and it was a great look.
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super-into-on-it · 1 year
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Delilah Koch
for Vera Wang | Haute Wedding 2023
shot by Till Janz
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wavesandwhispers · 2 years
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Red magic
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purplecatruins · 5 months
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Zendaya at the after party (?) of the Los Angeles Challengers premiere in a neon tennis ball green custom V-neck and backless 🎾 dress by Celia Kritharioti with a literal tennis ball accent...I kinda like it, although it is so literal to the movie theme, but it's also fun and the silhouette is a tried and tested winner for her! :)
Just the make-up and hair could also be a bit more fun. Besides the red lip from the other day, her make-up is kept minimal, smokey eye, bronzer and clean make-up (minimal for red carpet events)....I get that she probably doesn't do a lot when she is wearing two different looks in one day, but it's boring like this, tbh. 🎾😌🎾 I wonder if they contemplated to wear the Loewe tennis ball shoes again :D would be kinda.over the top but also why not?!
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And this is the other look from the day...Vera Wang skirt and lingerie on top..not the best choice in my opinion, although it shows the other side of Zendaya's character Tashi in this movie (being a bad ass and sexy mother?!)... :D yeah well, it looks not cohesive...
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lunareclipsze · 2 months
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madeleineengland · 3 months
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Wen Qi in Vera Wang ss24 for Weibo Movie Night 2024
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moneysallweneed · 1 year
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Vera Wang Bridal
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thefashionfold · 10 months
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Featured brands:
Vera Wang SS2023 Versace SS2023 Fendi SS2022 Haute Couture Gareth Pugh AW2015 Hood By Air AW2016 Undercover AW2023 Rick Owens AW2023 Vivienne Westwood AW2017 Menswear Yuhan Wang AW2023
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finelaces · 2 years
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Every Zendaya red carpet masterpiece!
1~ Balmain
2~ Vera Wang
3~ Mônot
4~ Tom Ford
5~ Rick Owens
6~ Vera Wang
7~ Dolce Gabbana
8~ Tommy Hilfiger
Most if not all of these were styled by the one and only Law Roach, featured in the last picture beside Zendaya.
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brian-in-finance · 7 months
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Cait #17. Personally, I think that outfit and look should score higher as well as a few others which are way better than the first 10. Still, she made the list which is good to see.
93 Of The Best Oscars Dresses Of All Time
https://www.elle.com/uk/fashion/celebrity-style/g26388237/best-oscar-dresses-ever/
Thanks for the message, Anon. 😃 I loved her 2020 ensemble… whilst never losing sight of fashion sense’s subjectivity (a sentiment that really hits home this London Fashion Week 😖).
Here’s Number 17:
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Designer: Valentino / Year: 2020
Numbers 1 through 5 are under Elle’s text. Numbers 6 through 16, and 18 through 93, live in the link.
93 Of The Best Oscars Dresses Of All Time
From Barbra Streisand's exquisite Arnold Scassi pantsuit to Halle Berry in Elie Saab, we've collected the best Oscars dresses of all time.
For many, the Oscars awards ceremony is hotly anticipated for its choice of winners. Cinephiles discuss intently if Brendan Fraser's comeback role in The Whale will nab him Best Actor In A Leading Role, or if Paul Mescal will pip him to the post. Others tune in for the meme-making cultural moments, be it a slap heard around the world, or a calamitous misreading of 'Moonlight' as 'La La Land' (it could happen to anyone, right?).
But for us, and we suspect you too, it's the sport of red carpet dressing that keeps us coming back for more. Having the ability to promote (or demote) a near-unknown to a leading lady in the blink of a ballgown, the power of a stellar styled look cannot be understated. Be it Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy in 1954, Michelle Williams in Vera Wang in 2006, or Lupita Nyong'o in Prada there have been some truly marvellous -dare we say history-making - gowns worn by the best actors in the world on the night of the Academy Awards.
So devoted are we to the best dressed stars of the red carpet, ahead of the 96th Academy Awards (taking place on March 10 2024) we've gone through each and every one of them to find the 93 best Oscar dresses ever worn. You're welcome!
