Aquilano.Rimondi's exceptional craftsmanship and quality of fabrics highlights the best of Italian artisanal techniques employed in a wholly original way, yet deftly
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Miuccia’s styling prowess never ceases to delight. Structured color blocked silk satin swimsuits exude the confidence of a modern day pinup when paired with decadent crystal-encrusted belts, statement earrings and bags, but the jaw-dropping moment came from the 3-D sling-backs with fantastic metallic flamed wings. Music: Dirt (Feat Aesop Rock) By Tobacco, "Funnel of Love" by Slow Motion Centerfold, "Funnel of Love" by Duck and Cover Produced by Gianna Madrini, Style Editor-Global Fashion News http://www.globalfashionnews.com © 2012. All Rights Reserved.

Giorgio Armani is the master of understated elegance, creating clothes that make women look and feel beautiful, while exuding a tranquil brilliance, which one cannot acquire, but is rather born with. His fall 2011 collection, Boudoir, consisted of a pale palette of blush, rose, nude and camel tones, which represented renewal, before descending into somber grays and blacks, which symbolized eluding from the darkness.
The show began with a blush, bell-shaped riding coat with a chenille effect hovered above the ankle and opened from the waist down, revealing a sensuous satin dress. This was just a taste for what was to come, as he exaggerated and experimented with this silhouette throughout the collection. The fullness of the bell-shaped skirt was amplified for daywear, as a textured, black dresscoat swayed down the runway. Transitioning to eveningwear, the silhouette was accentuated in heavily beaded fabrics, fringe trim, and sequined floral embellishments.
Armani’s classic jacket was offered in two versions – a nipped waist jacket that flared out into a peplum, or an elongated slim blazer, which rested smoothly over the hip. His trousers for fall were relaxed, cropped and cuffed slightly above the ankle. Most were featured with tunic dresses, representing his signature long, lean silhouette.
Accessories included fringed shawls, clutches, stacked bangles, and capelets rendered in fur or layered with delicate organza petals that resembled seashells. The extravagant necklaces, chandelier earrings and vintage brooches were opulent and richly captivating. Lace was overlaid on pumps and boots for day, while crystals illuminated the Elizabethan inspired kitten heels for evening. Schuyler Hames.

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The swingy movement of the clothes made for a delicious visual feast. Silky, pajamaesque polka dotted trousers were paired with tiny fitted blazers or strapless tops and then piled on with loads of accessories. Luxurious satchel bags in eclectic mix-and-match styles including leopard, python and metallics added to the daring over the top look.

Swingy little crepe minis were interlaced with racy panels in the back of dotted net or see through plastic windows - All the better to showcase the new LV underwear. The abundant accessories appeared distinctly African, from the necklaces to chunky wooden bracelets and stunning stiletto’s brimming with feathers and plastic beads collages or adorned with abstract African faces. Gianna Madrini, Style Editor - Global Fashion News http://www.globalfashionnews.com

The collection featured a bevy of short hemlines in an array of neutrals, gorgeous blues and a vibrant orange and red print. Cuffed shorts in sandy desert colors were frequently paired with a structured bustier on top or more relaxed with airy chiffon blouses. Wide leather belts cinched at the waist completed each look. Sexy billowy beach dresses in rich blues and embellished separates appeared racier than anything he’s ever shown before. A fiery red beaded skirt with a pink and orange floral chiffon blouse exemplified Som’s new Bohemian direction. He ended the show with a youthful selection of skirts, dresses and a coat in a gray and white graphic print that showed his capabilities for broadening his look while still pleasing his young sophisticated following. Gianna Madrini, Style Editor - Global Fashion News
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Elbaz infuses a couture spirit into his ready-to-wear designs that makes women mad with desire. Despite loosely cut shapes, the defined waist and shorter length creates a distinct femme fatale look accented by bare shoulders artfully swathed in cascades of silk. Tulip skirts are gathered into gentle pouf proportions and paired with gorgeous blouses that are tied casually at the shoulder.

And just when we thought that we’d seen the most coveted pieces of the season, he ended the show with an awe inspiring array of bejeweled dresses. Satin and silk gazar in every color from yellow, pink, blue, red, plum, and green is masterfully wrapped around the body. From strapless party numbers in hot pink or tea rose to voluptuous one shoulder dresses in a pastel leopard print or silk gazar whipped up in delectable shades of blue and green with random sprinklings of paillette flowers - The clothes are tres, tres chic. Gianna Madrini, Style Editor - Global Fashion News

Fun pieces like a super curvy popcorn knit mini and a pink suede motorcycle jacket over a pastel chiffon slip dress kept the look youthful and edgy. Spring 2009 also marks Zac Posen’s foray into swimwear, where he focused on retro shapes such as sweetheart bandeaus and shirred bodices. Following his pastel color story, Posen then wowed us with red carpet-worthy gowns in a vampy leopard print and a black over nude chiffon cocktail dress with ruching along the spine, which gave off a decidedly gothic vibe. The stand-out piece among these was a black and white lattice pattern gown featuring a fishtail hem and a Victorian collar of gathered chiffon. Gianna Madrini, Style Editor - Global Fashion News http://www.globalfashionnews.com

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His fanciful and irreverent combinations of plaid, tweed, leather, metallics, and electrifying colors clashed and co-existed in the most spectacular way to produce riotously colored and lavishly embellished clothes. A capped sleeve shoulder jacket in tweed over a demure plaid blouse, coupled with a metallic brocade skirt was swathed at the waist with a lurex striped obi belt and a playful underskirt trimmed in gold. Jacob Gibson girls dazzled in plaid blouses paired with modern bustle skirts wrapped at the waist with cummerbund belts and topped off with straw boaters. Using a color palette of of electric blue, mustard, gold, bronze, rust and lurex shot fabrics, Jacobs managed to keep the collection fresh and whimsical. His clever styling of relatively modest clothes is the ultimate in contemporary modern chic.

