September 28, 2009
When you're only just beginning to drag out that winter wardrobe, it's sometimes hard to get excited for the upcoming spring season, however with all the elements shown in Emilio Pucci's SS10 collection - beautiful drapery, heavy fringing and those signature prints - we couldn't help ourselves. Peter Dundas is continuing his promising reign of the Pucci empire, with highlights of the collection being the geometric blue, long sleeved body con mini, the cream snakeskin, shoulder padded jacket, and the ethereal strapless maxi modelled by Lily Donaldson - short at the front, and longer at the back - with its flowing drapery enveloping from a corsage attached to the bodice.
Read more after the jump
July 17, 2009
Couture Carrie's mother in Vietnam
Welcome back to "My Muse". You're three weeks into a five-part series of guest columns, in which well loved style bloggers recount memories of the first person to influence their fashion sense. We've already thanked Kelly Kapowski and Cher Horowitz, and now it's time to get personal with a good old dose of mama.
Couture Carrie, an East Coast girl who tracks down the latest trends from YSL, Thakoon and all your other favourites, tells us why her mother still has her wearing bell bottoms and vintage synthetics, and how it all started with wartime slide shows.
My earliest true fashion icon was my mother. By the time I understood the intrinsic power of fashion - subscribing to Vogue at age 12 and saving my babysitting money to buy clothes - my mother’s style had (d)evolved into a fairly utilitarian soccer-mom sort of chic that I had no desire to emulate. My inspiration derived, rather, from her past.
My mother was a Donut Dolly with the Red Cross during the Vietnam War, and she and her fellow Dollies would often put on "fashion shows" for the soldiers in Vietnam to entertain them...
Read the rest of Couture Carrie's guest column after the jump
June 10, 2009
Fergie was spotted outside of the Ed Sullivan Theatre the filming of The Late Show with David Letternman in this silver and green Pucci cut-out dress in New York yesterday.
This outfit will definitely split people down the middle. You will either love it or hate it, which is Fergie's appeal. She always causes a reaction.
What do you think about it?
May 23, 2009
Do you remember when Carine Roitfeld wore this beautiful red leopard-print Balmain dress to the 2008 Cannes Film Festival with daughter Julia? After that appearance Balmain became an overnight success after years of little press and media buzz. I mean, it's amongst a few brands that could rival Balenciaga right now on the media buzz stakes, so that says something.
This trip down memory lane is all for a reason. This week, Roitfeld sported this white Pucci designed by the house's new creative director, Peter Dundas, to the amfAR gala in Cannes. Does this mean that Pucci can expect a similar response? What do you think?
