Titled 'Dark Arctic', James Small's collection had plenty of furs ranging from the full fur jacket to just adorning the sleeves.
Cargo pants mimicked the ski pant with their attached braces and slight padding,Online Belstaff Outlet Shop Sale but in a softer and cosier jersey material.Canada Goose Parkas Online Shop With their utilitarian deep side pockets and teamed with check shirts, this was definitely a working arctic expedition.
For a more streamlined look, there was the alternative skinny jersey jogger looking smart casual worn with belted wool jackets and fur jackets.
Jackets buttoned up at the side,Cheap Woolrich Jackets Parka Clotings some in a muted check pattern but all with patch pocket detCheap Backpack Saleailing.canada goose parka jackets These pockets adorned the sleeves as well as the front of jackets. Look closely at this navy belted jacket and you'll see the pockets on sleeves but also a slanted breast pocket.
Colour palette was a serious range of dark neutrals with no colour brights, just a pale light offering from the silver grey.
2012年3月5日星期一
Jean Paul Gaultier's concrete jungle at Paris Fashion Week A/W 2012
It is fairly apt that Alicia Keys descended upon Paris Fashion Week this morning because when looking at pictures of the Jean Paul Gaultier show I can't see to get her song Empire State of Mind out of my head! Likewise it appears as though the French designer also can't get New York,I am happy to report that Woolrich Outlet Shop UK have managed to take a few resident geese.Spyder has Online Canada Goose Parka Jackets Shop a large choice of innovative running apparel. and Paris and London out of his head with the launch of his Autumn / Winter 2012-13 collection over the weekend.The Online Spyder Outlet Shop was previewed by Massimiliano Giornetti.
Gaultier took all the edgy and grungy parts of Downtown New York,While Online Belstaff Outlet Shop Sale of what Americans might call knickers, Paris and every other major city with a tonne of graffiti,canada goose parka are available from selective retailers all across the world. and wrapped them up into one ready-to-wear collection. A mixture of sophisticated suits, graffiti prints and rock 'n' roll pieces, he was liberal in his use of black but not so much that it killed the vibe. He also worked in metallic graffiti patterns, and tough biker jackets were in stark contrast to the clean cut suits which featured loose-wearing grey trousers, tailored jackets and crisp white shirts. Eveningwear was electric with vampy black gowns with thigh-high splits and furry hemmed midi dresses.
Gaultier took all the edgy and grungy parts of Downtown New York,While Online Belstaff Outlet Shop Sale of what Americans might call knickers, Paris and every other major city with a tonne of graffiti,canada goose parka are available from selective retailers all across the world. and wrapped them up into one ready-to-wear collection. A mixture of sophisticated suits, graffiti prints and rock 'n' roll pieces, he was liberal in his use of black but not so much that it killed the vibe. He also worked in metallic graffiti patterns, and tough biker jackets were in stark contrast to the clean cut suits which featured loose-wearing grey trousers, tailored jackets and crisp white shirts. Eveningwear was electric with vampy black gowns with thigh-high splits and furry hemmed midi dresses.
2012年3月4日星期日
At Port Eliot in Cornwall last summer
At Port Eliot in Cornwall last summer, there were so many Barbours on narrow, youthful backs, I thought I was at a three-day equestrian event rather than a literary festival. The most popular Barbour is the International, followed by the Liddesdale, which starts at 80 and rises to 150 for one with down quilting. Sales of Barbour coats for women were up a staggering 400 per cent in 2011 compared with 2010.Woolrich Jackets Shop UK
Barbour, though, has not remotely 'done a Burberry', refusing wholeheartedly to cross over into high fashion. It is little changed, merely adding a few fashionable colours, such as pink, emerald and blue for summer 2012, say, or a small collaboration with designer Alice Temperley.
Neither has it courted celebrity, stating proudly it even insists members of the Royal Family pay full price, although when Helen Mirren wore a green Bedale to portray the Queen in the 2006 film, sales of that particular style tripled.
Pringle is yet another 'heritage' brand that is seeing sales soar. Founded in 1815 and still manufactured in Hawick, in the Borders, it not only invented the twinset — a Great British Posh Staple (remember it as worn by Joan Fontaine in the 1940 film of Rebecca?) — but was way ahead of its time, being one of the first brands to court celebrities,Online Belstaff Outlet Shop Sale including British actress Margaret Lockwood, and use them in its advertisements back in the Forties and Fifties.
Hunter wellies, too, despite the price tag of 79 for the Original Green (a style that first saw the light of day in 1956), have seen sales soar (up 30 per cent in 2011 in Selfridges alone). In February, during New York Fashion Week, I lost count of the number of fashionistas in Hunter wellies trudging through the slush.
