The Oscars - Anne Hathaway

I have to agree with the general opinion on Anne Hathaways style choice and say that she did it right at this year's Oscar's: For the most part. However everyone is going crazy over her red carpet dress, the red valentino gown. In my opinion it was pretty ugly. The fabric was much too heavy for that length and the hem is awful, it's too straight, it looks puckered and it almost comes into a square, and that extra piece of over-weight fabric dangling by her leg doesn't help. The worst part though is that shiny plasticy finish, she looks like a bright red bin-bag.
But there's a light at the end of the tunnel, every gown she wore after that awful mistake was a winner. The armani piece was, although weird, quite beautiful, and the Givenchy Couture was fabulous! The Oscar De La Renta gown that followed was also fantastic and the Attelier Versace she wore to the after party was a perfect way to end the night.

More favourites from FW 2011

Images from left to right: ADAM, Badgely Mischka, Alberta Ferreti, Alice + Olivia. All four brands had beautiful collections this season, especially Badgely Mischka, a classic Hollywood collection, looking back at the glamour days. I also really liked Alice + Olivia (as I always do), the collections are always so cute and feminine. Perfect!

Marchesa FW 2011 in specifics

Marchesa Fall/Winter 2011 was completely magnificent. I was in shock and awe the whole day after seeing these beautiful gowns. Taking the victorian period as inspiration the designers produced wonderful floor sweeping gowns and the opening piece, a brilliant red coat with huge shoulders, throwing all that is good about victorian right in our faces. The collection only got better after that, the dresses got longer, so long they encircled the floor, the sheer floor sweepers were to die for, it wont suprise me to see some of these on the red carpet sometime in the near future, they truly are magnificent.

(Images sourced from www.style.com)

John Galliano, what are you doing?

I still can't believe what's happened over the past few days. I don't know whether I should believe it, Galliano has always been one of my favourite designers, he's a genius and he's done wonders for Dior, and the accusations being made against him are crazy! So far I've heard that he called the woman a "Bitch" and said she had a "dirty jew face" and threatened to kill the asian man she was with! what the hell? could Galliano really do that? I just don't know, and I'm worried for him, Dior won't be the same without him, and what's going to happen to the FW show? it's due on march 4th and if Galliano is still suspended there will surely be chaos.

(Image sourced from Manolomen.com)

Jeremy Scott FW 2011 in specifics

This collection was a little bit crazy but it's actually one of my favourites. Femme-punk on acid with a super hero twist and a hint of religion, that's the general theme I think. Neon colours and crazy textures, "Enjoy God" and super hero logos plastered onto the models chests, it all sounds a little scary and possibly garish but what it really offered was something interesting and something fun. As I've said before I've found this season a little drab so far but this is far from drab.
  My favourite piece had to be the over-ruffled jumpsuit, yes I know that many ruffles are usually considered an eyesore but I think Jeremy Scott knew this and took that challenge head on, and I'd say he pulled it off, that belt at the wasit to sinch it in works perfectly and the whole piece has amazing volume. Apart from that it's the colours and textures that attracted my eyes, normaly I would feel sick at such a garish display but somehow this collection just worked.

(Images sourced from www.style.com)

Prada FW 2011 in specifics

Prada as a fashion house has always had a huge sense of class and elegance, priding itself on making women look sophisticated and professional and this collection began with that view in mind. The clothes were covering but flattering, giving the models a sleek, sexy but all together proffesional and elegant look, from dresses to coats it was a view of perfection, but towards the end of the collection something weird came to light. Scales. Plastic looking scales in garish shades. I don't like to disrespect prada but I really don't know what they were thinking, the cut was perfect but the fishy, scaley idea just didn't work for me.

(images sourced from www.style.com)

Versace FW 2011 in specifics.

The Versace Fall/Winter show was just yesterday and some wonderful pieces made an appearance, just a few are shown above. The accessories were possibly my favourite so far this season, there's been so many (in my opinion quite ugly) flatforms on the runways this season and seeing some nice high heeled boots and the bags were beautiful too. The clothes themselves were also something to awe at, short to long, plain to patterned it was all quite spectacular. Donatella Versace said that she looked back to one of her brothers collections which had been inspired by military uniforms and this inspiration clearly shows through. She also wanted to experiment with flowers, and chose the simple pattern of a tulip, saying that roses are too dramatic. I wasn't really a fan of this aspect, the printed pieces were definitely not my favourite.
 However as the collection proceeded and the evening gowns came into view I was amazed, the first of the evening gowns, a long white dress with a buttoned up shoulder embraced the runway and I must say I loved it.

(Images sourced from style.com)

Some favourites from fall so far.

I havn't found this season to be the most inspirational so far, a lot of the collections I've viewed have been a little drab. However some more interesting pieces have slipped through, particularly from Versace, Prada, Marchesa and Jeremy Scott (Imaged from left to right)

(Images sourced from www.style.com)

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