Purple? Of course!

 

Purple was the colour of last winter but is still top fashion, in fact on the international catwalks purple was one of the leading colours! This Spring and Summer our top designer’s have decided to combine many different shades and tones of purple like; lilac, lavender, violet and plum.

Of course purple is suitable even together with other colours, in fact another trend of the year is exactly the mixing of strong colours. A third way to combine purple is with gold or silver accessories. Which creates a really mysterious and seductive look perfect for a glamorous summer night party!

For example Alberta Ferretti’s S/S collection has a couple of amazing purple creations. Long dresses as well as shirts with soft flounces. For example this plum coloured drape chiffon dress seen in the middle on the photo above. Or purple Alberta Ferretti trousers also seen on the photo above…

Ermanno Scervino chooses a brighter tone of purple, like this lilac criss-cross jersey dress…

Cesare Paciotti goes for the eye-catching purple, as clutch as well as stilettos, amazing accessories this S/S or should I rather say an absolute must have this season! For a slightly more delicate taste the Paciotti jacket is an alternative!

How ever it doesn’t really matter where or how you wear it as long as purple actually has tinted your body!

The perfect New Year’s Day bags:

It’s almost Christmastime and with holidays is also coming the search of the greatest look for parties. Accessories play the most important role as regards the choice of the most glamorous mise.

As everyone know the right choose of accessories can enhance the beauty of every clothes. Particularly bags, the best friends of all the women, are the indispensable addition that make the difference, so make sure that your bags are as much glamorous as possible.

Fashion suggest us really small models. Cutch bag is the most popular at this moment, small-sized but great as regards the style.

Small, practical, eccentric but above all really chic and up to date the moonling bag of Gucci fall winter 2008/09 collection. It’s realised in a golden material that contributes like also the nice bow to give a more trendy touch at the already glamorous design. This is the perfect bag for an eccentric and youthful dress but at the same time it’s also perfect for a seemingly simple dress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Another suitable alternative is that one proposed by Iceberg fashion house, smart and cool as the first, this bag maybe has a more simple style than that one given by Gucci. It’s realised in a rolled silver leather, as fashion suggest us, and as if that wasn’t enough its glamour style is emphasized by the python leather effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Both these bags are perfect for the New Year’s Night, so have a happy new bag to everyone.

 

Foulard fashion

Synonymous of elegance and class, foulard has always been considered a distinctive element over the years, an accessory whose importance never ended. And fashion proves what just said with the revival of this useful accessory.

 Worn around the head…

as a scarf…

attached on a bag…

as a belt…

This lovely piece of silk gained the favour of designers. Designers left their print on the label making their style recognizable on foulards too. Below some foulards from Gucci, Christian Dior and Versace.

Interesting approach by Gucci, with a gipsy style pattern and dark colours.

Gucci:

 

 

Christian Dior, in fact, plays more with colours and geometrical round shapes creating a light effect.

Christian Dior:

 

The interest for geometrical shapes affects Versace too, even if he prefers squared forms to round ones. The use of colour in Versace is evident too, yellow is predominant with lovely combinations: yellow and lilac, yellow and fuchsia, yellow and white.

Versace:

Fall winter 2008/09 must have: Ankle boots by Prada, Gucci, Paciotti, Fendi

Ankle boots as must have of next 2008/09 fall winter fashion. Next winter you will find them in different combinations and fabrics.

Prada ankle boots: suede ankle boots by Prada, with a high 10 cm heel, ideal to sort you out for an elegant night out as a good accessory.

Gucci ankle boots: Gucci, in fact, personalizes its boots even more with the application of golden studs at the back for an extravagant final result.

Paciotti ankle boots: Paciotti prefers a more classical approach. He does go for the black suede boots, confident or the never ending variety that his choice implies, 12 cm high heel included.

Not to mention Fendi, least but not last, he suggests two different kind of ankle boots, a more classical one, in suede with a stunning heel, and a printed one, in black, faithful to the trend, with a 12 cm high heel.

Fendi 1

Fendi 2

Milan Fashion Week: Versace, Fendi, Gucci

At the Milan Fashion Week the new Versace 2009 spring summer collection. Main idea of the new woman by Versace is the attention to the figures and shapes. He suggests tied mini dresses for long and elegant legs, and slim jackets. The use of metallic fabrics exalts the figure too, in a game of seduction and sensuality.

