Color, Shine and Patterns dominate Spring/Summer 2013

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Moschino Menswear Spring/Summer 2013

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Burberry Prorsum Menswear Spring/Summer 2013

Gone are the days of earth tone soft palette menswear collection where black, white, and taupe colors rule the runway. In the next Spring/Summer 2013 collection, we see bright colors, shinny metallic fabrics and commercial patterns around the fashion capital, most notably in the most recent collections from Moschino and Burberry Prorsum in Milan. 

In Moschino, supermarket products turned into prints and patterns all over shirts, jackets and pants. The combination of commercial-influence fashion pieces pair with super pop brights sweaters, pants and jackets all mixed together created a color-overdosed preppy look. It's fun, sexy and defintely very forward. 

In Burberry Prorsum, Christopher Bailey's boxy top and skinny bottom silhoutte created a very sexy look, filled with well designed car coats, boxy bomber and rain trench along with fitted suits. The twist came from super bright crispy metallic materials of pink, turquoise, fuchia red, yellow, orange and blue in outerwear and shirts. I especially love the touch of metallic shine water trek sandals and boxy satin shirts. The scarf inspired printed zip bomber has rounded shoulder pad and loose sleeves, finished with classic suiting bottom and metallic sandals. The Christian Bailey's Burberry men definitely has evolved along with lots of womenswear influence printed patterns and colors.

In the current age of economic downturn and uncertainty, the bold statement in recent menswear collection is almost a must to generate more buzz and interest, just not sure how well will men accept the changes there is to come, nevertheless, luxury fashion is not dead for sure, at the very least not in menswear in my opinion..

 

Sharp Tailoring and Sexy Proportion at Haider Ackermann SP/SU 2013

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I always love Haider Ackermann, the reason being he executes design proportion so well that always any form of shapes and lines look very sexy and lean. In this latest collection, he continues his signature design or wrapping and overlapping leather, shinny silks undernearth a sharp tailored jacket, using traditional Japanese kimono as inspiration, translated into a modern, architectural structure that is soft and elegant. There are mixed of wide and high-waisted, boyfriend style and skinny pants, along with tailored jackets that come in beautiful monochromatic silverish geometrical print. I really like those wide belts that translated into cummerband holding the shape of the collection really well. Just hope those pieces would come in men as well.

Matthew Williamson celebrate collection #15 in SP/SU 2013

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Matthew Williamson newest collection celebrate 15 years of the launch of his label, inspired by Indian holy festival as paint and inked dropped into paper, creating a cold and warm colors of mix match ombre prints and embroidery. It's what he does best. I really enjoy his collection.  

 

Colorful Corsets and Cape at Burberry 2013

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Christopher Bailey does in again ! This time he sent models down the runway filled with colors in mainly the shape of "Corsets and Capes". The famous burberry trench coat were transformed into metallic color fabrics and come in different variety of length and width. We have seen a lot of colors going into next year from NY fashion week. It seems like the color does not stop at NY, more to come in London fashion week..

 

NY Spring 2013 RTW

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OK Let's tango with these colors...

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A beautiful video of tango, monotone colors fashion pieces, expecially love how the back of the wall matches the outfit. The guy dresses in a uniform like tops and bottom in brilliant colors work really well with the dresses.

A gift from my brother who just came back from Jordan. No I don't own a Starbucks !

Taken at Studio Lifequartet 人創工作室

Pretty amazing how far I have travelled this past year just to teach, the journey of life, far and unpredictable .

Contemporary dressing at Raf Simon's finale for Jil Sander AW12/13

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Raf Simon ending on a high note in his finale collecton of AW2012/2013

Jil Sander has been my favorite labels for a long time. When Raf Simon, another favorite, took over the Jil Sander collection 7 years ago, I have been watching him continue to transform and refine simple clothes in a new way. In this finale collection, beautiful dresses and coats fill the runway with beautiful, poetic and upscale shapes and colors. These are truly contemporary clothes with lots of soul and love. Check out the different design of various shades of flares and fitted dresses, the cutting of the seam along the princess line and bust area create an interesting mixed-fabric, which transitioning from smooth satin charmeuse fabric to metallic lame fabric. An occasional touch of leather with drapery dress truly define the brilliant touch of Raf. We shall miss you Raf..

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Hedi Slimane's holiday video: rock n roll ballet dancer

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Happy Holidays ! I love this short film, mixing rock n roll beat with ballet movement. beautiful !