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July 5th 2007 08:28
Only a few posts ago I was bemoaning the lack Roland Mouret in my life after that galaxy dress (worn rather well by Demi Moore). But Style.com has informedme that he has returned, view their article here.

And here's my favourites of the aforementioned collection.

Number 1.
Roland Mouret coat dress
From Style.com


Believe it or not someone has reinvented the coat dress. This cut is a new version of volume, the texture, shape and buttons are a symbiotic sartorial success. (Alliteration anyone?)

Number 2.
Roland Mouret white dress
From Style.com


This is an ideal cocktail party number, drink only white wine and eat only hummus and you'll be just fine.

Number 3.
Roland Mouret black dress
From Style.com


Yes this is an LBD but the hem is a conservation starter, the fabric is exquisite and the cut sufficiently avaunt guarde to travel from an art opening to an intimate dinner at your favourite hole-in-the-wall bistro with ease.

Number 4.
Roland Mouret coat
From Style.com


And finally does this remind anyone else of some vernacular fashion from, you guessed it, Balenciaga, but nevertheless it is stylish and I might attempt larceny were I to see some young thing traipsing about the streets in this ensemble.
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Fashion blog diet

June 19th 2007 00:11
Fashion blogging, like most other blogging provides a forum for otherwise unqualified opinionators, like me. That is, except in the case of The Sartorialist whose blog has been listed by Time as one of the top 100 design influences. His images appear on Style.com and in Vanity Fair and his pithy comments and street shots are indeed a cultural record. He balances the male and female shots and favours the quirky or unconventional, those who don’t just follow trends but help create them. And his journeys to Berlin and Scandinavia, Milan and Paris provide a travel-poor Sydney-ite with the vicarious pleasure of the international flaneur.

The Sartorialist blog
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Daria Werbowy: Canadian Amazon

June 15th 2007 00:07
Daria Werbowy
From Dariawerbowy.org


Pictured here all fresh faced and delightful is Daria Werbowy of Canada. Werbowy, like Jessica Stam, passes my knee test (if the thigh is wider than the knee then the model is not sick) and not only that but she exhibits an intelligence one may not expect from models. Maybe she’s simply learned to feign intent with those blue eyes of hers, or perhaps I’m prejudiced because she’s brunette but I do think there’s something more in Werbowy’s brain than is usually held in the mind of a model


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Prada: progenitor of postmodern pastiche

June 14th 2007 00:44
In my habitual internet trawlings I came across quite a feat on the Prada website. Admittedly I didn’t much like this season’s collection but the means by which it is represented is a true cultural document. Prada demonstrates wit, self-reflexivity and pastiche in a way that many other ‘postmodernists’ should envy. As a European luxury brand, descended from a grand tradition to a commercial reality, Prada is a modern day icon but the self-representation offers an entirely new perspective on the brand.

Prada sunglasses
From Prada.com

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Gucci sucks

June 13th 2007 00:43
Just about anyone with any style steers clear of Gucci on the whole and their Autumn/Winter 07 collection only affirms that general principle. Let’s take a look at some examples.

Lily Donaldson in Gucci
From Gucci.com

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Charlotte Gainsbourg: Nightingale or Siren?

June 11th 2007 05:02
French, a singer and daughter of Serge, Charlotte Gainsbourg had to be gorgeous. Obviously inheriting more of her actress/model mother's (Jane Birkin of Hermes Birkin bag fame) looks than her brooding crooner dad. Recently she gained greater Australian exposure in The Science of Sleep, starring alongside Gael Garcia Bernaz as a Parisienne neighbour gradually drawn into a world of fantasy and phantasm. As you can see in this picture there was minimal attention paid to her hair and makeup, her wardrobe was dowdy and still she radiates beauty.

Charlotte Gainsbourg in the Science of Sleep
From MSN.com

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Sex and Zeitgeists - The life and times of Vivienne Westwood

June 8th 2007 00:07
VivienneWestwood.com
From Viviennewestwood.com


After visiting the Victoria and Albert exhibition which travelled to the National Gallery in Canberra a few years ago, I’ve been obsessed with Vivienne Westwood. It’s not just that she’s sixty and has a beautiful thirty-year-old Italian lover, although that does impress me, and it’s not just that she’s been an inspiration for generations of fashionistas, mostly it’s because for Westwood, fashion is thought


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It's all in the gams: Jessica Stam

June 7th 2007 00:42
One of the most striking models of the contemporary brat pack is Jessica Stam, a statuesque Canadian who has the kind of natural physique required for catwalk shows. She is indeed long and slender but there is nothing painful about the proportions of her legs or the position of her clavicle. My general rule is that if the knee is wider than the thigh there’s a problem but Stam is in proportion as you can see from the Stella McCartney show.

Jessica Stam in McCartney
From Style.com

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Black is invariably the new black

June 5th 2007 23:49
Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy
From photobucket.com


Although Coco Chanel was really the first to bring the black dress into the everyday wardrobe of the modern woman, its place was indeed cemented with Hepburn’s appearance in Givenchy during Breakfast at Tiffany (see Sisi's post) last year for more on that dress


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Darling Natalie Portman

June 4th 2007 12:21
Recent Psychology graduate and general cutie-pie Natalie Portman has made the remarkable transition from child actor to adult star, in the non-pornographic sense, and astute style siren. With a particularly petite body and despite some onerous comparisons to Audrey Hepburn - no one needs that hanging over them - she has done rather well for herself.

Dramatically cropped Natalie Portman
From MSN.com

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France even does political fashion better

June 1st 2007 00:11
Segolene Royal
From tygerland.net


The recent French presidential election highlighted the manner in which the French bring style and class to all sectors of life, even the muddy world of politics. In stark contrast we have Australian politicians, from the men who are altogether dull to the women who seem to shun fashion altogether


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Balenciaga, Vernacular Fashion

May 31st 2007 00:33
Gemma Ward Balenciaga
From Style.com
After using Balenciaga as an example in my white shirt post I remembered what a stand-out collection Nicolas Ghesquière produced for Fall 2007 collection and I was reminded by our very own (why are we so patriotic when it comes to beautiful people) Gemma Ward wearing Balenciaga at Cannes.

Balenciaga Dress
From Style.com

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Cannes again

May 28th 2007 23:41
Von Teese looking stunning
From Vogue.co.uk


Well the Palme D'or has been awarded (here’s to Romanian film) and the red carpet glitz is over but there's still time for one last analysis before these pictures become old news. Now Dita Von Teese has received quite a slice of publicity in Australia around our fashion week, and despite the entirely vapid interview she gave on Vogue.com.au I still quite like her. This dress is stunning and is perfectly complemented by her immaculate hairdo. Generally in her red carpet appearances, Teese manages to evoke sexuality rather than proclaim it


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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Style Maverick

May 28th 2007 00:57
Gyllenhaal in Secretary
From Filmweb.no


From her first appearance alongside brother Jake in Donnie Darko, enjoyably quirky as the impatient older sister to her role as a masochist in the Secretary (pictured above) Gyllenhaal has, on the whole, chosen film roles and fashion wisely


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