Giambattista Valli Fall 2012 Couture Collection Jul11

Giambattista Valli Fall 2012 Couture Collection

We are ALL ABOUT fashion-as-fantasy. Don’t get us wrong; anyone who reads us for any length of time can tell we’re big proponents of dressing to your strengths and dressing appropriately for the venue, but we do so love it when fashion gets all aspirational on your ass. Even so,...

Elie Saab Fall 2012 Couture Jul09

Elie Saab Fall 2012 Couture

The collection is titled “In Constantinople’s Wake” and you can see the subtle hints of Ottoman motifs and an overall sense of diminished, yet still glittering beauty throughout; as if you were watching very old and perfectly preserved gowns walk the runway for one more round of...

Atelier Versace Fall 2012 Couture Collection Jul03

Atelier Versace Fall 2012 Couture Collection

  Taking inspiration from the Tarot, and fooling around with the concepts of deconstruction and reconstruction, Atelier Versace offered up a collection far more elegant and less out-there than last season’s. “Elegant” isn’t usually a word that springs to mind with...