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Designer Sketches (part 1)
by The CoF
Each designer has their own working style, but the preliminary sketches are always the starting point in the creative process.
Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Christian Lacroix, Creativity, Design, Elie Saab, giambattista valli, illustration, Photography, Sketches
The Valli Bag
by The CoF
The Valli Bag is the new icon bag that the Italian designer,Giambattista Valli, who has settled in Paris some years ago, presented during the 2013/14 autumn/winter fashion show in Paris. All the elements of this bag allow you to use it both during daytime and during nighttime.
Categories: Fashion • Tags: bags, fall 2013, giambattista valli, Handbags and Purses, Paris, Shopping
Front Row At Giambattista Valli Fall 2013
by The CoF
Coco Rocha and Elena Perminova Bianca Brandolini D’Adda Tallulah Harlech Farida Khelfa and Inès de la Fressange. Leigh Lezark Charlotte Dellal and Deena Abdulaziz. Elettra Wiedemann Karla Otto and Anna Dello Russo. Coco Brandolini d’Adda and Alexia Niedzielski. Photo: Alessandro Garofalo / InDigital | GoRunway
Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Coco Rocha, fall 2013, front row, giambattista valli, Inès de la Fressange, Paris Fashion Week
Giambattista Valli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2013 Collection
by The CoF
GIAMBATTISTA VALLI has been officially part of the couture line-up now for three seasons, having made a guest appearance for autumn/winter 2011-12. Designers typically receive appellation only after they’ve showed couture for five years, but the Paris Fédération Française de la Couture decided that the standard of Valli’s work was so high that he was eligible for the honour – and so he’s part of the gang now. And it’s easy to see why. He tackled tricksome shapes that wouldn’t so […]
Categories: Fashion Week • Tags: Fédération française de la couture, giambattista valli, Haute couture, Paris, style, Vogue
Couture Fashion Week Highlights
by The CoF
Donatella Versace last night/ via style.com Couture Fashion Week kicked off last night – a four-day-long schedule featuring the fashion world’s key names and the most beautiful and expensive creations of the season. While the opulent gowns designed by heavyweights such as Chanel and Dior might be out of most of our budgets, the event does give us the opportunity to see designers at their most creative, extravagant and dramatic. It was Atelier Versace who begun the proceedings last night […]
Categories: Fashion, Fashion Week • Tags: Alexis Mabille, atelier versace, giambattista valli, Haute couture, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, Raf Simons, Stéphane Rolland
Ink Fabric Editorial Illustrated by Julia Slavinska
by The CoF
It’s not easy to find a new way to present household fashion brands. Especially after you’ve just seen them in all the fashion week coverage, and multitude of collaborations and collections that pop out every day. But this inspired Ink Fabric editorial spread does so, and does it beautifully. Modeled by Myroslava Dronyuk, photographed by Andrew Ivaskiv, and illustrated by Julia Slavinska, the spread brings —Dior, Louis Vuitton, Alexander Wang, Alexander McQueen, Giambattista Valli, Givenchy, and Dolce & Gabbana—together in a work of art […]
Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, ANDREW IVASKIV, Dolce & Gabbana, Fashion, giambattista valli, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton
Party Make-Up Inspiration
by The CoF
A PARTY is the perfect opportunity to try out a more daring make-up look than you might normally, and the autumn/winter 2012-13 catwalks were rife with beauty inspiration for the season’s soirees. If you’re wearing black, then why not add a pop of colour with Anna Sui‘s quirky blue liner, Stella McCartney‘s cobalt mascara or Thakoon‘s striking red lips? Or perhaps you’re going for a more smouldering look - Gucci‘s vermilion lips or Jason Wu‘s feline emerald eyes should do the trick. So, whatever you […]
Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Anna Sui, flawless complexion, giambattista valli, Gucci, Jason, Jason Wu, Project Runway, Runway, Stella McCartney, Thakoon Panichgul
