Saturday, November 30, 2013

The fashion collaboration of the season!

Celebrating their 10th year anniversary on the fashion scene, the iconic artist Damien Hirst has teamed up with Alexander McQueen. They created 30 new designs for their famous scarfs collection, inspired by the natural world, including chic colorways and kaleidoscopic geometric shapes. Besides the skull motif as a base, a lot of other prints were added too, like butterflies, bugs, spiders and other insects. The items are limited edition, so if you want this must-have accessory, you have to hurry up before it's out of stock! The prices are from 515$ to 1,715$; already exclusively available in stores and online. I think it's a very beautiful present for Christmas, especially for someone who is into fashion.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

80's it is!

I've been watching The Carrie Diaries, an amazing teen drama television series, that I absolutely recommend for all the teenage girls, especially the fashion lovers. It's a prequel to the television series Sex and the City; Carrie's life when she was young, so the story takes place in the 1980's. Besides the charming story, I love the characters' style! Personally, I really like the 80's look, and after watching the series, I appreciate it even more. I did some interesting researches on The Carrie Diaries' style and the 80's trends. Apparently, Eric Daman is the costumes designer, known also for his wardrobe work in Gossip Girl (my other favorite television series). According to him, it's all about mixing and matching prints and shapes that we don't see every day. The characters' style is of course inspired by 80's icons, like Madonna who was sensational in her Like a virgin phase. She was very influential to female fashion, especially with her "street urchin" look consisting of short skirts worn over leggings, necklaces, rubber bracelets, fishnet gloves... We see a lot of that in the series, not just in Carrie's character, but also in Dana, Larissa (my favorite), Maggie... Daman precise, in an interview, all the stores where he usually shops for the costumes; He uses a lot of Topshop and H&M, Etsy and Urban Outfitters are good too. I think American Apparel can be also useful for basics stuffs.
What I like the most about this series, is that each character follows the 80's trend but in his own way, the fashion is individual and personalized. I'm definitely inspired by this particular time in history, I think I'm going to extend my vintage wardrobe (more high wasted pants, more over-sized jackets/sweaters, and definitely more printed items).
Here, Carrie is wearing a short dress from Nasty Gal.
Most of the outfits are daring, it's not really suitable for everyday, but it can definitely inspires you for similar outfits more adequate.