I’ve been ill and off schedule lately, that means I’ve spent way too much time in bed watching old Grey’s Anatomy episodes and playing The Sims. Yesterday I pulled myself together and wrote an article about one of London’s newest talents, Thomas Tait. He is young and “only” showed at London Fashion Week the past two seasons, but I’m a fan of him and his designs already. And that again means you should check it out too.
Den siste uken har jeg vært i ubehagelig dårlg form, det betyr at jeg har tilbrakt altfor mye tid i sengen sammen med gamle episoder av Grey’s Anatomy og min virtuelle The Sims familie. I går tok jeg meg sammen og skrev en artikkel om en av Londons nyeste designertalenter, nemlig Thomas Tait. Han er ung og har hittil “bare” vist frem kolleksjonene sine de to siste sesongene under London Fashion Week, men jeg har allerede rukket å bli fan. Og det igjen, betyr at dere burde ta en titt dere også.
One of my favorite collections from the Fashion Weeks so far is 3.1 Phillip Lim. He never disappoints me and that’s why my fashion-ego loves him. The Spring 2012 collection is inspired by something as youthful as a kite. Works for me. Just look at the cuttings and loose edges, the playful but sophisticated touch, and in addition the clothing and styling is perfectly minimalistic. And as style.com said it: The models are ready to hit the street, and that was the point.
En av mine favorittkolleksjoner fra moteukene hittil er soleklart 3.1 Phillip Lim. Han skuffer meg sjeldent og det er akkurat derfor mitt moteego elsker ham. Vår 2012-kolleksjonen er inspirert av noe så lekent og barnslig som en drage (en sånn man henger i en snor og leker med i parken altså). Inspirasjonen funker fint for meg. Bare se på skjæringene, de løse kantene og hvordan klærne fremstår lekne, men allikevel sofistikerte. I tillegg er helheten passe minimalistisk. Som style.com skriver: Modellene er klare for å gå rett ut på gaten, og nettopp det er poenget med antrekkene.
Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2011 collection is fun and playful as it always is. Nothing quite outside the box, just the right amount quirky-chic as I like it. I’m a fan of the hats and bags along with the splash of colors in the collection. And oh, the stripes. You did notice the stripes, right? ;)
Speaking of Marcy Marc (no, not the one and only Mark Wahlberg, duh!), Marc by Marc Jacobs is opening their first independent store in Sweden – located in Stockholm next week. I’m bummed out because I’m missing out on the grand opening, but I can’t wait to visit it next time I’m over the border again. Woop!
Marc by Marc Jacobs vår- og sommerkolleksjon for 2011 viste seg å være like leken som alltid under New York Fashion Week i går. Ingenting nyskapende eller wow-faktor, men akkurat passe quirky-chic. Akkurat sånn jeg liker det. De søte hattene og de enkle veskene fanget min oppmerksomhet først sammen med de fargerike elementene som dukket opp i tide og utide. Også stripene da, for dere la vel merke til stripene? Vanskelig å unngå, spør du meg, med mindre du er fullstendig mønsterblind.
Apropos Marcy Marc (nei jenter, ikke den berømte og heite Mark Wahlberg), Marc by Marc Jacobs åpner sin første butikk på svensk jord neste uke, nærmere lokalisert i Stockholms gater. Jeg hater litt at jeg går glipp av åpningen, men til gjengjeld gleder jeg meg maks til neste gang jeg er over grensen igjen. Det blir stas!
Since Tuesday I’ve attended a tiny bit of Oslo Fashion Week and spontaneously ended up out two days in a row. I’m taking a break from my trashy party life full of alcohol consumption and other adventures in September, so it’s all in the last days of August now. Wednesday went down with the Venti Uno after-party with the awesome Official Nikki Beach artists on drums and violins. Last night I had a sudden urge to dance to Todd Terje all night long in a blue knitted dress and my crystalised blazer. Speaking of crystalised, I’m chillin’ with ‘The XX – Crystalised‘ a few more minutes before I’m off to work for an afternoon shift.
