Hot Fashion Tips

Giorgio Armani supplements his attires with large ear-rings-pendants and decorates with brooches lapels of jackets and collars his coats. The designer uses motives of flora and fauna and experiments with geometrical forms. The most “immodest” jeweller accessory in his collection – multilayered necklaces from black and white beads. «Giorgio Armani Prive» collection features thin almost airy necklaces and black ribbons tied in a bow.

Marc Jacobs has created for Louis Vuitton the modest and the most refined image which does not suppose many details and jeweller accessories, at the same time he also has not done without several massive metal bracelets. Three – five wide bracelets on one hand is an obvious trend of the season.

Duet Victor & Rolf was inspired by corals and has created skintight to a neck necklaces from three strings of large beads of coral color with logo V&R instead of central medallion made in silvery metal.

Coral color in accessories is obviously one of the favorites of “autumn-winter”. Other color priority is pearl. Designers do not get tired of pearls in accessories. Long massive beads, and brooches and various bows are in fashion today. Naturally, you can replace seasonal design bijouterie with the true jewelry: pearls, coral ear-rings-pendants, ornaments in Cartier spirit and original ancient brooches. The main thing is to determine, what you want: to create elegant Armani image or mannered Christian Dior image.

John Galliano in a pret-a-porter collection for Christian Dior emphasizes on ear-rings-pendants and necklaces with large black or azure-blue artificial gems (there are high heeled shoes to them) and diamond or color pastes. This is a bright addition to evening attires. In couture collection – a beads from large pearls and original brooches from small pearls and the metal web, imitating bunches of lilies of the valley (reminds Belle Epoque’s style). Besides there are a lot of heavy pear-shaped ear-rings-pendants, imitating brilliants, crosses on the velvet tapes, graceful pearl bracelets, hypertrophied large rings, bracelets with pendants, diadems… The true French luxury. It even reminds the jeweller empire style sometimes, especially diadems, which decorate heads of models. 

Christian Lacroix has paid attention to huge metal hairpins, which remind vintage brooches. They can be decorated with pearls, necklace, bugles, and beads. This accessory draws special attention when the attire is reserved and is not overloaded with details. Other advice from Lacroix in the coming season – to pin bows to a dress with the help of bright brooches, with artificial brilliants, emeralds and multi-colored sapphires. One more variant – is to pin a bright bow with a large monochrome brooch of a pearl color.

Christian Lacroix is unite with Bottega Veneta that in a new season it is necessary to pay attention to bracelets and to wear several of them at once. Only Lacroix’s bracelets have metal shine. In an haute couture collection designer offers very long and large golden beads, brooches and large hairpins on a head.

The season autumn – winter 2007-2008 is imbued with the Hollywood glamour of the 40s, lights up with silver and shines with gold fabrics. Magnificent coats, jackets and raincoats from the most gentle leather, narrow skirts up to knees, high heels, belts, underlining a waist. And, certainly, adornments.

Which jeweller accessories can supplement an image of the new season in designers view?

Bottega Veneta advises to wear some similar accessories together. If bracelets, there should be at once five of them. Very elegant in a new collection look black huge bracelets of different width, some of which are decorated with artificial coral stones. Beads, chains and necklaces on vision of the Italian brand should be long, and the combination of a several beads and necklaces creates multiply impression and makes accessories similar to ancient amulets.

Chanel in pret-a-porter collection continues the favorite theme of the thin metal chains decorated with pearls and black beads.
In the new season they can be worn not only in the habitual way (on a neck), but also can decorate a head. Except for these traditional for the brand beads-chains Karl Lagerfeld offers the original accessory reminding children’s bib. This amusing infantile detail shines and is made in various contrast color variations. But in couture collection Karl Lagerfeld suggests to minimize accessories and do without jeweller details, having limited to hairpins as artificial flowers.

Bag Indy Large Top Handle Bag from Gucci pays tribute to a “metal” fashion and at the same time you can not tell about it, “that’s too much!”

Accents of metal in this handbag are put very skillfully: small inserts at the bottom corners and the rounded metal handle, therefore you will not draw too much attention with bright shine with this bag in your hands.

Indy Large Top Handle Bag is made from black suede with two “Indian” brushes in the middle. Except for metal accents, singularity and brightness to this handbag are added with a lilac fringing and neon pink which “burns” on the handle and on unfastened thong on a shoulder.

After almost twenty years of oblivion the image of a “strong woman» has returned into fashion. This image was created by the eightieth: trouser suits and jackets with laid on shoulders have found a new life in autumn collections of many designers, therefore the fashion of the autumn season became almost exact antithesis to the summer style with its abundance of white color, free silhouettes and romantic images.

For example, Yves Saint Laurent has shown that very trouser suits and blazers with high shoulders. Christian Dior’s models walked on a podium in suits with the narrow skirts. Cardigans with laid on shoulders have appeared in Stella McCartney’s collection. Marc Jacobs has presented a line of trousers and skirts with a short waist, having combined them with jackets. Midi length became an absolute dominant in his collection.

