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 Minimalism vs prints.

Minimalism has always been my thing. I'm a true believer in the stament that: -less is more.- 

Therefore i have never been a huge fan of the 80's style or the 80's comeback that has been seen around in the fashion scene for the last couple of years. I'm not attracted to shoulder pads or big hair or any of those characteristic 80's trends (i must say i do love the stripped t-shirts and the blazers that came out of that era. I mean, i don't hate the 80's that much) so, seeing that sort of things in fashion magazines, over and over again made me want to stop buying them, however, i must confess that i didn't accomplished that goal (i did stop buying so many magazines, i just bought few of them) and i'm glad i didn't. Because reading fashion magazines is how i met the wonderful and unique: Phoebe Philo.

Phoebe Philo is truly one of the most talented designers of her generation. She is only 38 years old and has already created some of the most unforgettable items that Chloé had to offer. Because, she was the one behind the great recent years that the french house has had. But what she has done for “Céline” is something special (yeah, my dear Readers, even more special than the wonderful things she did with Chloé) something that is my list of most interesting creations of 2011. Who else is in that list? The creative Christopher Kane who made simple but very eye catching dresses with plastic! And they actually look great! I love the one that Alexa Chung wore at the MET’s Gala and the galaxy-print pieces from his collection showed that there is still a lot of originality within the fashion industry and, he made me want to wear prints! Even when, as I said in the beginning of this article, I’m not a huge fan of them!

To be honest, there was a time when I was a huge fan of prints, then I started to hate them and stop wearing them. I fell in love with minimalism and wore simple things, but after that I realize that I love flower prints (galaxy prints have become another obsession, thank you Mr. Kane!)  and I also love simple fabrics, so the solution was balance, I could wear something with a cute print and match it with something more simple. I thought that editorials that praised the 90’s minimalism (that oddly enough, isn’t a favorite era of mine) were boring and the ones who praised prints were too 80’s, until I saw Phoebe Philo’s collection for Céline and found the perfect balance between something simple, chic, beautiful, sexy, eye catching, all in one piece. The items that she created have a mysterious quality that makes you starred at them while you’re trying to figure out the inspiration that is behind them.

Did fashion teach me a lesson this year? Of course! It showed me that it continues to evolve, that there are plenty of talented people out there who can make us love things we always claimed we hate.

So long live, fashion on 2012!

Minimalism vs prints.

Minimalism has always been my thing. I'm a true believer in the stament that: -less is more.- 

Therefore i have never been a huge fan of the 80's style or the 80's comeback that has been seen around in the fashion scene for the last couple of years. I'm not attracted to shoulder pads or big hair or any of those characteristic 80's trends (i must say i do love the stripped t-shirts and the blazers that came out of that era. I mean, i don't hate the 80's that much) so, seeing that sort of things in fashion magazines, over and over again made me want to stop buying them, however, i must confess that i didn't accomplished that goal (i did stop buying so many magazines, i just bought few of them) and i'm glad i didn't. Because reading fashion magazines is how i met the wonderful and unique: Phoebe Philo.

Phoebe Philo is truly one of the most talented designers of her generation. She is only 38 years old and has already created some of the most unforgettable items that Chloé had to offer. Because, she was the one behind the great recent years that the french house has had. But what she has done for “Céline” is something special (yeah, my dear Readers, even more special than the wonderful things she did with Chloé) something that is my list of most interesting creations of 2011. Why? Well, here is my explanation:

To be honest, there was a time when I was a huge fan of prints, then I started to hate them and stop wearing them. I fell in love with minimalism and wore simple things, but after that I realize that I love flower prints (galaxy prints have become another obsession, thank you Mr. Kane!)  and I also love simple fabrics, so the solution was balance, I could wear something with a cute print and match it with something more simple.  I thought that editorials that praised the 90’s minimalism (that oddly enough, isn’t a favorite era of mine) were boring and the ones who praised prints were too 80’s, until I saw Phoebe Philo’s collection for Céline and found the perfect balance between something simple, chic, beautiful, sexy, eye catching, all in one piece. The items that she created have a mysterious quality that makes you starred at them while you’re trying to figure out the inspiration that is behind them.

Did Phoebe teach me a lesson this year? Of course! It showed me that it continues to evolve, that there are plenty of talented people out there who can make us love things we always claimed we hate.

In other words: I can’t wait to see Céline’s new collection on 2012!.

Make up. Every woman has a thought about make up. It might be negative, it might be positive, but you can’t find a woman who doesn’t know or think about make up. Even the ones who claim that make up is an unnecessary thing have an opinion about it.

For me, the importance of make up it (like fashion itself) says more about ourselves than anything else. When you look at somebody’s face you get an idea of who that person is. If she wears lots of black tones and a whiter foundation than her actual skin tone, she might be a fan of dark metal, if she wears lots of bright colors she might be a performer who is ready to take the stage or might be a music fan who is heading to a concert; who knows? And even when I barely wear cosmetics (I only eye shadow and lip-gloss) I love looking at the latest looks that make up artists create for fashion shows at Fashion Weeks. And since I tried to look at most of the make up looks created for fashion shows I think I can tell which wear my personal favorites. So here I go:

Vena Cava fall 2011: Christian McCulloch created an awesome look that completed the grunge inspired-pieces that Vena Cava presented. The glitter used in the eyes made this look a must-try in my list

Peter Som spring 2011: I have a thing for eyes. Probably my favorite parts of face are the eyes, because they express everything that (sometimes) we can’t actually say. So, when make up artists use some creative form of pointing them out, it gets into my favorites list.

In this case, the talented Tom Pecheux used an interesting eye linear color (yellow) for the models’ eyes who looked amazing alongside Peter Som’s clothing.

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