Siden tirsdag har jeg rukket å få med meg minimale deler av Oslo Fashion Week og spontant havnet ut to dager på rad. Typisk Natalie. Heldigvis tar jeg en etterlengtet rehab i september, med andre ord betyr det full fest og fart de siste dagene i august. Ikke at jeg hadde planer om ut i går og i forigårs, men dritt skjer og moroa følger med. Venti Uno-etterfesten med Nikki Beach-artister på trommer og fiolin var en højdare hvor både Kronprinsesse Mette Marit, Elle direktør Signy Fardal og ymse Paradise Hotel-deltakere ble spottet på Sollihagen. I går nøyet jeg meg med å danse ut de sene nattetimene med Todd Terje bak skivene og undervurdert god stemning på Fugazi i antrekket over.
By browsing through the final collection of Alexander McQueen it feels like visiting a museum. Every piece and every detail is so hauntingly beautiful. There is something peaceful over his last creations and the styling matches very well. The last gown is just…what can I say? Simply McQueen. According to vogue.co.uk all the patterns in this collection were cut on the stand by Lee McQueen himself. I hope he has found eternal peace where he is now.
Today’s gonna be a good day… Just because it’s already is! Let me share three reasons why:
Un. Today’s lecture at school was about fashion journalism. Very interesting indeed. We briefed through the history of the biggest fashion magazines with focus on Vogue, then followed by fashion photography. When I opened my computer to write notes, the first thing that hit me was my desktop posted below, very spot on in other words. I miss the old covers of Vogue. Not that I lived before the years of 1986, but by browsing through the archive they look so much more appealing. Now every magazine cover looks the same.
Deux. My favorite Chanelshowed it’s AW2010 Collection in Paris today. Looks like Karl Lagerfeld has been watching a lot of Ice Age lately. The runway was a huge real ice berg melting while the models went down wearing fur and other winter friendly chic wear with a hint of haute couture. Finally a designer who actually makes clothes wearable for the winter and not only the fall. If Chanel made the clogs an it-item this coming spring, I’m smelling that the mukluks are going to be big this winter.
Trois. Gossip Girl is finally back on the screen after a pause. I can’t wait for more Upper East Side drama. I’m saving the newest episode showed yesterday, “The Hurt Locket“, for tonight as a prize for today’s hopefully efficient reading for the coming exam. Is my life sad if this is the highlight of my week? Hah. Who says spending 50 minutes with my future husband aka Chuck Bass is sad? I think not!
I’m sitting here at the Uni library reading about Italian fashion under fascism with focus on the Futurist fashion and it’s manifestos as a part of my course literature, at the same time the photos from the Balenciaga AW2010 Collection arrive directly from Paris Fashion Week. In a way the sci-fi and abstract shapes in pastels blended with vibrant colors and patterns remind me of the Futurist fashion I just read about. The Futurist Manifesto amongst other points claimed: “Color! We need color to compete with the Italian sun.” Balenciaga was founded by Spanish Cristóbal Balenciaga with now headquarters in Paris with Nicolas Ghesquière as creative director and still I find resemblances to the Italian fashion, although if I continue reading my literature instead of refreshing my Twitter for Paris Fashion Week updates every five seconds, I’d learn that the Italian fashion was trying to free itself from French hegemony and that’s probably why I find the latest Balenciaga collection a bit like a 21st century version of the Futurist fashion which tried ruling Italian fashion with the Manifesto during the 1914.
If you’re still hanging on to my geekish blabber about course literature and history, esthetically I find this collection so refreshing and I’m loving all the details, structures, patterns, and of course the avant-garde shapes that are very Balenciaga. That house never stops to surprise and amaze me. Are you yeaying are naying? I’m definately yeaying. The future looks bright!
I have to stop checking my Twitter because I get so envious of everyone who is in Milan for Fashion Week. Even though I haven’t spent that much time in Milan I fell instantly in love with the city when I went there last spring on impulse. I think it ranks high on my top favorites cities list. Besides from the beautiful architecture I love the people and the whole atmosphere. Italian culture is adorable! Luckily Tommy Ton is keeping up the good work shooting fabulous photos from Milan. Thank you, Ton!
