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03.13.07Philip Sparks Men’s Fall/Winter 2007
F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews, Toronto Fashion Week Fall 2007 (0)Photos coming soon...With a history as a Costume and Set Designer at the Stratford festival, it's no surprise Philip Spark's debut collection exhibited much of the rigor demanded of the festival's performers. The edited 12-look collection, consisting of dark military-inspired jackets, slim trousers, and a standout gold metallic bomber at the finale, was a commendable first showing. The other highlights of the collection included a grey, woven cable knit trench coat, the double-breasted blazers with slim, curved lapels and double pocket detailing, and the array of jackets featuring buttoned vents and pleating at the back, suggesting 19th century ...
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03.11.07Adrian’s Best of Fall/Winter 2007: #2-#1
Best of Fall/Winter 2007, F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews (0)2. GivenchyThere's a rewarding feeling that Ricardo Tisci is teetering on the cusp of the next echelon of his career. For fall, he delivered one of the most succinctly crafted and directional collections of the season. Consciously marrying his natural tangents into the dark side with the house's history of frill, he swept the fashion collective into the hauntingly alluring web he weaves so well. And with Carine Roitfeld spotted trotting around Paris in one of the studded nautical jackets, it's likely to be one tightly-paced, albeit more than willingly, ensnarement.1. PradaFor a woman whose first language is not English, ...
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03.10.07Adrian’s Best of Fall/Winter 2007: #4 - #3
Best of Fall/Winter 2007, F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews (0)4. Dries Van NotenIt's no small feat amalgamating the high school jock, the art student, and the valedictorian into a cohesive, let alone desirable, look. It's an aesthetic that no one owns as strongly - or does as well - as Dries Van Noten. This season, he married texture - quilted nylon, embroidered satin -with Asian prints. It' a look that challenges social stereotypes as much as ideals of beauty. Brilliant.3. Marc Jacobs A collection strewn from left field is not necessarily a recipe for success. That is, of course, unless it has the panache to alter the lens through ...
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03.09.07Adrian’s Best of Fall/Winter 2007: #7 - #5
Best of Fall/Winter 2007, F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews (1)7. MarniOwning a look as conspicuous as that of Marni, it's easy for designers to adopt complacency as their rhetoric. Consuelo Castiglioni is not one of those designers. Picking up on our current fascination with innovative fabrics, she delivered a true to Marni collection that was distinctly modern. Her slouchy wool trousers and printed satin sheaths brand the day-to-night dilemma largely obsolete.6. Burberry Prorsum "You can have dirty sex, but you don't talk about it". Considering fall's aggressively sexed-up fall show, Bailey's words never seem more appropriate. This collection saw the Burberry woman delve into her darker side, via thigh-high ...
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03.07.07Adrian’s Best of Fall/Winter 2007: #10 - #8
Best of Fall/Winter 2007, F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews (0)10. Proenza Schouler After all the shiny plastic, interlocking accoutrements dished up at the spring shows, fall marked a return to sophistication and grown-up tailoring for the New York-based duo. The cloche hats and red lips were precisely on the pulse of the renaissance of glamour, while the pairing of contrasting textures and the bevy of pleated jewel coloured dresses were amongst the season's most beautifully executed.9. Christian Dior For Christian Dior, Galliano offered up a collection that, at least for me, recalled Tootsie-Rolls: nostalgic and oh-so-sweet. Showing one of this season's most directional silhouettes - shawl-collared, voluminous-sleeved, and nipped ...
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03.05.07Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2007/2008
F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews (1)With thick winged eyeliner swiped across lids and a floppy beret leading the path, there was a sense that Marc Jacobs would be exploring the retro glamour we saw in New York at the house of Louis Vuitton. In a sense, it was an amalgamation of the season's best: long, brightly coloured mohair sweaters, full satin skirts scraping just below the knees, pearlized metallic leather trousers, and supersized cable knits crafted to resemble overgrown roses. Even with the most demure of inspirations, the interplay of colour and texture made it anything but close to your grandmother's fare. Though when it ...
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03.05.07Lanvin Fall/Winter 2007/2008
F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews (0)If last season saw the Lanvin woman boarding a spacecraft on her voyage to new galaxies, this season she kept her destination decidedly more local, although not without the help of a time machine to revisit (parts of) the decadent decade. Come fall, Elbaz suggested a return to focus, reflected in the edited colour palette of solely black/white/navy with shots of purple and a striking Venetian red and the inescapable linearness of it all.With a haphazardly chopped black banged bob, the Lanvin woman was a manifested prowess of power. If previous assertions weren't enough, this collection cemented the return ...
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03.04.07Chloe Fall/Winter 2007/2008
F/W 2008 Runways Shows, Runway Shows and Reviews (0)Assuming the reigns at one of the most directional outfits of the noughties is no minuscule task. For the new designer, Paolo Melim Andersson, there exists this paradox of appealing to the Chloe consumer while searing a distinctly Andersson stamp upon the brand. For fall/winter 2007/2008, that stamp derived from the intuitive - his years at Marni - to provide a hard-edged, naivety that, for the most part, will keep the Chloe-loyalists keen for another season.This new Chloe girl was distinctly harder than her previous incarnation. Wearing Marc Jacobs-reminiscent boots in burnt orange, she pairs stiff, Dolman sleeved shirts with ...
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