melbourne, baby!

yesterday, valentine's day, i went to melbourne, to do what i usually do, leer at clothing and accessories that i know in reality i will never own, but still, i leer anyway. and buy magazines... back to the leering, if only i had a spare $3650 in the back pocket of my claude maus jeans, i could by a timewalker watch from mont blanc. i went into their collins street boutique and tried one on, amazing... back to the magazines, i bought the february issue of american vogue with jessica biel as its cover girl. 10 men, with david beckham in the cover and vman 16, with vman model winner rico on the cover. it is full of great edits, one called 'work it out' by terry richardson, which features garrett neff and a handful of other buff models sweating it out in the gym in various states of undress. and featured in this post is another edit, entitled 'legendary,' featuring male SUPERmodels, tyson, brad, tony, joel and co. and lookie... mr brad koenig in MY prada studded brogues.

i think it may be love... while in melbourne i went into david jones new designer accessories department, where i found this little beauty, the 'belle du jour' zip wallet in opium patent leather by yves saint laurent to be exact, and at $750, it is pricey, but with my birthday on MARCH 11, that is MARCH 11, i think i may be able to coax my parents into giving me a little money to put toward it, we'll see, and if not, i may cry...

the amazing mr. wang

he just has IT, he seems to have had the cool just built into him from birth. the way he sees things, classic things and completely flips them on there head. the opening looks, done in grey pinstripe suiting were abbreviations of what we know as high-powered corporate wear, but in wang's hands, become sexy body-con coats, with crossover lapels and cover-buttons, and an cropped bolero over a slinky dip-dyed singlet. even a mini-dress with tails in the back and a beautiful fragile lace top edge. a simply grey sweater is updated when draped and cut to the sternum. like christopher kane a few seasons back, wang managed to make velvet sexy, by way of a blood-red a -line mini dress with lace sleeves, a pair of merlot over-the-boot leggings and little crop tops that peek-a-boo out from under a clever dinner jacket/capelet hybrid. his closing passage of little grecian draped dresses, are the perfect answer to red-carpet dressing for the new young and the restless group of it-girl actresses and socialites. by way of accessories, he showed amazing fabric wrapped sunglasses, a sweet vertical-style doctor-bag, in high-shine bag leather, black canvas nap-sacks + super-stacked moccasin-style booties in leather and velvet. with the cult following that wang harbours, one would imagine outside pressure would get to him, but its seems that his confidence and ability just seem to grow with every new collection, the standard and quality of work is always there and that is what keeps the cool girls wanting more...

preen baby, preen

justin thornton and thea begassi showed their preen fall 2010 collection in new york this past friday. and in usual preen fashion, it was a brilliant mix of body-concious slinky dresses and sharp tailoring. what was new was the opening passage of floaty bustier dresses, with cashmere turtle-neck sweaters, cropped over the bust, on top, a cool way to keep warm without sacrificing sex appeal. its hard to explain, i can't quite pin-point what it is that makes preen, cool. but there is something about the styling, and the peek-a-boo nature of alot of the looks, whether it be a full on attack of flesh as in the last black dress, or just a hint of skin, as in a black corset dress, with a slash of skin cut under the cups, or even the second look, which is half mesh. it is always sexy but never in an overt way. take the third look, over half of anja's body is covered, but the strength of the shoulder and the cinched waist and even just the look on her face and that hint of yellow all make for a sexy strong image that never crosses into vulgarity. it is exciting to see preen's progression, their look his very distinct, unwavering in its consistency, but yet, i feel, they continuously bring something new, and thats exciting, its why we keep watching season after season...

vb... not the beer

how appropriate, victoria beckham's super feminine fall 2010 collection was shown yesterday, on valentine' day, in new york. it was a real step forward in the way of shape, she showed her typical figure-hugging hourglass silhouette, but what was new, was a couple of cocoon shape sweater dresses, which had a real chic, relaxed vibe about them. she also showed a couple of wrap dresses, one stunning floor length version in shimmer gold, was a delightfully casual way to do red-carpet dressing. what was also new were a couple of draped gowns with built in corsets, they fell straight with a couple of tucks at the bust to create shape. with victoria's current success on the red-carpet, i highly doubt this collection will hinder that success, only cement her new reputation as a serious fashon force...

my, oh my, how miss beckham has changed from this... classic

congratulations abbey...

abbey lee, along with baptiste giabiconi, stars in karl lagerfeld's spring 2010 ad campaign, shot by the kaiser himself. abbey, baptiste + karl make for a killer combo, first at chanel couture, with abbey as bapstiste's 'la mariee' and now this...

holy frick...

best show ever... '30 rock' creator tina fey is on the cover of the march 'power issue' of american vogue, can-not wait

so funny, if it didn't hurt so much to watch, i could, over and over again...

R.I.P.

alexander mcqueen, you will be missed, your absense from this world will bring dismay to anyone who has come into contact with your work...

in respect,
chris