Fendi’s woman for next 2009 summer is a combination of round shapes, following next summer attention of fashion towards geometric games. The circle is the mirror of the new femininity, the circle as symbol of eternity and perfection.

 Gorgeous Gucci collection by Frida Giannini with amazing colours and surreal atmospheres. A melange of looks is what Gucci woman will be like: 70ees style with a touch of safari, a woman who likes travelling and adventures.

Designer Frida Giannini, the creative director of the Gucci maison, confessed she got inspired by strong and brave Oriana Fallaci. From here, tailleurs and suites with Saharan jackets, dresses and hats for an Iniana Jones style. For the night, lots of luxury maxi dresses, an enchanting visual melody for a woman who chooses the night as best moment to reveal her sensuality. Gucci collection prefers strong tonalities of colours like blue, turquoise, red, purple and orange.

Milan Fashion Week: Prada and Roberto Cavalli

Miuccia Prada’s turn at the Milan Fashion Week for her new 2009 spring summer collection. Experimental collection for Prada, with a combination of minimalist tones and a new sensuality. Prada collection is looking for new expressions. New materials and fabrics provide the prime essence of new creations, and unusual combinations arose too, either snake skin with coulisse or new chromatic effects.

 

Roberto Cavalli, in fact, sacrifices his animalier print and wild style, which brought him lots of fortune indeed, for a new romanticism. Lovely faience print dresses on stage, nice mini skirts, printed maxi dresses, and colours, lots of colours.

 

Milan Fashion Week: Giorgio Armani and Alberta Ferretti.

The Milan Fashion Week brought lots of enthusiasm as usual, and we carry on entertaining you with two glamorous designers and their 2009 spring summer collections: Giorgio Armani and Alberta Ferretti.

For next 2009 spring summer, the ideal woman of Giorgio Armani has to be elegant and accurate in style. She doesn’t have to show off her sensuality, in fact, it has to pass through smooth shapes. Perfect dresses, light dresses, perfect jackets, Bermuda and trousers for this splendid Armani woman. His colours are soft, shaded sometimes, lots of grey and pastel nuances, an elegance beyond times.

 For Alberta Ferretti, in fact, next summer is going to be a revival of the magical 20ees. She is going to enchant us with fringed dresses, laces and lovely applications. Cuts of dresses are asymmetrical and colours are light with evanescent tones, like silver, beige, turquoise, and stronger colours as orange, purple, blue and red, in an explosion of fantasy and freshness.

Milan fashion week: colours by Just Cavalli and Frankie Morello.

Obvious presence at the Milan fashion week, Roberto Cavalli and Frankie Morello for a delirium of colours on next summer fashion. Light and colours are the most evident trend of both artists.

The Just Cavalli woman explodes on a sandy catwalk, faithful to the distinctive savage soul she’s always been keen on. The Just Cavalli 2009 spring summer collection presents softer tones, less animal print dresses and trousers. In fact, this collection focuses on a 20ees style with light little dresses, lace and patchwork printed fabrics with pastel colours.

 

As for Frankie Morello, colour is the first thing of his collection too. He plays with richness and chromatic variety for a perfect game. White and safari beige appear on their own and in lively combinations too, with strong colours such as purple and dark yellow. Splendid mini dresses and skirts, long or stretch, incredibly short trousers with Saharan style jackets, this and so much more for a sparkling collection whose creations are the mirror of Frankie Morello style.

Milan woman fashion week: 2009 spring summer collections

Here we go… Summer is not over yet and we are already up to what next 2009 summer fashion will be like. On the 20th of September the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana is going to get started the Milan Woman Fashion Week, an awaited event worldwide.

For one week, up to the 27th of September, I am going to witness for you the main designers collections and their suggestions for next summer. The calendar is full of your favourite names, like Frankie Morello, Roberto Cavalli, Giorgio Armani, Alberta Ferretti, Prada, Gucci, Fendi, Versace.

Today, I am going to show you some of the shots from Moschino Cheap&Chic 2009 summer collection. Moschino collections have always been known for their use of colours and light lines for a young woman with a strong self being and freedom seeking attitude. Dresses remind of dawns and sunsets, gently caressing shapes and picturing summery fantasies with flowery and rocky patterns. Free beach party style dresses, balloon style loose jackets for funny and relaxed time. Colours are those of summer, yellow, pink, light blue, white. As for me, the seventies taste of this collection is absolutely irresistible, and now…let’s images do the talking!!

