I don’t even know what to say. Viv, I love your clothes when I go into your stores, but DANG! your runway shows are always a mess! So, weird. I thing it’s because she piles everything on. Maybe she doesn’t have enough models or too many clothes? I dunno. …
Read More »Comme des Garçon- Fall 2013- Fabric Swatches and Bows Galore!
My next project is to go to every fabric store within a 15 mile radius and gather as many fabric swatches as I can. Then, I’m gonna take my trusty glue gun and glue them all to a Salvation Army business suit. Then….. wait a minute! Comme des Garçon …
Read More »Alexander Mcqueen- Fall 2013- Magnificent Medieval
Sarah Burton produced 10 looks for McQueen this season, which is pretty small. But, each look was extra fantastical, so that made up for that. As you may know, Sarah Burton is preggers, so she’s pretty much sitting at home eating pickles and ice cream while looking through Pinterest …
Read More »Wicked Ugly Wicker Hats
Only in Japan is there a store dedicated to all things wicker – Tokyo Wani Department Store. It sounds like a Floridian retirement home times ten. Anywho, I went on their website and everything was in Japanese, so I’ll make up stuff like usual. One thing that they nailed down in wicker …
Read More »Dolce & Gabbana- Fall 2013- Godly and Gaudy
Check out these mosaic dresses by Dolce & Gabbana! They were inspired by the Cathedral of Monreale in Sicily. Honestly, I think they forgot to put this beauty on a dress! I’m not super religious or anything but why does everyone in those paintings have a their head tilted like …
Read More »Antonio Marras- Fall 2013- Woodland Creature Couture
I just discovered this designer, Antonio Marras this season, so forgive me if you’ve already heard of him and it’s old news to you. Kinda hard to research fashion stuff like this with a baby hanging from your teat and a little boy throwing legos down the back of …
Read More »Ziad Ghanem- Fall 2013- Dramatic!
London-based designer Ziad Ghanem went all dramatic and theatrical this season with models in vaudevillian make-up and dress. The collection didm’t look like it had a specific theme, it looked really random. I would say he’s sorta, kinda the British Jean Paul Gaultier, but Gaultier is a bit more polished in …
Read More »Lovely Things That Larvae Made
Artist Hubert Duprat supplied a bunch of Caddisfly larvae with with gold leaf and precious stones to see what they would build. Because these larvae are a bunch of lazy asses, they build things from what is lying around them. Any normal larvae would get in the station wagon and …
Read More »Amato Haute Couture- Always Stunning….
If Silence of the Lambs was a theme on RuPaul’s Drag Race, you would get Amato Haute Couture’s mask collection. I’m not sure what season these dresses are from, but it looks pretty timeless to me. With all that studding and metal, you’ll never have to go to the gym …
Read More »Sister Sibling- Fall 2013- Knitting Factory
The people at Sister Sibling must have a basement full of grandmas knitting their lives away in return for a pound of Werther’s Originals and Sanka. I never got into knitting but I won’t speak too soon… I’m sure there’s some kind of law of nature that once you …
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