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Acne Studios: Launch Bag line

 

                                                               BY DEBORAH FERGUSON   

 

Acne Studios the Swedish brand notorious for launching as a denim cult brand that evolved into a Luxury RTW brand in which their directional silhouettes have landed on the racks of the top department stores ( Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fith Avenue) and on a chosen few celebrities.

    They have recently announced formal launch of a bag line, I do know that we can all shop on their E comm store for Sunglasses, shoes, clothing ( including a few of the runway looks) and now more hand bags? Perhaps this is a new vision for Acne Studios and I'm sure we will all want to carry around one of their covetable understated designs which won't have a mainstream logo.

“For me a bag is more than an object, it’s a personaI thing. When I started looking at bags, the intention was not to do an ”it-bag”, but to explore the world of bags and create different styles and characters. I really enjoy designing bags since it’s so sculptural, almost like creating a piece of art"  - Jonny Johansson, Acne Studios Creative Director.

From rope stitching to graphic clean lines, the first full range of bags by the brand includes three models: Buckle jeans, Hero jeans and the Rope styles, all available now.

 

 

 

 

Pre-Fall 2016 : Leather jackets

                                                                                     BY DEBORAH FERGUSON

 

        Pre-Fall 2016 ; a mix of the romantic yet statement seeking retro 1970's trends instigated by the new creative director at Gucci in his SS16 collection. Some brands have run with this theme and others that I'm excited to highlight are not. Leather one of my favorite ' go-to' looks for Pre-fall , in directional sculpted silhouettes that aren't for the romantic trend follower.  Calvin Klein collection for pre-fall had some direction leather coats and jackets in their stand alone collection..sigh. Where as Coach 1941 is still referencing the 1970's retro silhouettes.

 

Calvin Klein Collection

Opening Ceremony

 

JW Anderson

Diesel Black Gold

Coach 1941

Pre-Fall 2016 : Plaid & Tartan

                                                                                      BY DEBORAH FERGUSON

    As the Pre-Fall 2016 RTW presentations are trickling in,it's interesting to see brands least expected and some obvious to incorporate a notable trend recycled from 1990s grunge rock and 1970s punk: oversized Tartan prints and plaids you expect to see on a flannel shirt.  Least expected to design silhouettes with oversized tartan plaids was Delpozo and M Missoni. While McQ Alexander McQueen and MM6 Masion Margiela it was somewhat expected ,but surprisingly well interpreted.

 

Delpozo

 

M Missoni

Markus Lupfer

CHANEL

MM6 Maison Margiela

Gucci

McQ Alexander McQueen

NO. 21

Resort 2016: Trends for exotic travel destinations

                                                                                BY DEBORAH FERGUSON

 

      Ruffles have appeared in both Resort and SS16 RTW collections, with inspiration pulling from both vintage 1970's and the Spainish Flamenco dancer.  My favorite Resort 2016 re-interpretation of the ruffle was found in collections by Apiece Apart, Erdem, Gucci, Zimmerman, Sonia Rykiel, and Alexander McQueen. A wardrobe must have that I feel one could wear day or night depending on the accessories.

 

       ZIMMERMAN

GUCCI

 Apiece Apart

Alexander McQueen

Sonia Rykiel

 

 

 Team Contentmode suggested exotic destination

Frigate Private Island located near the Seychelles

Luxury meets nature conservation

http://www.oetkercollection.com/eng/hotels/fregate-island-private/discover/

Resort 2016: Trends for traveling

                                                                                    BY DEBORAH FERGUSON

 

     The season to travel to exotic destinations is upon us. The post Holiday rush to curate looks that pack well is the ongoing challenge. My solution is layers that can be un-layered and still look effortless and on trend. Speaking of trends that layer well; 1940's inspired floral prints dresses, skirts, blouses, shorts mixed with light weight trench coats. Why not mix trends that can make a statement rather than look as though one borrowed a runway look? A few RTW designers interpreted the trench silhouette in which can become a wardrobe staple into Spring /Summer to layer with the short and long floral print silhouettes. 

 

Trench hit list:

CELINE

 

Sonia Rykiel

MARNI

Costume National

 

Nina Ricci

 

Mixed Print Explosion

 

LANVIN

ACNE STUDIO

JW ANDERSON

MIU MIU

 

GUCCI

 

DIOR