While I now live on Exmoor,canada goose jacket discount deep in green Barbour-wearing country, I never dress 'posh'. I find Barbours simply not warm enough for the reality of looking after horses in winter, while a flat cap might make me look as though I condone shooting and fishing, which I most certainly do not. I tend to dress in a much more eccentric and townie fashion, with Prada jodhpurs, a Helmut Lang frock coat for walking my four dogs, and a Topshop parka for mucking out.
I still fit into a Harry Hall tweed hacking jacket I've owned since a child, but it's too precious to be covered in the green slobber from the horses.
The adoption of the uniform of the posh by fashion style-setters and pop stars — add-ons include tweed flat caps from Bates on Jermyn Street, Harris Tweed jackets, Hilditch & Key shirts, Swaine Adeney Brigg jodhpurs and hand-made brogues from John Lobb at almost 3,000 a pair (I love the fact Lobb still sells 'felt bath slippers') — is not just about the economy, or buying less, but buying better.Fjallraven Expedition Parka Jacket
It is also because posh pretenders have a new poster girl in the Duchess of Cambridge, who has shown how the middle-class can transcend their roots. But, unfortunately, even Kate has not managed to get the look quite right, largely because she does not have the correct attitude.
While Diana was truly aristocratic — and when first in the public eye stuck to her Sloane Ranger uniform of white collar peeping over her sweater, an Alice band, a string of pearls and navy courts — Kate has verged too close to the High Street and high fashion.
She has a careful,Online Canada Goose Outlet Shop uptight air and could never sling a Barbour over her shoulders with quite the right nonchalance, nor leave home with bed-head hair. I doubt her car ever has rubbish in the footwell, but rather something small and green and smelling of pine.
And I still don't understand how posh people manage to preserve their clothes so impeccably: I had my eye on my mum's embellished, silk-lined Pringle cardi, but was disappointed to find it had been ravaged by moths.
Even grubs privileged enough to inhabit the netherworld of the posh turn out to be very different indeed.
Barbour, though, has not remotely 'done a Burberry', refusing wholeheartedly to cross over into high fashion. It is little changed, merely adding a few fashionable colours, such as pink, emerald and blue for summer 2012, say, or a small collaboration with designer Alice Temperley.
Neither has it courted celebrity, stating proudly it even insists members of the Royal Family pay full price, although when Helen Mirren wore a green Bedale to portray the Queen in the 2006 film, sales of that particular style tripled.
Pringle is yet another 'heritage' brand that is seeing sales soar. Founded in 1815 and still manufactured in Hawick, in the Borders, it not only invented the twinset — a Great British Posh Staple (remember it as worn by Joan Fontaine in the 1940 film of Rebecca?) — but was way ahead of its time, being one of the first brands to court celebrities,Online Belstaff Outlet Shop Sale including British actress Margaret Lockwood, and use them in its advertisements back in the Forties and Fifties.
Hunter wellies, too, despite the price tag of 79 for the Original Green (a style that first saw the light of day in 1956), have seen sales soar (up 30 per cent in 2011 in Selfridges alone). In February, during New York Fashion Week, I lost count of the number of fashionistas in Hunter wellies trudging through the slush.
While I now live on Exmoor,canada goose jacket discount deep in green Barbour-wearing country, I never dress 'posh'. I find Barbours simply not warm enough for the reality of looking after horses in winter, while a flat cap might make me look as though I condone shooting and fishing, which I most certainly do not. I tend to dress in a much more eccentric and townie fashion, with Prada jodhpurs, a Helmut Lang frock coat for walking my four dogs, and a Topshop parka for mucking out.
I still fit into a Harry Hall tweed hacking jacket I've owned since a child, but it's too precious to be covered in the green slobber from the horses.
The adoption of the uniform of the posh by fashion style-setters and pop stars — add-ons include tweed flat caps from Bates on Jermyn Street, Harris Tweed jackets, Hilditch & Key shirts, Swaine Adeney Brigg jodhpurs and hand-made brogues from John Lobb at almost 3,000 a pair (I love the fact Lobb still sells 'felt bath slippers') — is not just about the economy, or buying less, but buying better.Fjallraven Expedition Parka Jacket
It is also because posh pretenders have a new poster girl in the Duchess of Cambridge, who has shown how the middle-class can transcend their roots. But, unfortunately, even Kate has not managed to get the look quite right, largely because she does not have the correct attitude.
While Diana was truly aristocratic — and when first in the public eye stuck to her Sloane Ranger uniform of white collar peeping over her sweater, an Alice band, a string of pearls and navy courts — Kate has verged too close to the High Street and high fashion.
