Viktor & Rolf Spring 2015 Couture

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I've had a fascination with Viktor & Rolf for many years. I have often said they are artists working in the medium of fashion. Their designs are like moving, breathing sculpture on the runway and Spring's Couture collection is no exception. From the looks of it, Uncle Karl wasn't the only designer playing in the garden this season. Viktor & Rolf's blooms blossomed into colorful, voluminous silhouettes. Babydoll dresses with beautiful graphic floral prints, straw hats and flip flops... 

Chanel Spring 2015 Couture

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Marie, Marie quite contraire, how does your jardin grow? Uncle Karl flexed his green thumb and gave everyone a glorious garden of couture for Chanel Spring 2015. The blooms, by the way, were mechanical! Season after season after season, the genius that is Karl Lagerfeld continues to evolve the legendary house from the past and into modernity. Classic tweeds embrace unconventional elements to create a "new" Chanel for today's times. He looks to the future by respecting the past and producing RTW and Couture collections that are inherently Chanel but are as young and fresh as a spring bouquet.

You just have to watch!!! 

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Atelier Versace Spring 2015 Couture

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While I can't imagine any socialites wearing the very revealing Versace gowns featured on the runway, I do suspect they'll all be talking about it. Donatella Versace gave us skin. And lots of it. It wasn't vulgar but actually quite mesmerizing. It was all about the showing off and embracing of the curves of a woman she told Style.com. In fact, there wasn't a single straight line in the collection. The color scheme was limited to bold reds, blues, black and white but the range of looks went across the board. Jumpsuits, minidresses, and of course, the eye-popping gowns. Donatella also gave us something new for Versace, volume. She sent out these terrifically voluminous dresses with pockets - a new silhouette for Versace.

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Valentino Fall 2015 Menswear

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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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SAG Awards 2015 Red Carpet Fashion

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All I have to say is that these ladies better bring it to the Oscars next month! Now, don't get me wrong, there was plenty of glamour on the red carpet and A-listers like Emma Stone continued to push the fashion envelope, but overall, everyone played it safe to the SAG Awards. There was a whole lot of pretty, and that's a not a bad thing. My (usual) faves - Lupita, Julianne, Emma were, of course, gorgeous. I don't know about you, but I am ready for red carpet show-stoppers. And to gratify the guilty pleasure - a few train wrecks - there I said it. (I know you were thinking it!)

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Givenchy Fall 2015 Menswear

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Riccardo Tisci showed us that the Devil doesn't always wear Prada. Tisci embraced the "darkness" with his 2015 menswear collection for Givenchy. The road to hell sparkled with a red-glittered runway. Well-tailored pinstripe suits marched down the glittery path, as did sweatshirts, dresses and other-worldly makeup. The to-die-for-pieces that I'd sell my soul for were every single garment patterned with the Moroccan carpet motif. Some were just on a coat while other models sported a head-to-toe, including shoes. Amazing and breathtaking!!

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