ARE WE FASHION THIRSTY, OR WHAT?!

 As New York Fashion Week has physically started it has renewed that known buzz that only fashion shows can bring. The excitement, the vibe that has so dearly to us, fashion fans and lovers. I think we all have been fed of online shows or collections being displayed only in the editorial kind of way. The fashion show is called A Show with the reason, the music, the A-Z front-row(ers) this has all been missed and we fashionistas are here to enjoy and to celebrate the freedom that only fashion can bring.

So, are we fashion thirsty?! OH YESSS!! With their carpets rolling on, from Cannes to Venetia, from Zendaya looking stunning in anything she wore to the famous Jessica Chastain moment, the fashion is here and what better timing to start Fashion Week than these days.

The New York Fashion Week has been going on and there have been really interesting collections to see. We all know what New York in the fashion circles represents. Maybe it is not so innovative like the one in London or glamorous like the one in Paris or Milan but we love NYFW and that is a fact!

But let us take a look at one of the pioneers when it comes to great fashion in their concept of New York Fashion Week and that is Prabal Gurung Spring 2022 Ready To Wear collection. The breeze of fresh and very stylish air. With these words, I could describe this collection. From light and silky materials that flow really effortlessly and refined. 

The big trend that has started this Summer and will go on into the next Spring/Sumer season, the seductive and cute cut-outs on the waist boosting the appealing aura to the coolest. The airy mini-dresses with the cute and puffy short lines accentuate the youthful and the urban undertone of this collection.

The elegant notes were kept in the shape of the all-fringed outfits with the glamorous midi and long dresses. If you are a pants fan the ensemble built from the sleek trousers and sharp-edged blazer with the peplum attachment can go easily hand to hand with any chic dress. So there is something for everyone.

Not to mention the coloristic solutions that are on the pastel side of the spectrum undertoning the easy glam that this collection was all about. Everything was in shapes that were soft and minor and cuts that were exciting and easy to wear and yet giving that WOW effect.

Are we fashion-thirsty? Yes! And yes to this collection has introduced us into the world that we knew, the world that is maybe still here. A world of good fashion and better times! And I am here for it totally with every joy!

What do you think about this collection? Have you missed the "real# fashion shows? Which fashion week are you excited about the most?

Thank you for your attention!

Georgia! xo

The highlights from Prabal Gurung SS 2022 collection:

Photos: Vogue.com

A BLAST FROM THE PAST!

Fresh and witty with the known elements. With these words the latest Spring/Summer 2021 collection by Chanel. Seems like Virginie Viard has found her design signature that corresponds so in-tuned with the classic Chanel aesthetic. The Parisian chic with the note of the famous Gabrielle Chanel tomboy-ish approach was the highlight and the leading line in the creative signature for this collection.

The famous jersey piece was there incorporated on almost every outfit but this time it was more softened and voluminous on the shoulders and light accentuated on the waistline. There were plenty of t-shirts and pullovers with the CHANEL logo all over it. Paired with the Bermudas alike trousers were reminiscing the perfect French-style uniform.

With the plenty of micros and mini accessories from the bags to the bags-alike-phone-chargers, the collection was an homage to the Chanel aesthetic and those topics for which this house has been known for: the subtle feminine side paired with the high elegance but in the very wearable and approachable mannerism. For Chanel, this was the look back but in a good way, or to be more precise, a blast from the past, the secure fit that goes perfectly with the expectations of the old but it is modern and interesting enough for the new customers.

Honestly, Chanel never goes out of style. And with this collection that could be seen as the playful manifesto of it, it has brought us another exciting and beautiful collection full of amazing pieces and style inspirations! 

What do you think about this collection? Do you find it very Chanel and which looks do you like the most?

The highlights from Chanel Spring/Summer 2021 collection:
 

 

 

 

Photos: Courtesy of Vogue.com

FASHION, THANK YOU!

Fashion must go on and with that motto, this season's Fashion Weeks have been altered. Mostly in the web versions, editorials, or live stream options, only a few of the fashion houses have organized the shows with the public.

One of them was the one by Valentino. It is amazing to see how many collections, including this one too, have become very low key but with a huge romantic twist. Seems like in this COVID situation, fashion has become very gentle, almost assertive but in a good way.

This collection was all of that and more. The simplicity kept in the usually very show-stopping approach, this time has involved in the level of light and sleek silhouette that was very ethereal and airy, very soft and luminous, like Pierpaolo Piccioli has decided to soften all the glamour giving us an invitation to the reachable and so easy wearable ensembles.

Dresses in mostly long versions, with little details on them, we're in the correlation with the coloristic themes that were very in the aquatic kind of mode. 

The world and life, in general, have stepped into another level of  the COVID era, very uncertain times are here a very long time for now, so the return of the fashion in its own rail tracks has been really something to be happy for and for that Fashion, Thank You!

What do you think about the current fashion scene, do you miss the typical fashion or this one in the "new normal" era that we hope we will not be stuck forever?

Thank you for your attention!

Georgia! xo

The highlights from Valentino Spring/Summer 2021 collection:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos: Courtesy of Vogue.com

WHAT IS NEXT FOR FASHION?!

If you are a regular visitor to this blog you have noticed that there were no posts in almost two months, or to be accurate when all of this COVID-19  madness has started, the fashion as well as the whole world, has stopped.  I, as someone who adores fashion and finds fashion to be inspiring and whom fashion has helped to come through the even darkest times in life, I stopped writing, well not just writing, but also even thinking about fashion. Unfortunately, the much more interesting informations we're all those COVID-19 related, and the fashion was not the slightest example on my radar of interest. But still, I could feel the disbelief, the reluctance of the world of fashion that has stuck in the middle of nowhere just as many of us have been feeling for the couples of months, and in my mind and heart, I often thought about fashion and its future.

