No one quite encapsulates the ‘vavavoom’ meets tradition of the Italian woman by way of Sicily quite like Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Always threading the delicate tight rope that is the balance between pious and sensual.

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Ethereal, emotive and exquisite…

Stella knows what women want, how we put our clothes together, the psychology of how women dress.

I see a lot of Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière in this collection but I also see a focus on crafts.

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I’ve always found the less traditional notions of beauty more compelling than their traditional counterparts. Like the beauty found in melancholy or how even beauty can be found in the seemingly ugly.
I think this Louis Vuitton collection is rather garish, but garish in a ‘can’t-get-it-out-of-my-head’ good way.

It is also what luxury should be about.
An aspirational experience that transports you from the ordinary monotony of a mundane existence to the fairytale, the dream.

The finish of fabrics, the considered palette, the workmanship of the embellishment and detailing in this collection speak of pure luxury.

I like how Nicolas Ghesquière takes references (and in this case it is wholly 80′s by nature) and gives his super sonic, future perfect version of them. Off course, they are always put through the Balenciaga school of couture like form too.

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I remember thinking when I first saw this collection, that this is what fashion should be about. About reinvigorating and most importantly always having fun.

Passion is the genesis of genius.- Tony Robbins

Film by Alison Chernick via Nowness.com

Tom Ford OWN Visionaires documentary via Youtube.com

“I’m getting older but also I work in an industry I have sometimes mixed feelings about what we do because we convince people that they are not perfect enough, that they need this and they need that and we promote materialism that ultimately really is not the thing that brings you happiness in the world.

We do live in a material world, velvet feels good, cashmere feels good, colors excite us because we cansee, so there is a certain enjoyment to be gained by materialism and the material world but you have to keep it in perspective because really it’s nothing, we don’t anything in our life, we don’t own anything in the world. I usually think of it as just a bunch of stuff that I’m kind of swimming through in this life to go from here to wherever I go afterwards. But I have to say I do struggle because I’m attracted insome ways to beautiful things yet at the same time I am actually very aware of that in some sense that their lack of value and in some sense the most important things in life are your connections to other people so it’s a bit of a struggle.”

The above quote by Tom Ford in the above Tom Ford OWN Visionaires documentary that I found thought provoking. It is one that I relate to personally.

He is thus a central influencer within the puzzle that is modern day fashion, shaping what we wore and how we wore it.