Venice: who wore what…

At the end of the Venezia film Festival and with a spectacular Mickey Rourke, winner with his “Wrestler”, we can resume the best of the red carpet and its elegant guests..

Alberta Ferretti
Total black Alberta Ferretti dress for the red carpet of the “Premio Diamanti al cinema” for Andrea Osvart.

Gucci
For Carolina Crescentini at the premier of “Valentino the last Emperor”

Versace
For Charlize Theron with a one shoulder Versace grey dress for the movie “The burning Plain”

Gucci
For Nicole Grimaldo in a Gucci multicolour printed dress for the photo call of the movie “Un giono perfetto”.

Giorgio Armani
For Claudia Cardinale at the opening of the 65th edition of the Venezia Film Festival

Roberto Cavalli
Claudia Gerini in a total black Roberto Cavalli look

Gucci suite
For Elio Germano, winner of “The Diamante al cinema night”, featuring in the movie “Mio fratello è figlio unico”

Valentino
For Eva Herzigova at the premier of “Valentino the last Emperor”

Roberto Cavalli
Dressed Violante Placido with a Cavalli lace pattern dress. The actress won the “Diamanti al Cinema award” with the movie “Lezioni di cioccolato”

Roberto Cavalli
For Isabella Ragonese, winner of the best young actress for the “Diamanti al Cinema” night. On this occasion she wore a floral Roberto Cavalli dress

Gucci
For Charlize Theron at the Vogue and Vanity Fair party for Valentino

Alberta Ferretti
For Tilda Swinton wearing an Alberta Ferretti Olimpo style dress on the red carpet of the movie “Burn after reading”

This is all from the 65th edition of the Venezia Film Festival….keep this magic movie star dust with you till next time…

Harry Potter’s Hermione for Vogue Italy September 2008

We all remember her as the nice Harry Potter’s Hermione. Imagine my surprise when I saw actress Emma Watson’s transformation into a beautiful model posing for Vogue Italy !

Ex child Hermione is wearing some of the most important brands of the world of fashion. Emma is dressed in a fairy tale style like couture gowns and dresses by Versace, Armani, Valentino, Christian Dior, always supported by dreaming and theatrical settings.

Armani

Valentino

 

Versace

Christian Dior

Venezia film festival part one

Venezia film festival officially opened on the 27th of august, and here I am checking some of the most important and representative stars and their outfit.

Let’s start with actress Tilda Swinton, co star with George Clooney and Brad Pitt of the movie “Burn after reading”. She picked a Christian Dior dress for the press conference; it was a particular yellow dress enriched with coloured details and orange and turquois appliqués.

 

In fact, she wore an Alberta Ferretti long pleated mustard dress for the red carpet; Claudia Schiffer too chose an Alberta Ferretti dress, an elegant pearl grey one shoulder dress for the premier.

Charlize Theron wearing Prada.

Fantastic actress Charlize Theron captures my attention today thanks to her appearance for the premier of “Hancock”, featuring Will Smith, in Japan. On this occasion Charlize is wearing a beautiful sleeveless navy Prada dress with a wavy updo from the Prada Fall Collection 2008. The dress perfectly matches the delicate colours of the South African actress and exalts her beauty and class even more is ever possible! Prada is the designer of the moment, the brand appears in lots of magazines inspiring those who can’t resist to its peculiar style.

As for splendid Charlize Theron I would like to refresh her intense life and career starting with the Oscar she won in 2004 for her interpretation of serial killer Aileen Wournos in “Monster”. If you have strong guts you’ll be shocked watching her performance and her figure turning into the terribly awful bad looking and cruel serial killer. I must remind as well of Charlize Theron dramatic childhood, shaded by the presence of her violent and alcoholic father, Charles, who got killed for self defence by Charlize’s mom Gerda. Such a trauma had a strong impact on the actress who became very keen in supporting social causes and charity.
I loved Charlize Theron in other movies such as “The Devil’s Advocate” with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino, and the remake of  “The Italian job”.

In 2004 Charlize Theron signs up a contract with John Galliano and she becomes the new testimonial for the Dior’s perfume J’adore.

