Paradisaical Pink.

L2R : CELINE - PAUL & JOE - MIU MIU - SIMONE ROCHA. 

Pink is a colour people either love or hate, with it's strong notions of femininity, the colour has popped up numerous times on the Autumn/Winter 2013 catwalk, from a vast selection of designers. I myself don't see the delight people take in the colour pink but due to the AW13 catwalk shows, I have been slightly exposed to it's paradisaical side.

A certain extravagances is shown from the colour itself and it's spectrum, pale pinks offer an outfit a sense of purity and innocence while the catatonic neon pinks offer a rawness and vibrancy to pieces. Pink can hold it's limitations, I wouldn't normally associate pinks pale or other with Autumn or Winter pieces but designers say other, a lot of designers are using pinks for jackets and coats, the usage of pink and the combination of

I wouldn't personally wear them but due to the precise clean cut tailoring the colour becomes instantly flawless.

Debs.

& Other Stories.

& Other Stories. 

                           (ALL PHOTOGRAPHS CAPTURED BY DEBORAH CROSSWIRE)

& Other Stories is a shop which is a part of the H&M branch, it is absolutely stunning....in my opinion. I visited the store today, again...and I bought enough items to complete a mini haul, there are several things I adore about the store from the presentation of items to the general ambiance. My mother also deeply approves, she said "Debs there are no other stores like this one! I must comment this is store is very much a female - orientated store.

 I bought nail polish, this was a personal test I usually buy subdued and dark colours as you can see from the picture this colour is quite the opposite and I rather like it, it was a good price and spreads across the nail really well. I also bought a double leather wallet it is a lovely maroon colour with a gold lion embossed plaque, I think it was a good investment which I can't wait to style!! Another thing I bought was a belt and some accessories, this belt is very well detailed, and I am sucker for details it keeps me on my toes, in terms of the accessories a ring and two bracelets. Pay a visit to this store, treat yourself and feel the awe of the store! 

When entering the store one is made to feel like they have been transported to a European utopia of striking clothes, accessories and shoes, and model-looking cashiers! I am always impressed when I shop at this store, I have a little thing about colour palettes, from clothing to interior decorating and the colour palette of this store remarkable, going around the store is like going round on a rainbow wheel. I love the clothing, the range of materials provided is absolutely amazing, I'm a sucker for accessories especially when they are so quirky which is what & Other Stories has provided me with! SHOES! Now, what I've learnt is that despite your sex we all love shoes, if you have good taste you love shoes, and I love shooes... the shoe selection which is a whole floor left me in bewilderment, I mean less is certainly more it's a very strong motif throughout this store. 

Debs.

Feather.M SS14 Event.

 (Pictures taken by Deborah Crosswire)

On Thursday, Pop PR revealed their new client, a handbag brand, Feather.M’ Spring/Summer 2014 collection, it was unveiled at Wolf and Badger’s Dover Street store. The collection exhibited a vibrant range of handcrafted clutches, from day bags to evening clutches, although crafted in London a selection of worldwide fine materials are used, such as snakeskin, suede and leather.  

Feather.M is a company which holds ethical standards of being simplistic, contemporary and classy; a use of classic of patterns such as leopard print combined with a fine clean-cut leather outline provides the clutch with a sense of simplicity. In terms of the colour palette of the clutches and bags, yesterday bright fuchsia pinks, mustard yellows were the choices of colours; this approach really does give the bags an avant-garde air about them.

To Ra.

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER COUTURE AW13.

Meooow! Jean Paul Gaultier is playing with the big cats, the big female cats, for his fall couture collection. 

A celebration of the female as a predator is an evident motif of this collection, through the figure-hugging pieces and catwoman motifs. Women in this collection are seen to be totally female and totally animal...the dominant and almost animalistic aspects of the  female sexuality are fully exploited through the choices of fabric and colouring on Gaultier's part, I love the harking back to key symbols such as Grace Jones, Madonna and Bjork. The names of the pieces are surrounding the subject of women being man eaters “Pussy Faster” which despite its name is a leopard-print biker jacket with over defined should pads. Gaultier paraded down his runway nostalgia from the era of the eighties, broad shoulder pads, over sized hips, body defined outlines; the exaggeration of the female form through silhouettes is evident from this collection.

The hair I thought was a stunning touch, sprayed on cheetah spots with sometimes nodding cone -quiffed hair, as well as the clothes this really embodied the presence of the female inner animal! As well as the eighties being of inspiration to Gaultier, David Bowie was of inspiration to as we see from the wedding dress at the end; songs from David Bowie albums were also used as the name of some of the outfits. Suffragette City was the black velvet dress which incorporated a fiery orange petticoat and matching cheetah prints tights and shoes. 

To Ra.