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Valentino Retires on a Red Dress Catwalk

January 25th 2008 03:47
Valentino Retires on a Red Dress Catwalk

Valentino farewell
Valentino - The kiss off



News.com.au reports that after 45 years iconic fashion designer Valentino retired this week with one last fashion parade in Paris. Fittingly surrounded by 30 models adorned in the long red dresses that became his trademark, the show was part of the renowned Paris Haute Couture week.

valentino red dresses
Women in Red



Born in 1932 the Italian designer Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, has dedicated his life to beautifying women. Building an empire in the process while dressing the celebrity and industry elite, his monumental legacy will live on.

Beginning his journey at 17 years old it is fitting that for his swan song Valentino returns to Paris, the city where he served his apprenticeship. An historic event for the man whose work will forever influence and define beauty and glamour, his final collection consisted of, according to news.com.au “flower-filled and elegant suiting and dresses”.

valentino leaves
The end of a Valentino era


To read the complete story and see video footage of Valentino’s final show please click HERE

Watch some video footage of Valentino's catwalk finale



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Summer Dresses -If it’s hot, their hot.

October 8th 2007 00:00
Summer Dress sexy floral
This is one way to make a statement this Summer


As the Mercury steadily inches its way up higher than a pair of daisy Duke shorts its time to again start thinking about what to wear in the scorching Aussie sun.
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A whole new genre

October 2nd 2007 10:20
Galliano's last catwalk show for his own label was brash brazen bordehlo but this season for Dior he's shifted from the door-jambs of Paris to the silver-screens of Hollywood, invoking screen sirens and sirs across eras, genders and genres.

Galliano leopard print dress
All images from Style.com

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Ode to an Italian Dress

October 1st 2007 01:52
DOlce and Gabbana Summer 08 PAINTED BLACK DRESS
All images from http://eng.dolcegabbana.it


Flamboyant and theatrical, Dolce and Gabbana’s Summer 2008 collection is indeed replete with works of art. From the hand-painted fabrics, the obsession with intricate embellishments and details to the matte velvet lips, D & G invoke a Keats-ian realm - instead of a Grecian urn, this is my ode to an Italian dress


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Who's Hot for Summer 2008 (LINK)

September 7th 2007 16:15
Who's Hot for Summer 08

Forget the unwearable items you see strutting down some fashion runways, european fashion speaks to the sillhouette and moves us back to the real aim of fashion - expressing ourselves AND flattering our body shape


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Yeah They Were All Yellow

August 24th 2007 01:42
Angelina Jolie Red Carpet Yellow Dress
Look at the Stars - Angelina Jolie - image from dailymail.co.uk


For Australian residents, you’re probably hiding under a rock if you didn’t see any coverage over the last few weeks of the David Jones and Myer Spring/Summer launch shows. Megan Gale and Jennifer Hawkins were parading their respective stores’ wares and championing this season’s trends, sycophantically surrounded by media, buyers and designers alike.
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Jaakan: Melbourne's sultry little secret

June 21st 2007 00:10
Jakaan logo
From Jakaan.com.au


Up and coming Melbourne label Jaakan has only been around for a few seasons but already their favouring of beautiful fabrics and playful attention to detail has made me quite a fan. And yes, their logo is of a little boy peeing - a satirical contrast to their clothes which, despite a cheeky sense of humour are still not quite so crude. There is no mention of the inspiration for this logo on their website but luckily for the conscience of the average inner-city pinko leftie (guilty as charged) they refuse to use sweatshop labour


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Why fashion?

June 11th 2007 23:11
Manolo Blahnik spring/summer 07
From Manoloblahnik.com Just try telling me that this is not beauty


With a background in literary theory and philosophy, an interest in fashion has been a naughty secret of mine for some time. But it’s time to go public. I love fashion and I’ve got good reasons. Firstly, it is aesthetically pleasing but also the social and cultural significance fashion holds are part of our everyday non-verbal communication


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