Showing posts with label ABBEY LEE KERSHAW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABBEY LEE KERSHAW. Show all posts
BIG, BEAUTIFUL BRAIDS FOR SS/10
If you have waist-length hair like I do, you'll find this trend extremely convenient. The first time I saw the trend fully-fledged for spring, was at the Alexander Wang Spring/Summer 2010 runway show at New York Fashion Week last September. To match his androgynous sportswear-inspired collection rocked so well by models like Magdalena Frackowiak and Abbey Lee Kershaw, the models were sporting (pardon the pun) enormous side braids, loosely tied. I absolutely loved it. Classy, chic, and just enough attitude to have me wearing it all summer long. Braids are my forté.
To give you some visual inspiration, I decided to pull up Kasia Struss in the January issue of Vogue US. The article was to highlight jackets, hence the editorial "Jackets of All Trades", but I thought it was a nice touch to show a lovely darling sophisticatedly showing-off the beauty trend. The hair stylings in the editorial were done by Guido Palau, and it was photographed by David Sims.
Publication: Vogue U.S.
Issue: January 2010, Editorial: "Jackets of All Trades"
Photographer: David Sims
Model: Kasia Struss
Backstage at Alexander Wang via I Know What You Wore
To give you some visual inspiration, I decided to pull up Kasia Struss in the January issue of Vogue US. The article was to highlight jackets, hence the editorial "Jackets of All Trades", but I thought it was a nice touch to show a lovely darling sophisticatedly showing-off the beauty trend. The hair stylings in the editorial were done by Guido Palau, and it was photographed by David Sims.
Publication: Vogue U.S.
Issue: January 2010, Editorial: "Jackets of All Trades"
Photographer: David Sims
Model: Kasia Struss
MEISELPIC: VOGUE ITALIA
This is one of my favorite shoots, so I thought I would post this from my collections. Shot by Steven Meisel, a photography genius, the shoot was inspired by the social media site Twitter, and it's picture hosting, Twitpic. Revamped and renamed to "meiselpic", each of the models has a clever "tweet" to share, with Meisel sharing his little message as well. Check them all out.
Issue: December 2009
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Models: Agyness Deyn, Anna Selezneva, Freja Beha Erichsen, Hanne Gaby, Kasia Struss, Karlie Kloss, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Sasha Pivovarova, Natalia Vodianova, Natasha Poly.
For the record I only enclosed my favorites. There are more. Let me know if you want to see the rest. The ones I left out were Linda Evangelista, Viktoriya Sasonkina, Kristen McMenamy, Sessilee Lopez, Gisele Bundchen, Lara Stone, Karen Elson, Naomi Campbell, Jamie Bochert, Christy Turlington.
Backstage Pass With Alexander McQueen: W/09
Drama. Brilliance. Intrigue.
Three words that describe all that emanates from the winter 2008/2009 Alexander McQueen Haute Couture show. As always, McQueen has spun a web of awe to lay upon his avid audience here in Paris this fashion week. The theme of the show was The Girl Who Lived In The Tree, with this thematic tree icon being situated in the center of the podium, enveloped in silk. McQueen appeared to have two separate ideals of inspiration from which he drew, the first set of designs being darker with leggings frequenting the legs of the models, while the second set was clearly contrived from Victorian inspiration. Here it is quite clear that McQueen has taken it back to his British roots; from the high sewing of the 1950's, to the British Empire, and even evident inspiration from the Duke of Wellington. The royal blue and scarlet red corsetted dresses, and the tulle of feathered ballerina gowns that paraded down the runway were simply dazzling. Matched with the razzle-dazzle jewels and maharajah-inspired small slippers that adorned the feet of the models (note that Victoria was an empress of the Indias, hence the Indian influence in the Victorian era), really showed McQueen taking it up a few notches, or perhaps ten. McQueen has always been one to attack the fashion world with controversy and shock tactics, that only make him ever-the-more brilliant with his avant-garde designs. This British designer has a style that is all his own: a theatrical explosion of creatively contrived couture.