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Designers: Jason Wu and Messika / Year: 2023
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Designer: Alaïa / Year: 2023
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Designer: Moschino / Year: 2023
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Designer: Rodarte / Year: 2023
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Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier Couture / Year: 2022
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Remember… Irish actress Caitriona Balfe looked stunning — as per usual — on the red carpet at the 2020 Oscars in Valentino Haute Couture! The 40-year-old newlywed wore a unique outfit that involved a dress and a blouse when she walked the carpet at her first Academy Awards. She stunned in the black, fishtail-style gown which fell straight down her body in an extremely flattering style. But the strapless dress wasn’t the star of the show: it was the sheer pink blouse she wore over the top! The high-neck blouse was made of a very light material, and fell down to her hips. It also featured a gorgeous, oversized bow which she wore to the left of her neck. Stunning! The model-turned-actress accessorized with silver stud earrings and a matching silver ring and bracelet. Caitriona slicked her beautiful brunette tresses back into a tight bun near the nape of her neck, and polished her look with a bold red lipstick, and red nail polish. What a star! — Hollywood Life
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amphtaminedreams · 7 months
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Relevant on the Runway in the Run Up to Fashion Week: F/W23 through to Pre-Fall 2024 & My Top 25 (Part 6)
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-Susan Fang, top to bottom: RTW F/W23, S/S24-
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-Tanya Taylor, top to bottom: pre-fall 2023, RTW F/W23, resort 2024, RTW S/S24, pre-fall 2024-
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-top to bottom: The Attico RTW F/W23, RTW S/S24, resort 2024, Theory RTW F/W23-
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-top to bottom: Tia Adeola RTW F/W23, S/S24, Tokyo James RTW F/W23-
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-top to bottom: Torey Burch RTW F/W23, resort 2024, S/S24, Tomo Koizumi RTW F/W23-
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-top to bottom: Trussardi RTW F/W23, Vera Wang RTW S/S24-
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-Ulla Johnson, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24, resort 2024-
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-Valentino, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24, pre-fall 2024, haute couture S/S23, pre-fall 2023, haute couture F/W23-
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-Versace, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24, pre-fall 2023-
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-Victoria Beckham, clockwise L-R: resort 2024, RTW F/W23, S/S24, pre-fall 2024, pre-fall 2023-
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-L-R, top to bottom: Viktor & Rolf haute couture S/S23, F/W23, Vivetta RTW F/W23, pre-fall 2023, RTW S/S24-
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-top to bottom: Viviano RTW F/W23, S/S24, We11done RTW S/S24-
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-Vivienne Westwood, top to bottom: RTW F/W23, S/S24-
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-top to bottom: Wiederhoeft RTW F/W23, S/S24, Y/Project “ -
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-Yohji Yamamoto, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24-
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-Yuhan Wang, top to bottom: RTW F/W23, S/S24-
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-Zimmerman, clockwise L-R: resort 2023, 2024, RTW S/S24, S/S23, F/W22-
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-Zuhair Murad, top to bottom: haute couture S/S23, F/W23-
And that’s the lot! 
So to round it all up, here’s a quick recap of my standouts from the last year or so of collections, and what’s still on my mind to get me through this winter. 
It was hard to choose how many to limit myself to. A top 50? Too much, a whole post on its own. But a top 20? That’s not enough.
So signing off, in no particular order, here are my top 25 from F/W23 all the way up to S/S24, in time for the start of the FW24 collections we’ll be seeing over the next few weeks!
Schiaparelli EVERYTHING: Is it any surprise Schiaparelli is on the list? Alll the fashion girlies atm are obsessed with everything Schiaparelli does, and how could you not be? Daniel Roseberry’s designs are intricate, luxurious, dramatic, and consistently ahead of the game in terms of creativity. Nobody is doing it like him right now, and for that reason, his pieces are instantly recognisable.
