Check out photographer Ava Nirui‘s collection of high fashion everyday items. She has done a series of photos for Opening Ceremony, Dazed, Oyster and many other magazines and boutiques. Click over to her instagram to see other couture designers translated into everyday things. photos: Ava Nirui
Read More »Fendi- Fall 2016- Haute Couture- Celebrating 90 years!
Breakout the Milk of Magnesium and Werther’s toffee… it’s Fendi’s 90th birthday!! And to celebrate, Karl Lagerfeld (he’s been at Fendi for 50 years!) chartered a flight from Paris to Rome for all his guests to the impeccable show at the Trevi Fountain. Models walked on water with the most …
Read More »Viktor & Rolf- Fall 2016- Haute Couture- Weaving through Fashion
There was some major basket weaving going on at Viktor & Rolf…. I bet if you peaked backstage you’d see this lady. It was a mixed bag for, honestly. I usually love Viktor & Rolf because they have their own style and trends that they follow, but this time I …
Read More »Jean Paul Gaultier- Fall 2016- Haute Couture- The Forest Comes Alive!
Leave it to Jean Paul Gaultier to show us “How to do That”! And by that, I mean, go all woodsy in high style! It was faux bois mania at Gaultier’s Haute Couture show and it was fantastic. Flooring departments at Home Depots across the nation would be proud of the …
Read More »Maison Margiela- Fall 2016- Haute Couture- Galliano Gallop’s Back
Maison Margiela is synonymous with the strange and odd. So, who else better than John Galliano to serve that up with a touch of French baroque. I, actually, didn’t mind the crazy looks, but probably because I’m a huge Galliano fan. Since he left Dior, I feel like he hasn’t …
Read More »Chanel- Fall 2016- Haute Couture- Meh
This is probably my least favorite collection by Chanel in a long ass time. I really had to dig to find these four looks as possibly-maybe my favorites. Although the clothes were meh to me, the concept of having the entire haute couture atelier be the backdrop of the fashion …
Read More »Iris Van Herpin- Fall 2016- Haute Couture- The Future
Iris van Herpin’s collections are highly technical and fashion forward, in terms of material and execution. However, you can’t deny that some of these dresses look like seashell vaginas. Or something growing in a petri dish. In any case, she’s a pioneer in fashion, so we should give an extra …
Read More »Thom Browne- Spring 2017 Menswear- Birds of A Flock
Here’s one for the birds! photos: Vogue
Read More »Tokyo’s Soen Awards 2016
SOEN Fashion Awards is a competition in Japan for emerging fashion designers with a 1 million yen and all-expenses paid study in France for the prize. So, basically, whoever weirds it up the best gets to guzzle on Moet, snack on cat food paté, while living in Paris. Pretty good …
Read More »Mermaid Tights
How RAD are these??!! They are tights with mermaid fins made with silicone courtesy of TinkerCast from Germany. They come in a variety of gorgeous colors and even dragon scales for your inner Khalesi! Speaking of mermaids, that movie with Daryl Hannah in it , “Splash“, totally needs to be remade…. with cats! …
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