It’s in the details that there is spiritual power, I’d even risk calling it soul. (Tom Sachs)
Tom Sachs is spot on, at least in the context of the Burberry Prorsum Autmn/Winter 2010 Collection. The show which ended London Fashion Week has been on everyone lips even before it started. The celebrity factor was so high that the usual front row faces like Olivia Palermo and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld had to settle for second row! I’m not going to stop the hype right here yet. Besides from considering to rob a bank to afford every outerwear item from the collection, I still can’t stop obsessing over the shearling-lined buckle boots. Like Dazed & Confused said on Twitter, this solves the UGG problem. The fur and lamb skin trend is getting bigger with every Fall 2010 show. PETA might complain, but I’m honestly not, because Burberry Prorsum’s fur and shearling-lined aviator jackets are perfect for the cold winters while looking amazingly chic with an edge, not to mention they will last for seasons.
Besides from the much talked outerwear and buckled boots, the decadent lace in perfectly English chic style, the studded bags and even the few pieces of menswear had me fall head over heels in love with Burberry Prorsum next season.
Ok, I’ll stop blabbering about my obsession now and start joining the weekly lottery. If I win I’ll first nurture my love for this collection, then treat one of you trusted readers with one of the pieces from the collection. So which one is your favorite?
Photos: Screenshots from live.burberry.com during the live stream show
Did you catch the live streaming of the Burberry Prorsum Autumn Winter 2010 Collection that just went down in London? I certainly did, and wow! For your own sake you should know by now the fact that Burberry is a master in outerwear, and combined with Christopher Bailey’s eye for details it’s seldom a miss. I’m still fantasizing about being a happy owner of one of the shoulder detailed epaulette trench coats from the Spring 2010 Collection. They are beyond amazing! But we’re not going to talk about the Spring Collection now, because the coming fall Burberry Prorsum is feeding us with one great outerwear after another. While watching the live stream I found myself wanting so to say every piece of outerwear that went down the runway, from the uniform inspired coats in navy to the quilted leather aviator jacket to the patched white fur coats making me think of sheep or lambs gone chic. Psst, some items are already available for order right here until 26 February for whoever got the wallet.
The fantastic outerwear and beautiful details were actually no surprise, the shearling-lined buckled boots on the other side, it had my jaw drop and drooling momentarily. I’m not a stiletto person in general, but those boots are going to be tough to get out of my mind, so someone please put them on my feet instead. Rawr!
And yeah, the color palette? I already shared my excitement when the pre-fall collection came out. I’ll most likely continue my Burberry Prorsum craze when the press photos arrives. In the mean time, let’s hail Christopher Bailey for Burberry. After all, he also won the designer of the year prize at Elle Style Awards last night. Congrats!
Above Christopher Bailey is getting ready for his runway show showing later today at London Fashion Week over at the show space the day before.
I received a mail from Burberry a few weeks ago about the great news that Burberry is to live stream its upcoming Autumn Winter 2010/11 womenswear show in 3D to events in New York, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and Los Angeles. It’s the first fashion show streaming in 3D, no wonder the Burberry team is excited. I am too! Burberry Prorsum is always one of my favorites during London Fashion Week and I’m looking forward to see what Bailey has cooked up for this next season without waiting for the press photos to roll in.
Since I’m not finding myself in neither of the cities streaming the show in 3D (too bad! I was looking forward to using my dorky 3d-glasses again), I’m taking my seat right here in my own couch at live.burberry.com to watch it in 2D live at 4 PM (GMT) later. Who needs front row when we have live stream row?
I’m having major cravings for a new bag nowadays. I think it’s the FWS (Fashion Week Syndrome). Almost like PMS, instead of big cravings once a month, the cravings for new luxury and beautiful things appear extra heavy twice a year together with all the inspirational photos documented everywhere from the Fashion Weeks all over.
I wouldn’t say no thanks to a customized Hermès Birkin covered in mosaic sequins…
..a funky green Givenchy Nightingale…
..or a soft textured leather YSL Downtown in sand.
No surprise that designers have been inspired by one of the biggest film this year, Avatar – and it looks like make-up artists are jumping the bandwagon. The color blue is hotter than ever. Hannah Marshall showed her Fall 2010 Collection during ongoing London Fashion Week with all her models covered in blue lips. Cool!
