23 June, 2011

On Louis Vuitton, Peter Beard and mood board moments

Contrary to Tom Ford’s ‘keep it exclusive’ stance, it’s becoming more common for fashion followers to expect a preview of the new collections in some form or other. We already have the pre-show behind-the-scenes tweets (Pat McGrath is single handedly killing it with her menswear show tweets this week), but I’m also loving the revealing of the mood board – as seen in yesterday’s piece by Suzy Menkes on Kim Jones’ first collection for Louis Vuitton. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 3 Comments Books, Brands, Design, Designers, Fashion shows, Menswear, Photography Kim Jones, Louis Vuitton, mood boards, Peter Beard, SS12, Wooyoungmi

20 June, 2011

Blackberry Playbook: the accessories

It’s here! No, not the super-streamlined Blackberry Playbook but its accompanying collection of deluxe accessories. Winkreative commissioned seven leading accessory brands to whizz up these lush cases to tote the device in and I think they’ve done a pretty wonderful job. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 3 Comments Brands, Design, News, Technology Blackberry, Brooklyn Japan, Delvaux, Ettinger, Ganzo, Playbook, Porter, tech-cessories, Valextra, WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie

19 June, 2011

Trend alert: SS12 – Prints get punchier

Something tells me that punchy, head-to-toe prints will be the new colour-block come SS12. Taking the lead from Prada ss11, we have seen extreme, colourful prints from three highly influential brands: Celine resort ss12, Preen resort ss12 and Prada menswear ss12. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 2 Comments Brands, Design, Designers, Fashion shows, Menswear, Trends Celine, Givenchy, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Prada, Preen, print, Resort, SS12, Stella McCartney, trends

16 June, 2011

Firenze4Ever part 2: Mulberry’s Tuscan tea party

Far too much fun was had at the launch of Mulberry’s coffee table book on day 2 of Luisa Via Roma’s Firenze4Ever in Florence, where we played with the giant gold Mulberry bag, got tangled up in bag-shaped balloons and decorated our own sponge cakes. (more…)