A NICE FASHION QUOTE

Maybe you know this quote:

"Fashion fades, only Style remains the same."

Coco Chanel

It is one of my favourite quotes. I think it is all about consciousness when you dress. When you make an effort, personal style will always stand out and look contemporary.

VERY VALENTINO

As promised my review on the first of the three fashion documentaries I´ve got yesterday. Valentino, The last Emperor, from 2008.

A late review, but never the less a fascinating glimpse into the glamorous world of the famous Italien couturier, Valentino Garavani, who is devoted to beauty of all kinds. He is known to do very feminine and romantic dresses.

The film follows Valentino and his inner circle throughout various events and mainly takes place around the preparation for the celebration of his 45 years anniversary.
It also shows his lifelong personal and professional relationship with his partner, Giancarlo Giammetti.

But the best part for me was to be able to see the couturiers working-process from design to the final  fashion-shows. It is a very fascinating process, where everything is handmade.

The documentary seemed genuine, because we also got to see the challenges that he and the people around him had to deal with. It is hereby recommended.

HOLIDAY SURPRISE!

Originally the plan was to spend the holiday at our nice new community-garden, to fix it and to relax.

The first week went fine, but what to do when the weather is not that nice ?
Watch this compilation of recent fashion-documentaries of course. A nice gift from my partner. I´ll do my best to post a review soon.

Where ever you are, make the most out of it and have a nice Holiday out there.

BACK TO THE CORE OF HAUTE COUTURE

-with Azzedine Alaïa, who just showed his first much anticipated Haute Couture show in eight years.

Alaia is a couturier/designer who doesn´t need to reinvent the big wheel every season, but edit and refine his clothes to perfection.

He sets his own agenda. He takes his time and doesn´t show before he is ready and have something to show. As a Couturier, Alaïa is in the same leaque as Madame Gres and Balenciaga.

I have to say, that I really like this approach to his metier. That´s how the world of Haute Couture  should be. I wouldn´t mind working for him.

Azzedine Alaia dressing Grace Jones

Grace Jones as Mayday in A View to a Kill, 1985

FLOWER FESTIVAL FASHION

I just realized that I forgot to post about this fun fashion event from 2001. Through friends and connections, I was asked if I wanted to participate in this yearly event in Odense, Denmark.

The whole city was decorated with a variety of flower arrangements through a short period of time.

I was happy to oblige, since exposure is everything, when you are a small one-man business. 

Luckily I already had some of the dresses ready. Nevertheless, it took a few months to prepare, design and execute the dresses I wanted to show. All of them made to measure for three models that was modelling them. All the dresses had some kind of floral motif in the design.

 Here is some of the dresses that was shown.

Summer 2001' Lottrups Gaard, Odense

DREAM WEDDINGS

Photo: Getty Images

Two fabulous weddings took place this weekend and was of course covered extensively by the media.

The Rock´n roll wedding of supermodel Kate Moss and Jamie Hince of The Kills in the Cotswolds in England friday.
Kate Moss looked very pretty wearing a wedding gown of her long time friend, John Galliano. Respect!
The sheer elegant beaded gown looked very contemporary, even though  inspired by the 1920-30 flapper-style and suited her perfectly.

The second wedding was The Royal wedding of long time bachelor Prince  Albert of Monaco, who finally was getting married to his fiancée of five years, South-African swimmer, Charlene Wittstock.

Even though the rumors about a third illegitimate child on his side almost made the bride cancel the wedding last week. Apparently other rumors was saying, she tried to escape and made it to the airport, but was stopped and held back. Of course officials denies everything. But just think about all the money that are involved, the prestige, the sponsors etc. Even if it´s not true, it´s a good story. 

For the civil wedding friday Charlene Wittstock wore a light blue Chanel dress with a jacket, by Karl Lagerfeld, who is a long time friend of the Grimaldi-family.

In my opinion not to compare with the stylish wedding ensemble Grace Kelly wore at her and Prince  Ranier´s civil wedding in 1956 though.
A suit designed by Helen Rose, who also did her famous wedding-gown. See my previous post on Grace Kelly here.

But Charlene Wittstock really looked stunning in the Wedding-gown from Armani Privée, at the  Ceremony yesterday.
It was a very contemporary, simple, but heavily beaded column gown with draped shoulders and a long, trailing fishtail skirt and an extensive train attached.

Photos from Associated Press

The designers strategic nursing of their future clients payed off once again. I´m sure the gowns were gifts, because the publicity Chanel and Armani gets, makes it all worth while. For more facts on the wedding, check here.

A FASHION MOMENT

The iconic Lisa Fonsagrives by Irving Penn

-Is a moment when fashion made a difference in your life. It made you feel happy, gorgeous, confident, sexy etc.

I would like to invite you to share such a moment in a new feature on my blog, called "My Fashion Moment".

What ever you have stumbled upon, purchased or got as a gift, that meant something special for you,  share  your story/experience and get some feed-back. Think about it!

Dovima by Richard Avedon