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Monday, December 16, 2013

Winter Holiday Countdown: W is for West London's Burberry Beauty Box

By: Tamara Arnew

With well deserved holidays approaching, winterized (and Wintour-ized) magazine editions and a flurry of fashion recaps, the final days of the year leading into the next always pose a sort of counting down sentiment. For the next fourteen days we'll be spelling out "Winter Holidays", with a post for each letter directed toward what's to come in the industry, delighting in the already much awaited style of 2014.

BURBERRY BEAUTY BOX
PHOTO CREDIT: TELEGRAPH UK

Covent Garden, in the West End of London, is the charming location chosen for the launch of the Burberry Beauty Box. The boutique opened today, wrapping up a year of cosmetic concepts put forth by fashion houses with primp and prose that is, of course, trenched in the campaigned technological know-how of the British brand.

BURBERRY BEAUTY MIX AND MATCH
PHOTO CREDIT: GLOBAL BLUE

We've come to expect nothing less then a compilation of classicism and the contemporary and what is inside the "Box" is full of outside of the box thinking. The digital nail bar allows customers to self-match and try on tints of polish virtually, while Apple infused till-free systems will introduce shopping online in the environment "Runway Made-To-Order" following the houses' shows during London Fashion Week.

INTERIOR BURBERRY BEAUTY BOX
PHOTO CREDIT: GLOBAL BLUE

Complete with a dazzling sixteen foot "digital chandelier", personalized "bespoke" beauty boxes and styling services, and a selection of products exclusive to the Beauty Box (with monthly in-store releases); this is just the cosmetic check mark for Burberry's chatoyant year.

Sources: Telegraph UK, Global Blue

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

MFW: Gucci

By: Julia Smith

Luxury and glam are words you think of when you think of Gucci, and they do it better than anyone. With the use of luxurious fabrics, glamorous gowns and deep colours they always seem to tie everything together so perfectly, and this seasons collection was no let down.

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The collection was infused with colours, such as deep pinks and blue which were eminent to Italian style in the seventies. Frida Giannini, had this to say about the collection "a demure, couture-inspired silhouette with a subversive undertone" reported style.com. Although this seasons collection was about sharp and versatile clothing, with shoes designed by Allen jones, and the accessories features being fishnets, gloves, patent oxford booties, there was also an underlying fetish-feel to the collection.

The pieces ranged from trendy items such as peplum, which was implemented in jackets and exaggerated hourglass silhouette's, to strong snake-skin pieces. Some of the stronger pieces being ones detailed with snake-skin and body-con dresses.

Overall, Gucci served an interesting twist on their collection, while perhaps being inspired by an infamous book?

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MFW: Alberta Ferretti

By: Maddison Brown

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Milan has arrived and in the most elegant of entrances. Alberta Ferretti is the perfect headliner for the beautiful world of Milan Fashion Week. Her designs were delicate and feminine with fragile fixtures and stunning silhouettes. It was the epitome of high fashion, with gorgeously long flowing colour-block dresses, lace, and sleeves.

The show began with cream, black and charcoal as the colours of choice, but gradually evolved into eye-catching cobalt blues, red and purple. Textures were soft and light, with velvet appearing in the shorter dress styles as well as jackets. The models wore their hair and make-up soft and feminine with accessorized with large earrings. Overall a beautiful start for Milan!

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LFW Recap

By: Maddison Brown

London Fashion Week has come and gone but the impacts of the catwalks remain. London fashion thrives off personality driven, and eccentric looks, and the designers kept this in mind when preparing for their shows. It was Christopher Kane who used prints inspired from brain scans to represent how a brand is a prolific idea factory. Ashish used avant-garde texture combinations, even emulating a zebra at one point. Emilio de la Morena and Giles portrayed women as a warrior symbol with gold foliage armor and army style shouldering.

Christopher Kane, Giles and Emilio de la Morena (style.com)

The designers used London as an output for all things unconventional and inspired. Fur was huge in New York City and it followed suit overseas. While still trimming pieces elegantly, Mulberry kicked it up a few unique notches and featured straightened sheepskin. Another popular theme was the use of geometry in the collections. John Rocha, Roksanda Ilincic, House of Holland, Sass and Bide, JW Anderson, and many others used this as a method to interpret the female silhouette.

Mulberry, J.W. Anderson and House of Holland (style.com)

Colours were noticeably different than the usual Fall/Winter palette, including many lighter tones and lots of use with metallic. Tasteful black still remained a prominent component to the collections with many featuring lace embellishments. All in all LFW reminded us what fashion is here for, channeling true personality and artfully embracing our individuality. To Milan we go!

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

LFW: Tom Ford

By: Adam Keller

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Tom Ford’s collection was a cornucopia of fabrics, textures, colours, styles, and cuts. Globalization is for sure all around us, and Tom Ford is not one to let us forget it! His immaculate collection breeds a new form of fashion. Throughout the show, he brings us many pieces that we have probably all seen before, but puts them with the most unlikely of pairings, as well as putting them in total random order, which only enhanced the viewer’s excitement. He went from a vampire-esque outfit with a high collar and fringe, to a full-on pink patchwork outfit. He then sent down a few ensembles with very chic transparent shirts mixed with very bright skirts that looked like a grandmother had made them. And of course with the matching boots.

Then everything together! Zebra, leopard, stars, biker jackets mixed with harem pants, fur with velvet, Aztec prints, Japanese dresses with avant-garde sheer black tops, just a whole amalgamation of thoughts, ideas, cultures, and styles. The models were definitely transformed into new beings (and even one zebra). This collection would be the epitome of the current Zeitgeist, where almost anything goes.

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LFW: Paul Smith

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By: Adam Keller

Paul Smith’s newest womenswear collection is pretty much a mix of everything. He blends colour-blocking with prints, tight with loose, satin with sheer fabrics. Some may see this as a bit overwhelming, but it does prove to be effective in one way or another.

The tailoring was well suited to the tomboy silhouette that Smith has created with these looks. Some more mod looks were captured here with the monochromatic blue-striped romper paired with white moccasins. My favourite look would have been the silver pants with the arch print and the red silk button-up – very suave.