Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013 #6

Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2013 show had a uniqueness to it. While viewing other shows for the season, none of it excited or interested me as much as Louis Vuitton. The escalators coming out of the sky symbolized some sort of heaven the models were coming down from. The graphics such as the mesh checkers and hand woven sequence were so simple but yet so innovative for the season. Marc Jacobs also paired the models up to have a twin like presentation of the clothing. He believed that pairing the models added a perversion to the show, making his line stand out from all the others.

Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013 

Key Color Trends for Spring/Summer '14 #5

Color is a large part of the fashion world. When I enter a store the first thing I notice are the colors. I search for the most eye-catching hue that would compliment me the most. So just preparing us for the future I'm going to list one of the many key color trends for spring/summer 2014.

While wondering through an extremely useful and interesting fashion-forecasting site called Fashion Snoops, I fell upon a key color trend called 70's Miami.

 There are various warm colors which range from a mustard yellow, various pinks, red and orange. As for  cool colors they have two different blues, a green yellow, and two greens. Then finally they have one basic neutral which is black. 

These many colors have various shades and tints making them stand out from other expected trends. The bright blues, mustard yellows and deep pinks bring us willingly back to the 70's living the Miami lifestyle. 

Two Rebels, One on Pause #4

This week I'm going to write about a recent New York Times article by Cathy Horyn. In "Two Rebels, One on Pause," Cathy writes about two fashion collections that were presented to the public during fashion week. Unfortunatley these two unique collections had two completely different reactions. Commes des Garçons and Jean Paul Gaultier's collections for fall 2013 had outrageous silhouettes. Commes des Garcons collection was appealing to the public when unfortunatley Jean Paul Gaultier's collection did not meet that expectation.

http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/two-rebels-one-on-pause/?ref=style

After reading this article I decided to examine the language used throughout the piece. 

1. Silhouette & Design

• ·      extreme tailoring
• ·      weird volumes and textures
• ·      lumpy looks
• ·      masculine tailoring
• ·      stodgy
• ·      hour glass
• ·      fluid
• ·      ankle grazing
• ·      deeply vented

2. Details

• ·      feminine decoration
• ·      checked 
• ·      over lapping squares
• ·      velvet
• ·      lace
• ·      rosettes 
• ·      fur patchwork

3. Color

• ·      rose

4. Fabric

• ·      multihued print
• ·      velvet
• ·      papered

5. Creative "Jargon"

• ·      parse
• ·      technical virtuosity
• ·      wit
• ·      polish