Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Hump Day Couture


Tumblr - Just like any fashion-oriented human being - I love to stay up to date on the latest runway shows, designs & collections and especially posting and sharing them through social media with friends & followers!
  1. Navigating and sifting through thousands of photos is basically what it can take until you have them organized enough to post!
  2. Finding your own personal favorite website, online magazine or app is key to getting up to date information quick & easy...because some girls can't afford subscriptions or don't have time maybe this isn't an option so #3 should help
  3. Everyone has facebook, twitter, instagram, or tumblr if not all of the above and more - therefore following influential designers, style.com, WWD & fashion bloggers can provide the quick and easy information or photographs that everyone is looking for on google! (the saga of sifting through the world of online fashion...)
  • Ulyana Sergeenko Spring 2015 Couture:
    • Guests attending were welcomed with the atmosphere of a Georgian banquet...
      • Salon Le Bristol Hotel - Paris, France
    • Couture Palette: Pomegranates, figs, cheese, wine or tea from a Russian samovar & the famous khachapuri, a sort of Georgian cheese focaccia
    •  Colorful Russian rugs that the designer had brought from her own home.
      • “I wanted this to feel like a Georgian house, very personal and intimate,” 
      • - Ulyana Sergeenko
  • The young couturier later stated 'that it didn’t feel right to host a runway show while Russia, her home country, was in economic turmoil.' - [Reviews ] "Two-thousand fourteen was such a good year for us. We were so proud, and then, at the end of the year, half of [our revenue] was gone. I still don’t understand why.”

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    Ulyana Sergeenko Couture Spring 2015
    Described as resembling Caucasian folklore as well as incorporating stunning embroideries in her looks; "bell-shaped silk gowns and corset dresses were as rich as the collagelike sets of Georgian film director Sergei Parajanov."
  • Took two months to apply the little beads to a lean navy-blue dress with a bolerolike top [which harked back to a 19th-century painting]
  •  The collection was undoubtedly retro, yet her structured feminine designs kept it modern.
  •  In one instance, Sergeenko applied the shape of Russian Orthodox - domed cathedrals to a long satin cape in baby pink [which she matched with a sober bustier dress]
  • Remember: If you're new to the world of couture or even just online fashion and blogging, don't stress over it! It should be fun and relaxing - couture can sometimes be like the lady gaga of clothes but we love it anyways, the appreciation is learned.
    • I digress, and here are a few of my favorites from Ulyana Sergeenko's Spring 2015 Couture Collection  (more on tumblr & instagram)
 
Photo's courtesy of style.com

Thursday, January 22, 2015

ANNA DELLO RUSSO & GIOVANNA BATTAGLIA TALK ABOUT THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY



I just spoke on TV for the 1st time ever last night & now having watched this, I can't wait to show you guys and of course inspired by what these women have to say about what fashion means to women.



Check Out my Instagram/Tumblr for more on the Summer 2015 Art Exhibit [ACWC] Fashion As Art.

@yslaurenn_ & @gccstyle

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Fall&Winter Styles 15'

Donatella has something that I couldn't even narrow down to a 4 piece collage, but the individual pictures were worth it because I couldn't have left them out and gotten the same point across!
After visitng the showroom in October - I've grown to love John Varvatos and his runway designs for F/W 15 are absolutely amazing!!
*2nd polka dot pattern of the season thus far
Outerwear Lust...

Stay Tuned - Feel Free to comment & review your thoughts or opinions of the collections as well! xoxo


FashionWeek-Fall/Winter 15'

Ended the last post with this collection & had to start the next with him as well because the love is unparalleled.
Versace's collection had me at hello - it was like those experiences where you start off highlighting one word and sooner or later the entire page is pink!



2015 Fall-Winter

More from Costume National...loving the velvet!
Coats designed to please the eye & the owner!
*Fur*Wool*Trench*Furry
Disclaimer: These were the HARDEST choices that I had to make and I fell in love with the entire collection! The colors are so cozy and inviting and who wouldn't want to see more men donned with this art work?!?
- Definitely one of my personal Favorites

Fall&Winter

Some casual, some formal & some furry

Dolce and Gabanna - bringing their heritage and all that is Italian Fashion into a collection for fall/winter 2015.


Sucker for Taupes, tans, nudes and a fabb camel hair coat


Fall+Winter

The palette jumps out of these photos and the coats / jumpsuit are designed so feminine and sexy that anyone
would look good in them! 
Flapper dress vibes as well as a major obsession with those wide-leg high waist pants!
Izabel Goulart ladies & gentlemen - oh and some pretty amazing runway looks that I would kill to own or wear for a day!