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-clockwise L-R: Schiaparelli RTW S/S24, haute couture F/W23, S/S23, Fendi haute couture F/W23, S/S23, Schiaparelli RTW F/W23-
2. Fendi Haute Couture F/W23 and S/S23: Fendi’s Haute Couture collections never disappoint me. Time and time again, Kim Jones offers us her elegant take on glitzy femininity, balancing glamour with soft, ethereal colour palettes, silhouettes and fabrics. This year, she’s given us the red carpet iteration of balletcore (which is an aesthetic I never saw coming or thought of but am obsessed with btw) and for that, I am forever thankful.
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-clockwise L-R: Dilara Fındıkoğlu RTW F/W23, Ambush RTW S/S23, F/W23, S/S23, S/S24, Chopona Lowena RTW S/S24, Di Petsa RTW S/S24, Roberto Cavalli RTW S/S24, Yuhan Wang RTW F/W23, Moschino RTW F/W23, Rave Review RTW S/S24, Yuhan Wang RTW S/S24, Roberto Cavalli RTW F/W23, Di Petsa RTW F/W23,  Ermanno Scervino RTW S/S24-
3. Dilara Fındıkoğlu RTW F/W23: Dilara’s ethereal, post-apocalyptic take on grunge delivers everyyy, singleee time! As if I didn’t wish I had Bella Hadid’s life enough already (minus having Yolanda “have a couple of almonds and chew them really well” Hadid as a mother), she then stepped out in that DF custom set and my envy increased tenfold.
4. Ambush EVERYTHING: The way Yoon Ahn’s styles the garments she designs under her label Ambush is the end result I’m trying to achieve whenever I actually make an effort in putting together an outfit these days, as rare as that is atm. Yes, at it’s core, the brand embraces a street wear-friendly version of the grunge aesthetic (I know, I use the word grunge to death but my love for that way of dressing will never die! I lived one full year in the 90s and I’m going to milk being a 90s baby only in the very literal sense for all it’s worth!) But through that lens Yoon plays with a number of other trends, from techwear to the academia-influenced styling craze, and has all that fun incorporating elements from those avenues, whilst retaining the edge that underlies her vision of the brand. The level of flexibility she manages to display without compromising the Ambush blueprint is exactly what makes Yoon’s collections a reliable source of outfit inspiration for those of us who have a strong attachment to one particular style but like to take cues from whichever other aesthetic is dominating the trend cycle at that moment too.
5. Chopona Lowena RTW S/S24: Cutesy ‘90s inspired grunge? Bloody love it. Which reminds me that I should reiterate, NO you don't get a pound every time I say grunge. Not in this economy:(
6. Di Petsa RTW F/W23 & S/S24: I was lucky enough to see a Di Petsa piece in person at the Design Museum’s Alexander McQueen sponsored REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion exhibition, and yes, it was as perfectly sculpted to the mannequin as her pieces are to the models who wear them on the runway IRL. Dimitra Petsa is a little bit of a genius I think. She’s so clearly fuelled by an appreciation of the divine feminine energy of women in the sense which we originally started using the term rather than the way we mostly use it now which is more often than not sardonically to justify our bedrotting days (which I’m totally on board with btw because performing femininity is fucking exhausting tehe), meaning her designs highlight the raw, stripped back power and beauty of the female body and everything it does without us even having to try. Di Petsa’s collections give the world a much needed reminder of the strength and grace of women whatever size or shape we are, and shows us that we don’t need to A). have some otherworldly power or B). Get a shit tonne of filler and plastic surgery to emulate the goddesses of both today’s and yesteryear’s standards.
7. Roberto Cavalli RTW F/W23 & S/S24: Fausto Puglisi treads carefully along the line separating bold and gaudy with his take on Cavalli but both the RTW collections were fucking phenomenal this year, taking it back to at a time when Coachella fashion was at the peak of cultural relevance, and what a TIME to be alive that was.