Yves Saint Laurent’s creative director believes that this style, which has been born in the eightieth and appeared today again, makes the woman simultaneously «more feminine and more imperous». Naturally, the image of a strong woman of the eightieth became much more elegant and less aggressive in new collections: laid on shoulders not so huge and the color palette is much more noble. «Actually, this image became very elegant and very favorable to a female figure – much more favorable, than, for example, romantic summer dresses», considers Harper ` s Bazaar’s fashion editor.

Certainly, not every woman today will refuse favorite free style for the sake of trouser suits. Growing popularity of such shops as Topshop, where both mothers and daughters buy clothes, has made fashion, perhaps, younger. However returning of skirts with a short waist and suits is an excellent trend.

Alessandro Dell’Acqua
The autumn collection represented by designer Alessandro Dell’Acqua was remarkable for its simplicity. The park, trimmed with the fur, which has opened the show has shown, that the designer, creating this collection, has given due to a little bit sports style, which has been evident also in jackets and sweaters. However was only the beginning: further Dell ` Acqua has paid more attention to metal colors, having shown seductive mini-dresses, and also has shown already well-known cocktail dresses with a lace and flesh-colored chiffon. Besides the collection had abundance of white color.

As it happens enough often, the most successful elements of the collection were the most simple ones – for example, grey coat-cocoon with patches on elbows. The real trend of an autumn season – is an image of “the strong woman» of the eightieth – has also found its reflection in the collection.

Having refused jersey and light chiffon, which were in great amounts in spring collection, while creating the autumn collection, Alberta Ferretti has also addressed to a character of the strong woman. Taking into account some minimalism, which is one of the priorities of the designers this autumn, Alberta Ferretti’s creations became rather actual. Certainly, the designer has never been an unconditional minimalist, therefore the jacket which has opened the fashion show, was with light sleeves, and the dress with V-shaped cut gradually changed color from ash-grey above up to coal-black below. Besides Ferretti collection was full of varnished leather, which is one the main autumn trends in accessories.

In increasing frequency fashion houses use the Internet as the marketing tool for attracting of new clients and strengthening of relations with already available ones. Now almost any fashion brand has its site, though some believe that it is absolutely unnecessary as Comme des Garsons. Others have gone further and began to master new ways of the communications with the buyers. Recently large handbag’s brand Mulberry has created its own page on MySpace.

The idea of a new way of communication with the clients of the company belongs to Mulberry creative director.

Now Mulberry has two accounts on MySpace: one is devoted to the brand itself, another – to the designer of the company Julia Verhoven. On these pages you can find Fashionable House’s news, photos of handbags and even to vote for the liked model. If you have an account on MySpace, you can safely add Mulberry to friends. According to the founders of the blog, this page will contain a lot of the interesting information and news which are not present on an official site.

Also all interested persons can participate in competition, having placed their works on MySpace. The winner will receive the invitation to a Mulberry party in London.

On September, 5 within the framework of the New York Fashion Week Gwen Stephanie has presented the first collection after almost two-year absence on podiums. It is necessary to note that in comparison with Stephanie’s debut collection the collection spring – summer 2008 looked much more harmonious.

The most successful elements of this collection became a green sweater in combination with a long checked skirt-pencil, emphasized with a wide bright yellow belt and a black-and-white dress without shoulder straps, also checked, with a fluffy skirt.

Almost all collection was an embodiment of Gwen’s style – however, for the numerous fans who visited her fashion show and have made handbags L.A.M.B. one of best sellers among accessories, there is no the best advertising of a new collection.

However, much from earlier-listed is well known to us as clothes for the business woman usually limited to a strict dress-code. However the feature of this fashion season is that fact that such style is offered to be extended to so-called daily clothes which we usually wear in outside hours.

Lady should remain a lady in any circumstances. Here again on the foreground come jersey things – convenient and comfortable. Thus universal (both convenient and elegant) are straight knitted dresses in quiet colors.

There some accessories which can be counted as “must-have” in this season. Among them are medium heel pumps, long enough gloves, small handbag with two short handles or a handbag-purse. And, certainly, true lady should wear a hat.

They can be completely classical – broad-brim, a graceful satiny tape (by the way, Marc Jacobs has suggested to make it from jersey), without any superfluous things. And can be also a little bit retro (however, for many modern women any hats are «little bit a retro») in the form of the turned bowler with hardly seen brims (Proenza Schouler). Other variant is Flemish berets with smooth forms (from Ralf Lauren and Louis Vuitton).

This autumn we will face quite certain color palette which also works for the main character of a season. And at the same time she has avoided monotonous sameness which was offered to us the last winter.

In spite of the fact that grey and black colors are basic (that quite corresponds to the style of elegant classics), this grey twilight nevertheless are blown up with flashes of bright color – pure scarlet, blue, yellow, violet. It is not surprising, as the fuchsia (dark pink) was one of Christian Dior’s favorite colors, who again has given the guiding line.

Things softly fitting a body (but not too narrow) are created just to build a vertical silhouette.

Appearance of the respectable free woman implies the certain set of clothes in a wardrobe. And dress is still the leader among them. Besides, as we have already told, these are narrow skirts which length should be lower in this season than a knee, in a combination with womanly blouses in light tones without superfluous furnish and too bright decor.