Twinkle by Wenlan Fall RTW 2010

Ah this is going to be such a bitter sweet Fall RTW season for me for obvious fashion tragedy reasons. It's really hard to motivate myself to write this but anyway, from the recent shows I was very impressed with this one. Especially the large sweater dress (the back looked amazing, so detailed! and the tights? yesplz) and the last dress of the show. And those shoes! Everything about this collection was very clean and had some wonderful tailoring. I loved it. I mean, of course, there are some pieces I'm not so hot for but hey, it happens - the majority of them I thought were wonderful. Overall I thought it was executed very well.

WHY.

Found out yesterday morning and I literally did not believe it.
I denied it.
I fought against it.
And it wasn't until shown multiple articles on an ipod touch that I could even fathom such a thing.
I will never be able to get over this.
Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever.
The world has lost a genius.
It's adored pink sheep.

The coolest manga ever.

so because I was angry at the advertisement world I decided to look up some art and while browsing for abstract things I found this manga called Abstraction by Shintago Kago. It was the coolest craziest thing I've ever seen. Look it up, read all of it NOW.

disclaimer: uh. it gets graphic. so if you don't like that kind of stuff then don't read.

Spending money on USELESS THINGS are not part of MY core values.

At first one is drawn into the visual appeal and aesthetics of this what with the use of interesting text and music. Very eastern, very Buddhist. Or so it wants you to believe. I, again, am disgusted. I respect the cinematography of the ad, I do, but it's just that this is an ADVERTISEMENT. This is for a huge industry, for superficiality. What I'm disgusted at is the attempt to gain credibility and trust of an audience with the inappropriate usage of these settings, music, typography, and ideals in general.

buying expensive luggage will not enlighten you.
buying expensive luggage will not assist in your journey.
buying expensive useless things will not bring you peace.

In the end I'm just fed up with these misleading advertisements that many people so easily accept. I have a serious problem with this ad because there is nothing ZEN about SPENDING ALL OF YOUR MONEY for SOMETHING YOU DON'T NEED. I mean a pair of LV earrings are what? Two hundred something dollars? I mean, really.

MCDONALD'S IS EVIL

I'm disgusted; shame on you Japan! By the by, I have nothing to say to someone who is not disturbed by these. I'm sorry but Ronald McDonald (who has always been a downright creepy, if not pedophilic, clown) suddenly transforming into beautiful people is beyond unnerving. It's repulsive.

"Five of the world’s top pastry chefs make the world’s finest chocolates that you can not only eat, but wear. Each competitor designs an evening dress made out of chocolate for a chance to win $10,000. If they want to stay in the running to win their dress has to make it on to a live model and through a real runway show. This competition pushes each chef’s creative limit as they not only test their chocolate skills, but also their sewing and fashion design knowledge." -Food Network

So this is on TV right now.
I'm not watching it currently but I will for the outcome - apparently there will be models who have to go on the catwalk with the contestants dresses. I'm very intrigued lol. What intrigues me even more is what I found after looking this up. Sorry Food Network, the chocolate runway idea isn't anything new. In fact, it's been done quite a few times. There was a runway collaboration with Hershey's, recently there was a show in Shanghai where models were adorned with chocolate pieces as well, even ANTM had pieces with chocolate! I mean really, just googling anything from chocolate runway to chocolate couture will come up with a wide range of results. I wonder what's next, Flying Spaghetti Monster dresses?

Anyway, here's a video of some chococlothes.


edit Just saw the final products. They made a flapper girl dress completely out of chocolate and made it look like beadwork. It was actually really cool and technical, I appreciated it. I'm still skeptical towards all this foodfashion though. I mean, if something comes out really nice it's just a shame to watch it either melt, decay, or be eaten.

Mail Time.

Who doesn't love getting things in the mail? While I was expecting Teen Vogue's next issue (especially after seeing Mia's shots up on the website - they were lovely and whimsical but I'm sorry they just do not compete with Tim Walker's tribute to Burton but I guess that's aside the point and perhaps slightly biased) I was excited to also receive my new art history textbook! All of last year I used Gardner's Art Through The Ages so we'll see how this one matches up. If anything I hope it offers some information I did not already know / elaborates on things more. I mean in the end it wasn't that much of a lost, I hit up a blowout sale at a warehouse and got this hundred dollar plus textbook for forty...and new at that! I mean it was slightly damaged with shipping but nothing substantial. It still has that lovely new book smell. Ah. And now for a crappy video~!

pokemon master.

dat'smi.
thrifted skirt. pokemon shirt. scarf knitted by my cousin. clips bought from fyeahlolita. nordstrom coat. dolphin necklace. etc.

my favorite.

Since everyone and their uncle has already covered S10 I'm not even going to bother.
However this dress swept into my heart and secured itself as one of my favorites of McQueen's - well okay that's saying a lot. Maybe my favorite as of late. I just adore the colors, translucency (I mean some parts don't even seem to be fabric but some sort of sciencefiction computer projection, the fabric is just amazing!), and the slight signs of an octopus - one of my favorite sea creatures. RIP Atlantis. McQueen, you did it justice.

Shadow People

Deer oh deer.

images found while browsing weheartit
these are not my images and i do not claim them to be
sorry, i realyl don't have any other legitimate credit other than that.

thursday morning

i was all blurred out.