8. Yuhan Wang RTW F/W23 & S/S24: Take something bit granny chic, a bit little girlish, a couple of pieces from a motorcycle gang and throw it all together, and you get that signature Yuhan Wang look. To quote Liam Hess’ review for Vogue Runway of Yang’s RTW S/S24 collection: "Yuhan Wang’s vision of femininity may appear delicate on the surface, but it’s always undercut with something steelier and a little dangerous." Yah. He said it much better than I can. That's why he writes for Vogue and I talk to myself on here, lol.
9. Moschino RTW F/W23: Glitzy, opulent, old-Hollywood infused punk? Consider me obsessed.
10. Rave Review RTW S/S24: SoOoo glad to finally see a collection from the pioneers of chintzy grunge (I’m sorry but what other word can I use?!) on the runway. See, I make the distinction between Rave Review, Chopona Lowena and Yuhan Wang because Rave Review, in the best way possible, excel at a creating pre-loved feel to their collections. That isn’t to say it looks like the shit no one wants. It looks like the wardrobe of the coolest girl you know who can spend an afternoon browsing her local charity stores, the evening in front of her sewing machine, and by the morning can produce some up-cycled magic that you wish you had the talent to create yourself. I want to be that girl! I’m just a sewing machine and few decent charity shops in my local area short but trust and believe I’m working on it, lol!
11. Ermanno Scervino RTW S/S24: How very high-end LoveShackFancy of Ermanno Scervino to give us this Y2K style Bohemian dream and then refine it in line with the whole “stealth wealth/clean girl” minimalism craze that had such a chokehold over 2023 (and which I hope we leave behind, for the sake of its racist undertones if nothing else). Taken to either end of the spectrum, as in pink frilly floral overkill or an endless cycle of shapeless neutrals, I’m beginning to get a bit worn out with both but the meeting of the two here with the pops of colour in the embroidery was something magical, a beautiful partnership<3
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-clockwise L-R: pre-fall 2023, RTW F/W23, resort 2024, RTW S/S24-
12. David Koma EVERYTHING: Beyond slept on and idk why! This man was behind Mugler for several years, which is one of my alll time favourite brands, and I think it’s safe to say a staple for many. So where is the buzz about his solo offering? Idk. It is strange because I feel like his collections share a lot of the attributes (y2k feel, hyper-feminine, sex appeal, a bit of edge, overall bit of a Bratz doll vibe if ygm?) as Blumarine and everyone is head over heels for that? So yeah, I truly don’t know. Maybe it’s not luxury enough? I’ve never really cared about that. You don’t get much more luxury than a Hermes Birkin and yet I think they’re dull as dishwater and no one can convince me otherwise regardless of how much a status symbol they’ve become. Maybe it’s my youth, maybe I’d feel differently if I too was a real housewife of Beverly Hills but yeah, give me David Koma over Hermes any day.
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-clockwise L-R: Diesel resort 2024, pre-fall 2023, pre-fall 2024, RTW F/W23, S/S24-
13. Diesel EVERYTHING: Wow, Diesel must be the no.1 contender for fashion house comeback of the 2020s so far. And it’s what’s deserved for a name as cool as Diesel, I mean, it is so simple but so good!
As far as I’m concerned Diesel had been relegated to the leagues of the higher price mark section of the Next catalogue for the past decade and yet the past couple of fashion weeks their shows have arguably been amongst the most anticipated. I feel like I’ve said sexy biker grunge or some combination of these 3 words too many times in this post already but look, it’s kind of like the aspirational aesthetic of choice for me minus the sexy part and add in a girlier, more dainty strain of femininity instead bc I do not have the body nor the bone structure or the RHYTHM to have sex appeal. I was built with the body that’s giving little boy at its lowest possible weight and chubby baby at its highest so yay. The sexy thing isn't gonna happen for me, I’m at peace with that, lmao.
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-clockwise L-R: Erdem pre-fall 2024, RTW S/S24, pre-fall 2023, RTW F/W23, resort 2024-
14. Erdem EVERYTHING: Genuine question here, would Erdem Moralioglu's work be fitting of what Gen Z mean when they talk about whimsy goth or am I way off-base? Honestlyyy, I’m so out of the loop when it comes to this phenomenon of coding everything and idk if I like it because tbh, it seems like it’s only accelerated the pace of fast fashion. Once TikTok has put a label on aesthetic, it starts getting manufactured cheaply en masse and within a matter of weeks, everyone is fatigued and moves right onto the next craze of X/Y/Z “core”. Like apparently mob wife core is a thing now? Kill me FR. When I hear that all I think of is Teresa Giudice flipping a table and calling Danielle Staub "prostitution whore".