Trend of the day: zebra – print fantasy…

Christian Dior, D&G DOLCE&GABBANA and Roberto Cavalli have in common the taste for the zebra – print fantasies, as we are proud to show you today.

Bags and fantastic gowns proposed by these talented designers are showing off all their incredible attention for the details.

What I picked today is a superb Dior’ s sleeveless zebra – print silk dress that looks fantastic on its own or together with the lovely Dior’ s zebra – print large babe bag, or, if you are more demanding, you can also take a look at the fantastic Dior’ s Jazz clutch bag.
D&G DOLCE&GABBANA as well presents its jolly: how not to fall in love with this large shopping bag?

And Roberto Cavalli too, close to above mentioned zebra – print style, is not to be missed with a marvellous sleeveless gathered dress … A standing ovation to Roberto Cavalli, D&G DOLCE&GABBANA, and Christian Dior for their suggestions that can make the difference!!!

BACK TO ROMAN TIME.

Fashion has always been courting Past, for it is interesting to take what it brought good to us, and for the pleasure of recreating forever gone atmospheres. This time the world of fashion pays its tribute to a discussed and controversial era, the Roman era, with its bads and goods. In particular, designers focused on feet, by proposing the roman sandals as a symbol, or, The symbol, of this on going summer season.

Obviously the tribute has also been paying to classical movies like “Ben Hur”and Kubrick’s “Spartacus”, or “Quo Vadis?”, passing through the more modern “Gladiator”.

It is exactly gladiators what fashion is calling its last new born like. Designers are showing off their talent for the spring summer 2008/09 new collections, presenting all sort of sandals, with or without heels, available in every colour, in leather, for a sophisticated and glamorous effect. Also D&G DOLCE&GABBANA and Roger Vivier got inspired by glam gladiators. Gladiators are very confy, ideal either for a casual or elegant look on this warm roman summer.

Valentino and Gucci dressing stars.

Today we are going to compare two young and promising actresses who have in common, a part from a superb career, a declared love for elegance and designers. We are talking about actress Anne Hathaway in a stunning Valentino and Clare Danes in an elegant Gucci.

Young but determined 25 years old Anne Hathatway reflects her charme through this Valentino’s creation exalting her beauty even more. Defined as the perfect combination between Julia Roberts, Audry Hepburn and Judy Garland, she fell in love with the seventh art when she was still a girl, and she attended the Barrow Group of New York. After a degree in English Literature, Walt Disney Pictures wants her as main character of the teen romance “Pretty Princess”, also starring fantastic Julie Andrews. She then climbed the mountain of success thanks to imortant roles side by side with icon like Jake Gyllenhall in “Brokeback Mountain” and Meryl Streep in “The Devil wears Prada.

Ethereal Clare Danes has been defined as “The star of the future” (ShowWest 1997) and as one of the 50 most beautiful women worldwide. It doesn’t have to be a surpise, then, watching her in a Gucci dress from the Gucci collection 2008.
Her career started when she was very young, when she was 11 she featured in one episode of the series “Law and order”. She quickly gained important roles in movies like “Little Women” with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder. She is unforgettable starring in “Romeo and Juliet” with Leonardo Di Caprio, and moving in “The Hours”. In fantastic “Stardust” she acts with Robert De Niro and many more important names.

An incredible career for these two enchanting young women who deserve our compliments for their talent and for their taste in chosing designers like Valentino and Gucci, top names in the world of fashion lending their wit to top stars.

Christian Dior and John Galliano Haute Couture 2008/09

The fascination of the past captured by John Galliano for the presentation of the haute couture autumn winter 2008/09. The models wear dresses easily evoking the magic of the 50s stressing out thin wastes and wide gowns for the most nostalgic.
Dior’s attention, in fact, evokes the charme of the theatre, vintage bonnets around perfect faces painted with class, extremely luxurious shoes that look like new sculptures created to divert attention on the ever lasting magic of the stage.

One bag for the summer…The Sun bag.

This summer choose the Sun bag to help the Veronesi Foundation gathering funds. Let’s thanks eBay for hosting this charity bids whose proceedings are going to the project “The days of science”. From the 10th of June till the 1st of July Borbonese will support the charity project and the Veronesi foundation.
Italian Fashion of course took part to this initiative with some of the most prestigious brands of the jet set like Armani and Prada to guarantee the right spread of the initiative.

