Schiaparelli back to life

Como já tinha mencionado no post de ontem, Schiaparelli volta à vida, com o relançamento da marca previsto para o início de 2013, depois de estar fechada desde 1954, e qual a melhor altura para anunciar este regresso se não na abertura da exposição da mesma no Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Elsa Schiaparelli, a fundadora da marca italiana, revolucionou o mundo da moda com as suas criações provocadoras e avançadas para a época, ao unir arte e moda.

Na década de 20 e 30, uma altura em que o mundo da moda era comandado por Chanel, Vionnet e Poiret, Schiaparelli, surge como uma lufada de ar fresco, com propostas bastante diferentes das dos anteriores. Visivelmente influenciada pela arte, principalmente pelo movimento surrealista, colaborou com diversos artistas, como Jean Cocteau e Dalí, na criação das suas peças, que primavam pela originalidade e inventividade.

Desde a camisola com um laço na frente, que ainda hoje continua a ser uma peça contemporânea, ao sapato chapéu ou vestido lagosta, o universo de Schiaparelli inspirou e continua a inspirar vários designers até aos dias de hoje.

Com a icónica marca finalmente de volta, resta esperar para ver qual será o criador escolhido para seguir as pisadas desta revolucionária da moda e o que nos trará de novo.

As I already mentioned in yesterday's post, Schiaparelli is back to life, with the relaunching of the brand set to the beginning of next year, after being closed since 1954, and what better time to announce this return than the opening of the exhibition on the Met in its honour.

Elsa Schiaparelli, the founder of the Italian house, changed the face of fashion with her provocative and advanced for her time creations, by uniting art and fashion.

On the 20's and 30's, a time when the fashion world was ruled by Chanel, Vionnet and Poiret, Schiaparelli appears like a breath of fresh air, with proposals much different from her contemporaries.

Visibly influenced by art, especially the surrealist movement, she collaborated with several artists like Jean Cocteau and Dalí, on the creation of her pieces, that stood out for their originality.

From the bow sweater, that is still a modern piece of clothing nowadays, to the shoe hat or the lobster dress, the Schiaparelli universe inspired and continues to inspire many designers until today.

With the iconic brand finally back, we just have to wait to see which designer will be chosen to follow this fashion revolutionary footsteps.

Lau

Met Ball 2012 Favourites

Ontem à noite, enquanto por aqui, no Porto, se ia à Queima da Fitas, em Nova Iorque juntavam-se as maiores personalidades da moda e não só num dos mais aguardados eventos do ano, o Met Ball.
Este evento organizado pela Vogue e a sua "Queen Bee", Anna Wintour, teve como tema este ano Elsa Schiaparelli e Miuccia Prada, em honra a estes dois grandes nomes da moda italiana.
A marca Schiaparelli, que com a sua fundadora Elsa Schiaparelli revolucionou o mundo da moda, unindo arte e moda, vai voltar à vida ainda no final deste ano, depois de ter estado fechado desde 1954.
Mas voltando ao Met Ball, muitos foram os vestidos deslumbrantes (alguns nem tanto) que passaram pela red carpet, e eu deixo-vos aqui os meus favoritos.
Qual foi o vosso look preferido?


Last night, while in here, in Porto, people were going to Queima das Fitas (a week of university parties), in New York the biggest fashion personalities and more got together to attend one of the greatest events of the year, the Met Ball.
This event, hosted by Vogue and its "Queen Bee", Anna Wintour, had as a theme this year Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, honoring these two great names of the italian fashion.
The Schiaparelli house, that with its founder Elsa Schiaparelli redefined the fashion world, uniting art and fashion, is coming back to life later this year, after being closed since 1954.
But back to the Met Ball, many were the stunning (and some not that stunning) dresses that passed through the red, and I'm going to leave you here some of my favourites.
What was your favourite look?


Lau

 Anna Wintour in an Elsa Schiaparelli lobster inspired dress by Prada.

Diane Kruger in Prada

Camilla Belle in Ralph Lauren

Debra Messing in Kaufmanfranco

Rooney Mara in Givenchy

Gisele in Givenchy Haute Couture

Cate Blanchett in McQueen

Joan Smalls in Balmain with Olivier Rousteing

Ginnifer Goodwin in Monique Lhuillier

Claire Danes in J. Mendel with Hugh Dancy

Solange Knowles in Rachel Roy

Lily Collins in Valentino

Mia Wasikowska in Prada

Dree Hemingway in Topshop Unique

Carine Roitfeld

Style Crush . Julia Sarr-Jamois

Para quem não tem acompanhado ou é novo por estas bandas, já à alguns Domingos comecei uma rubrica intitulada "Style Crush", com o objectivo de vos mostrar algumas das minhas musas de inspiração da moda.
Depois de Taylor Tomasi Hill, Miroslava Duma e, a última, Kelly Framel, chegou a vez de vos apresentar outra das minhas "crushes", Julia Sarr-Jamois.
Nascida no meu ano, 1988, com apenas 23 anos, é já editora de moda da revista Wonderland, tendo começado a sua carreira como modelo. Tem sido presença frequente em todas as grandes semanas da moda, onde o seu estilo descontraído mas arrojado, combinado com o seu impressionante cabelo afro, faz as delícias de muitos fotógrafos, e as minhas também.

