In + Spi + Red = Behind the Scenes Lanvin

Sometimes, some things, are just straight up purty. 

Like these behind the scenes photos from the Lanvin Spring 2012 fashion show.

"...you just live, our job as a designer is to be an antenna, we are feeling things, and we are feeling people, we are just there to feel what women project..." - Alber Elbaz

Oooooo Barracuda = Alexander McQueen Spring 2012

I am unabashedly biased towards LOVING the McQueen show above all others, EVERY season. 


This didn't just start. And it's not about to end, either. 


Sarah Burton had so much tact and skill in finishing where McQueen left off that I don't see why she won't develop into one of the most important of the timeless figures of fashion, standing right next to McQueen instead of just under him.

For Spring 2012, Burton let a bit of her dark side come out by enveloping the models faces into the garments themselves. I am always a fan of three dimensional dressing, where the garment is not viewed in two dimensions, as a front and back that hangs over a three dimensional form (the human body). But instead, I believe that the garment should become multi-faceted in which a three dimensional body is housed. Burton explored this by including all parts of the body within the construction of the pieces. As Burton states herself "I was thinking about a woman as an object of desire. We go to such lengths to adorn ourselves that we almost become our clothes or are taken over by them. This is a collection about excess - an exploration of ideals of beauty at their most extreme.” 


This season Burton definitely showed off some of the intricate craftsmanship she learned from her years under Alexander McQueen. And as Style.com's Tim Blank states of the collection she's not only replicating his techniques but is actually channeling McQueen.


"this collection proved how hot-wired into the core of McQueen Burton truly is. The color palette—as translucent as the inside of a shell—had the kind of unambiguous prettiness that McQueen himself might have felt inclined to disrupt in some way. Burton duly injected the glossy black leather—a sinister barracuda slipping through the shoals of shimmer, like the spirit of her erstwhile mentor. She'll never escape him; nor, it seems, does she want to."- Tim Blanks

Purrrrty = Sonia Rykiel Spring 2012

If I only needed one show to just make me feel like the fashion industry wasn't so cut-throat and starved of happiness it'd be a Sonia Rykiel show. The models are always smiling, and to be honest the clothes are solid, and the mood is always quite groovy.

Now, you're going to look at these tall women marching down the runway and tell me that these ladies are not in the least bit "happy". But take a closer look and they most definitely have smirks glowing on their faces. Despite the fact that they all need to eat a whole bunch of cookies, they do look quite beautiful in these pieces, in their baby giraffe-like way. 

Plus, Rykiel nailed the mellow yellow trend on the head. Not only was her runway brilliant yellow but most of the collection was as well.