Milano by night

From Saturday to Tuesday 24th of June 2008 an endless parade of VIP in Milan. After the stage, an explosion of parties, cocktails, dinners in the most spectacular sets of Milan.
Starting with maison Versace and an elegant dinner with Italian and international guests like Janet Jackson and the Italian young talent Federico Costantini. Prada’s turn is on Sunday, with a cocktail for the launch of the new perfume, followed on Monday by Gucci and an exclusive dinner at the Diana hotel.

Look of the week!

This is a very casual and comfortable look and it is very easy to achieve.  The stunning Eva Longoria never seem to disappoint us with her choices of outfits, if it is to entertain on the red carpet or just being a women going out for a day of shopping, she always looks beautiful. 

In the image of Eva her look is very natural yet sensual, with a pair of dark stained jean, white top and 3/4 sleeve black jacket.  She keeps the accessories to the minimum with a high platform shoes, petite silver earrings and watch, and to give this look a splash of colour she makes use of a fabulous big purple leather bag. 

Here are some tips to help you achieve our look of the week quick and easy.

  

1.  In the first image we show a 3/4 sleeve black jacket with 4 buttons and chiffon details by Moschino.  2.  For the top we chose a nice light white top, perfect for the summer, by Giorgio Armani.  3.  These black skinny jeans, also available in blue, are by Fay. 

          

4.  Next we chose the fabulous pink leather City bag by Balenciaga, it is also available in other colours.  5. And last but not least, these stunning black platform shoes with silver stud detail and criss-cross ankle strap are by Tod’s.

This look is so versatile, keep the jeans and top, change the jacket, shoes and bag and get a whole different look.  Here are other ideas to get a perfect summer’s day look.

  

6.  This stunning beige 3/4 sleeve textured jacket is by Giorgio Armani.  7.  These little beige and white pumps are by D&G Dolce & Gabbana with the matching handbag also from D&G Dolce & Gabbana to perfect this lovely daytime look.

Shoes of the week!!!

These are the fabulous Aby Elaphe snake and patent Sandals, featured in this seasons advertising campaign, of the new spring summer collection by Jimmy Choo. They are made in an exquisite combination of elaphe snake and patent leather.  The straps are enhanced with striking patent buckles and the heel created with the same elaphe snake skin gives this shoe its complete look.

They make any type of foot look great and the medium high heel makes it a great shoe for the day in the city, the office or a night out dancing. The Elaphe snake and patent footwear collection by Jimmy Choo  show us the meaning of luxury footwear.  They are a definite must have for the summer.

Giglio In presents the new collection by Cesare Paciotti

Tonight, 23 May,  at the hour of 19,00 is taking place a big event here in Palermo at the fashion store Giglio In, via Liberta Croci Square.  The Giglio group is presenting the new 2009 Fall Winter collection by Cesare Paciotti.  With the shining sun and festive mood in the air, the evening is bound to be a great success, filled with music, entertainment and graced with the presance of the famous and beautiful Italian actress, Manuela Arcuri. 

The new collection by Cesare Paciotti has already earned great success under the department of casual and sports fashion.

                                                    

More Red Carpet looks at the Cannes Film Festival (part 2)

To finish off the wonderful occasion of the Cannes Film Festival, we look at the premier of the long awaited film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls, starring Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett. 

Harisson Ford never looked better as he arrived in a smoking suite by Giorgio Armani…

… and the beautiful Cate Blanchett who looked stunning in a steel-grey gown from the Armani Prive collection.

 

Aishwarya Rai, ambassador for the international brand L’Oreal, walked down the red carpet in an exquisite lustrous green dress.  She looked ravishingly beautiful in her tight-fitting, floor sweeping, intricately embroided strapless gown with a sweetheart neckline and thigh high slit, a creation by Giorgio Armani.  She accessorized with solitaire earrings and ankle strap heels, studded with coloured stones.

 

Spanish celebrity Elsa Pataky arrived, with boyfriend Adrien Brody, in style on the red carpet, both dress by Roberto Cavalli.

 

And last but not least, the ever so beautiful Salma Hayek arrived in a jade coloured embroided dress by Balanciaga.

More Red Carpet looks at the Cannes Film Festival (part 1)…

Well, the Cannes Film Festival is at its end, but the beautiful images of the stunning dresses, worn by the most glamorous celebrities, will stick in our minds and on the internet, forever.  I would say that the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival was a great success, not only in reference to the new films, but also with the trends that were set by these great celebs and the designers who dressed them.

