The Sexy Snowgirls At Lacoste AW12

The sexy snowgirls at Lacoste AW12 wear tight fitting sporty dresses: sometimes with tights (or as a cat suit) for when they’re in the outside freeze, and sometimes just to show off their legs when they’re mingling at the ski club. Their style trump cards are their slit-sleeve dresses that allow their arms to reign free while excess fabric creates an all-new dramatic silhouette.

See the full collection at Style.com

Images: Style.com

This Week’s Best Outfits

As is the norm in fashion month, a huge amount of new outfits are being thrown into cyberspace. Here are my favorite moments form the past week.


On the NYFW runway we have the AW12 BCBG Max Azria (BELOW LEFT) collection that seduces the eyes with its sheer pleating and colour blocks. Then we have Rag & Bone (BELOW RIGHT) AW12 which does what any great fall collection should do: keep you warm and looking great. 

Let’s move off the runway to Kate Spade NY AW12. I haven’t seen any official pictures of the presentation yet, but these were tweeted by the label’s stylist (and one of my personal style icons) Brad Goreski. I love the fun in these clothes: the red dress and the pop-of-colour trousers being my favourites.

Moving away from the big apple, feast your eyes on this! UK ELLE posted these pictures of Mary Katrantzou for Topshop a few days back and I instantly fell in love. It’s the usual print explosion but with an extra strong dose of wearibility. It makes my eyes very, very happy.

It All Starts In The Concrete Jungle

I’m delighted to announce that today marks the start of New York Fashion Week and the all-important Fall 2012 collections fashion month.  

These are the NYFW shows I’m most looking forward to:

Lacoste

Prabal Gurung

Christian Siriano

Alexander Wang

Victoria Beckham (excitement!)

DKNY

Diane von Furstenberg

Zac Posen

Thakoon

The Row

Carolina Hererra

Donna Karan

Marc Jacobs

Rodarte

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Oscar de la Renta

Michael Kors

Victoria by Victoria Beckham

Proenza Schouler

Ralph Lauren

Calvin Klein

This list is a lot longer than I thought it would be… and most of the shows are only a little later in the season. So until I blog about them, here is something else to keep you busy:

Ever wanted to dress Anna Dello Russo like a garden gnome? Or put Anna Wintour in a very ‘gangsta’ outfit? New York Magazine is making that possible with their new ‘Outfit-O-Matic' game. It’s loads of fun – worth a play in your free time. 

Missibaba Memories.

This is a shoot I styled just over a year ago for my school’s digital magazine: ULTIMATE. It’s an accessories shoot featuring merchandise from South African label Missibaba. The model is Esther van Zyl (the next big thing in acting) and the photographer is the incomparable Kim Swarts.

The shoes, belts, earrings and necklaces are all made from leather and are sure to delight anyone with an appetite for fun in fashion. A huge fan of the label myself, I’m not going to try and convince you to join the club, I’ll just let the pieces speak for themselves…  

 

In these sweltering summer days, style minimal basics with leather and suede accessories from one of South Africa’s hottest designers, Missibaba.

Leather bird mask, price on request, leather ‘feather’ shoulder piece, R2400 both Missibaba; dress, Milla at YDE.

Fan earrings R300, peacock pendant necklace R550, Bronco belt, R1050,Nevada beach bags, R675 each, all Missibaba; floral print dress, YDE

From left: striped appliqué possum bag, R3300, black zigzag printed prairie clutch R2790, African waxed cotton possum bag R2400, black Seraphine sandals R800, all Missibaba; dress, Milla at YDE

Tasseled Gaucho bag R3700, sweetie necklace, R200, both Missibaba; wayfarers, stylist’s own; top, American Eagle Outfitters; shorts, rt at Mr Price

Hand-painted orchid headpiece R1450, skinny spotty belts R450 each, all Missibaba; shirt, Port at YDE

Hand-embroidered fan clutch R3100, flower belt worn as headpiece, price on request, both Missibaba; shirt, Port at YDE

Clockwise from top: small wallet R550, small Wild West wallet R690, small Wild West wallet R690, all Missibaba; floral print dress, YDE.

Striped appliqué possum bag R3300, Missibaba; dress, Milla at YDE

Peacock cut-out possum bag R3600, sweetie necklace R200, Freya sandals R700, all Missibaba; wayfarers, stylist’s own; top, American Eagle Outfitters; shorts, rt at Mr Price

Teardrop necklace R1200, suede hand-cut gloves, price on request, both Missibaba; top, model’s own.

Model: Esther Van Zyl. Director of photography: Kim Swarts. Fashion and layout editor: Daniël Geldenhuys. Shot on location in and around the Missibaba workshop in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.

Shop the latest Missibaba collections at missibaba.com.

You may also have noticed it’s the subject of my latest header…

Who Copied The Copy?

The March Fashion Issue covers have been revealed. British Vogue and Elle picked two very different cover stars this month: Vogue making a unconventional move by picking the very fresh music star Lana Del Rey, and ELLE choosing British fashion obsession Alexa Chung… which will sell.

The differences end there. Both girls are wearing Louis Vuitton (last month both were wearing Prada) and then there’s the copy: OH SO PRETTY is largely proclaimed on both covers. Coincidence? Probably. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about… since both magazines have a wonderful knack of ignoring the other’s existence.  

US ELLE dressed cover star Blake Lively in Victoria Beckham. She looks fresh, sporty, and pretty. But maybe not oh so pretty.

Now we wait with baited breath to see who US VOGUE chose to front their power issue… stay tuned.

Images sources:  UK VOGUE and ELLE from the magazine’s facebook pages. US ELLE from justjared.com