In the world of fashion, everything has been canceled, from shows, castings, photo-shootings, etc. Even the online luxury retailers had been canceled the shopping opportunities. And that has made the whole thing even scarier. So I was asking myself, as any fashion fan and lover would do, ’what is next for fashion’?!  And I was in a rather nihilistic and negative point of view to be honest, and in a bitter state of mind without any glimpse of the perspective regarding the fashion industry.

But then it occurred to me: ’Fashion has survived World Wars, it has gone through Deep Depression,  it has risen stronger and vivid than ever before all of this madness!’  And this time the opportunity for better tomorow will not be different, just mark my words. I know and simply believe that fashion will come back bigger and inspiring than ever!🙌

That will happen, no doubt. The bigger question is how it will happen. What fashion right now needs is to re-invent itself, having on its, and our mind as the consumers mind, that a capitalism as we all know has been gone, it is done. The starting buying force will be low, no doubt about that. The creative process will be affected by the non-existing profit from the general lockdown that has happened in the whole world. So how will fashion find its way through？!

The imaginative note and forces are something that the fashion will need endlessly.  To the consumeristic megalomania that has been ruled the fashion industry for the past years including flavishing influencers with expensive gifts and travellings has come to an end. This time the accent will be on the creative process of the designers and not just them but the whole team that stands behind the fashion house name, from the managers, marketing, ideas developers, bringing us to the basics yet even futuristic epitomes when it comes to further solutions.

The accent will definitely be on the quality rather than the quantity. The Haute Couture scene that has been sadly toned down and simplified in the almost casual zone, will bring the new exclusive light into the world of fashion. You see, people whose lives were affected through this pandemic will be on the search for something that will inspire them, which would pull them into the world of fashion utopia. 

Yes, the grande escapism will be searched and fashion will be needed more than ever. Infueled by the artistic expression of fashion design will be what the new expression will be all about in its ethos: beautiful, dreamy, unreal, seductive, bold, revolutionary yet mellow, and soft! And what is a better way to do that than making the fabulous Couture scene?

As a fashion lover, I truly believe that fashion will stand proud again, flying with its Fenix wings towards the new times that will inspire us all to be little braver, happier, serene, a step closer to be free, free from fear, free from illnesses,  free from stress, from everything that these crazy times brought us. 

Maybe fashion will not solve anything in the general sense, but will be here again to promise us a better tomorrow and that is a very small, even the smallest thing that is maybe all we need right now!

Long live fashion!💖

What are your thoughts about this topic？How do you think fashion will come to the ’old-new’ tracks again？

Thank you for your attention!

Georgia❣

Photos: @viktorandrolf, @spleendecouture @paccorabanne @mrselfportraite @erdem

               

IS RED CARPET GLAM STILL OUT THERE?!

The new year and the new seasons in the fashion but in the most exciting time of the year, the numerous awards season where all those fashion glorious and flamboyant ensembles could be rocked! Yesterday the Golden Globes were presented and at this point, I honestly don´t have the favorite dress or outfit to declare which is sad!

I always look for that WOWZA effect but it has been gone for a while, well for almost a decade, so I don´t know it is that the fashion is gone wrong or maybe the stylists are not so good enough as they were in the past. But yet, there are few awards to be held, so let us keep our fingers crossed! Ok, that could be a theme for another post but since this is the first post in the 2020 year, I have chosen to talk about the latest collection and maybe get the inspiration for this year´s award season!

If anyone has established the perfect but not save and so refined aesthetic for the red carpet is definitely Monique Lhuillier. Her design is mostly rounded with the stunning gowns and dresses with a huge feminine impact! Sometimes the less is better, or to be precise, why complicate a simple and things that work!

It seems like this was a motto when the word was for Fall 2020 Ready To Wear collection in the house of Monique Lhuillier! One thing that goes undertoned when we talk about Monique Lhuillier is definitely her love for the lightness in the textures. That is why her dresses are the perfect choice for the red carpets. They follow the body moves but still dazzle very structurally friendly and "Imposant"!

In the concept of ML, everything is in the equilibrium, nothing is too much or too little! Like the long sweeping length dresses that fall very soft and ethereal. And to give it a glamorous swing you have the cutouts or the naked off one shoulder moment! The prints are, just like everything, very refined and almost on the level of the micro-sizes. This only shows how tasteful and well rounded the design and the style vision by Monique Lhuillier is.

And if you desire something that will "rock your boat" kind of wardrobe piece, in this collection she offers the ladylike Le Smoking version with the mini length edition. For everyone else, there are plenty of embellished materials, fringes, ultra big bows, and capes. All spiced with the few fuchsia vibrant colored ensembles just to give it a visual boost or to make you fall instantly in this collection!

If you look for something extra that is still wearable and approachable, free from the stiff and reduced structures, a real feminine fashion, this collection could juice your fashion appetites! I mean what is not to like about it! I hope some of the A-list celebrity stylists take a look at it, to deliver a WOWZA moment on the red carpet, finally!

What do you think about this collection? Which look do you find the most interesting? Are there any red carpet moment that you find the best ever?

Thank you for your attention!

Georgia 💓

The highlights from Monique Lhuillier Fall 2020 Ready To Wear collection:

Photos: Courtesy of Vogue.com