2017年9月2日（土）
Faff-free party dresses
Faff-free party dresses and duvet coats: the autumn trends that double as life hacks
Whether you want to get promoted, have more time in bed or simply look stylish in your usual pair of jeans, here are eight style tips to power you into next season
It is is late August, which can only mean one thing: we now declare the new fashion season open. Here’s how to use the upcoming trends to help you achieve your best autumn ever.
If you want to get promoted … wear red
Why: It is the colour of ambition
Buy: A pair of red boots
There’s lots of talk this season about the appeal of tonal dressing – ie wearing the same shade head-to-toe. The Kardashians have been on this for ages, but the catwalk moved it on by spinning the colour wheel to red, AKA the no-brainer 80s-worthy symbol for power. It’s indisputably the colour of the season and the death knell for the ubiquitous millennial pink. A pair of red boots puts a pleasing full stop on any office look on a day when you haven’t got the bandwidth for Dulux-style colour matching.
If you want to have 10 minutes extra in bed every morning … wear a long-sleeved dress
Why: One-stop dressing that is pure AW17
Buy: A floral dress with sleeves
Seen everywhere from Erdem to Michael Kors and Dries Van Noten, the long-sleeved floral dress is not only pretty, but it is also joyous, because it is so useful. The satisfying life hack of a dress versus separates – no rummaging for the right T-shirt to go with the tweed skirt – plus the statement of the floral print means you have a look without thinking about it. This is win-win dressing at its best. Invest immediately.
If you want to demonstrate your cultural prowess … wear the Americana trend
Why: Calvin Klein’s subversive twist on making America great again channels Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol
Buy: An indigo denim jacket to wear with jeans
To get a take on the US now, with intellectual weight, Raf Simons – a Belgian who references rave and collaborates with artists including Sterling Ruby – is a good shout. His debut for Calvin Klein was all cowboy boots and denim with one model wearing an American flag as a skirt. His ad campaigns, meanwhile, feature models on a deserted highway, with – keep up – a Calvin Klein billboard in the background showing other models looking at Andy Warhol’s Elvis. If that sounds meta and knowing, so is your conscious choice to wear an indigo denim jacket and jeans, as seen in Simons’ collection.
If you want to take your hangover look outside … wear a duvet coat
Why: Eiderdowns were a thing on the catwalk at Preen and Mulberry
Buy: A longline padded jacket
You know those Sundays when you don’t leave the house until 5pm for a trip to the local shop to procure Hula Hoops? They are totally fashionable this season. Mulberry brought duvet days on to the catwalk with a selection of eiderdown jackets worthy of the Queen tucking into a box set at Balmoral. A longline padded jacket is the norm’s version – and handily doubles as a blanket when you get back from the shop.
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Whether you want to get promoted, have more time in bed or simply look stylish in your usual pair of jeans, here are eight style tips to power you into next season
It is is late August, which can only mean one thing: we now declare the new fashion season open. Here’s how to use the upcoming trends to help you achieve your best autumn ever.
If you want to get promoted … wear red
Why: It is the colour of ambition
Buy: A pair of red boots
There’s lots of talk this season about the appeal of tonal dressing – ie wearing the same shade head-to-toe. The Kardashians have been on this for ages, but the catwalk moved it on by spinning the colour wheel to red, AKA the no-brainer 80s-worthy symbol for power. It’s indisputably the colour of the season and the death knell for the ubiquitous millennial pink. A pair of red boots puts a pleasing full stop on any office look on a day when you haven’t got the bandwidth for Dulux-style colour matching.
If you want to have 10 minutes extra in bed every morning … wear a long-sleeved dress
Why: One-stop dressing that is pure AW17
Buy: A floral dress with sleeves
Seen everywhere from Erdem to Michael Kors and Dries Van Noten, the long-sleeved floral dress is not only pretty, but it is also joyous, because it is so useful. The satisfying life hack of a dress versus separates – no rummaging for the right T-shirt to go with the tweed skirt – plus the statement of the floral print means you have a look without thinking about it. This is win-win dressing at its best. Invest immediately.
