Tuesday of Trends

Trend is not only about patterns or skirt's length which are considered fashionable this season. It is also about those who are challenged by designers to represent the brand. This season fashion world chose the youth policy.

Recently we were looking through May Nylon and we found there Chloë Moretz. Then, while we were reading American Vogue, also May, we saw a fashion shoot in Chateau Marmont where Natalia Vodianova organized a pyjamas party with Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning and Chloë Moretz. We were also scrolling through fashion news on the Internet and... Hailee Steinfeld is the new face of Miu Miu campaign. Elle Fanning, 13 years old, is the new face of Marc by Marc Jacobs. Surprised? No. Impressed? Yes!

1. Hailee Steinfeld, 14: Oscar's award nominee for "True Grit"
Miu Miu AW 2011/2012 by Bruce Weber



*You can see the rest of the photos on the official site

2. Elle Fanning, 13: Big roles: "Somewhere", "Super 8".
Marc by Marc Jacobs AW 2011/2012 by Juergen Teller


And here is a big editorial for Marie Claire

3. Chloë Moretz, 14: Roles in "Kick Ass" and "Let Me In".
Photoshoot for Nylon, May 2011 by Jennifer Rocholl



And now look at the photos, formulate your opinion on young Hollywood trio and comment!

"No more than 300 clients". Christian Dior. 1947

Yes, we're talking about Christian Dior and his opinion about the quantity of haute couture clients. 300 - it is precisely the number of Dior clients at the beginning of his work. In Janie Samet's book (We recommend!!!) there is a detailed description how this number grew to 3000 clients and how Dior opened branches all over the world. Today haute couture designers can only dream about such numerous group of consumers. Haute couture is dying, making way for pret-a-porter which in its turn changes into ready to wear. But as long as there is monarchy, aristocracy, diplomacy and Chinese millionaires haute couture has a weak but stable source of income. Moreover, haute couture has several image functions - drawing attention, showing the craftsmanship of a fashion house, demonstrating the ultimate achievements of the industry.

So, the Haute Couture week AW 2011/2012 is now taking place in Paris. Today the 'Christian Dior's collection was shown to the public. It was created by Bill Gaytten and Susanna Venegas. The representatives of the house told that Bill wouldn't become the successor of John Galliano. Yes, it's difficult to find somebody to replace him. Maybe that's the reason why this particular collection was like the first Valentino collection after the resignation of Garavani - muddled and a bit confusing.

Now you can watch the video and see the details: (photos by Vogue.co.uk)


*Click on the image to enlarge it

See you soon!

MODEL Monday

Hi! We survived exams, disappointments in fashion industry, tiredness, first summer heat, and then we stopped whining and complaining and wrote a post.

We've been waiting for the event, which is the subject of today's post, for several months - since February 2011, when a huge diamond sparkled for the first time on supermodel's finger and reps of both sides - Kate's and The Kills guitarist's Jamie Hince - confirmed the engagement rumours. Last weekend (from Friday July 1st to Sunday July 3rd) runaway star and British rock star tied the knot in the Cotswolds, UK. The guest list was impressive: Karl Lagerfeld, Daphne Guinness, Emmanuelle Alt, Carine Roitfeld, Anna Wintour, Stefano Pilati (who handled his job - suits for the groom and for his 'best woman' The Kills vocalist Alison Mosshart - amazingly well), Marc Jacobs, Mario Testino, Lara Stone, Jude Law and other A-list guests. Let's not forget about Jefferson Hack, EIC of Dazed&Confused, Kate's ex-boyfriend, father of her daughter Lila Grace, he also attended the ceremony. Scandalous and unpopular particularly this season John Galliano created the wedding dress (attended the ceremony as well, despite the displease of the fashion world with his recent behaviour). We have to admit that we love Kate's dress and we are very happy that she didn't follow the advice of British Vogue's EIC and didn't choose Alexander McQueen, because the main reason we love fashion is its variety.

During the festivities Kate also wore a full-length dress, a mini-dress and a suit by Stella McCartney, who was among the guests as well.
You can see more photos from the event @ Vogue.co.uk:

And a bit of Cotswolds:

Let's wish the newlyweds a long and happy life together!

PS: several guests had to leave the celebration early because of another big summer wedding - the one of Monaco's Prince Albert II and Charlene Wittstock. We'll talk about it soon.

And now... the main question: the wedding dress - YAY or NAY?