Sorry, I'm getting wildly off-topic here, back to whimsy goth…I don’t know what the TikTok/Pinterest certified cues for that vibe are, but within my understanding of the word, it’d be something like this? Because romantic, gothic, elegant, and eurgh, I hate this term, but also like, badass. Essentially, Erdem's dark dramatic touches constitute what I think of as the gothic part and the former adjectives contribute the whimsical part. Anyways, yah, sorry I had to say the word badass. I’m now thinking I could’ve more accurately summarised my understanding of whimsy goth by saying steampunk Disney princess, lol. It pained me to type especially because we don’t really say ass in England, but badARSE sounds really awkward and yeah, let's just move on...
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-clockwise L-R: Zimmerman resort 2023, RTW S/S23, F/W23, S/S24, resort 2024-
15. Zimmerman EVERYTHING: I feel like the two opposing sides of the coin representing my personal style are in such stark contrast to one another because yes, one the one hand, I will always be obsessed with that whole forbidden g-word ‘90s look but I also do adore the whole flower power vibe, and for me, Zimmerman does that perfectly. This is to say, essentially, it leans subtly enough in that direction that you can still imagine a Zimmerman dress looking gorgeous with a big, vintage oversized coat, clunky boots, and dark makeup if you get me? There is one particular FKA Twigs look I’m thinking of as I type this, iykyk. But yeah, I never don’t love a collection from them, hence the inclusion on this list!
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16. Jacquemus RTW F/W23: Speaking of clunky boots…Can you IMAGINE one of the little white dresses from this collection with some black platform Doc Martens and a black velvet choker or corsage? Like to reference Courtney Love for what is probably the millionth time, this would be the dream outfit inspired by her, however much of a groupie that makes me sound.
On a side note, Jacquemus’ S/S24 collection only came out, like, last week which is why it wasn’t included in the post but I can’t lie…it is a hugeee step down from this. The disappointment echoes my feelings the new Gucci collection, only I guess I can hold onto the hope this is just a meh year for Jacquemus rather than the loss of another absolutely legendary creative spark. Yeah, Alessandro Michele I miss u xx
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-top to bottom: Le Fame pre-fall 2023, RTW S/S24-
17. Le Fame EVERYTHING: I only found out about Le Fame, Miss Sohee, Sultry Virgin etc. through HF Twitter (yeah, X is never catching on) and I feel indignant that only a handful of those are on Vogue Runway. Look when it comes to my A-Zs, if I find anything I like in a collection, I will include it, even if it’s nothing groundbreaking in my eyes. Because range, you know? But amongst the standouts from a collection, the rest can be really fucking drab, and yet the brand makes the top of the Vogue feed regardless, purely based on reputation. Yet Le Fame gets tumbleweeds. Where is the justice for Shanghai Fashion Week? ALL the non-western centric fashion weeks for that matter. WHY has ShuShu/Tong only just got a place on the Vogue Runway archive? I mean, it’s bad all round but the erasure of Shanghai FW in particular bothers me because western fashion is so clearly influenced by East Asian fashion and atm it’s just like we capitalise on it without paying our dues (shocker).
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18. Rahul Mishra Haute Couture S/S23 & F/W23: Whilst we're on the topic, thank god for HF Twitter for alerting me to yet another designer ignored until very recently by Western fashion critics. Don’t get me wrong, I like a bit of Elie Saab as much as the next girly girl but every collection lately has been more of the same, risk-free and repetitive. You look at Rahul Mishra, and instantly, you can see just how much work and passion goes into his designs. The end results are that these dresses are utterly ETHEREAL. I have been seeing more talk about RM lately and his collections have recently started being covered by Vogue. I hope this acknowledgment continues!
