I LOVED THIS SHOW. Yes you heard it here first. It was funky. It was sexy. It was different. I saw at least three or four pieces I would honestly run out and get. London Fashion Week was turning out to be New York fashion week part deux until this. Kishimoto used color combinations perfectly. The pieces were different. They showed creativity and style. I guess what I was looking for all this week in London was a sense that designers were daring to do the unconventional. I have one more day here and I had yet to see something that got me excited about spring. Other writers at papierdoll have their favorites, but I felt like the odd girl out.

The Kishimoto show had a lot of variety. Light colored berets with sheer material on top, multi-colored dresses bright as all heck, two tone subdued dresses, funky colored shoes that’s sure to get attraction on the street; all totaled a weird but amazing show. I will be posting more as I attended the John Rocha show this morning.

Taina Stewart

Someway, somehow I’ve seen this before. Maybe not at London Fashion Week but definitely somewhere. Yes the designs are definitely different original Betty Jackson pieces for Spring 2006. I just didn’t get the direction of the line. There were quasi-pyschedelic flower pieces. There were business pieces here and there (or pieces that can be worn in a business setting). The line featured very muted colors. It was not vibrant. We don’t have a photo of this (arrgghhh Tony!!), but a piece that I really disliked was this flower print shirt/skirt 2 piece. Based on the color usage alone, it was lost on me as to whether this was a spring or fall show.

The photo to the left was my favorite at the show. I definitely have a different type of fashion sense, so I would probaby swap out the shoes and get a brighter yellow strappy to contrast the dress. That’s really what I found with the Betty Jackson show. A lot of the pieces were interchangeable. Nothing distinct stood out from what I saw. I was underwhelmed.

Taina Stewart

I’ll admit I am a little new to this, but I am still mistified by what GHOST means. Whatever it is, I like it. I like the designs for the Spring season, I like the show and I think this line is going to be welcomed in the states big time.

The GHOST line featured muted colors with plenty of sheer fabrics. My favorite piece is the green dress with a yellow sheer fabric underneath. It’s nicely layered and gives a sexy/classy look. There were other pieces like the yellow in the photo below that really caught my attention. I might have read the crowd wrong but there was still a general let down in the area of creativity. It might be a hangover from last week’s fashion shows but there was a lot of “nothing stood out.”

I’ll be at (or at least try to get into) the Betty Jackson show, as there is word that it will be something to see.

Until tomorrow.

Taina Stewart

With all that’s going on in fashion these past couple of weeks, the Emmys definitely didn’t help. While we didn’t get an invite (must have got lost in the mail), the girls and I decided to sit in front of the TV and be as judgemental as possible.

Someone should have given Patricia Arquette the memo. If you overdo it, it will show. From the hair, to the makeup, to the dress, it looked as if no one told her that she might actually be on TV.

I have my bad days, but when those days happen, there is usually no camera, photographers and fashion press making harsh judgements like I just did.

On a less abrasive note, Eva Longoria (I hate her for always looking gorgeous) wore a divine Angel Sanchez dress, Heidi Klum, fresh off of pregnancy, looked ravishingly beautiful in a Dior piece. Charlize Theron had a 20s dress that I am still holding opinion out on for further analysis.

Just not quite sure. Need your opinion, the picture is below:

-Michelle

How about this one Ladies and Gents. At the last minute, Sam from papierdoll decides he’s going to try to get me into the Julien McDonald show. Now I know the trials and tribulations of Yael Avni and I am sympathetic to a fellow beat writer, but come on. Let’s get easier access into some shows. If PETA can get in why can’t I? This is London for pete’s sake.

I get into the McDonald show and I must say it is a refreshing change of pace from what I read on the NYC fashion week shows. The general assesment there was that it was bland and not adventurous enough.

Not London. The Julien McDonald show was filled with fashion, theatrics and, well, more theatrics. Out the window went the flowing skirts and in came very colorful sequined dresses, VERY sexy metallic bikinis. Shorts and skirts that harkened back to the 50s and 60s were on full display. To be truthful, while some of the pieces were somewhat outlandish in nature, they were refreshing considering the blandness of New York.

Then came in Peta.

While there was no Fur at the show this year, midway through a model walking on the runway, out comes this commotion from midrow. PETA protesters with signs in tow crashed the show. After that happened, I knew this week was going to be delicious.

Tomorrow I will be heading to GHOST and Jessica Ogden shows. See you then.

Taina Stewart