CHANEL CRUISE 10-11

SHOPPING FEVER: A SHORT FILM BY KARL LAGERFELD

Featuring looks from CHANEL Pre-Fall 2011.

BRANDING AT ITS BEST

via Fashionista.com

I came across this brilliant collection of designer "special items" (like the Jeremy Scott condoms above) at Fashionista. Most of us "real" peeps can't afford a collection piece from, say, Lanvin, but instead of buying that perfect LBD from the French fashion house we'd be more inclined to shell-out for their stamps. The Chanel bicycle, however, would set you back a few grand. Read the article here.

SHOE (AND BAG) PORN EXTRAVAGANZA!

ALEXANDER WANG

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

BALENCIAGA

BALMAIN

BRUNO FRISONI

CHANEL

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN

LANVIN

MARNI

PIERRE HARDY

ROGER VIVIER

SERGIO ROSSI

YVES SAINT LAURENT

THE 'END' OF HAUTE COUTURE

CHANEL Couture Spring 2010

With only a handful of fashion houses currently showing couture in Paris this year, the ongoing debate on the future of haute couture (once the epitome of expression for designers and hotly-anticipated cultural event for fashion media) and its relevance in a mass-marketed, high-tech global fashion industry raises some interesting questions. I found this article on the issue to be thought-provoking, albeit rather perfunctory. What I did take from the piece (taken from Benjamin Kanarek Blog) was the name Alexis Mabille, a couturier who is relatively new to the scene but is intent on keeping the tradition of couture alive with some rather stunning creations (of which I was previously unaware).

Alexis Mabille Couture Spring 2010

Check out these lovely bow-ties/hair accessories by A. Mabille, available to order from Couturelab.com:

That last post reminded me of this faux "perfume ad" for Viktor & Rolf.

And these art pieces by Tom Sachs ...