19. Giambattista Valli Haute Couture F/W23 & S/S23: The princessiest (yeah, that’s a word now) of princess dresses. OFC GV makes it on this list. For the sake of my inner child, if not anything else, who thought that a job in the fashion industry was actually achievable and that wearing a dress like this one day was within my reach. The little me who didn’t know what nepotism even meant, this is for you.
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20. Selkie RTW S/S24: So I wouldn’t usually include Selkie in a fashion week post as maybe, for reasons stemming from my own prejudices, I assume anything I have ever been able to afford at any point in my life does not count as high fashion. But the Selkie show for this season, imo, truly epitomised what is supposed to be the whole point of fashion which is to translate our inner beauty to outer beauty on our own terms, in a way that makes us feel empowered and the most magnificent version of ourselves. Selkie speaks to the playful feminine spirit within me, and to see women of all sizes, ethnicities, ages, and abilities looking absolutely enchanting made me feel hopeful for a day when I don’t still feel like the only version of myself that is worthy of being “perceived” (lmao) is the one who still owned that beautiful, tiny Selkie dress, who has to punish and deprive their body to fit into it! Seeing this runway on Twitter gave me a degree of faith that this future where I feel confident and comfortable in my recovered body does exist. So yeah. I had to include it here:)
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-top to bottom: Shushu/Tong RTW S/S24, F/W23-
21. Shushu/Tong RTW F/23 & S/S24: I hate to introduce new material at such a late stage but I was choosing my favourite looks from ShuShu/Tong’s S/S24 collection and just thought, I want more! So I did some Googling and managed to find the F/W23 collection too! And it’s just as stunning as S/S24. This is why it’s such a calamity that we don’t get more Shanghai FW coverage, I s2g.
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-clockwise L-R: Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini RTW S/S24, Cult Gaia resort 2024, Dominnico RTW F/W23, Zuhair Murad haute couture F/W23-
22. Zuhair Murad Haute Couture F/W23: Okay so obvs the S/S23 couture collection was gorg and lush too buut holy shit, the gothic touches of F/W23 took things to another level for me!
23. Dominnico RTW F/W23: If Sam Levinson decides to have Maddy Perez go through a kawaii-influenced cyberpunk phase and then become a dominatrix in season 3 of Euphoria (and let’s be real, equally nonsensical things have happened on that show), this is what her character should be wearing in keeping with her personal style. Niche, I know. Just please, for the love of god, make her come of age first. I have no time for that man’s insistence on sexualising minors. Justice for Barbie Ferrera and Kat Hernandez, honestly.
24. Cult Gaia Resort 2024: Is it…mermaid core?
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25. Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini RTW S/S24: He made layers SEXY.
Honourable mentions go to a few brands I plan to focus on anyway over my next couple of posts (another In the Front Row at…kinda post, and also little 2023 Pt.2 Recap) so I won’t go overboard yapping on about them here too, but to summarise a few points:
I was pleasantly surprised by Maria Grazia Chiurui’s work at Dior this past year? IDK if it’s just that my expectations of Dior based on the collections we’ve seen over the previous few years have set the bar really low, but almost all of it was super pretty. Maria has garnered a reputation for being all quantity and no quality, which is fair enough, however I truly think we saw both this year. So maybe this is all to say…Dior gets the Most Improved award?
Alessandro Michele’s final Gucci RTW collection was full of showstoppers and honestly, I don’t know how Sabato De Sarno is supposed to follow on from that. His Gucci S/S24 was nice enough and probably more in keeping with the brand's old school aesthetic but the character Alessandro brought to the brand is gone and I feel like a little part of me has died along with that. I don’t know what to feel because his version of the brand is the brand in my eyes, at this point, like he resuscitated it and nourished it and got people excited enough about it to reestablish Gucci's place at the precipice of high fashion, and yet seeing S/S24 I feel that artistic flair is gone. If I’m being optimistic, maybe De Sarno is just playing the long game and that, in going back to basics, his aim is to create a point of reference he can build upon over time to develop his own equally bold vision of luxury. Let’s say Sabato De Sarno gets the Person I Most Hope Will Improve award.
