I was one of the many people who was border-line depressed when I heard about Alexander Mcqueen’s death. Someone who has inspired me so greatly over the years, someone who I idolized as an artist, someone who had such great impact on the fashion world; I think we have suffered a great loss.
However it is Paris Fashion Week and the legacy still lives thanks to the genius Sarah Burton who Style.com says is reminding the world through her fall 2011 collection
she is not only channeling the Mcqueen DNA, She is the Mcqueen DNA.
Channeling or not, there is no doubt about it, Mcqueen lives through her work. “We basically made all the fabrics ourselves. I wanted each piece to be a precious, precious thing.” She said as she was being interviewed by journalist; and precious it was.
The extremes of endeavor went as far as the firing of porcelain pieces, designed to look like shards of heraldic plates, which paved the surfaces of two corsets. A medieval crest, dozens of hours of work, had been appliquéd and embroidered onto a bodice.
The extremes Burton went through to make this collection takes my breath away. [Literally. I think I gasped and then held my breath so long while watching the show, I beat a world record] . I honestly do not even have words to describe how much respect I have for this woman or to describe how I felt seeing this collection and going back over and over the pictures after seeing the show.
I really, really tried to prevent myself from writing this post. I was taught [just like everybody else] if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. So here is my excuse: it’s not so bad at all.
Every year. Every. Single. Year. Every. Single. Season. I especially look forward to a few specific shows: Balmain is one of them.
Now I have my conspiracy theories whether Decarnin was involved in the designs and if he was, his new stylist needs to be replaced back with Emanuelle Alt. It was a cute collection, it was. However, Balmain is not “cute”. There is nothing “cute” about it and that’s what makes me go absolutely bonkers for it. [Yes, I said "Bonkers]
There is nothing that makes my jaw drop better than am un-cute Balmain jacket…Seriously. Just the thought of it makes me want to sell my entire wardrobe and have nothing but Balmain. I am a
LIKE NO OTHER.
I hate to say, that while I loved the collection, i was disappointed: because it was different. I didn’t feel like I was watching a Balmain show at ALL. Then when, genius Decarnin didn’t show up i had a double checked to make sure it was Balmain. Don’t get me wrong I will still have my eye out for a few peices I loved.
This year i simply drooled over all the faboosh collections available to humankind. At the end of this page I will recap a few favs from 2010. 2011 is by far faborgasmical. My favs [not in order, because i couldnt choose] are:
1. Chris Benz
2. Celine
3. Burberry Prorsum
4. Givenchy
5. Gucci
6. Erin Fetherson
7. J Mendel
8. Lanvin
9. Louis Vuitton
10. Marchesa
*EDIT* [i have to...]
11. Herve Leger by Max Azria
What are some of your favs?
To quickly sum up most of the others:
DKNY
DKNY was super cute, wearable (a tiny bit too safe) but very cute. A few peices Herve Leger by Max Azria did that were to DIE for, actually i think it should be added to my favs. Herve Leger by Max Azria is a fav. Super bright sexy bandage dresses, mezmerising graphic prints with a hint of sport-ish to some peices [not necesarilly to be worn with sneakers, or how about not at all?]
Best of Resort 2011
Some FABO peices by Malandrino. Haider Ackerman’s concept for the dresses was a little genius, i might say.
Diane Von Furstenburg, Marc Jacobs: very very cute. Badgely Mischka’s Resort 2011 collection, i thought, was génial. I was going to put this into my favs but it just didnt make it.
Emilio Pucci i liked a lot. I really enjoyed the collection. Giambattista Valli: some nice peices.
Jason Wu: cute collection.Practically drooled all over Monique Lhuillier’s Resort ’11. Moschino did alright. Not complaining. Moschino Cheap & Chic was MUCH MUCH better, i thought. Some VERY Chic peices. Naeem Khan had some peices i really really want. Nina Ricci: Cute, worth checking out.
Organic john patrick sweet but too much casual. Oscar De La Renta, Richard Nicoll, : like.
Preen, Sonia Rykel, and Stela Mcartney Fabu. Mcartney was my fav out of these three…think A-list garden parties/weddings. Rykel’s collection was Côte d’Azur inspired, and i thought it was very well done. Think Gossip Girl. Proenza Schouler absolutely genius i was this close to buying the whole line along with the models to model them in my suitcase on my vacation to Cabo San Lucas… and this – - close to adding it to my favs. How many favorites can you have again? All I can remeber about Rachel Roy is that horrible orange [sorry!sorry! i despise that 'colon-cleanse' looking color] I usually adore her stuff though especially, i remember, her spring 2010 RTW.
Reem Acra: Some simply devine peices. Temperly London was ferosh medieval style, Xena the fashionable princess! I actually liked it alot very wearable very fresh.
Ladies and Gentle Men! The one! The only! Miss Vera Wang! Never, and i mean, never disappoints me. You know thet feeling a fat kid gets when thinking about a really great cake? When i think about Vera Wang [No i dont want to eat her dresses...] I want to swim in a pool of her designs; and try each and every one of them on.
I was suprised to find myself unforced to mention Yigal Arouzel in my resort 2011 review. Mostly, dues to the fact that his collection was something i would probably wear on a daily basis to go to the mall or even a brunch date. I found this “looking-good-is-effortless” style to be very catchy to the eye. Spice it up with a louboutin and im outttt. LOVED THIS ONE. I think it might even be a fav. Definitely one of Yigal’s groupies now *wink wink*
I was impressed with some of these stunning peices by YSL. Very 70′s but not wild 70′s very elegant chic 70′s.
Valentino [as usual] with SO many GORGEOUS peices. It was classy with an edge that just made my jaw drop to the ground.
I hate to say it but rag and bones looks like bones in rags, I expected more. What do you think? To Be Honest, I was a little disappointed to find some very monotone collections, however the simple brilliance of resort 2011 in general kept me going with this very short review with all the resort collections that are worth checking out.