If you want to demonstrate your cultural prowess … wear the Americana trend
Why: Calvin Klein’s subversive twist on making America great again channels Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol
Buy: An indigo denim jacket to wear with jeans
To get a take on the US now, with intellectual weight, Raf Simons – a Belgian who references rave and collaborates with artists including Sterling Ruby – is a good shout. His debut for Calvin Klein was all cowboy boots and denim with one model wearing an American flag as a skirt. His ad campaigns, meanwhile, feature models on a deserted highway, with – keep up – a Calvin Klein billboard in the background showing other models looking at Andy Warhol’s Elvis. If that sounds meta and knowing, so is your conscious choice to wear an indigo denim jacket and jeans, as seen in Simons’ collection.
If you want to take your hangover look outside … wear a duvet coat
Why: Eiderdowns were a thing on the catwalk at Preen and Mulberry
Buy: A longline padded jacket
You know those Sundays when you don’t leave the house until 5pm for a trip to the local shop to procure Hula Hoops? They are totally fashionable this season. Mulberry brought duvet days on to the catwalk with a selection of eiderdown jackets worthy of the Queen tucking into a box set at Balmoral. A longline padded jacket is the norm’s version – and handily doubles as a blanket when you get back from the shop.
Read more at:
cheap-bridesmaid-dresses-online
2017年8月31日（木）
Beyoncé's Just Rocked
Beyoncé's Just Rocked A Pair Of Rare 4:44 Trainers In Honour Of Her Husband Jay-Z
As we all know, Jay-Z's latest album 4:44, appears to be a major public apology to the leading lady in his life, Beyoncé, for his past indiscretions alluded to on her album Lemonade.
In the album's title track 4:44, the rapper takes the time to deliver an open apology to his wife of almost 10 years about his alleged womanising.
The lyrics include: 'I apologise, often womanise, took my child to be born, see through a woman's eyes. Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles. Took me too long for this song. I don't deserve you.
And it appears Beyoncé fully supports Jay's latest musical endeavour, if her recent footwear is anything to go by.
Yesterday, the new mother sported a white Stella McCartney T-shirt dress, with a matching cap for a mini photoshoot on a balcony, before sitting in on her husband's 4:44 studio rehearsal.
In a montage of snaps, the 'Formation' singer accessorised her look with an Off White black purse bag with a yellow strap and a pair of 4:44 Puma trainers.
The peach-hued trainers shoes are adorably printed with the 4:44 track list on the insole of the shoe, and were the perfect accessory for Beyoncé to showing off her pride for her hubby's new project.
The shoes were created in collaboration with Puma to commemorate the rapper's thirteenth and latest album and will be available for purchase around the time the star's new tour launches.
Only 44 pairs of the shoe were made, so it makes sense Bey had first dibs.
I mean, she is Queen B after all.
Read more at:
http://www.queeniebridesmaid.co.uk
As we all know, Jay-Z's latest album 4:44, appears to be a major public apology to the leading lady in his life, Beyoncé, for his past indiscretions alluded to on her album Lemonade.
In the album's title track 4:44, the rapper takes the time to deliver an open apology to his wife of almost 10 years about his alleged womanising.
The lyrics include: 'I apologise, often womanise, took my child to be born, see through a woman's eyes. Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles. Took me too long for this song. I don't deserve you.
And it appears Beyoncé fully supports Jay's latest musical endeavour, if her recent footwear is anything to go by.
Yesterday, the new mother sported a white Stella McCartney T-shirt dress, with a matching cap for a mini photoshoot on a balcony, before sitting in on her husband's 4:44 studio rehearsal.
In a montage of snaps, the 'Formation' singer accessorised her look with an Off White black purse bag with a yellow strap and a pair of 4:44 Puma trainers.
The peach-hued trainers shoes are adorably printed with the 4:44 track list on the insole of the shoe, and were the perfect accessory for Beyoncé to showing off her pride for her hubby's new project.
The shoes were created in collaboration with Puma to commemorate the rapper's thirteenth and latest album and will be available for purchase around the time the star's new tour launches.
Only 44 pairs of the shoe were made, so it makes sense Bey had first dibs.
I mean, she is Queen B after all.
Read more at:
http://www.queeniebridesmaid.co.uk
2017年8月29日（火）
Off-White Acne
Riccardo Tisci—New York Fashion Week Needs You!Altuzarra. Proenza Schouler. Rodarte. Thom Browne. Four of America’s most creative fashion brands have departed for Paris, leaving gaping holes in this season’s New York Fashion Week calendar, with more moves still rumored. There’s been a good deal of hand-wringing about this development, with many in the industry wondering whether New York is suffering from a crisis of relevancy. What has caused this exodus? And can NYFW get its mojo back?
