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On the third and last day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm 2012 our tv-hostess Emilia de Poret talkes to Tiger, Jonas Hallberg, Axwell and many more of Swedens trendsetters
Max Factor TV, Jan 2012, Episode 2
Episode 2 of Max Factor TV brings you the autumn/winter news from Lexington, Dagmar, Cheap Monday and Busnel to name a few.
Max Factor TV, Jan 2012, Episode 1
The Max Factor Award opens Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Stockholm Autumn/Winter 2012.
You usually have a rather good idea of what to expect from New York’s fashion week. It’s described as the new, quite urban fashion scene where American sportswear meets high fashion halway. That of course is disputable. This week (eight days to be exact) was no different in particular, besides the memorable shows (and Marc Jacobs, you never know what he’ll concoct). Two were for example the perhaps most anticipated designers, the duo of Proenza Schouler along with Alexander Wang (who had a bunch of 90′s supermodels walk for him) who both lived up to the expectations, delivering great collections including beautiful military coats, sharply cut silhouettes and lots of leather.
The accessory designer Zana Bayne once again collaborated with Prabal Gurung, contributing with leather harnesses that would spice the looks, as the theme for the show was something like “heaven vs hell”. That exact theme interpreted somewhat more literal was seen at 3.1 Philip Lim and Narciso Rodriguez who both along with lots of other designers that week did monochrome prints in black and white.
Along with the what the veterans would call new designers, there were of course Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, with classic not very groundbreaking womenwear. America’s favorite designer Marc Jacobs went the other direction however and was inspired by the eccentric looks of Anna Piaggi and Lynn Yaeger. He presented to be frank a quite hard-to-like collaction that was however very prased by the critics. The set on the contrary nothing but extraordinary.
Other new designers were Ohne Titel, RAD by Rad Hourani and Kimberly Ovitz, that contributes to the young spirit of talent that has evolved in New York the last couple of seasons. New York doesn’t have a ancestry of fashion like Paris or Milan, so it is great that New York has become more like London today, that is to say open to innovation, which is in fact what makes the multifaceted fashion capitol still interesting.
Usually I think that designers should focus to do the things they are good at. There are few times it is worth to experiment. So according to this thought, Levi’s should only be doing jeans and that’s it. But with their first show ever during New York Fashion they proved that they also know how use denim and other fabrics in different ways and create a chic, elegant and wearable collection.
When Preen presented their fall collection my first thought was that they had mistaken it for a spring collection. But hey, really, who am I to judge? This lovely collection inspired by Beatrix Potters botanical illustrations really does show that fall clothing does not have to be all dark and moody. Absolutely loving the color blocking mixed with this floral & butterfly world of theirs, and a revolution in fall dressing is definetely in the making.
Marc by Marc Jacobs presented a full-of-flare school girl collection with low cut boots and visible socks for fall. A bit of gossip girl gone grunge never hurt anybody, but I am a bit sceptic about it, do we really want to look fourteen again? Key pieces are the waist belts (definetely a trend that is back to stay!) and knee long skirts.
8pm the 15th of February Proenza Schouler will live stream their runway show at their website. It is a fashion favourite you do not want to miss out on, that´s for sure!
Zac Posen delivered a classic collection with a geisha twist. The colour palette was varied from green, red, black, blue to nude and styled with red lips and sleek heels suitable for a lady.
This collection with slim silhouette and form fitting made us see more shades of metallic than we even knew existed. The favourite part was the re-invention of flower pattern that has a 3D feel to it even in pictures. The evening gowns all had a sense of see through detailing and embrodery out of this world, which made it a highly fascinating and obviously beautiful collection. To see more of these golden, black & blue pieces from Prabal Gurung, go here.
