Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion

Costume - Dries pics from Sonny later

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Just a little flash, I liked Costume and the Capucciesque sleeves that reminded me of the vaulted ceiling in Ennio's home in Lecce. Loved the sexy cocktail dresses with graphic ribbons of color and a sprinkling of black jet, knit collars and shawls.

Dries was beautiful as only Dries can be. Plenty of clothes to dream about. Knit bands at the bottom of dresses, embroideries, volume dresses over skinny trousers, wonderful ethnic trousers that turned totally urban and beautifully draped dresses. One in particular in red... but the show production was distracting and annoying with dressers running like chickens without their heads on during the entire show. It was , as is the trend this season, a show about the process of a show and although on paper it might have looked good in reality, in my opinion, it just did not work. Perhaps if the dressers were more invisible it would have been poetic. That said , the collection certainly was.

Later,

Diane

Mario Canal: Gaultier Goes Gaelic

Dear Diane, dear shaded viewers,
Finally I've managed to post yesterday's Gaultier show. It was not very impressive despite the magnificent dancer that opened and closed the show with a scotish or gaelic dance -not that into the islands ancient culture, sorry-. She danced so fast that couldn't even shoot her -and the models I captured are kind of blured, sorry for that too-.
Well, the french adored designer didn't really dig into the subject -in my opinion- but still people claped and cheered the models.
Let's see some pics:

Well, the point is: was Gaultier inspired by his living-in-the-british-countriside-friend Madonna?
Who knows. The important thing is that except for a couple of dresses at the end of the show in witch he deconstructed the classic pattern, Tartan, making it look like a Pantone of the Highlands, the rest was kind of: "ok, overdose of Tartan and overdose of furs" -wasn't Madonna more into ecology?, like vegetarian and so? will she dress them?-.

More images:

He did some nice rocky jackets and wool masks with net shapes too...

And that's it, I am sure that you feel like seeing something else, something more fresh.
Gaultier is an excellent designer -the cut of some dresses was impecable-, but again, this was not one of his best shows.

P.S.- I want to thank Ramon Fano and the Neo2 team for whom I cover the shows and the reason I can post this show for ASVOF.

Mario Canal

Michelle Jank just delivered to Colette

Dear Shaded Viewers,

If you are in Paris you will want to pass by Colette and see the pieces that Michelle Jank has just deliverred yesterday. If you are in London, visit Dover Street Market. If you are neither city , visit Michelle on IQONS.COM. http://www.iqons.com/michelle+jank

She sent me a few images this morning that she has been working on and I was happy to hear that a few were inspired by me.

Later,

Diane

Issey Miyake

Dear Shaded Viewers,

This is the first season of the new designer at Issey Miyake.

Later,

Diane

LUTZ

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Since last season Lutz has opted for an installation. I always like Lutz,I ran into Georgina and Franca Soncini outside of the entrance. They handle Lutz's Italian press. Don't they all have beautiful smiles?

At Lutz

Angelo Flaccavento at Lutz and Felipe Oliveira Baptista (both Felipe and Lutz were past ANDAM winners)

The Lutz family

Lutz, David, Wolfgang Tillmans and friend

Later,

Diane

CLINICA FASHION SHOW COMING SOON :

I will be back with more....

Scene at Jeremy Scott's show

Dear Shaded Viewers,

We were all there for Jeremy Scott who had taken leave of Paris for the past five years. Fashion pics from Sonny later.

Later,

Diane

Julien Bertic from CdG and Dior

Dear Shaded Viewers,

A few quick images from the front of the stage at Dior and CDG by Julien Bertic.

Comme des Garcons Jessica Rabbit collection.

Christian Dior

Julien was crazy for this collection. They did not let Sonny in and I did not get a ticket either.

photos by Julien Beertic

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Diane

Five of my wonderful ASVONF contributors in the same city at the same time

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Because you would probably like to put a face to the names that you read on my site. I would love to have all of my contributors in the same city at the same time so that we could do a group shot. Maybe Beniamino could fake it with an illustration???

Mario Canal from Madrid, Julien Bertic from Kuwait and Angelo Flaccavento from Sicily

Robb Young from London

Martin Webb from Tokyo

Got to run to the Jeremy Scott show.

And because I can never get enough of my contributors, you get to see them again.

Martin Webb and Robb Young at the Jeremy Scott show

Julien Bertic and Angelo Flaccavento on the Jalouse bus which we love...they took good care of us, served us juice, sweets...
Later,

Diane