Reports of the death of New York Fashion Week are certainly premature. The city is home to a dynamic fashion scene and the mix of designers showing at NYFW reflects that. There are daring upstart labels like Eckhaus Latta and Chromat; there are consistently innovative (and influential) small brand stalwarts such as Zero + Maria Cornejo; there are sportswear juggernauts like Michael Kors Collection, Ralph Lauren, and Tory Burch. The Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs shows are still must-sees for anyone on the international fashion circuit, and with Raf Simons at the helm, Calvin Klein is once again essential viewing. That’s an incomplete list of what’s exciting and what’s important at New York Fashion Week, and meanwhile, for those who have observed a loss of energy in the local industry, well, there have been dips before, and NYFW has always rebounded.
But if New York is going to stage another comeback fashion-wise, the industry’s stakeholders must correctly assess the current state of affairs. The NYFW calendar has always been overcrowded. The collections shown here have long stressed retail-friendliness over directionality. And whatever the deficits of Manhattan’s venues, whether Skylight Clarkson Square or the umpteen pop-up locations all over town, it’s worth pointing out that London, Milan, and Paris aren’t exactly short of frustrations and inconveniences where show-hopping is concerned.
What is new and unique in the pressure it’s exerting on the biz, is the change in the nature of Fashion Week itself: What once was a conference for insiders, has evolved into a marketing platform, with show images disseminated worldwide in real time. Add to that the globalization of the industry, and what you get is a de-emphasis on locality, in terms of how brands identify, and an uptick in designers categorizing themselves according to sensibility. In leaving New York for Paris, Joseph Altuzarra, Thom Browne, Rodarte’s Mulleavy sisters, and Proenza’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are saying, in essence, that their collections belong not to America, but to a certain kind of fashion conversation at which Paris particularly excels. Luxury fashion with an editorial focus: That’s Paris Fashion Week’s stock-in-trade, and if you’re trying to reach the greatest number of editors and buyers who are looking for that and only that, then Paris is the place to be.
New York Fashion Week needs to define its own strong identity. Maybe Paris is destined to own “luxury fashion with an editorial focus;” if so, we can own something else. New York is the rightful home of any brand that specializes in streetwear—a genre that deserves its own conversation, with its own sense of prestige. It’s fitting that Helmut Lang is returning to the New York Fashion Week calendar this season with a special project by Hood By Air designer Shayne Oliver; Lang, after all, essentially invented the category of high-end, forward-thinking streetwear, and in 1998, he moved his show from Paris to New York in part because he believed this city was the place where his work made the most sense. New York Fashion Week should be tempting any brand that considers Helmut Lang a forebear—and whatever the poobahs at WME-IMG or the CFDA have to do to coax Acne Studios, Off-White, Heron Preston, and Alyx to New York, they should do it.
Start talking—now—to Riccardo Tisci, who adores New York and who might focus on streetwear if he winds up going solo after his post-Givenchy time-out. Seek out any cool brand that caters to club kids or skaters, and/or earns the bulk of its dough selling tees or denim, and make the case that New York is the city that takes that business seriously. And then take it seriously, by offering institutional support, à la the British Fashion Council, to young designers working in that vein who are trying something fresh. Launch a special initiative to make New York the official capital of fashion streetwear and put Sarah Andelman in charge—now that she’s closing down Colette, she’s got the time, she’s got the eye, and she’s got the international fashion cred.
Those are just a few ideas, but the point is, New York Fashion Week can generate its own distinctive fashion buzz if we commit to owning a certain conversation. It’s not that nothing else about NYFW needs to change, but the first thing on the agenda is to take pride in the stuff this city does best.