But what about behind-the-scenes with one of the fashion world's most prominent designers?Let's take a look at the world behind the majestic curtains, where all the action and creative chaos resides.
Backstage is all a panic, but a pleasant one at that. Hairdressers, runway directors, and make-up artists are scrambling to get their duties done, while excited models lounge about awaiting maquillage and to be called upon. Taking a look at the clothing rack this close is absolutely breathtaking. Bejeweled dressed with corset backs peek out from behind enchanting red gowns. New faces of models look around with happily dazed expressions on their porcelain faces. Abbey Lee giggles to a nearby hairdresser. Well-known returners dawdle around, having done this hundreds of times. Lily Donaldson and Magdalena Frackowiak can be spotted across the room. They come over for a picture, Lily looking charming in a canary yellow ballerina dress, and Magdalena in a captivating white floor-length gown. The young, Belarussian beauty, Tanya Dziahileva, saunters over in a white and red swan princess-esque gown, a mildly bored expression on her luminous face. Her waist-length blonde locks are twisted into an alfalfa-like 'do at the top of her head, and brilliant bijoux dangling from her forehead. All the girls backstage look absolutely ravishing in McQueen's exuberant designs. But wait, what's this? The show is about to begin. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, and allow yourself to be enchanted by the magnetic allure of Alexander McQueen's Hiver 2008 Haute Couture show. Allons-y!
Three words that describe all that emanates from the winter 2008/2009 Alexander McQueen Haute Couture show. As always, McQueen has spun a web of awe to lay upon his avid audience here in Paris this fashion week. The theme of the show was The Girl Who Lived In The Tree, with this thematic tree icon being situated in the center of the podium, enveloped in silk. McQueen appeared to have two separate ideals of inspiration from which he drew, the first set of designs being darker with leggings frequenting the legs of the models, while the second set was clearly contrived from Victorian inspiration. Here it is quite clear that McQueen has taken it back to his British roots; from the high sewing of the 1950's, to the British Empire, and even evident inspiration from the Duke of Wellington. The royal blue and scarlet red corsetted dresses, and the tulle of feathered ballerina gowns that paraded down the runway were simply dazzling. Matched with the razzle-dazzle jewels and maharajah-inspired small slippers that adorned the feet of the models (note that Victoria was an empress of the Indias, hence the Indian influence in the Victorian era), really showed McQueen taking it up a few notches, or perhaps ten. McQueen has always been one to attack the fashion world with controversy and shock tactics, that only make him ever-the-more brilliant with his avant-garde designs. This British designer has a style that is all his own: a theatrical explosion of creatively contrived couture.
But what about behind-the-scenes with one of the fashion world's most prominent designers?Let's take a look at the world behind the majestic curtains, where all the action and creative chaos resides.
Backstage is all a panic, but a pleasant one at that. Hairdressers, runway directors, and make-up artists are scrambling to get their duties done, while excited models lounge about awaiting maquillage and to be called upon. Taking a look at the clothing rack this close is absolutely breathtaking. Bejeweled dressed with corset backs peek out from behind enchanting red gowns. New faces of models look around with happily dazed expressions on their porcelain faces. Abbey Lee giggles to a nearby hairdresser. Well-known returners dawdle around, having done this hundreds of times. Lily Donaldson and Magdalena Frackowiak can be spotted across the room. They come over for a picture, Lily looking charming in a canary yellow ballerina dress, and Magdalena in a captivating white floor-length gown. The young, Belarussian beauty, Tanya Dziahileva, saunters over in a white and red swan princess-esque gown, a mildly bored expression on her luminous face. Her waist-length blonde locks are twisted into an alfalfa-like 'do at the top of her head, and brilliant bijoux dangling from her forehead. All the girls backstage look absolutely ravishing in McQueen's exuberant designs. But wait, what's this? The show is about to begin. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, and allow yourself to be enchanted by the magnetic allure of Alexander McQueen's Hiver 2008 Haute Couture show. Allons-y!
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