Finally, in the absence of Michele’s Gucci and on the back of another year of incredible collections, I think I can finally say…Rokh, you’re my new number one.
To conclude, though, that’s enough from me! I’ve already done way too much chatting shite for a photo post. If I start talking about anything else now, it’ll surely end up as some rant about the state of the world which will inevitably be coming soon, anyway, so for now all I have to say is 1. Free Palestine and 2. I hope anyone reading this is doing otherwise okay notwithstanding the horrific levels of injustice occurring, i.e the abhorrent displays of solidarity with a government perpetrating war crimes by many Western “democratic" leaders. Even when we knew they were awful before, seeing this situation play out is devastating. Be kind to yourself. All we can do some days is get by and that’s okay. To exist in a place where our lives are not constantly at threat is in itself a beautiful thing that everyone deserves, and I know most of us appreciate that and want that for everyone else too.
With that, I’ll say goodbye and will be posting again soon.
Lauren x
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artfulfashion · 2 years
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Remington Williams for Vera Wang Haute Couture Bridal 2023, photographed by Till Janz
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Hux and Kylo’s design aesthetics
HUX
If you don’t think in this au hux was heavily inspired by chanel you’re absolutely crazy. homeboy loves a shoulder pad, he’s eating those wool jackets up,
here are a few looks from (I think Spring/Summer 22 but I got there through the link for 23 so who knows) that are very in line with the shit I see him working with
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Like, he loves a clean line, he loves a heavy fabric, he loves a linen, he loves a small pattern and a few darts that do an important job. When he was younger, honestly, his dream was probably to work for chanel, and then he decided to dream a little bigger, or he loosened his own style.
and if he’s getting weird, I think it’s more elie saab than vera wang, when it comes to haute design. (Although honestly I think he does lean more towards ready to wear designs. he understands how haute affects the industry it’s just not really his thing.)
some elie saab looks I think fall in line with what he does, though, from his autumn/winter 22-23
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Like if he’s going big he’s going it with intricacy and clean lines. like if he’s doing beadwork, it’s neat and orderly, if he’s draping he’s keeping it in order. But I think doing stuff like this is harder for him, because he’s a more practical designer.
but I don’t think hux wears a lot of “feminine”  clothing. I think he also has a love/hate relationship with a lot of menswear designers because of it, Like i can’t picture him ever purposely choosing to wear something from gucci because he would 100% think most of it is gauche as hell (And I would agree it’s a lot like what are these pants and why was that what you went for)
I don’t think he wears prints that aren’t plaids tbh. Like it’s not a masculinity thing but I think he’d rather be dead than wear a floral. also can’t see him owning a pair of jeans but he probably owns a few way too expensive pairs of sweat pants that he refuses to leave the house in. Like, I picture him being super anal about his image and what he wears
I think he probably likes tom ford? it’s pretty basic as an opinion but I don’t know a lot about men’s wear so most of my opinions are pretty basic here I’m so fuckin open to suggestions yall. Here are a few like, pieces I think would be closet staples for him?
