WAKE UP CALL

VALENTINO SPRING 2015 COUTURE

ALWAYS A MASSIVE FAN OF  VALENTINO  THE SPRING 2015 COUTURE SHOW WAS NO EXCEPTION.  DESIGNERS MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI AND PIERPAOLO PICCIOLI ALWAYS FILL US WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE AWE AND THIS SEASON’S VIBES INSPIRED BY QUOTES FROM SHAKESPEARE AND THE WORK OF ANOTHER GREAT, THE PAINTER MARC CHAGALL WHERE NO DIFFERENT.  IN HONOUR OF THE COLLECTION I PUT TOGETHER A COLLAGE INSPIRED BY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE LOOKS FROM THE SHOW AND IN THE WORDS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE HIMSELF .. ‘ IT IS NOT IN THE STARS TO HOLD OUR DESTINY BUT IN OURSELVES’. 

LOUIS VUITTON FALL 2015-2016

UNDER A SERIES OF GEODESIC DOMES SET OUT LIKE A SPACE STATION OUTPOST IN A FARAWAY GALAXY AT THE FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON, WE SAW THIS SEASON'S LUIS VUITTON FALL 2015 COLLECTION MARCHED OUT BY IT'S OTHER WORDLY COUNTERPARTS. NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE'S LOUIS VUITTON GIRL THIS SEASON WAS STRONG, COOL AND CONFIDENT AS EVER BEFORE BUT NOW WITH THE ADDED TWIST OF TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE HER INTO THE HEART OF THE 21ST CENTURY. TECHNOLOGICALLY DESIGNED FABRICS SAT ALONG SIDE ACCESSORIES SUCH AS CARBIN FIBRE MINI TRUNKS EQUIPPED WITH IPAD CHARGING DOCKS, THANK YOU MR GHESQUIÈRE WE'LL BE ORDERING ONE OF THOSE BEFORE THE NEXT FASHION WEEK COME'S AROUND! THE MAGIC OF COMBINING THE LUXURY OF QUALITY WITH CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES.. CHEST MAGNIFIQUE. THE GOOD THING HERE TOO IS THAT THE DNA OF THE LUIS VUITTON BRAND WAS NEVER FORGOTTEN WIHT THE USE OF OCONS AND SILHOUETTES FROM FORMER MORE ARCHIVAL LV COLLECTIONS.

ONE THING THAT CERTAINLY DID GET THIS GIRL'S ATTENTION WAS THE OVERSIZED ARGENTINIAN POLAR BEAR COATS, HIGH ON MY RADAR THANKS TO FREJA BEHA'S OPENING LOOK, AND LET'S NOT ALSO FORGET THOSE CUT-OUT KNIT TOPS AND BLACK ANKLE BOOTS TO MATCH. OVERALL THERE WAS A REALNESS THAT WAS TRANSLATABLE TO ANY MODERN GIRL.. EVEN A SLIGHT 'DOWN TO EARTH' FACTOR FOR THE FUTURISTIC FATALE.. IF YOU'LL PARDON THE PUN..