She has a careful,Online Canada Goose Outlet Shop uptight air and could never sling a Barbour over her shoulders with quite the right nonchalance, nor leave home with bed-head hair. I doubt her car ever has rubbish in the footwell, but rather something small and green and smelling of pine.
And I still don't understand how posh people manage to preserve their clothes so impeccably: I had my eye on my mum's embellished, silk-lined Pringle cardi, but was disappointed to find it had been ravaged by moths.
Even grubs privileged enough to inhabit the netherworld of the posh turn out to be very different indeed.
2012年2月27日星期一
Summertime looks spill onto winter runway
Perhaps designers are taking a cue from the unpredictable and increasingly mild winters, filling their collections with looks once reserved for warmer weather. The February temperatures were decidedly springlike during Milan Fashion Week, which was in its fifth day Sunday -- affirming designer's choices .
Even functional daytime dresses can be sleeveless. Shorts are having their winter incarnation. Lightweight jackets are replacing bulky coats. Don't even think about mountain parkas or ski wear -- they are not for the well-heeled urban girl.
Fur is more of an accent than a necessity,Woolrich Arctic Parka Down Jackets Outlet turning up as oversized collars, on shawls and as hats. Shoes are open toed, or even variations of sandals. Bare legs are perfectly acceptable.
If the temperatures turn, however, there are plenty of layering options -- clearly a trend -- from knitwear to coats to capes to long vests.
Black velvet, black lace, black chiffon and more gold than even Midas could muster are the basic ingredients of the dramatic Dolce&Gabbana winter collection.
Dramatic, as well as theatric.
Front row guest, British actress Helen Mirren, on her way to pay her compliments to the designing duo backstage, described the clothes as both "decadent and opulent" and said she loved "every bit" of the show.Online Belstaff Outlet Shop Sale
However,canada goose sale cheap the actress best known for her role as Queen Elizabeth II, in "The Queen" which earned her an Oscar as best actress in 2007, did not dip into her theater closet for reference, but rather said the show "spoke to my Russian roots." Mirren's father was a Russian nobleman.
For another front-row guest, Italian actress Monica Bellucci, the show was "molto Siciliano," a reference to the Dolce&Gabbana fashion vision.
Either way, there was definitely an aristocratic feel to the collection, from the dainty gilded head dressings that framed the models' demure hairdos, to the dainty little buttoned booties that adorned their feet.canada goose parka
Styles ranged from coats to capes, from long sheaths to ballooned shorts, from pleated skirts to ruffled tops. But no matter the cut, gold -- whether beaded, sequined,Moncler Aliso Chalet Down Coats Outlet sale embroidered, or simply worn as jewelry -- made the difference.
To lighten the look, the designing duo interspersed white or pretty Victorian floral patterns into the basic black palette.
Even functional daytime dresses can be sleeveless. Shorts are having their winter incarnation. Lightweight jackets are replacing bulky coats. Don't even think about mountain parkas or ski wear -- they are not for the well-heeled urban girl.
Fur is more of an accent than a necessity,Woolrich Arctic Parka Down Jackets Outlet turning up as oversized collars, on shawls and as hats. Shoes are open toed, or even variations of sandals. Bare legs are perfectly acceptable.
If the temperatures turn, however, there are plenty of layering options -- clearly a trend -- from knitwear to coats to capes to long vests.
Black velvet, black lace, black chiffon and more gold than even Midas could muster are the basic ingredients of the dramatic Dolce&Gabbana winter collection.
Dramatic, as well as theatric.
Front row guest, British actress Helen Mirren, on her way to pay her compliments to the designing duo backstage, described the clothes as both "decadent and opulent" and said she loved "every bit" of the show.Online Belstaff Outlet Shop Sale
However,canada goose sale cheap the actress best known for her role as Queen Elizabeth II, in "The Queen" which earned her an Oscar as best actress in 2007, did not dip into her theater closet for reference, but rather said the show "spoke to my Russian roots." Mirren's father was a Russian nobleman.
For another front-row guest, Italian actress Monica Bellucci, the show was "molto Siciliano," a reference to the Dolce&Gabbana fashion vision.
Either way, there was definitely an aristocratic feel to the collection, from the dainty gilded head dressings that framed the models' demure hairdos, to the dainty little buttoned booties that adorned their feet.canada goose parka
Styles ranged from coats to capes, from long sheaths to ballooned shorts, from pleated skirts to ruffled tops. But no matter the cut, gold -- whether beaded, sequined,Moncler Aliso Chalet Down Coats Outlet sale embroidered, or simply worn as jewelry -- made the difference.
To lighten the look, the designing duo interspersed white or pretty Victorian floral patterns into the basic black palette.
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