Read more at: http://www.queeniebridesmaid.co.uk
Reports of the death of New York Fashion Week are certainly premature. The city is home to a dynamic fashion scene and the mix of designers showing at NYFW reflects that. There are daring upstart labels like Eckhaus Latta and Chromat; there are consistently innovative (and influential) small brand stalwarts such as Zero + Maria Cornejo; there are sportswear juggernauts like Michael Kors Collection, Ralph Lauren, and Tory Burch. The Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs shows are still must-sees for anyone on the international fashion circuit, and with Raf Simons at the helm, Calvin Klein is once again essential viewing. That’s an incomplete list of what’s exciting and what’s important at New York Fashion Week, and meanwhile, for those who have observed a loss of energy in the local industry, well, there have been dips before, and NYFW has always rebounded.
But if New York is going to stage another comeback fashion-wise, the industry’s stakeholders must correctly assess the current state of affairs. The NYFW calendar has always been overcrowded. The collections shown here have long stressed retail-friendliness over directionality. And whatever the deficits of Manhattan’s venues, whether Skylight Clarkson Square or the umpteen pop-up locations all over town, it’s worth pointing out that London, Milan, and Paris aren’t exactly short of frustrations and inconveniences where show-hopping is concerned.
What is new and unique in the pressure it’s exerting on the biz, is the change in the nature of Fashion Week itself: What once was a conference for insiders, has evolved into a marketing platform, with show images disseminated worldwide in real time. Add to that the globalization of the industry, and what you get is a de-emphasis on locality, in terms of how brands identify, and an uptick in designers categorizing themselves according to sensibility. In leaving New York for Paris, Joseph Altuzarra, Thom Browne, Rodarte’s Mulleavy sisters, and Proenza’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are saying, in essence, that their collections belong not to America, but to a certain kind of fashion conversation at which Paris particularly excels. Luxury fashion with an editorial focus: That’s Paris Fashion Week’s stock-in-trade, and if you’re trying to reach the greatest number of editors and buyers who are looking for that and only that, then Paris is the place to be.
New York Fashion Week needs to define its own strong identity. Maybe Paris is destined to own “luxury fashion with an editorial focus;” if so, we can own something else. New York is the rightful home of any brand that specializes in streetwear—a genre that deserves its own conversation, with its own sense of prestige. It’s fitting that Helmut Lang is returning to the New York Fashion Week calendar this season with a special project by Hood By Air designer Shayne Oliver; Lang, after all, essentially invented the category of high-end, forward-thinking streetwear, and in 1998, he moved his show from Paris to New York in part because he believed this city was the place where his work made the most sense. New York Fashion Week should be tempting any brand that considers Helmut Lang a forebear—and whatever the poobahs at WME-IMG or the CFDA have to do to coax Acne Studios, Off-White, Heron Preston, and Alyx to New York, they should do it.
Start talking—now—to Riccardo Tisci, who adores New York and who might focus on streetwear if he winds up going solo after his post-Givenchy time-out. Seek out any cool brand that caters to club kids or skaters, and/or earns the bulk of its dough selling tees or denim, and make the case that New York is the city that takes that business seriously. And then take it seriously, by offering institutional support, à la the British Fashion Council, to young designers working in that vein who are trying something fresh. Launch a special initiative to make New York the official capital of fashion streetwear and put Sarah Andelman in charge—now that she’s closing down Colette, she’s got the time, she’s got the eye, and she’s got the international fashion cred.
Those are just a few ideas, but the point is, New York Fashion Week can generate its own distinctive fashion buzz if we commit to owning a certain conversation. It’s not that nothing else about NYFW needs to change, but the first thing on the agenda is to take pride in the stuff this city does best.
Read more at: http://www.queeniebridesmaid.co.uk
2017年8月25日（金）
Gorman are giving away
Gorman are giving away T-shirts in exchange for a vote towards marriage equality
Gorman are using fashion to make a statement, and one we can definitely get behind.
Announcing today the release of their Love is Love T-shirt campaign in light of the upcoming marriage law postal vote, the Australian brand will be giving away 5000 statement T-shirts to support the Yes campaign.
So how do you get one? Simply show a screenshot of your enrolment details in any Gorman store from Friday, August 25, and wear your new T-shirt with pride.
The T-shirts, which are a collaboration with Australian artist Monika Forsberg, are the perfect way to show your support for the postal vote.
This Australia-wide initiative has been developed by Gorman in an effort to encourage people to enrol and vote in the postal plebiscite. So if you haven’t enrolled already, make sure you do and why not pick up a Gorman T-shirt while you’re at it?
Not sure what's going on with the postal vote? We've broken it all down here.
