LE Spring 2014

hm? what to say about this new LE collection … first i was kind of suprised when i logged in at 10 am and the collection was already in store. i stormed right to the plaza, ready to buy grunge and hip hop inspired kate moss looks (this is how SD descriped the latest LE collection on their official blog) and you know that sound a a record does when you scratch the neeedle off of the record yeah that noise was repeating itself in my head when i saw the collection.

 

even though i was severely disappointed i still bought some pieces, i mean even though the collection isn't mind blowing buying some LE is never wrong as long as you manage to get the pieces which are selling out fast because those are the items you can sell later on (this maybe a selfish thing to do but if you look at the prizes at the bazaar selfishness is a popular thing on SD) but don't only buy it because of that just consider it when you want to buy something. 

belted dallas blouse (55$) tuscon blazer (135$)

 

rodarte spring 2014 rtw

diesel black gold spring 2014 rtw

 

 

mesh tank (70$) paris dallas top (58$)

 

diesel black gold spring 2014 rtw

 

 

electra fringe shawl (125$) sherriff chiffon maxi (220)

 

 

 

(all three pictures) zadig and voltair spring 2014 rtw

so this is what i bought from this kind of weird LE collection. most of those pieces are simple and easy to combine. i tried to really think about how i could use them in future looks and i also looked how popular they where so incase i don't like them anymore i could sell them for a good price. 

SD promised us grunge and all we got was a SD fashion version of the this horrible movie aliens vs cowboys. but when you look at the main sources of inspiration (ZADIG & VOLTAIRE, RODARTE) you get the hole grunge thing because those lables managed to transport this kind of grungy lifestyle with their collections. SD just totally failed on that task. they used the wrong colors and left out the pieces which made the original collections grunge to begin with for example the black motorcycle boots seen at zadig and voltair or the slightly seethrough flannelshirts at rodarte (which also appeard at DIRES VAN NOTEN already legendary grunge inspierd spring 2014 ready to wear collection). they don't used black the used this strange moss-green which can look grunge too but not if it's supposed to look like black but simply doesn't. it's again this childish like behavior SD uptains way to often. the intentions where good but they just couldn't do it. a little advice for the future do not give out any description of a LE collection before it's coming out ever again. people start imagine what (for example) grunge means to them and they end up being disapponited because SD seems to have a different opinion on grunge and how it looks like and the hip hop thing ... i still try to figure out which part of the collection that was. 

sorry for being negativ about LE once more but i needed to write all this. if you're a little upset know down below i have a video from the rodarte spring 2014 ready to wear collection. a collection which was used as a source of inspiration for this LE collection and a collection which hopefully restors your believe in fashion if you had lost it for a second while looking at this LE collections (haha).

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its this time again where i am in a desperate need of space and thats why i once more looked through A_Horrors wardrobe and cleaned it from all those pieces i rarely use. so make sure to click on the picture above and visit my bazaar. 

 

Crystal Heeled Shoes

i love crystals, i don't know i simply can't help it. those of you who know my tumblr may have noticed that i like to reblogg pictures showing the sparkling mineral and when it comes to shoes i'm kind of a JEFFREY CAMPBELL girl so when those two things come togethere it is more than for sure that i'm head over heels (haha you haven't seen that one coming am i right) about it.

 

lucid heel boot by subcouture (14$)

remember those? yeah i know its more than late to talk about them since their are no longer avalibale but i thought maybe some of you own them already and kind of forgot a bit about them … a lame excuse but hey cut me some slack here please.

 

even though i really like those shoes i think they are not as easy to wear as they as easy to fall in love with. heavy looking shoes like that always are the center of attention and if you pair them with an embroidered dress or a colorful printed shirt it could be just to much for the eyes of others. i would say the best way to wear these is to keep it simple and elgeant. 

i think SD got its inspiration for the subcouture lucid heels from those two jeffrey campbell LITAS. i'm kind of glad they left out the plastic crystals. i like crystals but only the real ones and i think with all that glitter on thoese shoes it would have been even more difficult to find the right outfit to wear them with. 

 

this was a short one but maybe i could complet my mission of reminding you about this lovely pair of shoes which maybe got lost inside your medolls pile of clothes and you're now excited to try some new fancy looking outfits with them. 