Reminds me that the first lipstick I ever bought back in my teenage days was actually a blue one from the cheap shop Nille followed by a silver one. Haha. No red or pink for Natalie, she obviously wanted to be cool. No wonder the boys didn’t stand in line to kiss me…
New York Fashion Week is ending today and I finally have time to catch up on all the shows from my favorite Fashion Week now that I’m back somewhere with an internet connection that doesn’t spend half a lifetime to load an image.
My favorite of all is actually Proenza Schouler. That’s a new one. Yes, it even beats Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs this time. (I’m sorry, Marc!) Schouler actually had me at the babydoll dresses in the fierce patterns and exclusive colors. After the Fashion Weeks so far I’m definitely smelling a trend with visible sheer socks, but the thigh high socks are just cool enough for school peaking just below the dress. I love the total coolness of the rest of the collection: the patterns, the mix-matching, the royal blue, the touch of fur and the hint of preppyness – not to mention the last girl in my collage who is Jenny Sinkaberg a friend of mine from high school rocking the runways nowadays. The Proenza Schouler girl is ready for college, and I so want to be that girl this fall.
Anyone awake? Well, you should be!!! In less then 10 minutes Marc Jacobs is broadcasting live from New York his Fall/Winter 2010 Collection over at live.marcjacobs.com. So tune in asap for a seat at the show and wait for it to begin, in the meantime Robert Duffy is tweeting like a maniac and the crew backstage is getting ready with the models to hit the runway. I’m like a monkey with an unpeeled banana right now! Call me a geek or a fan or whatever. I just can’t wait!
When Copenhagen Fashion Week ends New York Fashion Week is rolling like hot wheels on a Mercedes-Benz car at the Bryant Park tents. If I have to mention another designer showing in New York besides from Marc Jacobs (and his underline) who often tickles my fancy, it’s Danish designer Peter Jensen. Probably because he’s Scandinavian, his designs are very typical my style, and also because he always makes preppy-quirky clothes with his own cute twist.
He showed his Fall 2010 Collection in New York instead of London yesterday on Valentines Day and who else was more appropriate to perform love songs live during his show than Nina Persson from The Cardigans? Lovely dovey music throughout the show while the models went down the catwalk in a schoolgirl charm style. The doll-ish shoes with black socks in were my favorite. Aaand the hats! Sailor inspired style hat for fall. I want so many hats next season that I have to join the royal family and find my own hat designer.
I’m sick, exhausted of being sick, my eyes aren’t functioning and everything that’s possible to be wrong with a persons health at the same time is what I got going on now. Plus the internet here is überslow, so excuse the boring blogging this weekend. Sometimes you gotta life, sometimes you’re sick while having a life.FML.com.
While I try getting back on my feet, eyes and what not, enjoy a short broadcast of the Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2010 show from New York Fashion Week. My Twitter is full of runway shows updates from New York and the last Fashion Week at Bryant Park. Looking very forward to dive deeper into everything later.
Forget The Hills. Forget The City. The new reality tv-show Kell On Earth is the real deal. If you’ve seen the latest seasons of The Hills before Lauren went off the show, you probably remember Kelly Cutrone. She was the owner and boss of People’s Revolution where Whitney transferred from Teen Vogue and then Lauren followed in her footsteps. The first episode revolves around New York Fashion Week, a good timing of airing the episode now in February a.k.a Fashion Week craze, and the office’s work with the guestlist and seatings before some selected fashion shows. We also get a glimpse of Kelly’s life outside the office as a single-mom (not very far outside since her apartment actually is in the same building as the office) with her 7 years old daughter Ava. The best quote of episode 1 is actually by this young girl:
I am not getting dressed up for third row (Ava).
Genius comment because it’s the truth. The row seatings at Fashion Week often defines whether you’re in the business or not, as Kelly explains on the show, if you’re seated behind third row you’re some what not that important. Seems like Ava doesn’t only got the facts set straight, but also the “snottiness” from her mother who started a meeting with: “If you have to cry, go outside.”, which also is the title of her book.
The fashion PR industry is a hard one. So if you’re interested in it beyond the clothes, pretty perfect L.A teens and relationships drama, Kell On Earth is the show for the real insight of this world. And if you ask me, Kelly’s new assistant, Andrew Mukamal, is way more interesting than Lauren Conrad, Whitney Port and Olivia Palermo all together.
I'm Natalie N. 
