Summer’s calling!

As we enjoy the first sunny days of spring I can’t wait for summer to come. Magazines, Fashionblogs and of course all the designers are already going crazy for the upcoming summer trends. I mean, of course we should be trendless and have our own ideas. But as we all know- we can’t do anything against getting influenced by them.

So here are the Top 3 Spring/Summertrends 2011: 

     Roberto Cavalli 

Trend 1 : Big Flower Prints; after last years small flower prints we surprisingly get Flower Prints again. The only change: the flowers are big. Wow- Who would have thought. But again, it’s just beautiful. 

Ralph Lauren

Trend 2: Clean. Cleaner. White. I was always against wearing white. And I think I won’t change my opinion, even though it looks great on other people and on the catwalk. So lucky for those who look good in white. And it just makes you look a little bit more tanned in summer!

Rick Owens

 Trend 3: Black. Black? Are they kidding me? So I saved the best for last. Black is always in fashion and beautiful. It’s more like a full time trend. You can never do anything wrong wearing it, so it’s kind of funny the fashion gurus even mention it. You don’t need to mention black. It’s just timeless and classy.

In the end we can all say that there aren’t any new trends this year. It’s just the same as every year with small changes. So get inspired by them and wear it your way. It’ll surely look great.

Hannah

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fashion week paris 2011

The greatest fashion houses presented their collections on the  Fashion Week in Paris from January 24th up to 27th.

With Chanel, Dior and Jean Paul Gaultier, of course the inevitable stars of the French fashion industry were present.

But the Fashion Week in Paris 2011 also welcomed designers less known to the wider audience like Bouchra Jarrar, Adeline André or Rabih Kayrouz.

The fashion week began with a scandal. John Galliano the chief designer of Dior was fired a few days before his own show. His show was presented without him, a splendid collection of high-quality silk which was coverd with a fine tulle.

The show of Karl Lagerfeld was also very remarkable for Channel. He presented a collection made of bright materials which shimmered very much. He also combined exclusive flat shoes for an unmistakably pure picture.

However, Giorgio Armani lined his collection up very futuristically and worked mainly with shiny fabrics while the models were wearing a chrome plated headgear. Spaicy as hell! 

Philipp

Only two weeks for a perfect draped evening dress: Mission

Impossible???

Exactly this exercise was set for us.
Finding a concept, finding our design, finding matching colours, finding a cool choreography which is possible to do in circa  two weeks, and we did it.

To start with everybody chose their own perfect colour. We tried to find as many different colours as we could. On this occasion we decided to take chiffon as drapery for the whole class for continuity and the right effect.

Later we create the design for our evening dresses. Everybody gave the design their own character.Whether long or short, wide or narrow, provocative or elegant. We tried to put our drapery to different places and everybody introduced their own sort of drapery.

Two weeks before the fashion show started we began to sew the complex dresses. It was tight, but on the last day everyone was ready, but only with a lot of overtime and hard work were we able to do this. It wasn`t easy but I think the results reflect everyone's personality really well.

 Jessy