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RESORT 2015 (UPDATE)

some of you may remember this post and as i had so much fun making it i decided i will do another one like this for the newest RESORT season. but instead of three looks per collection i only chosen one (was a bit less time consuming ... yeah lazy me). so prepair yourself for my most favourite looks from this years resort collections

attention this is a super long real life fashion post so if you are here for some smart SD fashion releated posts feel free to scip this one.  

don't get me wrong i really like fashion week and haute couture but what makes the resort collections so convenient for this blog is the fact that their always presented in a more photo friendly way, means a ready to wear collection should be watched on youtube (video) or if you're lucky enough live in paris, new york or miland but a resort collection is mostly presented in a editorial kind of style. i hope this makes sence to you somehow. however lets stop explaining and start looking at the beautiful clothes i want to show you guys are you ready?

MIU MIU
back in the days

ALTUZARRA

a wild sea 

 

SASS & BIDE

walk the line

DION LEE

turning heads

GILES

le voyage dans la lune

CHRISTOPHER KANE

flower child

 

 LAVIN

elisa day

MARC JACOBS

fifth floor at 231 east 47th street

 

 RAG & BONE

palo alto

MARNI

it rains

 MARY KATRANTZOU

 disneyland ... 

 ALEXANDER WANG

 machine washable

 MOSCHINO

sssoda!

 OPENING CEREMONY

the oddbball

 

 VALENTINO 

oh my ...

 PUBLIC SCHOOL

street smart

 STELLA MCCARTNEY

form follows fun

THE ROW

 no place to sleep

 

 MARC BY MARC JACOBS

strong, stronger …

 MMM

an expiriment ... if you like

 SUNO

 easy does it

 PRONZA SCHOULER

the 4th dimension

yes only one look per collection but instead i increased the number of different lables, those are almost all of my favourite fashion houses (a few are missing because not every lable presents a resort collection) and i left out the big names to give you some examples you may not have already seen somewhere else. like i explained on my last resort post non of these clothes are avalible in a SD version and most likely they will never be (because SD seems to ignore resort collections most of the time) but they can still be used as a sort of inspiration. i for one are delighted by the color combinations and the way the looks are styled and will try to transform those ideas into my medolls style. that keeps my mind open and prevents me from using the same items over and over again.

the above photos are just a small range of the new resort collections. if you interested feel free to look HERE for more wonderful fashion and lots of inspiration. 

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Why I Love Dior

tribute season has long started (actually the first stores have already been closed again) thats why i thought i took this last chance to write about this years summer tribute stores and to make it a bit more interesting i made it more into a little love letter to a certain fashion house than review of SDs DIOR tribute store.

 

Dior is a fashion house which not only created a look of the past but still belongs to the most important fashion houses in the world. its name stands for elgeant quality and pure feminin beauty. CHRISTIAN DIOR took the scene by storm because he understood that it was time to change how women where dressing. he had his breaktrough in the late 1940s a time which still smelled like war.  he had the guts to take a step in a new direction, and demonstrated his believe in a bright future. he was the creator of the "new look" which means that he concentrated on a new shape for womanswear creating a so called sandclock silhouette. 

 

 

now that i told you a bit about the house of dior you already know some of the reasons why i love it.

another reason is RAF SIMIONS a belgian fashion designer who took the lead after JOHN GALLIANO left (because of this really ugly incident). raf simions, who before he came to dior did wonderful things at JIL SANDER lead dior into a different kind of direction than galliano did. he moved away from the dreamy fantasy world and placed diors style in a more sophisticated modern-art-world. another big change for the lable but just as christian diors bravery so many years ago lead to a deserved succsess so did the decision to choose simions as a new creativ director.

a look from diors spring haute couture 2010

by john galliano

and here is a look from diors spring haute couture 2014/15

by raf simions

but now on to the SD version of dior. SD oriented its tribute collection at diors 2014 spring haute couture collection. a collection mostly dominated by black and white, light and slightly see through fabrics. a style SD followed with their digital version of the collection. however the only real crtitc i have is how SD handled the few colors that did come up in the original collection. simions used some mint and pastel tones to underline the lightness of his gowns. colors that reminded you of fresh air, clouds and wide skies. SD decided to use … pink … yeah pink! this color issue is so old and i have complained about it so many times i'm just sick of it. so i decided to just ignore those pink nightmares and concentrate on the other items. 

 

 

those are the things i decided would be a great addition to my medolls wardrobe. i really liked the white dresses looking like floating clouds and even though they are inspired by a haute couture collection i still think they are extremly wearable. 

dior is timeless, elegant, modern and sophisticated fashion and thats what makes the lable so important for the fashion scene and since raf simions has taken over dior also made his way back into my heart, his clean yet playfull way of shaping the present impression of a traditional fahsion house just makes him a more than talented fashion designer and is the reason why … i love dior.

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