PFW: Subversive sex

Gaultier showed off his bold, feminine collection starting the catwalk off with a leather suited girl with a whip for a prop.


 I love how Gaultier takes the element of horse riding in with subversive sex signals. Bridle-like neck chokers were worn with slinky long dresses and gloves were off course leather. Clothes looked luxurious and certainly dominated the room!

PFW: D.I.Y jobby

Balmain went back to the 80's with this sex pistol inspired collection bringing us the casual  american vests, ripped t-shirts, studded jackets, holey jeans and spiky leather jackets.The models got the moody look down to a T but it didn't do much for my inspiration. 


I feel this show was a tad cliche and I am not sure many ladies would pay $450 dollars for a t-shirt they could make themselves. So overall..not too excited right now.

PFW: Day one: Future Fantastic!

British designer Gareth Pugh is virtually astonishing. He captivated his audience with a digital fashion film presentation shown in Pairs on a giant screen at Parc de Bercy sports stadium.  He then continued to impress with his futuristic catwalk show presenting some of the coolest clothes I have seen all summer.

It is like something off a star-wars film, the colour is pretty much all silver with a similar faded out print throughout. The colour doesn’t seem to matter though as the way the clothes are sewn together is unbelievable. I couldn’t even try to think of how to put them together!  Trousers were tight with leather at the bottoms with zips to get them on/off.  Shapes were sharp and very rigid yet the dresses seemed to flow gracefully.


My favourite outfit was a psychedelic silver and metallic dress with trousers which looked like it was made from moveable metal! 

Just a little impressed with the whole collection...

MFW Day five : Tribal Mission

This vibrant show by Missoni should have had a warning to those who don't take well to flashing lights and colour. Models walked out in bright clashing zig zag prints, peruvian prints and paintbrush strokes. This was a daring collection which I thought was a nice change to the straight-laced collections we have been seeing in Milan.

Colours were lime green, purple, turquoise, orange, yellow with black in all of the garments to outline them and exaggerate the colours.

The shapes were fluent and included shapes that were oversized and long.My favourite look was a blue and orange dress/top and skirt which was patterned in bright block colours. It had zig-zags which went all over it and was just pretty amazing.

MFW Day four: Max Mara- Just a bit of colour

After a beige start to the run-way we saw a burst of colour come through to the catwalk. And by colour I mean very bright orange, purple and yellow! 


The show took on a sporty minimalistic feel with sleek yet simple shapes.Trousers were high-waisted and tight, jackets were sharp yet still feminine. Every piece of clothing stood out as it was teamed with a bright colour. I especially liked the see-through white silk shirt which was tucked into high-waisted orange shorts.

MFW Day three: How Very Versace

Opposites attract was the main focus of Versace collection for SS11. It was all very sexy as usual for this show with leather, small part dresses and skirts with splits in them. Shapes were dresses just below the knee, cut away tops with slim skirts and skirts with fringing.

Colours were bold and refreshing yet also a good use of black and beige. I like the way the print which included colours such as red and blue went over simple colours such as beige, it looked like it had been computerised.

 I have always enjoyed watching Versace as her prints are unique and there is always something mysterious about what she will churn out next! Certainly didn't disappoint this time.

Here are a few of my favourites for SS11.

MFW Day two: Prada DARling

It was all stripes and weird fury accessories for Prada this SS11.

The contrast between the industrial, concrete set and the mood of the collection was quite lovely to watch.Colours were bright and funky from green, blue, orange, and yellow. Patterns were mainly stripy in various colours with monkey prints thrown in. I especially enjoyed the banana print on a bright green dress!