Since i haven't blogged for a while, i should probably fill up the space.
This editorial was in the April issue of Italian Vogue, photographed
by Steven Meisel and styled by Karl Templer.It months old but none the less inspiring, very wearable and grungy except with a thousand dollar price tag.
.. not that anyone reads my blog or anything, but i was posting more on Myspace Blog. Not that anyone read that too.
On myspace for the last couple of months i've was banging on about Lacroix, who is by far my favorite Couturier.
this is my list of favorite couturier's
1.Christian Lacroix 2.Galliano (for Dior) 3.Jean Paul Gaultier 4.Gareth Pugh.. who isn't a couturier but may as well be! 5.Givenchy
I was deeply depressed to hear that Lacroix had gone bankrupt (also stunned; if you had the money, why wouldn't you want to wear Christian Lacroix haute couture?). But i had faith in my favorite designer and couturier- because thats what you do, i thought he would pull through... i even begged my parents to buy shares (which was a very unrealistic outlook i've now realised). But no... he might of just made his last ever Couture show.
I think... maybe.... because the new Couture audience is looking for outrages and almost satirical garments, houses like Dior and Gaultier become more attractive. I'm not really a Couture buyer (obvz) but thats how i see it anyway. Christian Lacroix's collection was rather dark, and very wearable considering, also elegant- but thats a given. He said the inspiration came from his ink sketches, which really plays out well in this collection as the attention is drawn to the way the drapery of the fabric creates classic silhouettes (I sound like a prat). The whole collection was done for free!!! And created by 12 people. Even the venue and the music... to me thats really inspiring. I watched it on youtube and style.com and people are commenting how they cried. The last dress is stunning!!!
A friend of mine bought a Michael Jackson doll from a cheapo store in 2005 or maybe 2004. He managed to pick one up for less than $5 on account of it being rejected stock and the media being convinced that Michael Jackson was a pedophile. On a recent browse on Ebay i noticed something....
