Saturday, January 30, 2010

haute couture

Hi bloggers! Again, sorry about the delay; It has been a hectic week and hopefully once I'm all settled in and classes start I'll figure out where to put blogging into my schedule!! Anyway, from January 24th to January 28th it was the Spring 2010 Haute Couture week in Paris! The shows were all wonderfully amazing, and I wanted to share my favorites with you!

#1. Chanel - A mixture with of futuristic tones and romantic feels, the Chanel Couture collection was an amazing collection of detail and shine. It focused on silvers and pastels, and featured no black or gold, a first for Karl Lagerfeld. It was definitely my favorite of the season, especially since silver and pastels are two of my favorite things (I really don't wear gold!) These are my favorites from the collection!





#2. Christian Dior - For this collection, John Galliano was inspired by the Charles James gowns at the Costume Institute at the MET. With the feel of a woman who rides, the pieces feature top hats and veils and beautiful cuts. I love the vintage feel of it all, and all the red really stands out when pastels are taking over the runway! The detailed jewelry picture really amazes me, too.





#3. Elie Saab - I loved the dream-like feel of Elie Saab's gowns in this couture collection. The dresses were all romantic, in the pale pastels that we've been seeing on the runway but with a bit more dusty tones. Also, he decided not to use jewelry and natural hair/make-up. So the dresses stand out even more. I loved the beading and lace detailing on the dresses!




src:style.com, collages by me





In other news, the wonderful Sarah from The Buzz on Fashion gave me a blog award! I'm so so thankful :) Definitely check out her blog, she gives you all the "buzz" on the fashion world and does cute outfit interpretations too! I'm supposed to pass it on to 15 other bloggers but I can't really think right now so I'm going to pass it on to a few blogs I think you guys should check out!!
Quinntessential Style, Joellen Love, Wild Tortoise, and Denise Katipunera


Also, I won the Hi Fashion giveaway!! Sherin and Leia celebrated their one-year-blogaversary recently and in the spirit gave out these cute little polka-dot coin purses! Their blog features everything from fashion news, inspiration, outfits and adventures, a great blog to follow. Thanks girls, and Happy Blogaversary!







I know this has been a long post, but hope you enjoyed it! What were your favorite couture shows?
xo!

29 comments:

  1. how beautiful these collections are!.x

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  2. I love the chanel! wooowwweeee :) xxx

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  3. omg there was waaaay too many shows to list that weer just beyond amazing
    chanel, dior, elie saab just some names among many seriously haha i jsut can't choose
    oohh congrats on your award and purses!

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  4. love these photos!
    congratz for your award!
    Love your blog, I'll follow ya!:)
    XXMichelle

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  5. couture in Paris. my favourite time of the fashion year. :)

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  6. omgahh the collection is gorgeous :)

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  7. Hello C! I have given you the beautiful blog award, because i love your blog so so much
    Love Sid xx

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  8. i thought the chanel show was stunning!

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  9. Karl Lagerfeld's reply to the 'futurist reading' of his collection has made it into my favourite quotes. He may be a little strange but he is a genius in my books!

    Also, Elie Saab has me totally captivated, I adored his collection! Loved all of it, it was so beautiful!

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  10. There definitely were beautiful shows during this couture fashion week, this is hard to choose one favorite but if I really had to choose I would say Valentino! It was wonderful!

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  11. ooohhhh pretttyyy :D i love the chanel black dress and oh yess elie saab is amazing! :d his gowns are just oooohhhh :D

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  12. the ellie saab dresses are gorgeous! i love these pastel one a lot!!!

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  13. pretty pictures!! im following :)
    xo

    fashionicing.blogspot.com

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  14. that Chanel show was breathtaking - oh to have been there. absolutely stunning...
    great blog btw - first time i've been on but certainly not the last! will be coming back ;) xx

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  15. thanks for sharing elie saab! i didn't know about this collection!its unbelievably romantic..just beautiful beautiful!

    *remember to enter my giveaway!*

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  16. Eli Saab was my favorite. it wasn't particularly cutting-edge design, but it was such a great example of a collection! every piece was married with such precision and grace to the others. It was sculptural in it's entirety and I adored every piece. I'm glad you liked it too! :)

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  17. Thanks for visiting my blog! I love your writings about the shows.

    So special!

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  18. Incredibly gorgeous looks! Love the collages

    joellenlove.blogspot.com

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  19. You could make the post twice as long and it would still be worth looking at every detail every letter three times!!

    küsschen

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  20. Gorgeous.

    I have been reading about 'ice cream' coloured hair recently and I'm guessing the models at Chanel are perfecting it!

    xxx

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  21. haha i love the lady gaga inspired "hairbow" style ^_^

    xox

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  22. I absolutely love your blog!
    And the collections on this one are amazing...
    I'm now determined to hoard away an Elie Saab gown for my wedding day ;)

    Congratulations on the award and the win - you totally deserve it.
    Keep writing pleeaase :) x

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  23. Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting! Love this post -- congrats on the award and on winning the giveaway :D

    -Erika
    http://deardearcloset.blogspot.com/

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  24. Ahh thank you that means a lot!! <3 your blog! I totally read this entry & commented yesterday too but I think since it was so late I skipped over the last paragraph haha

    Much lovelovelove!

    joellenlove.blogspot.com

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  25. Thank you bb!! :) Very very much appreciated. When i'm back from italy I'll be sure to update on it.

    love you

    xx, Q.

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