It seems our photo shoot with Wayne Lui, Haunted, has caused a mid-week stir in the blogue community. Coutorture network partner, Platinum Blonde Life, made a collage of the images, while photography bound sites like Live Journal and Dream Attack republished the shoot and stirred up a few commenting frenzies.
It's been just less than a year since COS, a subsidiary of H&M, opened it's first location in London. Now, like any proper retail chain, COS has opened stores in nine other European cities. Borne as a higher end H&M, COS keeps a more edited selection though store inventory is refreshed daily. It's the perfect blend between low-end instant gratification and higher-end exclusivity. As the brand grows COS are holding their own runway shows, producing their own magazine, and using more artistic imagery for ad campaigns. The Spring 2008 collection, if you ask us, is pretty darn sharp (although it doesn't exactly belong on the runway) and, particularly if you're dealing in pounds sterling, at an attractive price point. Our favorite pieces are a navy silk cotton cocktail dress with teared skirt for £79, a 3/4 length sleeve leather jacket with a slim lapel for £190, and ladies leather lace up shoes for £55. If you're going for garments to fill the gaps in your wardrobe, and feel stuck between say, H&M and A.P.C., COS is the perfect balance. Our only hope, surely to be recognized sooner or later, is that we see some brick and mortar in NYC. Our prediction is that after Topshop sets up camp and all the young people go through a serious aesthetic break down (not unlike when Uniqlo first opened its doors), COS will pop up and put us through the whole greedy experience again.
John Galliano's Fall/Winter 2008 collection for Dior flashed back to 1960's bouffant glamour. Everything was larger than life, from the hair to the eyelashes and even the headbands were oversized. Even though we all won't go traipsing down the street dressed as a character from Hairspray, several elements are easily infused into your wardrobe. This happy-go-lucky collection reminds us that even the highest fashion isn't meant to be taken too seriously.
If you're a woman who likes high fashion and a cozy pair of long johns, this is your collection.
by coutortureIf you're a woman who likes high fashion and a cozy pair of long johns, this is your collection. Junya Watanabe showed, in his Fall 2008 collection, garments constructed (yes, that is the word) predominately from jersey. It's funny, because just the other day we were somewhat rolling our eyes at the highly marketable, over saturated textile that designers like Ella Moss, Splendid, and Rachel Pally use to cloth college-age girls across this sweatpants-loving country. Watanabe, proves, rather pointedly, that though a fabric may lend itself to simply patterns and mass production, doesn't mean it's inherently idiotic. In this collection the drapery and tailoring are what stand out, where you might look at the garment for a full two minutes (a lifetime these days) before sorting out just where the limbs are poking out in relation to where seams are placed. It's true magic, if you ask us, and magic is good for but one thing, namely, a lesson in perception.
Photo courtesy of Style.com.
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