"Eat my shorts."

f21 jacket. goodwill little boy shirt. random jeans. wetseal heels. jellybracelets.
in short, something simple and nothing really that spectacular.
excuse the messy room and weird angle.
and ohgod exuse my hair.
it was NOT cooperating that night.

The Shoes of S10 CTR

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Ah, the bigboys of Couture. Where do I even start? Dior I suppose! So I have to say, Galliano deliviered (as he normally slash almost always does slash ALWAYS does) I absolutely love the shoes in this line. Well, okay, that's somewhat of a lie. The black counterpart of the first? I didn't like as much. The white is just so much cleaner and the cut (what with it's curving contour and well just chic buttons and buckles) it reminds me of a very modern Victorian take. And ah, the purple. Now take a moment and just look at that heel! Such a wonderful, delicate, shape - it very much so reinforces the whole ridingcrop (or cane) theme going on. They're lovely, really, with all the folds the fabric creates lending to movement - beautiful and aesthetically appealing. In one word, WANT!

When it comes to Chanel, I have mixed feelings. I love the details, I do - I think they're creative and fun but...it's too much like Rococo for my liking. Granted, Rococo in fashion I'm usually okay with (for whatever reason) but I, personally, absolutely despise that particular art period. As someone who's taking Art History for a second year, my tastes have become very very refined and the frivolity of Rococo and its infidelity downright bothers me. But I suppose that's aside the point. I'm still on the fence about these, for the first shoe i love the cut and the hourglass shape created but the second? The heel is like a misshapen column of some sort. It's interesting, yes, but I'm still split on if I like it or not. It seems to unbalance the rest of the shoe but perhaps that's the point. All that being said, I do love the rather futuristic (even though Lagerfeld probably doesn't want to see or even hear that adjective with this line) silver and I really do appreciate the details of the pearls and buckles. As for those tights? Beautiful.

And finally there's Gaultier. I have always had respect for him even if I'm split with this current collection. I mean how can you not respect the man? He's the March Hare or Mad Hatter of fashion really, always doing outrageous things and yet...always having such beautiful, meticulous, pure craftsmanswork present in his collections. I guess the old cliché is fully applicable here for there's truly a visible "method to the madness." I think that's what I love most about these shoes, you can truly see the delicate handiwork with the weaving of material and the details of the work which is easily seen in those wonderful boots. I would die happy if I owned those heels.

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Personally, I do not like these Armany shoes. The pearl veil is a nice touch, I appreciate it, but I just don't know. It seems almost tacky to me. The moon shape of the next shoe is nice, it's consistent with the rest of the collection, but again I just don't like it all that much. The black is probably my least favorite, I've seen that style almost everywhere it seems - the black with what seems to be studs (or some other material) dotting the outside. It's a pretty solid style, yes, but it's exhausted.

As for the Valentino heels I am in love. They're beautiful, the drapery and movement is fantastic. They're just classy and beautiful and I love how these heels were used in a variety of ways; either standing alone because of a dress or with pants layered over them. Very classy. The second heel prominent in the collection I don't really like, I think it's almost too 80's in a way. However, that being said, it's an interesting design and cut and I appreciate how the colors matched the various pieces.

With Elie Saab, I did not like the shoes. I just didn't like them, I don't think they make the foot loon slender or elongate the leg or anything, the cut is just too bulky and the toe is unappealing. To me, anyway. I mean the detail of the translucent fabric is nice, yes, but I still don't think that alone can save it. Finally, the Givenchy heels made some of my favorites. I just love that cut, it's just fun! The front kind of reminds me of armor plates that would be put on a horse or something in some sort of movie or video game, I wish I could think of a more specific example but c'est la vie. Still though, I loved seeing these - I thought they were refreshing and like I said before, fun.

Who didn't I include and why?
While I thought Anne Valérie Hash's open-toed flats were precious (so cute!) and very sleek I felt as if they were too simplistic to include. Don't get me wrong, I loved them and if I had a chance I would personally and most defintiely wear them - like I said, I just thought them too simplistic. Which is fine, they worked well with the entirety of the collection, I know I'll be watching Miss Hash to see what else she comes up with. As for Thimister? Well, it was supposed to be for Fall so I thought it silly to include anything about it with the rest. Also, I'd rather do a full review on that collection than just focusing on one aspect such as shoes since I don't think writing about the footwear would do it much justice. The same really goes for Alexis Mabille. I loved the mismatching colors and tones but again I didn't want to just focus on the footwear - to me the collection and pieces really need to be looked at as a whole for both of these designers lines.

Why hallo thar.

So I'll be the first to admit that I am terrible at introductions and "about me" sections of things. I honestly never know what to say and end up rewriting things a million times so I'm just going to avoid that completely with a simple, Hello my name's Morgan and this is my (added into the sea of many others lol) fashion blog. But it's more than just that. I want this to be a little place I can retreat. To admire art, photography, and to indulge in my probably unhealthy attachment to fashion along with anything else. In the end I just want this to be a place I'm proud of. On a random note the title's still subject to change - I keep flitting from option to option but we'll test the waters and see what works best. Anyway, here's to blogging?
image credit: Tim Walker. <3