Milan/London Fashion week

Here are a handful of highlights from european fashion weeks. Such lovely ladylike pieces. This has by far been my favorite fashion week season since I started following the industry. Everything is beautifully crafted, feminine yet not at all frilly, flattering and highly wearable. It's not even spring yet and I can't wait for Fall 2008.
Aquascutum:



Aquascutum:




Blumarine:




Burberry Prorsum:




Dolce&Gabbana:




Gianfranco Ferre:

23 boxes of gear on the wall, 23 boxes of gear....

Holy Cow! I'm surrounded by boxes and boxes of stuff. This is about half of it. They look like shoe boxes above but they're huge, about 40 pounds each. The worst scenario is when I'm putting together an order and realize that I forgot something from the box on the bottom center of the stacks.

2 cubic metres of clothing... I shudder to recall.
Knowing you're stocked for the next half year... priceless!

Fall 07/ Winter 08 preview

Here are a couple of items that have made it into my fall collection. I should have samples by April and will post photos at that time.
My second spring shipment is due to be delivered tomorrow afternoon. 21 cartons! I'll have to build a fort out of all those boxes just to find some room to work around here.

New York Fashion Week

Here are a few of my favorite things...

Yigal Azrouel's Urban Chic

3.1 Phillip Lim's day dresses

Jill Stuart's cobalt obsession and a realistic take on modernism

Alice Temperley's feminine tops-in defiance of the space age/modernist movement

Derek Lam's gorgeous creative use of chiffon

Ruffian's lovely winter trench coat

Chaiken's easy-going forest green knit coat

Monique Lhuiller's wearable metallics

Maladrino's extensive use of purples and blues

Jose Reyes' tuxedo pants

Lela Rose's beautiful greys with jewel tones

Doo Ri's sweet and sporty mini dresses

Hate to admit it but, Michael Kors super polished, extremely wearable and bound-to-make-him-millions collection...bastard.

oops!

Communicating with the opposite side of the world certainly has it's downside.

Shiver me timbers

VESSEL VOYAGE:CMA CGM JAMAICA SG201E
ETD:3 JAN 2007
ETA:18 JAN 2007

Truth be told, I didn't actually go down to the port of seattle to get this shot however, if I had, this is exactly what my ship would have looked like. I love those red cranes. They look like giant robotic giraffes feeding on the ships. Customs was a breeze this time. I didn't even know that the freight was already through and the trucker called me to schedule a delivery. Only one more ship to go and I've got my stock for half the year!

Colour Forecast Winter 2007/08

According to one forecast company, here are the colours that we are supposed to wear next fall. I'm just wrapping up designing for the season and here are some of the colours that have caught my eye:

1. deep mulberry - fourth on the top row
2. national teal- first on the bottom row
3. dusty sage - last on the bottom row
4. cool clay-second to last in the bottom row
4. various combinations of cool-tone grays and blacks

I had originally been playing with the idea of only utilizing shades from the vast pastel palette but then thought the better of it. After all, what is the point of designing clothes that I don't want to wear? I rather like the idea of shedding off dark layers in the springtime and being reborn in lights and brights.

Next comes New York Fashion week slated for Friday, February 2, 2007 to Friday, February 9, 2007.
If you would like to see some fun and amazing 2007 couture a la "Memoirs of a Geisha", check out this link to Christian Dior's collection:
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/S2007CTR/complete/thumb/CDIOR


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