Louis Vuitton Takes on the Edwardiana Era for Fall/Winter 2012

The history of fashion has always been something that has interested me. I continually enjoy learning and reading about it everyday. When I see a designer take on an era in specificity I love to be subjective on it and see how they did on mimicking that era's fashion and also making it there own.

To give you a quick briefing, the Edwardiana era took place before WWI between the years of 1901 and 1910 (right after the Victorian Era). This era was known for the fashionable elite because of King Edward who was known for his world travel. I observed, in my studies, a lot of corseted women covered from head to toe in long skirts and dresses with long sleeves. And definitely not to go unnoticed, were the large hats.

At 10 AM this morning in Paris, France at the Cour Carree du Lourve an actual train moved onto the stage after large steel doors opened under a large steel Louis Vuitton clock. One by one, once the train stopped, prestige women stepped out onto the runway with their own uniformed porter to handle her luxurious luggage. As Marc stated, "No girl will hold her own bag this season, it will be carried for her."

Marc Jacobs, the creative director for Louis Vuitton, took on a more contemporary, modern version of this era, of course, with lots of classic camel colors. I found it interesting how he used the stovepipe pant in the collection which was becoming popular for men, definitely not women, in that time era. With the layered jackets over skirts over pants made to an exaggerated bell silhouette. For the shoes he used square toe Mary Jane heels. 

Marc loves creating stories with his collections and he did nothing less then perfection again when doing so this Fall/Winter 2012 season.

Here are some looks of the collections, and to see the full show go to my Video page!

I love this leather patchwork on the skirt he began here

In love with these stovepipe pants; perfect color

    He did this look in a lipsick red as well

He played on this look with a marigold yellow, sky blue, and mint green

84th Annual Academy Awards Best Dressed

Tonight's red carpet was filled with glamour! Overall, the rich and famous looked very classy and conservative. I did notice quite a few were rocking the strapless look showing off their collar bone. There wasn't really a dress I absolutely hated but I wasn't a fan of Sandra Bullocks Marchesa's dress:(

 Here are my favorite that I saw when watching the red carpet show:

Natalie Portman wearing a vintage Haute Couture Vintage Christian Dior from 1954 (awesome!)

Kara Mara (from 127 Hours and Iron Man 2) in Jack Guisso Haute Couture 

Michelle Williams in her usual popping red Louis Vuitton gown with a peplum waist

Rooney Mara (Girl With a Dragon Tattoo) wearing Givenchy 

Jessica Chastian wearing Alexander McQueen (hand-embroidered) MY FAVORITE 

Angelina Jolie looking stunning in a black velvet Atelier Versace 

Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids and SNL) wearing J. Mendel

Get Olivia Palermo’s London Fashion Week Style

 During London’s Autumn/Winter 2012 fashion week, Olivia Palermo showed up at Topshop’s show looking trend fabulous. She rocked an Armani jacket with a yellow blouse and floral pants, both from Topshop. She accessorized with Mulberry animal printed shoes, a Meli Melo “Olivia” bag and a BCBG Max Azria belt. As a fashion innovator Olivia really pulled together a daring but amazing outfit that might be hard to match. I found myself an outfit that is similar to hers but with a touch of my style:

 

1) Top Shop Lemon Cutout Neck Cami - 26
2) Top Shop Tropical Leaf Print Cigarette Trousers - 47
3)Top Shop Peach Boyfriend Blazer - 87
4) Urban Outfitter BDG Suede Pump - 39
5)Top Shop Leopard Print Leather Holdall - 90

Burberry Prorsum Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2012 show

Burberry shows are literally the spark to London fashion weeks. With Burberry's 156 year old rich heritage and its excellent evolution each season its hard not to get so excited. I was so mad when I missed the live version of the show because I was in Retail Analysis class (I told my teacher to let us watch it... the answer was no) but thankfully Burberry posted the show this evening for me to watch and share with you all. 

Burberry stuck with a British Heritage where you are able to see the evolution of the trench coat. You can see the bellow pockets that were added to many of the trenches and the peplum bottoms at the waist. A lot of heathered grey pencil skirts were put in the ensembles with the bellow pockets and were all belted at the waist line.

Christopher Bailey, the creative director of Burberry Prorsum, did a absolutely magnificent job with the presentation of the show! If you aren't one to watch all of the show you MUST fast forward to about 14:20 to watch the next two minutes. You'll see model Cara Delevingne (in the Burberry S/S 2012 campaign ads with Eddie Redmayne... who you can see in the front row) walk down in her deep plum coat. To finish there is a slight pause before you hear thunder and see rain start to fall down the glass walls. The models then do their final line up with umbrellas and one of my favorite songs playing!

Here is the song list:

It Could Have Been Better - John Armatrading

Walls - Rae Morris

Numb - Marina and the Diamonds

To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra 

Here are some of my favorite looks and to see the FULL fashion show go to my Videos

Mulberry's Flashy Front Row at Fashion Week

Yesterday on the 19th, Mulberry took the catwalk in London with a wild theme of "Down in the forest something stirred". From fur coats to multi-layered pieces Emma Hill took a turn for the wild side. There were lots of navy, teals, and pumpkin tones throughout the show adding life to the garments with lace and bra top dresses. Mulberry's front row was said to be one of the best so lets take a look at what the fashion A-list wore to the show...

Olivia Palermo

Azealia Banks - Rapper and singer

Lana Del Rey holding her Mulberry bag designed for her that will lunch in May

Elizabeth Olsen

Michelle Williams

Stella McCartney's Black Tie Event During Fashion Week

So much is happening in London this summer, one of which is the 2012 summer Olympics! Stella McCartney is actually the creative director of adidas team GB, designing all of the uniforms for Great Britain's athletic team. This event was to celebrate, and what a better time to do it then in the middle of London Fashion Week where she can reel in all of the celebrities. The best part of the night was when there was a dance performance including models Harlow and Valletta. There were also fun performances such as Alexa Chung helping out on a magic trick.

Amber Valletta, Mario Testino, and Shalom Harlow

Bianca Jagger

Kate Moss

Rihanna and Stella McCartney

Shailene Woodley from The Descendants 

Shalom Harlow showing of her moves during the high end performance

Vogue Cover March 2012 With Adele

I was so happy when I saw that the Vogue cover for March was Adele! Not only did she sweep all of the music industry for 2011 but she is absolutely beautiful. I would love to see her become more of a fashion icon with her growing career. In her article she speaks of her path of voice troubles and overcoming that huge bump in the road in her career. What I love most about her is her outgoing personality which she speaks of as well. 

Here are some shoots of her cover story...

In a Oscar de la Renta top and Fratelli Orsini leather gloves

To see the behind the scenes video go to My Videos


To see more go to Vogue