First we take a look at the red carpet for the premier of the new  Woody Alen film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, staring Rebecca Hall, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson.  Rebecca Hall, one of the leading actresses arrived on the red carpet, in a beautiful grey, one shoulder gown in chiffon by Alberta Ferretti. For the press conference she chose a lovely pale pink cocktail dress, again by Alberta Ferretti.

Aishwarva Rai appeared on the red carpet with her husband in a gorgeous bright pink satin dress by Roberto Cavalli.

 

The beautiful Elsa Zilberstein, who never goes wrong in her choices of what to wear on the red carpet, floated along in a total white look by Dior, absolutely fabulous.

In the occasion for the premier of Gomorra, the new film by Reberto Saviano, Rula Jebreal wore a white chiffon dress from the 2008 spring summer collection of Alberta Ferretti.  She really looked like a Grecian goddess with the white dress on her flawless bronzed skin.

Red carpet of the ‘Kung Fu Panda’ premier

The second premier took off with the new Dreamworks animation film, Kung Fu Panda, staring the voices of American actors like Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black and a very pregnant Angelina Jolie.  Once again most of the attention went to what the celebrities were wearing of corse. 

Lucy Lui made her appearance like a vision in a stunning pale pinkish-white coloured dress by Roberto Cavalli, enhanced with little flower embroidery and a low v-cut chest.  The tiny actress stood out from the crowd in this number.  In the pictures below we can see her with Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and Jack Black.

 

As always, Eva Longoria looked stunning and showed us all why she is one of the best red carpet stars.  This time she chose to wear a dress suited for a princess by Versace from his 2008 spring summer collection.  This ivory coloured fairy-tale dress is made with one shoulder and has silver beeded accents ending in a big fish-tale of tulle.  A definite yes for the red carpet.

 

Natalie Imbruglia was also present at the premier looking calm and gorgeous in a beautiful maroon coloured dress by Alberta Ferretti.

This Indian Beauty has really taken our breath away over the corse of the Cannes Festival in  her choices of dresses for the red carpet.  This time Aishwarya Rai chose a luxurious beaded creation by Giorgio Armani.

 

The Red Carpet at the Cannes Film Festival

In occasion for the opening ceremony of the the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival stars and celebrities went the full nine yards with only one idea, the Red Carpet.  For the premier of the new Film Blindness, that took place on the 14 May 2008, the red carpet was painted with beauty and luxury from the dress worn by some of the most famous actresses. 

First we take a look at the stunning terquoise dress, shown off by the lovely Eva Longoria, from the 2008 Spring Summer collection by Versace, while model Bar Rafaeli wore a custom made dress by Alberta Ferretti and Chopard.  The lavender creation was decorated with over 2000 carats worth of Chopard jems. 

 

Other sparkling looks included Cate Blanchett who chose a dress from the Giorgio Armani Prive collection.  The dress is made like a organza in pale pink silk, the fabric is created to overlap and therefore has a petal-like effect, the material is gathered on the one shoulder to created a organza bouquet.

 

Mischa Barton in a dark indigo coloured dress and model Devon Aoki wore a sparkling body-huging dress both by Alberta Ferretti. 

 

Aishwarya Rai, shown in the picture below, appeared in a beautiful black Roberto Cavalli gown and holding a white beaded clutch.  There is nothing like that black dress that fits like a glove.

Alberta Ferretti Resort 2009 collection

Following the very flamboyant opening of the Dior Cruise 2009, with the collection by John Galliano, it was Alberta Ferretti’s turn to take on the ramp.  She took a different approach to vacation dressing keeping to the typical cruise favourites and pretty feminine clothing.  You can expect to see a lot of linen fabric as the collection is inspired by the sea and cruise type colours featuring basics such as striped sweaters, navy pea coats, cuffed walking shorts, pleated miniskirts, and shorts, straight-necked tops and shirtdresses exposing plenty of leg.  Although this collection is designed to be worn on a luxurious cruise ship it has proven to be chic enough for the hot city streets.

For the evening she incorporated plenty of signature floaty cocktail dresses made from soft chiffon featuring thin belts, drop waists, little satin heeld, and a beautiful Grecian gown to keep with the theme of her 2008 spring summer collection.

