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This is probably one of the prettiest dresses to come out of fashion history. A long shot, I know. However, if you take a moment to think of what Dior epitomizes; glamour, romance, fantasy, drama, elegance. All of these are represented here in this dress.

 

I thought of a winter wonderland, through which a porcelain doll come to life strolled to her fantasy cocktail party in the snow. Replace the background with a forest of white…

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Isaac Mizrahi's show. Wow what can I say? Lets see I'm sure I can come up with something. Very, Day at the Races look. From the early 1900s. The boater hat the models were sporting was very popular amongst affluent males in the Victorian to Depression era. Isaac's use of it in his collection set the tone, and his use of it on the female models really gave an empowerment to… Continue

Today I tried to watch some of the videos, but work has been really getting me down and I barely have the time to get home, make dinner, talk to my husband who is 6k miles away, clean, and go to bed. So I'll have to make this short.

Just a quick thought-to-self on Nanette Lepore: Stippling, and Monet.



Her bright colors are reminiscent of Victorian paintings of garden parties and boat rides in summer. When I saw the pieces fluttering down the runway it brought me thoughts of warm… Continue

As I endured the class work has sent me to today, I lamented all the updates to NYFW I was missing as the hours ticked on by. As soon as I got home though I started watching videos, and I found one the earliest showings from last Thursday be one of the best!



Michael Angel's collection was beautiful!

As I watched the models walk down the runway my first… Continue