Red Valentino Fall 2017 Ready-To-Wear

Red Valentino Fall 2017 Ready-To-Wear

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LUPITA NYONG'O FOR VOGUE MAGAZINE

Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda

Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci

Schiaparelli

Gaultier Paris

Chanel Haute Couture

Dior Haute Couture

Atelier Versace

Maison Margiela by John Galiano

Valentino Haute Couture

Valentino Haute Couture

Lupita just took my breath away! You?? I mean... seriously, she is absolutely stunning in her Vogue Magazine spread. It's her second time gracing the coveted cover. The images shot for the October issue of Vogue by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott left me in a daze. They're just fabulous. So exquisite! They're serious and they're jovial at the same time. Oh how I wish I would have been there! And talking about serious, Valentino, Gaultier, Schiaparelli, just to name a few of the amazing labels Lupita made her own. She just seems so natural, elegant, graceful. Lupita talks about "Hollywood and Fashion" in the Vogue article, which I will read after I stop swooning over the photos.

Look through the photos in the slideshow above and tell me which are your faves! I am obsessing over the Dolce & Gabbana cape, the image of Lupita in Elsa Schiaparelli's apartment, the jaw-dropping red Valentino gown and the photo with the Gaultier sculpted skirt. I can't pick a favorite! 

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Valentino Fall 2015 Menswear

Valentino design duo Pierpaolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri were inspired by the geometric paintings of Australian artist Esther Stewart. The designers defined geometry as a "new form of decoration." The result? No less than perfection. Precisely tailored coats, shirts and trousers featuring bold diamond and triangular shapes in a range of greys and brightly-muted color. The decorative features also embraced embroidered elements like flowers and moths strategically placed on the shoulders and backs of garments. The coats with the tiny, repetitive patterns towards the end of the collection, with a mosaic quality, are absolutely to-die-for!

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Daily Outfit Inspiration by Demi Styles

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This is the perfect vacation outfit! Comfortable and chic with fabulous colors! Pink, green, and yellow make the perfect combination for spring. Break up all of these gorgeous colors with a denim jacket for a more casual look. If you're looking for a more dressy look, add heels and a blazer! 

Check out where you can get this entire look:

Top:

Dolce & Gabbana

Skirt:

Alexander Wang

Jacket:

ONLY Frederikke

Sandals:

Valentino

Purse:

Alexander McQueen

Necklace:

Kenneth Jay Lane

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DEMI STYLES

Daily Outfit Inspiration by Demi Styles

Let's push the envelope a bit with

green on green. As long as it's not

obvious

that you were actually trying to match two shades of the

same

color, you're in the

safe

zone!

Break

up the shades by adding a

colored

neutral, like

chambray

or

brown

and you're good to go! 

Check out where you can get this

entire

look:

Hat:

Lisa Battaglia

Chambray Top:

H&M

Cargo Pants:

Rag & Bone

Suede Jacket:

Mango

Purse:

Valentino

Sneakers:

Marc by Marc Jacobs

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DEMI STYLES

VALENTINO COUTURE Spring 2013

Valentino's

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli graced the Parisian runway this week with an exquisite couture collection. It took a reported 500 hours just to hand-roll the piping that embellished so many of the garments. Valentino presented an absolutely breath-taking collection. So incredibly, magical and beautiful were all the pieces which were heavily layered with organza, lace and embroidered with crystals. View Collection: 

Photos: GoRunway

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Project Runway PARIS; Couture du jour.

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The last couple of

Project Runway

episodes have been terrific! Last week, the four remaining designers were treated to a day among the exclusive world of haute couture. The jet-setting Uli, Emilio, Joshua and Anthony enjoyed a first class one day, yes one day, trip to Paris where they were given a tour of Maison Valentino, sketched designs while over-looking the Eiffel Tower, ate, drank and shopped for luxurious fabrics. The designers created "couture-inspired" runway looks using the fabrics they bought in Paris.

Uli got grilled by the judges for the illusion lining she used throughout her dress. They felt it took away from the design. Isaac Mizrahi said the dress looked like a very expensive RTW gown rather than couture. Carolyn Murphy wasn't keen on the back zipper and heaviness of the trim around it. I don't entirely disagree with them but it's Uli who had the last laugh in a "fuck you" moment at the very end as pointed out by guest judge, designer Cynthia Rowley. And bleeped out by Lifetime.

There's a time to try out new things. A time to experiment on Project Runway... BUT this was not the challenge to go there as Joshua did. And it cost him dearly. The first problem I had was with the skirt fabric, aside from the hideous factor, who goes to Paris and comes back with a fabric that ugly with designs on couture?!!! I guess Joshua was inspired with Jekyll and Hyde because there were two polar opposite looks there. There's the black sheer top which was gorgeous and then we got to the cascading floral vomit. Like the judges, I get where Joshua was trying to go with this look. Too bad he got lost.

I'm exhausted. Anthony Ryan wins. Again.

This is the dress that should have WON! Emilio Sosa delivered such elegance and sophistication. The fabric was so amazing and the design was dramatic and show-stopping. The ONLY criticism he received was from Isaac Mizrahi who felt the dress should have been five inches shorter so you could see the shoes.

*I have a theory/fantasy about what may happen: Golden Boy frontrunner wins All Stars.  

OR

the producers/judges have been messing with us all along, leading us to believe Anthony Ryan will win and in a dramatic finale twist, he doesn't!  So do we go with the obvious or the twist? #TeamUli here.

Speaking of twists. The bottom two designers, Uli and Joshua, were given a new challenge and one hour to complete it. They had to reconstruct their couture gowns into something entirely different. Uli turned the unpopular lining into a dress and won the mini-challenge, hence safe and on to the big finale!

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