Christina Aguilera

September 27, 2009

Thomas Maier Inspired By Karate Costume For S/S10 At Bottega Veneta

The question on the mouth of everyone that left the Bottega Veneta show was, how does he do it? They're referring to designer extrodinaire, Thomas Maier of course.

Almost all of the collection was in shades of cream, like one would expect from Veneta, but was still interesting and chic. It wasn't all about neutals though. Maier introduced halter dress in a yellowish orange that were nipped in the waist as well as two theatrical strapless gowns in deep purple that helped break the neutral colour palette. Maier also worked white onto cream pieces that didn't work as well as the plain looks.

This season the neutral colour palatte was inspired by him watching a group of children waiting to go into a karate class. "I liked the look of the canvas, and that became my color card—white, cream, straw. And the idea of the soft belt," he told Style.com, which translated into obi style belts on dresses.

Rate or Slate: Duffy Knows Where the Action Is

Of the new-retro singers, Duffy is pretty much what Mandy Moore was to the girl pop stars of the late '90s. (Amy Winehouse is Xtina, natch, and although she's a non-lipsynching musical genius, Adele has to be Britney because you always get the impression she could go a bit wild.)

Duffy went to Sweden this weekend for Stockholm's 'Where the Action Is' music festival, and she seems to be going a bit more modern with her hairstyle. Do you like her going more natural, or do you miss the beehive?