Paris Fashion Week season finale

Well, to wrap this up properly, let's take a look at the last couple of days' big players. We start with Valentino. I liked this collection a lot more than I usually do. I find most of them quite average, ok, collections. This one, for me, had a couple lows, but mostly a lot of highs! I'm going to keep it positive and post only my favorite looks.

Elie Saab kept it colorful and fluid.

Louis Vuitton's carousel of pastels and flowers, call me crazy but it remainded me just a little too much of Chanel FW 08-09. Just saying... Still, some solid looks and, yes indeed, Kate Moss herself!

And the big finale! Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton blew it out of the park! I mean, look at these! The beauty of each piece. The colors, the handcraft, the feel... it's like McQueen on Prozac! So happy to look at!

Well, fashion month it's over. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!!

Royalty in LA

The event "Bafta Brits to Watch", organized by the British Acadamy, took place in Los Angeles. No one really cared about it before today. Why do we care now? Well the royals are in town, duh! The couple of the hour, Will and Kate, attended the event and, of course, stole all the flashes. She wore a gorgeous McQueen!


And the only person in the world who could even hope to eclipse the just married Kate is, my favorite hate-that-I-love-her gal, Blake Lively flawless in Marchesa.


Finally, the last worthwhile look to report: Nicole Kidman in Elie Saab.

Paris Haute Couture FW 2011 (Day3)

All good things must come to an end... First of the day: Valentino. A very cold collection. But in a good way: elegant and sophisticated. But, in my opinion, unremarkable. This is a double edged sword: it wasn't a complete disaster and if I see someone wearing it, I'll know it's Valentino, but it doesn't move forward. It feels, like almost all do lately, like yet another Valentino show.








Elie Saab was very beautiful. He always delivers the most red carpet potential of the lot. And I particularly enjoyed the transition of color: from blue, so light it's almost white, passing trough nude and various shades of gray, ending in gowns of midnight blue. Beautiful but I think I prefer the Spring Summer collection. Again, this is a matter of absolute personal taste.









Finally, last of the season: Jean Paul Gaultier. His collections always seem to be so all over the place but at the same time so focused. And we could not have him any other way, to tell the truth. Some 50's silhouettes particularly caught my eye. And I love the purple gloves in the last look. Here are my favorite looks of the collection.











And, sadly, that's it. Haute Couture's 3 days are up and we will have to wait until September to revisit Paris for more fresh fashion. In the meantime, don't fret, we have plenty to look at! Next post: Royal Wedding!