Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina

It was a collection based on the classic film, “Psycho”… no, it wasn’t a film about Miss Mimi, but rather a film about a crazed dude who owned a motel and preyed on young women as his next victims. Total classic… Anywho, Olympia Le Tan used tons of sequins and …

The spotlight is on designer Rei Kawakubo with the opening of her retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum in NYC. She is only the living designer that The Met has actually done an entire exhibition on. That’s a pretty amazing accomplishment. Her latest collection is all about no silhouette…. what if …

It was a mash-up of Punk Rock and Origami at the Junya Watanabe’s latest runway collection. All the vibrant plaids  chiseled into futuristic forms only the Japanese have perfected, it was a most perfect collection. Back in the olden days when I was a chipper teenager, I used to wear …

Wow! What a collection! A little Viktor & Rolf vibes, a side of granny’s knitting project and a bit of I-don’t- know -what…. Undercover made a splash with their most avant guard collection to date. My fave is the very last photo… it’s very Princess Leia going to an intergalactic …

Mysterious artist Banksy has opened a brilliant new hotel called “The Walled-Off Hotel” (like, The Waldorf Hotel) in a Bethlehem, just steps away from the controversial wall that separates Palestine from Israel. The hotel marks the 100th anniversary of British control over Palestine, consequently also the beginning of conflict in turmoil …

Check out these cool designs by Iris Van Herpen! Honestly, here designs are super amazing and stuff, but I feel it’s the same thing every season. I couldn’t tell you one season from another.Maybe it’s the lack of color in all her collections? But, having said that, maybe that’s why …

Here are some cool looks from Berlin… I love the Mr. Miggins Mutton sleeves in the first photo… I can just picture him nuzzling and pushing his way into the cavernous shoulders. It would be his ‘safe’ place… and I’d be able to take him anywhere! Anywho, check out Tokyo Fashion …

Sleeping bags and pant legs over the face…. this is what people look like after a 3 day bender. But to Rick Owens, it’s just another day of FASH-UN! It’s almost as if the ‘Lost and Found’ bin has come alive and decided to strut the runway one day. Anywho, …

The Howling Moon Wolf has made a comeback! Straight from the backs of red state rednecks to the runways of BALMAIN! Who would’ve thought the woodsy trailer park fashion mascot would make such a stunning comeback… on the Paris runways, nonetheless. I’m not surprised, honestly. THE WOLF IS SO DAMN …

This collection reminded me of a loveseat at this dentist I used to go to back in Rhode Island. It was the same exact baby diarrhea shade of brown and had a glossy reflection that would make you wonder when it was last wiped down clean. Not sure why I remember …