Saturday, 12 March 2011

My Top 10 Collections for Fall 2011-2012

It is so difficult doing this especially I have lot's of favorites this season; but I have taken technicality, ideas and freshness  to have picked the 10 that I love best.

To start with:

Thom Browne
Yes, the looks were weird, unwearable and does not define what is beautiful at all but the execution and the cutting edge designs of his clothes here should earn him a credit to be a top womenswear designer as well. I love the stiffness and the silhouette combining them with his expert menswear tailoring. He certainly made  the women's suit fresh and stronger.

Thom Browne Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearThom Browne Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Thom Browne Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearThom Browne Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Christopher Kane

The clothes looked basic but the addition of such new materials made it worked.Of the hundreds of designers had their clothes shown this month, his creations, simple, but its unique characteristics that did not appear to any other shows made it a stand out.
Christopher Kane Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearChristopher Kane Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Christopher Kane Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearChristopher Kane Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Christopher Kane Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Yves Saint Laurent

What I like about Stefano Pilati's direction for the label is his ability to keep glamour at a point that it is not screaming loud.He always manages to bring something mysterious to his clothes that us, his audience would like to unpuzzle. There is balance in this collection: from the masculinity and the hardness of the suit  and ended in the softness of the whites.I love that he keeps this level of sacredness to his clothes.
Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearYves Saint Laurent Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearYves Saint Laurent Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Louis Vuitton

Marc Jacobs have two hits this seasons: this collection for Louis Vuitton and his own line. I can imagine why I like this collection very much.Juxtapose this to Thom Browne's, there were  similarities in some of the clothes especially how the shoulders were done here that somehow made the clothes as armors.And the lacey-leather dresses at the end were one of the best pieces I have ever seen so far. The clothes were luxurious as it were well thought.
Louis Vuitton Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearLouis Vuitton Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Louis Vuitton Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearLouis Vuitton Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear





Louis Vuitton Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Haider Ackermann

Mix Alber Elbaz, Rick Owens, Martin Margiela, John Galliano, Ann Demeulemeester together and you get Haider Ackermann. The sharpness of the cuts and the fluidity of the clothes are so beautiful that although the models were fully clothed, it was very sexy. The colors were very rich and I have never seen such combination before.

Haider Ackermann Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Haider Ackermann Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearHaider Ackermann Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Haider Ackermann Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearHaider Ackermann Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Balenciaga

This is a bit odd collection by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga.It started with separates, to dresses, to dresses that looked like tunics over pants.And what I like about this collection is it wasn't at all sexy,nothing was revealed. It was like going to church.The flowery dresses, the color blocked tunic and pants combination,sweater and skirt: these I think will make women consider to look for in here wardrobe next season.

Balenciaga Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearBalenciaga Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Balenciaga Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearBalenciaga Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Balenciaga Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Valentino

Only Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino have thought of what a woman really wants to wear, that, at the end of the day she just wants to wear something simple without her thinking she is too much a fashionista, that, it is very easy to be beautiful. Plus, I love the fact they mixed couture and pret-a-porter to produce such kind of creativity.
Valentino Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearValentino Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Valentino Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearValentino Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Valentino Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Alexander McQueen

This collection really makes you think "Is he really dead?". The clothes here by Sarah Burton still lives memories of McQueen. It was dark minus the darkness of what Alexander usually injects in his shows. You can really see how she absorbed everything from her master what a good teacher he must have been




Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearAlexander McQueen Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearAlexander McQueen Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearAlexander McQueen Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Missoni

The label is into going crazy these past seasons. I have no idea how Missoni was transformed that all of the sudden clothes were weird. Was it the addition of Angela Missoni's daughters on the design team that made the clothes hipper and younger? She said she was inspired by her daughters clothes. The candy like color on every knit and even python was crazy enough.I don't know,I just like this collection- a lot.
Missoni Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearMissoni Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear
Missoni Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearMissoni Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear


Missoni Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Prada

She went to fly an airplane and became fish.What? The jumping of ideas has always been Miuccia's game and  her fall collection isn't different.The strongest point in here was the scale dresses at the end, they're very beautiful.

Prada Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearPrada Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Prada Fall 2011 Ready-to-WearPrada Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear






Prada Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

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