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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Alexander McQueen Fall 2012 Ready-to-Wear

... need I say more?!

As most of you could most likely tell from my McQueen post (a few posts back), Alexander McQueen is my all time (and will probably remain as so) favorite designer.. ever. So, with the show today, I figured when is there a better time to divulge my thoughts than now? (Other than probably nearly any other time-- when I should be getting some sleep...) Anywho, back to McQueen. While maybe I'll do a part two on this post, as I'm extremely exhausted and know I need to explain myself more with pictures, etc., I feel like a traitor. Like a disloyal fan. I was really just not that pleased with this collection. Wow, hearing those words escape my mouth when in regard to McQueen is quite difficult, but I realize that there is no point in lying. Obviously I did not dislike everything, and as I said, in a part two of this post I'll hopefully elaborate more[disclaimer: I will try to do a part two, but if it never goes up, I'm sorry ahead of time], but I really just felt that while McQueen as well as so many designers have so many seemingly-unwearable pieces, these ones just struck me not as the kind of "unwearable" as with some of his other collections, but truly just...unwearable. I'm not sure; maybe I just have not yet wrapped my head around it and am exhausted while looking at the pictures. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and think, "Wow, that collection was amazing, what was I talking about?" Unfortunately thought, at the moment, I legitimately feel sad/angry with myself for being very unimpressed, but regardless of my mood which could be causing it, that's how I feel at this very second and must come to terms with it. I guess how I just like to think of it is, "Would I like/appreciate these pieces if it was by a differnt designer, say Dior or Acne or Rebecca Minkoff?" While I know that is like comparing apples and oranges, or even more so, just completely incomparable (in my mind), I should like the clothes as they are, not just because they are McQueen. But, what saddens me most is, that even though they are McQueen, not even that was enough to convince myself that I liked the collection... and was it just me, or was that McQueen flair not really there? The detail in the fabrics was lacking, and if there was any, it was very textural (not in the material as much itself), and lacked it's usual intricate and symmetric flair. Don't get me wrong though-- I did like the collection still, just not as much as I usually do, and they were just hard to appreciate on the same level because they were much less clothing and much more pieces of art/sculpture (not that his usually are't, just these more so).

(I'll try to add photos tomorrow, but for now I'm exhausted, so if you want to feast your eyes and get the low-down of this show,, check out: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2012RTW-AMCQUEEN )

P.S. watch me have entirely different thoughts on the show tomorrow when I am not half asleep... and also, et me know your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!

Countdown

my current countdowns:

-to the weekend

-to when my brother comes home

-to spring break

-to my birthday

-to summer

(and a lot more)

but mostly, I could not be more excited for this weekend. I'm literally just so excited. Time to catch up on all my favorite things, hopefully (online) shop a bit, etc. I'm also thinking about beginning to compile a birthday list...and I also really need to place an order on Amazon with some essentials. (Bioderma, a camera sling thing, a few nail polishes, etc.) For me, while those are all small things to be done, I could not be more excited to do them this weekend. To really just relax in general. Are you looking forward to the weekend? What will you guys be upto? Let me know in the comments below :)

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Just a few things and a quick hello

hello world... sorry I've been so MIA for the past little bit. Life has been interesting to say the least, but for the most part, unfortunately, it has been extremely stressfull and jam-packed, leaving little free time for that matter, and even littler free time for posting. So, while my little "sabbatical"is not necessarily over (I have SO much left to do today and tomorrow, and the first part of this week in general, I just wanted to say a little hello to all with a quick little post. At this point, I have no clue what I'm righting about, so brb until I figure out what.

(..5 min later...)

so, I'm not sure if this is a boring kind of post or not (please, let me know if it is or isn't in the comments-- I love honest feedback, and am so not going to take criticism personally), but I'm going to do a post of just some things I want, generally speaking. This is going to be somewhat of a less "fashion-y" post, and more just fashion in terms of what someone my age could actually get away with wearing, and putting designer labels aside...here goes something:

(I was planning on adding some more pictures and descriptions, however, I must leave and do work.. this is all for now)

photo from: www.ebay.com

photo from: www.urbanoutfitters.com

photo from: www.nastygal.com

photo from: www.nastygal.com (back view of dress above)

photo from: www.nastygal.com

photo from: www.nastygal.com (and I just like the top as a prospect top to go under see through-ish blouses.. not as a normal top)

photo from: www.nastygal.com

photo from: www.urbanoutfitters.com

Don't worry, I'll try to keep in the swing of things and keep posting more frequently! I've felt such an influx of love from all the views on this blog so far, and I really appreciate it! If you have any blogs, I'd love to see them, so just leave the link down below on a comment!

Monday, February 27, 2012

Alexander McQueen

Just wanted to take a break from all this fashion week fuss and take a moment to let you know a bit about my fashion of choice: Alexander McQueen. No, I do not own any, but I think it's safe to say that he is my favorite designer of all time (continuing with Sarah Burton-- but when I refer to "he", I'm just really talking about the brand as a whole--not McQueen himself [which is why I'm writing it in the present tense]). I could write about him for days on end, but I think for now I can just say that in my books, he is the true king of fashion. [pun intended] What (in my opinion) puts him above all, on top of many other things, is his fabric. No other designer (once again, in my opinion) can utilize fabric the way he does. The beauty of so many of his pieces lays in the fabric itself, full of intricate design, but in the most surprising ways. I don't mean intricate as in detailed beading, I mean the actual prints on (most of the fabric) the fabric that he designs are incredible. This allows for the most beautiful design, but with a certain level of simplicity in structure. But don't get me wrong, many of his pieces are completely over the top structurally, and lack in the simplicity I just spoke of. Generally though, I feel that he maintains a really nice balance. Maybe that's what it is which I believe sets him apart from all others; the dichotomy of simplicity and outrageousness which he integrates in his collections. I'll stop myself for now, but more "All hail McQueen" will come later.

Oh, and one last thing-- I think why his work appeals to me so much is that I'm sort of obsessive with things being symmetrical, but not in such a way that things are boring (because I really like intricacy and often times, bold ideas too!)...which is definition McQueen. So yeah, that's probably why I have the utterly biased view that McQueen is best.

For now, just a couple of my favorites:

http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/images/McQ.2086a–c_mcq.2086.AV1.JPG

www.style.com

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/c2/0/AAAAC97Uk8YAAAAAAMIE1Q.jpg?v=1271280809000
Perhaps my all time favorite of his designs... So easy to wear, such a simple shape, so intricate, yet so symmetrical.

Since I really can't post every look of his that I love... I think just refer to his 2010 Spring Ready-to-Wear collection here and his 2009 Spring Ready-to-Wear collection here. Probably two of my favorites of his collections [a lot of their pieces are shown above] (and yes, they're super similar to one another. [hence why I probably am attracted to both collections]).