Hafsa
-
Jumpsuit of the Day: Salvatore Ferragamo at Milan Fashion Week
Massimiliano Giornetti, creative director or Salvatore Ferragamo sent a stunning collection down the runway last Sunday at Milan Fashion Week. He used blacks, whites and greys in a variety of shades, prints and textures to create fashion forward separates, dresses and gowns. In fact, there was no colour to be seen throughout the entire show! However,…
-
Fall/Winter 2011 Trend: Luxurious Leather
Designers at Fashion Weeks ditched the traditional leather jacket and replaced it with slinky dresses and full skirts made from leather (and patent leather). Kevork Kiledjian used the lace that he incorporated into many of his other designs, to create panels in this leather dress. Cynthia Steffe layered the fabric to create a wrap effect,…
-
Fall/Winter 2011 Colour Trend: Red-Orange
With Fashion Weeks in Europe drawing to a close, a few colour trends stood out amongst the various collections. The Crayola shade of red-orange for instance, was used by designers in New York, London, Milan and Paris. Carlos Miele’s gathered jumpsuit will be a popular garment this fall season. Many neutral-coloured oversized blazers were spotted on the runways, but this…
-
Jumpsuit of the Day: Alberta Ferretti at Milan Fashion Week
Alberta Ferretti showed her Fall/Winter 2011 ready-to-wear collection on February 23rd at Milan Fashion Week. Ferretti used strong and vivid colours- bright reds and purples, and electric blues and greens. Models had their hair pulled back and side-swept, and walked the runway in thigh-high velvet boots. This jumpsuit combines three of my personal favourite design elements…
-
Virginity: a new trend?
The vintage clothing trend has been dominating the global fashion scene for a while now…but it looks like vintage is influencing more than just fashion. Data released Thursday, revealed that for the first time there is an increase in the number of teenagers and young adults deciding to wait longer to have sex. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National…
-
Lady Gaga gives birth to the next Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga performed last night at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, one of the many stops of her Monster Ball Tour. Though she was an hour and a half late, it goes without saying that her concert entertained and enthralled audience members. But for once, it wasn’t her latex clothing, lewd dance moves, or lack of…
-
Jumpsuit of the Day: Central Saint Martins at London Fashion Week
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a cutting edge school based in London, England. Each February, the creme de la creme of the fashion program’s graduating class show off their work at Fashion Week and last month, the class of 2011 sent a collection comprised of 204 looks down the runway at London Fashion Week. Designer Viktor Smedinge…
-
Sears Canada takes on Jay Manuel’s ATTITUDE
The word “collaboration” rings bells for those of us who find a huge discrepancy between our desires for top brand-name clothing and the money we have in our wallets. Some successful past collections include Mulberry for Target, Lanvin for H&M, and Kate Moss for Topshop. Designers are after all, celebrities. And when a celebrity’s name is…
-
Jumpsuit of the Day: New Line- Le Grana Clothing
These two jumpsuits, named Naomi (left) and Irene (right), are from Grana Khan’s Le Grana Clothing lookbook. The black designs evoke beauty and boldness, while at the same time remaining tasteful and elegant. Grana became trained in the art of fashion at Ryerson University and the International Academy of Design and Technology, and she’s worked in fashion in both…
-
Jumpsuit of the Day: Emporio Armani at Milan Fashion Week
Armani showed his Fall/Winter 2011 Ready-to-Wear collection at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday. Blacks and greys dominated the runway, with a few pops of electric blue. The chiffons, silks, velvets and sequined embellishments accompanying the classic workwear materials showed the sheer versatility of the brand, in addition to its unwavering skill to incorporate glamour into the wardrobe…
Hafsa Lodi 