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like so truly do I think he wears mostly neutral colors? this isn’t a bit I’m working real hard to try and picture him in this au wearing something that it’s a neutral but I think even the few colors he wears are pretty neutral I think he’s got a color palette like this
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like he probably wears khaki? and likes it? big fan of corduroy too? just lives with a very muted color palette because that’s honestly what he likes
kylo, though, he’s a whole other story
KYLO
if you’ve ever seen a piece of clothing on a runway and thought “Wow that’s stupid” there’s 100% chance that kylo ren not only loves it but could write a 100 page essay on why it is the way it is, and half of it would be bullshit but he would mean it all
I mentioned vera wang earlier for a reason, because oh my god does she have some wild looks that I think kylo absolutely loves
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Like hey vera bestie I personally have some questions but kylo ren is at your dinner table because he thinks you’re serving (these are from her last three collections because they’re smaller and some of them are normal and some of them are too weird for even kylo I feel like)
here are some carolina herrara pieces I think kylo would like
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If you’re thinking, wow emily, that sure is a lot of tulle and tulle-like fabrics, that’s because you’ve come to meet what I’ve decided is our boy kylo ren’s favorite fabric: motherfuckin tulle. he literally cannot get enough of the stuff, uses it in as many fuckin things as he can. he loves a big moment, he loves a cape, he loves a weird silhouette, loves playing with the idea of form. if he can do something weird, you bet your ass he’s going to, and his goal is to make you like that something weird. ( I also had to comb through a few collections for this, because a lot of her design work is things I really think suit hux more)
I personally am on a elie saab kick rn so here are nine pieces from ss21 I think kylo ren wants to own and wear because he is a “fashion has no gender” kind of guy in this au
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like if it is big and you could give it a funky head pieces kylo is IN (and the cream dress and the way it gathers at the shoulders just feels very, like, in line with his cloak? if you took his cloak and bleached it and made it a runway piece.)
i think his own personal style is weird as hell it’s giving art school and also “gender isn’t real” he owns overall dresses he has a scarf collection he actually likes what gucci puts out a quarter of the time. he owns a canadian tuxedo and WEARS it like a fuckin monster
Like i’m trying so hard to find a major menswear designer with even like, six pieces that I think kylo would wear but it’s honestly super hard the closet i’ve gotten from one is the latest two collections from ysl and even it’s not a great fit
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and it’s really just the shirts are fun and I think but they’re not quite right i s2g i may have to turn to pinterest for this shit hold on (i’ve been at this for a few hours I need to go to bed soon) but it’s like, sleeveless turtlenecks and actual blouses and loose, flowing pants? he 100% owns a skirt or two but they’re also floorlength and flowing so it’s hard to tell when he’s wearing palazzo pants and when it’s a skirt
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like these are some piece by palomo spain that I think capture the idea of what we’re looking at, but they’re all runway pieces, for the most part, and not exactly every day clothes. (although ren 100% has a skirt like that first one and it sees a lot of wear. he made it by hand a la bernadette banner when his sewing machine was in the shop and it’s probably his favorite thing he owns.)
because kylo’s own clothing aesthetic is so eclectic it’s hard to find enough pieces from one designer to capture it??? (also i tried to use adam driver photoshoots but people don’t get weird enough with styling him honestly? and so often they just... don’t put a shirt on him? which is probably great for a lot of people but I’m so truly far too asexual for that to matter and it feels like a waste of a potential design element??)
EDIT: ALSO IN THIS AU KYLO 1000% owNS AND WEARS SEVERAL CORSETS I HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THIS THAT ILL SHARE AT A LATER DATE BECAUSE ITS 000 AND I MUST SLEEP
Thoughts??? opinions?? I would love to know what others think my next job is to start assigning them designs from actual project runway episodes because I think i’ve got all the challenges they’re going to do chosen and most of the contestants, and also selected some of the pairings for potential team challenges. I know who’s going to be the final two designers and it’s so exciting to have that information tbh
I’ve also got a slightly different make up for how eliminations go because I needed to for plot reasons, so there are two final designers, and they each bring back one designer from earlier in the season to help complete the collection. It’ll be better and more dramatic this way and also I couldn’t come up with a third person so this is for the best
but yeah that’s my word vomit about this au. I’m thinking about writing it or my beauty blogger!kylo and minecraft youtuber!hux au next because my other  three fics I’m planning are like, plot heavy and intense and require so much more planning so they’ll need more time to simmer.
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allicat-rising · 2 years
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god bless the ladies that brought COLOR to the red champagne carpet! here are my picks for best dressed:
Angela Bassett in Moschino || Janelle Monae in custom Vera Wang || Halle Bailey in Dolce & Gabbana || Rihanna in Alaïa || Cara Delevingne in Elie Saab Couture || Monica Barbaro in Elie Saab Haute Couture || Kerry Condon in Versace || Stephanie Hsu in Valentino
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wherewhereare · 5 months
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