For those of you who haven't keep up or is new around here, I started, a few Sundays ago, a series of posts that I called "Style Crush", with the intention of show you some of my fashion muses.
After Taylor Tomasi Hill, Miroslava Duma and, the last one, Kelly Framel, it's time to present another one of my crushes, Julia Sarr-Jamois.
Born in my year, 1988, with just 23 years old, she's already a fashion editor of Wonderland magazine, having started her career as a model. She has been a constant presence on all the major fashion weeks, where her laid back yet daring style, combined with her amazing afro hair, she makes the delights of many photographers, and mine too.

Lau

 

Anna Dello Russo for H&M

Muitos já devem ter ouvido falar da mais recente colaboração da H&M, mais uma que promete deixar todos em alvoroço, mas eu não podia deixar passar sem comentar por aqui.
A nova colaboradora é, nada mais nada menos, que Anna Dello Russo, editora da Vogue Japonesa e inquestionável ícone de moda. Goste ou não se goste do estilo pessoal dela, uma coisa é certa, é uma verdadeira apaixonada da moda e tem um estilo próprio extravagante e muito característico e não tem medo de arriscar, marcando uma posição no mundo da moda.
A colecção que preparou para a marca é de acessórios, sendo que, como a própria diz, estes são uma parte essencial de um look, podendo potenciá-lo ao máximo ou, pelo contrário, arruiná-lo.
As peças que criou são únicas e extravagantes,  e incluem jóias, sapatos, óculos de sol e carteiras, mesmo ao estilo ornamental de Anna Dello Russo,  na sua maioria, douradas, brilhantes, com pormenores turquesa e outras pedras incrustadas.
A colecção estará à venda em 140 lojas no mundo inteiro (pena que estas colecções nunca estão numa loja perto de mim), a partir de 4 de Outubro.


Many of you must have already heard about the newest H&M collaboration, another one that promises to blow everyone's minds, but I couldn't help to comment about it here.
The new collaborator is, none other than, Anna Dello Russo, Japanese Vogue fashion director and indisputable fashion icon. Whether you like her personal style or not, one thing is certain, she has a real passion for fashion and has an unique, extravagant style that is so characteristic of her and, most of all, she isn't afraid to experiment, making a statement in the fashion world.
She prepared for the brand an exquisite accessories collection, being that, as she says, they are an essential part of an outfit, capable of bringing it to life or destroying it.
The pieces she created are precious, glamorous and extravagant, in which are included jewellery, shoes, sunglasses and bags, true to Anna Dello Russo's ornamental style, mostly gold, shiny, with turquoise details and other gemstones.
The collection will be available in 140 store worldwide (it's a shame that these collection are never in a store near me), on October 4.

Lau

Streetstyle creating trends

http://nstylemag.com/streetstyle-a-criar-tendencias/

Mais um artigo da minha autoria foi publicado na Nstyle Magazine, desta vez sobre a influência do Streetstyle na Moda e nas tendências. Para lerem o artigo completo vão a Nstyle Mag,
Espero que gostem.

Lau


Another one of my articles was published in the online magazine, Nstyle Magazine, this time about the influence of Streetstyle on fashion and trends. To see the article go to Nstyle Mag.
Hope you like it.


Here is the English translation of the article.

"The fashion world is in constant change and evolution, sometimes it's hard to understand how and why it appears, what inspires the designers to create their collections and what inspires people to dress. Which ones dictate the trends, the designers or the people in the street?
Before, collections (the so-called fashion) and what was seen on the streets were two completely different things and independent from one another, but the two eventually came together and blended, and nowadays we can't figure out when one starts and the other ends.
Since the 70's, when Vivienne Westwood was inspired by the punk culture in London, by the people, the urban tribes she saw on the street, and transported that movement to fashion, many designers started to look in the streets for inspiration and new trends.
While in the past the examples to follow were great actresses and models, now there are also ordinary people that we can see on the streets, that bring their own unique flavour to what they wear, interpreting fashion their own way. Each passing day we are more captivated by the way "people like us", with creativity and imagination, put together their outfits and their style.

Photographers and streetstyle sites have helped a lot with this phenomenon, transforming people from the street in real fashion icons. Many have a great eye for trends, to what is new and cool like Scott Schuman, the photographer and blogger from the well known site The Sartorialist, Tommy Ton from Jak&Jil or Yvan Rodic from Face Hunter. Others simply share their own day to day outfits whether on their personal blogs, like Leandra from the Man Repeller, Chiara from The Blonde Salad or Kelly Framel from The Glamourai, owners of blogs with thousands of visits each day, or in sites like Lookbook.nu, an online community where anyone can share their favourite looks.

This blog explosion makes people have access to information a lot faster. They don't have to wait for the fashion weeks season to have access to new trends because they can see them almost instantly, any day any time, on the streetstyle photos, on people just like us walking in the street on their way to work or coming home, on people who have a unique style and for that capture everyone's attention, creating their own trends and inspiring people all over the world to step out of their comfort zone and risk on something different.

It's not models wearing carefully chosen looks from brands with lots of zeros on the price tag or posing in a magazine, it's people dressed for their day to day activities that interpret what they have and what is given by the fashion industry, mixing designer pieces with low cost ones, creating a bridge between high fashion and urban.
Labels look at these new trend-setters and have into account their choices when creating a new collection. On fashion week the attentions are split. Runway shows are not the only thing grabbing the photographers eye or creating trends, but also who goes to the shows and how they're dressed.
Nowadays, we live in a world where inspiration can come from everywhere, from the people who pass us in the street, to the magazines and runway shows, and even the numerous blogs. We are in a time when we are not only fashion spectators, we are part of it. Today, fashion is not only dictated by the designers from well known brands but also by the consumer that inspires and gets inspired by it."

Lau