Cara Delevigne Reigns in Vogue Australia | Fashion Editorial | October 2013

QUEEN CARA 

Cara Delevigne left me speechles as she poses immaculately in Dolce & Gabbana on the cover of the October 2013 issue of Vogue Australia.

Shot by photographer Benny Horne and styled by Christina Centenera, she is wearing the Autumn/Winter Dolce & Gabbana opulent collection in a golden bodice, crown and jewellery with a Burberry coat over her shoulders. With her clearly visible tattoos, she looks like she came out from some kind of wonderland and now reigns as the queen of cool.

I Love queen Cara, have a look at this luxuriant editorial. 

THE EDITORIAL

Dolce & Gabbana dress, bra and earrings, Burberry trenchcoat

Louis Vuitton coat and dress

Vera Wang caper, Chanel top, dress, and bangle, Dolce & Gabbana crown

Peter Pilotto Coat, Ralph Lauren Collection dress, Hannah Martin bracelet

Prada coat, Lanvin dress and Tom Ford boots

Balmain top, skirt and boots

Tom Ford coat, Hugo sweater, Ann Demeulmesster leather top, Giorgio Armani skirt

Alexander Mc Queen dress (made to order), Cara's own ring worn throughout, Sophie Belle Brahe Ring, Aesa Crown

Let Cara's monarchy reign!

Vogue Italia | September 2013 | The Venetian Ball with Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda

A dark affair with Haute Couture in Venice

We all know what the September issue means to all magazines, especially to Vogue, the bible to the Autumn/Winter season, and Vogue Italia made sure it was one. The issue chose to feature Haute Couture and only it. Many designers were chosen including, Giambattista Valli and Atelier Versace but this one caught my eye, not only because its Dolce & Gabbana, but how often do we get to see Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, since it is kept so secretive.

This editorial photographed by Craig McDean and styled by Tabitha Simmons is set in a grand Venitian palace featuring models Karen Elson and Ava Smith. A dark and mysterious setting "Beyond the Dream" evokes an interest which invites you into the unknown world of Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda into the 17th century. The one of a kind pieces from AW 2014 collection include digitally printed ball gowns, a lace dress which is synonymous with the Italian fashion house, corsets and veils, a coat and cape with embroided flowers, jewellery form their high end line, romantic lace gowns, masks and a wedding dress. Start dreaming because its a beautiful romance... 

All photos from swide.com

New Designers | Luke Azzopardi | The Young Artistic Couturier

 The Gozitan Couture Artist | A modern Traditional Canvas

Luke Azzopardi is a young and very talented artist and couture designer from Gozo, Malta. He exploded on the local Maltese fashion scene, and noone can dare to question why because his talent is obvious.

His one of a kind pieces are inspired by art. In his prints he uses paintings as sources and are modified accordingly, translating the colours and motifs onto fabric using laser printing. He has been using this technique and printing with these motifs since 2012.
 His latest collections were galvanized by the various images from the Sacra Conversazione - Madonna & Child renditions. 

This comes to no surprise because Luke is currently reading a degree in History of Art and before that he studied performance design and practice at the prestigious Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. 

Now for his next collection, which will probably be the Autumn/Winter 2013, he is researching stained glass during the Art Deco period and Egyptian Revival Periods. 

Luke Azzopardi  "I want to transpose whatever I develop onto Gothicised and ecclesiastic silhouettes"

He custom makes garments upon order both for men and women according to what his client wants, but remaining true to his ideas, concepts and his brand.

Luke Azzopardi Spring/Summer 2013 collection

Midnight in Persia 

This very young designer has talent; his passion and knowledge about fashion and art  are producing beautiful and one of kind pieces - a modern traditional canvas. 

I will be ordering my first dress for the winter season soon. 

Visit Luke Azzopardi's website http://www.lukeazzopardi.com/

‎Christian Dior Couture AW13 | A perfect and elegant deconstruction

Raf Simons mixed the Dior heritage with his Antwerp roots ... a new found freedom

Raf Simons brought a new kind of couture to Paris this time. His contemporary silhouettes and modernist way to doing things, was conveyed for the first look to the last. 

The Antwerp roots of a perfect deconstruction were there, a new found freedom I guess . from the strict Parisian Couture rules. His multitude of inspiration came from many sources ... The Japanese culture, African tribes, the different parts of the world, his clients and Christian Dior himself. 

He said this about his clients and freedom:

"But it's so much more satisfying to give freedom to people and see what happens." 

The catwalk was not a coonventional one, but a room with large screens, cinema looking. Patrick Demarchelier, Terry Richardson, Paolo Roversi, and Willy Vanderperre's photos of the collection were an anticaption of what to see ... Raf Simon's antithetic twist to classic couture. 

 His inspirations turned into beautiful dresses, jackets, and accessories, couture worthy. Details were on the necklines especially with the many strapless dresses. From day dresses to ball gowns he inserted many layers and draping ... very dramatic and demure. 

A modernist at heart he reivented the Bar jacket once again and played around with Christian Dior's houndstooth print and the suit,  accenting the waist with the Japanese Opi belts.

The reinvented Bar jacket by Raf Simons for Christian Dior Haute Couture
His details included buttons, beneath the knee lengths, long gowns, sculptured silhouettes and foulards very reminiscent of Christian Dior, keeping his woman feminine with a powerful seductive confidence. 

Sheer and mesh, one of Raf Simon's trade marks and gloves featured everywhere. A new detail, was added with jewellery, this came from the African inspiration. 

Details: Gloves

Details: Spacey Shibori (the Japanese process that produces that peculiar spiky fabric

Details: Jewellery 

Details: Layers

His trade mark mesh and sheer

 This is his third couture collection for Chrstian Dior and we have seen his ever lasting contemporary nature as he was with Jil Sander he kept it going here. He knows how to mix Dior's legacy and HIMSELF very well and lastly what he did was take haute couture global and looking at a real future. 

Raf Simons I'm your biggest fan!

Pictures from www.vogue.co.uk