Marc Jacobs’ collection proved to be a melting pot of styles and references, which translate loosely into a uniquely American look that resonated perfectly to George Gershwin’s soundtrack of “Rhapsody in Blue.” Gianna Madrini, Style Editor Global Fashion News
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His collection exuded 50s chic, however Giambattista did mot discard his padded and cocoon shapes that are part of his signature look. He simply updated his aerodynamic sheath dresses adding a slight curve at the shoulder with soft padded collars, self matching capes and peplum jackets. Jackets were tied at the waist with shapely bows, while cocoon shaped coats for evening featured thousands of tiny silk chiffon rosettes.

A grand finale parade of fairytale wedding gowns in pale nude shades of lilac, cream or beige with corseted bodices and enormous skirts with long flowing trains that swept the runway floated slowly past the audience. The sheer extravagance of Giambattista Valli's cloud-like tulle gowns made up of a thousand meters of tiny silk chiffon rosettes or cascading fingertip pleated ruffles, brought the audience to its feet. An air of mystery only added to the rumor that the designer will soon to be named to design Valentino. Gianna Madrini, Style Editor - Global Fashion News http://www.globalfashionnews.com

From subdued and natural, Lemaire then jolted the audience forward in time with an infusion of rompers, bodysuits, and shifts in sherbet-inspired hues such as melon and citron. With coordinating totes and flats, these looks are beach-ready. Fabricated in terry as well as in the label’s signature knit. The pieces represent a younger Lacoste woman with a carefree and sunny disposition.

Following his candy-colored confections, Lemaire showed us a mod incarnation of Lacoste's new Red! label of golf-inspired sportswear in black and white accented with kelly green. Shifts and miniskirts alike were shown in graphic checked patterns and paired with a single golf glove and spectator shoes. Lemaire maintains Lacoste’s signature preppy look, but updates the iconic house classics with a new fit and modern cut. Gianna Madrini, Style Editor - Global Fashion News
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There were striking gauzy "slasher" dresses in black, white and blood red representing the gothic romance of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films and pale nude dresses of sheer nothingness embroidered with braided yarn. Other pieces in the collection included lighter than air, full-skirt gossamer cocktail pieces, fitted coats, sexed-up zip pocket pants paired with gauzy multicolored sweaters, each made of twenty different types of yarn. All worn with super high, 6 inch Christian Louboutin Mary Janes with spiked studs and straps that wrapped around the ankle and left the models teetering, adding to the ballerina effect. Their almost neurotic obssession with layering and exquisite craftsmanship is their calling card and it’s hard not to fall for a fairytale spun by Kate and Laura Mulleavy. - Gianna Madrini, Style Editor, Global Fashion News.

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His colonial velvets and ermine coats were regal beyond belief interspersed with impeccably tailored and rigorously cut military tailcoats and jackets worn with high neck blouses or over dresses. A strapless empire dress in white chiffon fit for a princess was wrapped and knotted around the body with jewels dripping from the model’s forehead.

Alexander McQueen's show was breathtaking, not only in it's beauty, but it's excellence. It undoubtedly surpassed anything I’ve ever seen. The music alone was heaven, blending Mozart, Hadyn and Nirvana as the backdrop. McQueen’s brilliance as a designer is unmatched and his star has never shone more brightly than in his utterly romantic and stunning Fall 2008 collection. - Gianna Madrini, Style Editor, Global Fashion News.

His coats came in every style from rounded shoulder coats to cocoon shapes and over sized trench coats rendered in extravagant fabrics of cashmere, felted boucle wool, fur and leather in curvy shapes with gathered yokes and raglan sleeves.

Coats aside Bailey's other pieces were equally significant like a tiered round neck shift dress, tulip dresses with puffed sleeves or a baby-doll tunic worn over skinny, silk, trumpet flared trousers and towering platform shoes. Topping off the clothes were a number of must-have accessories including fingerless smoking gloves, the coolest knitted hats and spectacular chunky oversized necklaces of cut glass. The incredible jewelry alone leads me to believe that statement jewelry will soon replace handbags as the must have accessory for Fall 2008 and into Spring 2009.
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The texture of the lace does all the talking - Using just two skirts and a shirt to change the proportions between A-Line skirts or high waisted pencil skirts. All worn with fine turtlenecks and collarless cropped jackets. Hips are exaggerated with detachable padded belts.

"I wanted to do minimal, something that was feminine and strong - but in the end, not so sexy” Prada explains. The sexually charged tension between being covered up and revealing what’s underneath made for a powerful presentation. It was a gorgeous feast of lace and one of my favorite top 10 collections for fall 2008 says Global
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Rich in folkloric references, the silk tunics with metallic embroidery in paisley prints from Russia and Turkmenistan work equally well as mini dresses. Richly layered accessories made up of exceptional must-have pieces and stylish snug fur jackets in Lynx, Fox and Mongolian lamb had us yearning to look like the models in the show. The most covetable coats were the tapestry and kilim coats in an eclectic pattern of silk and velvet patchwork along with a number of cropped military style stud-embellished vests and shearling coats. It was all topped off with gold-chain bracelets, heart-shaped neckpieces, flying leather fringes on hobo shoulder bags, and the most posh "Babushka" carpet bag you've ever seen. The Gucci Fall 2008 collection is super cool and one of my favorite top 10 collections for fall says Global Fashion News Style Editor, Gianna Madrini.