Leather Leopard and Lace

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PFW: Viktor & Rolf AW 2012

This blouse was made in heaven.

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PFW: Vivienne Westwood AW 2012

“Looking back to the heroes of the past they looked so incredible in their clothes. Imagine them live and in front of you - you would think you were on another planet,” explained the designer in her show notes. “But we can never repeat, we are swept along by the changing times and our own experience. When we try to imitate, we find ourselves doing something new. I see fashion as a proposal, a way for people to look more wonderful.”
Her way of making them look wonderful this afternoon revolved around the 17th Century - due to her involvement half way through the creation of the collection with making costumes for comedy The Man of Mode, which originates from that time. That and some green strobe lights - of course it wouldn’t be the 17th Century without them.

So this is what London in Paris is like.

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PFW: Stella McCartney AW 2012

Stella knows how to dress women and always manages to strike the right balance between smart and sporty – and this collection was no different, honing in on that streamlined silhouette she does so well and wrapping it up in spongy fabrics and trompe l’oeil leaves, slouchy trousers that bagged at the crotch or those that were skinny, long and tight.

Typical Stella, but taken up a notch, it was feminine and modern and, as Vogue’s Lucinda Chambers, described “what everyone wants to wear right now”. 

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PFW: Yves Saint Laurent AW 2012

Stefano Pilati bid adieu to Yves Saint Laurent with a dark, sexy A/W 2012 in all moody iterations of womanly dress. There’s both a sultry undercurrent and a definitive strength that runs throughout Pilati’s finale. It’s a give and take — boxier leather jackets and trousers, and sharp outerwear have as much of a place as slinky dresses and pencil skirts constructed in light-reflecting mesh. Even when Pilati zeroes in on more masculine construction, he never misses the mark of a woman — nearly every look is completed with a wide belt to accentuate the waist and plush fur accents are thrown effortlessly over shoulders. It’s the kind of thing that — without being glaringly obvious — speaks to the power, the allure of a woman. It’s not done up in bells and whistles, but you have a sense that it takes a certain kind of confidence to pull off the line’s structured, streamlined white suit or ultra-low necklines — and it’s clear Pilati’s florals are crafted for women, not girls.

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