Baroque Beehive

I think it was the first time I love bees when I saw the Alexander McQueen skull ring. In the Spring Summer 2013 show yesterday in Paris, they had surprised people with exaggerated head pieces and glamourous couture. By using beehive and golden embellishment, the collection showed women's power and strength in their real life. As you may know (or not), there is only one queen in the beehive and queen bee is the greatest role there. I guess this represents there is only one Alexander McQueen in the fashion industry, the one who always surprises people with great works and every garments are masterpieces. The show had lots of extravagant accessories and embellishments and the tortoise corset was such an artwork. I always think that McQueen is challenging the extrema of human being. Crazy high heels, huge dresses, and delicate accessories, all these pieces are probably made for Lady Gaga. Although you may miss the excitement and vision of the shows in the past few years, but Sarah Burton has been working a lot on the brand and I hope she could one day can be better with the late Mr Alexander McQueen and bring the brand on another level.

Photo courtesy of Vogue UK

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What You See Is What You Get

Since Raf Simons left Jil Sander I was a little bit sad but also looking forward to what he is going to give and wow people in Christian Dior. Raf Simons had shown his Dior debut during Paris Fashion Week. At first I saw the photo from the show, I was like, so "Jil Sander". I could smell a little bit of his Jil Sander's style and design (it should probably be Raf's signature but I just don't know why I categorised like that) but however when the tailored suits and dresses and those wide puffy floral gowns came up I also felt the edge and femininity of Miss Dior. As for Spring Summer, Raf had used a lot of strpies and electric colours in the collection which I love and that was the part I saw a shadow of "Raf's" Jil Sander. Tailored blazer worn as dress gives women an cool yet sexy look. Also, the dresses are covered with a layer of coloured see-thru material that makes the prints and the dress itself more dynamic and the material kind of changed in colours with the model's movement. The pointed toe stilettos has probably got on the buy list of all "it" girls.

  

 

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Disco Ball

Balmain showed their Spring Summer 2013 collection during Paris Fashion Week and as always there was a lot of extremely shoulder padded clothes going on which is the signature of the brand. The black and white diamond-shaped pattern actually reminded me of the 80s in Hong Kong where people wearing HUUUGGEEE shoulder pads and big round earrings, dancing on the dance floor in "disco" during that time. One of the highlights must be the embellishment and embroidery of the dresses. My favourite is probably the white, yellow and light blue dress with embroidery details, which is like an framed art piece. The other amazing thing must be the yellow/black printed total look. It is catching people's eyes. Other than these wild loud pieces, perfectly tailored pants and cropped tops put a little bit of elegance in the collection. All the features in this collection were vintage and extravagant at the same time and it made me think of the interior of an old European palace. Everything was very eye-catchy and sparkling. I am already seeing Anna Dello Russo wearing these beautiful pieces on street with her sooner available H&M pieces.

Photo courtesy of Vogue UK