With her continuous remarkable collections it is no wonder why Alberta Ferretti is as the top of prefered red-carpet-designers among the celebrities.

Dior Cruise 2009 Collection

  

The Dior Cruise 2009 collection kicked off on Monday night, May 12 2008, in New York with the flamboyant collection by John Galliano in which he has expressed his love for colour. 

The collection, inspired by 1960s Acapulco and Florida, is filled with hues from citrus to lime, blue to turquoise and green, pink to orange and fuschia which are freely used in the entire collection which consists of tunics, capri pants, gypsy styled dresses, knee length skirts, peasant blouses and much more. 

There were also evening dresses made of light oversized puffed material, making them look like soft clouds and enriched with just enough embroidery. 

Celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera and Charlize Theron, all chose to wear beautiful dresses by Dior, attended this magical evening and were seated in the front row to get a closer look at the new extraordinary collection by John Galliano.

Shoes of the week!

The Wedge-heeled shoes are high in fashion for the summer of 2008.  Not only do they give you a bit of extra hight but they are also unbelievably comfortable.  This week we have chosen the shoes by Alberta Ferretti to take firts place. 

These shoes have high wooden wedges with a bit of a ’kink’ like they are in the shape of a 2, it is this curve in the heel that sets it apart from the others.  The leather ankle-strap follows through to form the detail on the foot, also available in other colours,  which is then attached to the sole of the shoe with little golden straps. They keep with theme of the rest of the collection making you feel like a goddess in the time of ancient Greece. These are great for the summer as most of the foot is exposed so your feet can feel free. 

The footwear collection by Alberta Ferretti for the summer is light and are shoes that can be worn to every occasion.

Trendora.com

www.trendora.com

Trendora is a site where it is possible to buy fashion accessories of the best designers online.  Managed from a company in Luxembourg, Trendora.com offers the most desired bags, shoes from the best designers and the accessories from the most pristigious collections.

Brands:  Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Tod’s, Valentino, Chloe, Burberry, Bottega Veneta, Dolce & Gabbana, Luella, Balenciaga, Miu Miu

Stock:  Trendora.com offers a fairly good selection of accessories ( bags, shoes, belts, accessories, leather goods…) from the actual collections and sometimes also items from the following season.  You can also find items from the previous season at really affordable prices.  The availability of the products however is limited.

Reliability:  Payments are done by means of a credit card.  This site is loaded with the security server SSL ( Secure Socket Layering) to protect all of the transactions and personal data.  The shipping is done through the company UPS and takes about 3-4 working days.  Shipping is free for orders of €600 or more.

Website Features:  The website does not have any captivating features, however it is under construction at the moment. 

Strengths:  They ship to all the parts of the world and the products are 100% of best quality.

Weaknesses:  At the moment I can’t mention any, as they are under construction

10 MUST-HAVES FOR SUMMER 2008!!!

One thing is for sure, the summer of 2008 is going to be a blast.  With the hot days and warm nights that are around the corner, we have to equip our wardrobes to be fully prepared to make this hot summer even hotter.  Here is a list of a few must-haves that will help you to make your summer fun, colourful and comfortable.

1.  The summer top:  Choose a top made from light fabric, a style that you can wear in the day but with a change of accessories can also be worn for the nights out.  Below are two top, one by D&G Dolce & Gabbana and a silky yellow by Valentino.

   These are nice examples as the material is light, and can also be worn for the night.  Yellow is also one of the main colours for the summer of 2008.

2. The Long dress:  You will need a long flowy dress for those really hot days.   A beautiful white lace dress by Roberto Cavalli and a fabulous design by Emilio Pucci are two great examples.

   

3. For the evenings:  We all need that something special for the nice warm nights out to stand out from the crowd.  This next little dress by Balenciaga is great piece to have, it can be worn in the day and night as a little dress or you can put a piar of jeans under and it makes a wonderful top.

4.  The shorts:  Shorts are always helpful for the summer and is a definite must have.  Here is a classic example by D&G Dolce & Gabbana.

5. The Blazer:  Wonderful for the evenings with a pair of well-fitted pants.

 By John Richmond

6. The costume:  This item speaks for itself.  Brizilian cut bikini is huge this summer so make sure you don’t miss out.  Here is one by Giorgio Armani.

7.  The sandal:  For the days on the beach or just walking around in the city, make sure that you are comfortable with a great pair of sandals like these by Zanotti and Gucci.