Read more at:
http://www.queeniebridesmaid.co.uk
Gorman are using fashion to make a statement, and one we can definitely get behind.
Announcing today the release of their Love is Love T-shirt campaign in light of the upcoming marriage law postal vote, the Australian brand will be giving away 5000 statement T-shirts to support the Yes campaign.
So how do you get one? Simply show a screenshot of your enrolment details in any Gorman store from Friday, August 25, and wear your new T-shirt with pride.
The T-shirts, which are a collaboration with Australian artist Monika Forsberg, are the perfect way to show your support for the postal vote.
This Australia-wide initiative has been developed by Gorman in an effort to encourage people to enrol and vote in the postal plebiscite. So if you haven’t enrolled already, make sure you do and why not pick up a Gorman T-shirt while you’re at it?
Not sure what's going on with the postal vote? We've broken it all down here.
Read more at:
http://www.queeniebridesmaid.co.uk
2017年8月23日（水）
Autumn 2017 fashion trends: The styles to note now for the season
These autumn / winter 2017 fashion trends are already landing in stores...
We may only be halfway through our proper summer, but it would be foolish to ignore the fresh batch of autumn 2017 trends that is just around the corner. From futuristic fabrics, to tonal dressing, fashion’s throwing some frivolous, and some revolutionary ideas our way next season - and there’s nothing to stop you from getting ahead of the pack and working a few of these into your wardrobe right now. These are the trends worth noting...
When Karl Lagerfeld built a Chanel rocket launchpad in the middle of the Grand Palais, the trend for space-age fabrics was confirmed. Fluid silver lamé was used for evening dresses at Paco Rabanne, while Christopher Kane used iridescent foil and J.W. Anderson declared chainmail to be the unexpected new party fabric.Raf Simons made his debut at Calvin Klein, coating every outerwear option in his collection in clear plastic. Elsewhere, Miu Miu, Roksanda and Fendi also went big on the patent and PVC.Roksanda, Preen and more of the big names in London decided that it was time for us to brush up on our colour coordination, championing top-to-toe tonal dressing for all. The key to getting it right for now, it seems, is to offset with one accessory in a contrasting hue.
Was Her Majesty The Queen on Stella McCartney's moodboard? Yes, it seems, if the quilted green jackets and silk headscarves that dominated on the designer's catwalk are anything to go by. Teamed with heritage checks, the key to making it 2017-ready is all in the proportions.
Prada, Mulberry and Lemaire led the charge for a cord revival, reimagined in new, feminine silhouettes. The new corduroys come in blush, terracotta or teal - a far cry from the geography professors of yesteryear.
Read more at:
pastel bridesmaid dresses
We may only be halfway through our proper summer, but it would be foolish to ignore the fresh batch of autumn 2017 trends that is just around the corner. From futuristic fabrics, to tonal dressing, fashion’s throwing some frivolous, and some revolutionary ideas our way next season - and there’s nothing to stop you from getting ahead of the pack and working a few of these into your wardrobe right now. These are the trends worth noting...
When Karl Lagerfeld built a Chanel rocket launchpad in the middle of the Grand Palais, the trend for space-age fabrics was confirmed. Fluid silver lamé was used for evening dresses at Paco Rabanne, while Christopher Kane used iridescent foil and J.W. Anderson declared chainmail to be the unexpected new party fabric.Raf Simons made his debut at Calvin Klein, coating every outerwear option in his collection in clear plastic. Elsewhere, Miu Miu, Roksanda and Fendi also went big on the patent and PVC.Roksanda, Preen and more of the big names in London decided that it was time for us to brush up on our colour coordination, championing top-to-toe tonal dressing for all. The key to getting it right for now, it seems, is to offset with one accessory in a contrasting hue.
Was Her Majesty The Queen on Stella McCartney's moodboard? Yes, it seems, if the quilted green jackets and silk headscarves that dominated on the designer's catwalk are anything to go by. Teamed with heritage checks, the key to making it 2017-ready is all in the proportions.
Prada, Mulberry and Lemaire led the charge for a cord revival, reimagined in new, feminine silhouettes. The new corduroys come in blush, terracotta or teal - a far cry from the geography professors of yesteryear.
Read more at:
pastel bridesmaid dresses
