Trend for Spring...

Stuffed Animal Bags!!! At the Giles show in Paris (which was so much fun, thank god he didn't lose any whimsy with the move from London) large triceratops bags were featured.

I am for one very excited about this possibility. Maybe because I already own two stuffed animal bags that I got at Storyland(best place in the world!). I say everyone should go all out with this trend. Every time I carry my bags I get tons of compliments.

Here's Mitch with my flamingo bag. I may also have a moose bag. They are amazing.

Future D.I.Y. Projects?

I love trying to make things inspired by stuff on the runways; especially the shoes. Here are some I'm looking forward to trying.

Alexander McQueen Spring 2010
These are amazing! Steampunk shoes, even if I don't like steam punk all that much these shoes are pretty cool. I'm thinking that I could just spraypainting a cheap pair of booties bronze. Then find metal pieces from the hardwar store, spray paint them gold and attach to the heel of the shoe. Probably very difficult but also probably worth it in the end.

Louis Vuitton Spring 2010
These look like sandals that have everythiing from the $1 section of CVS attached to them. But they look so pretty! And come on, nail polish bottles on your feet are pretty cool. And this would be a much easier project, just get some cheap sandals, nail polish, paint for the shoes, some rabbits feet and you're good to go!

Alexander McQueen Spring 2010
I kind of love this skirt, not to mention it would be incredibly easy to make yourself. It reminds me of the big strips of rubber in the car wash and also like those paper lanterns you make when you're in elementary school.

Sadly enough I had to turn the search on google onto strict and still go through 3 pages before finding a picture that didn't feature scantily clad girls washing cars.

I'm right about that though right? I'm very excited about making the shoes, hopefully I'll find some free time at some point.

My Favorite Paris Collection

Was by far the Victor and Rolf spring 2010 show. It involved two of my favorite things, lots and lots of tulle and completely unwearable and a complete fantasy.
Some of my favorite outfits (pretty much all of them)



Slightly incongruous to the rest of the pieces but you really have to break up the tulle a little bit. Plus the color and draping is gorgeous.

I love how they played around with the tulle to make such interesting shapes.

I love love this look (minus the pants). I'm definitely putting this on my attempt to make list.

Again I love the pattern they made with the tulle, and the pinks are super pretty.

Giant armadillo dress! Could really only be topped by a...

Hot pink swiss cheese dress! I love the illusions of the dress, it looks like she has no legs. The cut outs are just amazing!

My absolute favorite dress! The optical illusion is unbelievable. My goal for the next year is to make my own interpretation of the dress.

The hips? I love love love them. I always like that shape and made with tulle just makes the whole thing better.

This dress is insane! I love how her hand sticks out of the skirt. It's such a unique and amazing shape as well.

And of course the shoes are gorgeous. I'm obsesses with sandal boots lately, and these are just exquisite.

Terrifying Fashion

Gareth Pugh showed in Paris yesterday and I was excited to see his show after his spring '09 show featuring robot-esque clothes.

Instead of a traditional runway show he made a video featuring his fall line. It was TERRIFYING!

I honestly couldn't get through the whole thing. The video itself was impressive but the clothes were underwhelming. Especially compared to what he did earlier. At first I thought this was a silly way to show your clothes if you actually want to sell them, considering you couldn't really even see them. Then I realized, not many people actually buy these things, and his target customer is Beyonce as far as I can tell. It's probably a good way to show that his clothes are still theatrical even when they don't make you look like a robot.
Also, he's coming out with a line of shoes. I'm so hoping they're based on his last collection.