 

8. The open toe:  Open toe shoes with a heel is very elegant and makes any outfit look better, These new satin pums by Valentino and Zanotti are fabulous and really comfortable.

 

9.  The Oversized bags:  They are great to carry everything from the beach towls, suntan lotion to just the normal day goods.  Also definite must-haves by D&G Dolce & Gabbana and the leather step bag by Balenciaga.

   

10. Last but not least, the Clutch:  There is such a wide veriety of clutch bags these days, they are really handy for the evenings and will make any outfit elegant.  Here is one by Fendi, they come in so many different colours that you can mix and match with every outfit this summer.

   

And there is our top 10 must-haves for the summer of 2008.  HAVE FUN!!!

 

 

 

We’re all going on a summer holiday!

With the summer finally knocking at our doors’, begging to come in, we must certainly prepare our wardrobes with the latest swimwear from our top designers.   The 2008 swimwear collection is huge and very sexy, you can expect to see alot of colours, stripes,animal prints and brizilian style cotumes lying on the warm sand of the beaches all around Italy and the world.  Let’s look at some of the hottest swimsuits from some of our hottest designers and their collections for the summer of 2008.

From Prada…

… Gucci…

…Emilio Pucci…

 

…Giorgio Armani…

 

… and finally the ever stunning designs by D&G Dolce & Gabbana

 

So make sure that you make the best of this summer, grab your beachbags, suntan oil and let the fun times begin, that is of corse with one of the fabulous swimsuits from the summer 2008 collections.

Star faces for top designers

We all love to see and hear what the celebrities and top designers get up to when they are working and in the time when they are just relaxing and having fun.  And do they know how to draw attention!!!  Now celebs are combined with fashion, beauty and even more fame as these celebrities are now strutting their stuff and creating magic behind the cameras of some of the worlds most well-known photographers to be “the face” of the biggest fashion brands worldwide.  These adverts are not only refreshing and sexy but they also bring new meaning to the word “glamour”.

We have some previews of the celebrities that will be filling the pages of our top magazines as “the new faces” for these top designers.  These photos are really surprising and inspiring, these are some of the photo that really cought our attention, and they are “the faces” for Roberto Cavalli, Iceberg and Versace.  

For the face of Roberto Cavalli there is the ever so beautiful Kate Moss that keeps us on the edges of our seats.  She started with the Winter collection of 2007/2008 and now they don’ want to let her go, and we can all see why.  In these pictures she and other top models represent the Spring/Summer collection of 2008 by Roberto Cavalli.

    

Then there is the beautifyl actris from the O.C, Mischa Barton staring as “the face” for Iceberg for the second season in a row. In theses pictures for the spring/summer collection by Iceberg she portrays the clothes to their full potential, and gives her the “girl next door” look, which are like most of the trends this summer.

And now for “the face” or should I say faces of Versace for the summer of 2008… Gisele Bundchen and Patrick Dempsey.  The summer collection for 2008 by Versace is really extravagant and colourful which is desplayed with excellance on the bronzed skin of this Brazilian beauty. And as for this handsom actor Patrick, well the pictures speak for themselves. This combination will really make the summer of 2008 the most glamorous summer of all. 

  

 

  

Designers use yellow to brighten up our Summer for 2008

Prepare to be sun-kissed this summer as the top designers of our time used yellow to its limits. This vibrant colour was the highlight of all the most important collections this spring, like we could see on every runway, used in all its different shades: bright and baby yellow,shimmering yellow, citrus tones and also those with a shade of mustard.

Looking at some of most beautiful dresses in yellow for this season by designers like Gianni Versace : this magical Grecian gown, demonsrated by the beautiful Carmen Kass, in glowing golden-yellow has a fabulous open back feature for those really hot summer nights.

      

Then there are also the tranquil dresses by Gucci,: most of the dresses in the collection are of big yellow or pink floral and graphical prints againt a white or black material, but this dress, as shown underneath, really caught our attention, it is the chic sunflower yellow dress.

    

Last but not least the dresses by Valentino in soft candy-like tones of yellow.  This srapless gleaming yellow dress really shows the beauty and elegance like that of all Valentino’s collections, with a rosettes rippled bottom to finish off this masterpiece.

  

In which ever way you like it, in all its different shades, make sure that for the summer of 2008 you shine like the sun.