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Jersey embellished sweat top, Forever 21

Khuong Nguyen x Louboutin

Trendland.net appears to be guiding me to some fascinating people lately. One of which is Khuong Nguyen. A brilliant talent who has done commission work for the ah-mazing Christian Louboutin. Browsing Khuong's site, it's like getting lost in a fantasy world of rich colours and surreal imagery. The AW '10 campaign has recurrent references to Alice in Wonderland, what a beautiful fairytale....

 

Khuong's Spring Summer Tour for Louboutin continues with a sleeker vision, maintaining the surrealist perspective and sharp details. See more @ Khuong Nguyen.

Givenchy S/S 11 Haute Couture

Haute Couture denotes garments and design of fine detail, high quality, something elaborate and intricate. Ricardo Tisci's Givenchy Spring 2011 Haute Couture show hailed supreme of his previous offerings for Haute... jaw-dropping creations. Here are the best of the best:

All images courtesy of style.com

Chanel S/S 11 Haute Couture

My favourites bits:

 

 

 

All pics courtesy of style.com

i need this in my life: Topshop Script

Full name: SCRIPT Navy Suede High Vamp Peep Toe Platform Wedges @ Topshop, £70.

Superbly lush.

Etam turns sexy, cute and cool for S/S 11

When you say Etam, I think my favourite shop when I was 12 which I quickly grew out of for the likes of H&M. It disappeared from the UK high streets and to the average joe that was that. Into adminstration, disappeared from high street forever. No no. As memory serves, they didn't collapse or fall into administration. They closed their UK channels to concentrate on their roots over in le France.
Years and years later.. it appears they've rebuilt themselves up a rather cool, (but still cutesy) respected label. On Monday, Grand Palais a Paris was home to Natalia Vodianova x Etam's lingerie show. This is her second collection with the brand and pulled in names like Kate Moss, Alexa Chung, Mario Testino, Hilary Alexander of the Telegraph for the audience, with live performances by Beth Ditto &The Kills.

The lookbook featuring Natalia herself modelling the range is cutesy and a bit sexy:

 

See more images @ trendland.net

See highlights from the show here, brought to you by trendland.net:

Wardrobe Diary

 

Skirt, Forever 21

i need this in my life: clever bunny ring

@ Topshop, £12.50

Perspex Obsession

Moving on from Vivienne Westwood Melissa bubblegum scented PVC shoes, I'm ready for perspex for Spring 2011.

Chloe has done a gorge version. Perspex heel and upper with suede toe cap. Contrast of textures and colours are on point. But for £425, you'd hope it was. As seen in Elle issue Feb 2011:

Alternatively, (which I think I'll go for), ASOS have done a nice interpretation but you know it's never quite as good as the real thing... "ASOS Party on Suede Peep Toe Perspex Heel Shoe", £65 features a nice solid perspex heel with a complete suede upper. The nude suede is a nice option for the tinted perspex which fades into a clear block. (Prefer to the navy and green colourways also available at asos).

After having a quick gander and google of 'perspex heel' i also came across the Topshop Unique versions for Spring 2011 which I am most definitely keeping an eye out for. Seen backstage at the shows via. handbag.com:

They look superbly delish. Ever so slightly more deadly than both Chloe and ASOS. A hell of a lot more fierce than the ASOS. I'll hold out for these.

To finish off, perhaps a touch overkill if accessorised with perspex shoes, but totally in love with the ASOS Premium perspex box clutch, £65.

Topshop EDIT. Not that EDIT. Another EDIT.

According to Drapers, Topshop will be launching an area on the ground floor of their Oxford Circus which will act as a curated shop for the 'time-poor' shopper which filters and gives you, well, an edited version of the humungous place that is Oxford Circus Topshop. When Drapers went to press, it appears the name so far will be along the lines of 'Topshop Edit' - although confusing to people like me that associate that with their fantastic 'EDIT' range which was a pop-up boutique showcasing new young international designers...
Anyway - love the idea. Love that the idea could be manipulated to have different people with fash authority such as fash editors and (respected bloggers like Rumi N of fashiontoast perhaps?) curate the area and a refreshed VM accordingly.

Finishing the topshop note, I adore this blazer featured on their homepage representing their Graduation collection. Immensely lush.

[Source: Drapers, article available here.]

Lanvin Spring 2011 Campaign

Hintmag.com blogged about Lanvin's Spring campaign a couple days ago and wow I love it!
Sexualising cat-fighting (slightly dominatrix?) glamorous women... I think that's the way to sum it all up. Luscious chiffon dresses and 70s interior with lashings of animal print rugs and fur stoles. Thumbs up to Alber Elbaz and Steven Meisel for making this the least-Dynasty-70s-tacky it could've turned out to be.

All pics courtesy of Hint blog.