Derek Lam A/W 10

Bit late on the shows! Few days behind -blame the baby brain.

Just to finish off the picks from NYFW... derek lam focused on shed loads of leather but the most interesting pieces were the leather inserted knits and silks.

Definitely would love to add the leather placket detail cardi to my wardrobe :)


















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Helmut Lang A/W 10

Beginning with a muted monochrome
Palette and beautifully tailored pieces...


...the Lang team introduce some luscious dashing of shearling - and is that suede trousers?? Love!





..prints evolve from the monochrome and the slate greys - really nice consistent theme for the rest of the show...





...beautiful draped silk blazer - looking forward to getting my hands on a Zara/ASOS version!


...ending with the casual day looks of the collection - seamed trews for super flattering bottoms.



Love love love...


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Ohne Titel A/W 10

Omg. Omg.
I <3 Ohne Titel. Last seasons show was a wish-purchase after wish-purchase and this a/w is no different. I could quite literally dunk myself head-to-toe in Ohne Titel and be content with life.

Ohne Titel has experimented with mesh creating graphic shapes on body and legs galore.

Panelling is still a key focus on the legs for AW - ohne's mix of sheer mesh and panelled leathers punctuated with rich olives and then dulled down into soft dove greys is just edible.

Bravo.

















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Alexander Wang a/w 10 - midriffs and velvet

'Oh how 90s' I read in my Twitter feed this morning.

No surprise with exposure of midriff after midriff. (very clear cut theme of nyfw that my tum will suffer frost bite nxt season!)
And plentiful velvet in burgundy, navy, olive and slate hues... - not sure if I can ever reattach myself to that texture... But looks fabulous mixed with the soft tailored hareem pants in outfit 5 nonetheless!
The all over black with cropped blouse, choker and black devore jkt is just too blast from the past 90s music vids for me!



































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Preen A/W 2010

Preen delivers perfection every season. Beginning this seasons show with a floral piece and a cropped knit....




Preen translates the underwear as outerwear through to a/w '10 and gosh I love it!! Gaga - damn you - you have caused a rukkus in the fashion world and the trend lives on!!





















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Maxi Drape

My asos.com 'save for later' basket now contains items totalling up to: £640 (before discount). Ouch!

But what i must must must purchase for s/s 10 is this Aqua Couture Jersey Wrap Maxi Dress (£110 @ asos.com). Now i'm not usually one for Maxis because i'm (usually) stick thin with the best feature my legs and the worst feature my arms/bust - so this maxi ticks all the alternate boxes!
Draping... tick.
Draping... tick.
Maxi length.... tick.
But with a bit of leg out... tick.
Sexy open back.... tick.
Arm coverage for the cool springs we get... tick.
Come on pay day!!!

Doo. Ri A/W 2010

New York shows are under full swing and all anyone was tweeting about last night was Doo-Ri Chung's show and the Rag & Bone show. So, naturally I had to follow suit and see what all the fuss was about this morning!

Poor Chung got a bit of a slaughtering as the style.com/Vogue critique put it: 'the show lacked focus'... but have to somewhat agree!

As much as the tailoring and draping is beautiful, I was a bit bored until the final half.

She opened the show with jil sander-esque tailoring in plenty of navy and black hues and an obvious juxtaposition of draping and tailored pieces...

but what caught my attention was the embellishment on this evening look... very torn as to whether its a beautifully executed piece or questionnably ... 'jane norman'!?

But what I really actually loved about the show was the introduction of greys and tans with a punch of orange - complimented by the range of textures from suede to silk (to fur)... my favourite? the grey twisted dress - i think it's silk but it looks like a heavier texture from the pics. lush.

Hussein Chalayan

From the 2009 exhibition...:



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Ann-Sofie Back SS10 @ Topshop

The last time Ann-Sofie Back launched her collection at Topshop, I was somewhat disappointed ... more with the quality than the design. But i do love her slashing skills oh so that i'm super-desiring her new pieces for s/s '10 ... trying to decide now which is the piece I can't live without:

1.
£55 beaded vest

2.£50 slash dress

3.
£70 sweater

I love the intricate details of the beading - that's really beautiful and delicate.......but i'm much more into my slouchy dresses right now... so i might have to opt for the jersey slash t shirt dress! as much as i like the texture of the sweater... and the slashing at the hem.. i fear it might fall a little flat and the linear slashes at the chest might look a little too contrived.......

Ohhhh times like this i need to pop to oxford circus store and see the pieces for myself!! GUTTING i am now back in notts.

Project Runway 6: Irina Shabayeva

I know I'm late on the Project Runway 6 thing but I only watched the finale yesterday (boo... shame on me) and was totally impressed by Irina's winning collection. It was so strong and cohesive in comparison to the other finalists (though did love Carol Hannah's opening dress, below).


I loved Irina's concept of it being designed for the modern day New York woman that is battling with the day-to-day city challenges - a strong woman; accompanied by head shields. The details and the shed load of work that had gone into her collection was immense.... knitwear, outerwear, accessories, pleating... just lush! It looked like a collection that would've easily passed off as a LFW triumph. Too much black? Pah - whatever.

Below was one of my favourite looks:


The whole look auctioned for $510 - all in all not that bad if you consider every piece is thrown in. I would wear the whole outfit head to toe.

The shredded bottoms were fantastic:



I was hoping to find some pieces to buy on http://irinashabayeva.com/but no such luck. What I found were flower/butterfly printed jersey mini dresses. Really not the sophisticated finish that I was hoping for. Her holiday '09 and spring '09 collection looked much stronger than the spring '10. With my favourites from the holiday '09 collection being two dresses:


Even the campaign images from the holiday '09 collection is stronger than the spring '10 - perhaps she was too busy with the project runway show hence it flailing.

(Holiday '09 campaign image)

Well, here's hoping that she'll be using the $100,000 investment to good use and we'll be seeing more of the calibre of work on project runway translated to her e-store.