ALL NEWCOMERS... This Journal is all about what famous people should and shouldn't be wearing...good taste is everything !!! Random people in the street will not be criticised, in fairness, and to protect their own privacy, however, all celebrities are considered to be fair Game...
Do come and join in the lively discussions and forthright views about the red carpet dresses and the runway shows - this Journal welcomes all newcomers who drop by to have a look, so please feel free to come and say "Hi", and express your opinion, agreeing or disagreeing with my views on any post here...
People who do not have a Live Journal account can also comment under the 'Anonymous' option, but I would be glad if you would sign at the end, to say who you are...suggestions for forthcoming articles are also encouraged !!
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COUTURE COLLECTIONS - AUTUMN/WINTER '09
VALENTINO As you may recall, the esteemed House of Valentino showed the last Couture Collection by the master himself, Valentino Garavani, over a year ago for Spring 2008 - his last collection consisting of a huge tour de force through all his numerous signature looks of the last forty-five years or so, culminating in a lasting tribute to his most famous look of all, the ubiquitous red dress... After he took his final bow, there wasn't a dry eye in the house !! ( Come and see where they went from there ... ) | |
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COUTURE COLLECTIONS - AUTUMN/WINTER '09
ARMANI PRIVÉ After the dramatic retro glamour of the Christian Dior show, the Armani Privé show seemed quite tame in comparison - however, it should be remembered that Our Giorgio is one of the most consistently popular red carpet fashion designers of all time, and with very good reason...the front row at this show had the most celebrities, in a fashion week that was noticeably devoid of any famous faces. Cate Blanchett often wears Armani, and so she was probably the highest profile star there, but a few others came too...Elsa Pataky, Megan Fox, Isabelle Huppert, and Claudia Cardinale to name but a few ! ( Come and enjoy this glamorous show... ) | |
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COUTURE COLLECTIONS - AUTUMN/WINTER 09
CHRISTIAN DIOR John Galliano works in conjunction with my old college chum, milliner Stephen Jones, to produce a fabulous homage to the 50s heyday of the Christian Dior salon...Well, this week is Couture Fashion Week, and the couture collections on show in Paris are for this autumn...and events kicked off on Monday, with the Christian Dior show, a fabulously 50s-style collection designed, as always, by maverick designer John Galliano, with complimentary hats designed by Stephen Jones. This collection was so fantastically in the spirit of the 'New Look' that Dior became so famous for, back in 1947, that you could be forgiven for thinking that the master himself was being channelled perfectly - were it not for the fact that half the models had inadvertantly forgotten half their outfits !! ( I'm pretty sure that Msr Dior must have been turning in his grave ... ) | |
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BETH DITTO COLLECTION FOR EVANS !!...Part 2
Beth vamps it up in strapless Evans...
Well, my last post concerning this new collection with Beth Ditto's name on it, being launched this week at British High St. retailer Evans, deserves a bit of a post-script, because anyone who read the comments will have seen the musings about the publicity photo-shoot, and the fact that the clothes were modelled by a size 12 model, which, in anyone's book, I should think, appears to somewhat miss the point about Evans in general, and this collection in particular !!
To that end, I e-mailed the Press Officer at Arcadia Group, and quizzed her about why the model was only a size 12 or thereabouts and, more importantly, not Beth herself ?!!
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BETH DITTO COLLECTION FOR EVANS !!... Beth Ditto puts her money where her mouth is...( Come and see... ) | |
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WELCOME TO ROMANIA - Part 2...
 ..is now up and begging for attention !! Come and see the best Roman stuff I've seen in a while... Go here :- wendylady1.livejournal.com/ | |
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BINE ATI VENIT IN ROMANIA !!...(Welcome to Romania !!...) I have just finished writing up the first part of my trip to Romania and the Czech Republic, so do come and have a peek... wendylady1.livejournal.com/70051.html | |
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THE 62nd FESTIVAL DE CANNES - Part 5b
THE AMFAR CINEMA AGAINST AIDS CHARITY BALL
Day 9 - Thursday 21st May
As promised, here's the good stuff !! Some of it is very good indeed, and the rest is excellent !!
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THE 62nd FESTIVAL DE CANNES - Part 5a
THE AMFAR CINEMA AGAINST AIDS CHARITY BALL
Day 9 - Thursday 21st May During every Cannes Film Festival, there is the biggest Charity Ball event next to the Costume Institute Ball at the Met...this is the Cinema Against A.I.D.S. amFAR Charity Ball - everyone who is anyone attends this ball in their collective finery -and their sometimes not so finery !! So without delay, here is who wore what, and who definitely shouldn't have worn what,,, ( Come and have a laugh... ) | |
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62nd FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2009 - Part 4
Day 6 - 7 ( 18th - 19th May )
All the white tents, with pennant flags fluttering in the breeze...
On day 6 & 7, we had three film premieres-worth of note-worthy red carpet dresses to look at, and quite a few bad dresses to chuck in the reject file, which will come right at the end of all these many posts concerning this amazing annual Luvvie-fest !! (You're all really looking forward to that one, I can tell...)
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62nd FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2009 - Part 3Day 4 - 5 ( 16th - 17th May ) It all seems so peaceful doesn't it ?!!...Here we are then with the next installment of my coverage from the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, and this time, there were five premieres to watch, and a mystery to unravel - so it's a long one... ( Read more... ) | |
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62nd FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2009 - Part 2 Day 2 - 3 ( 14th - 15th May ) Cannes 2009 post no. 2 is here !! The 62nd Cannes Film Festival got off to a great start with the premiere of Pixar's film "Up" on the 13th May, with a fantastic red carpet line-up for us all to admire !! Then, for the next four days, or so, it was a succession of smaller films with their own red carpet calls, and so I decided to look at them all in two posts ... ( Read more... ) | |
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Yes - it's that time of year again !!...  It's Film Festival Season, and the biggest and best is, of course, Cannes !! Nowhere is better than this beautiful resort in the South of France at hosting an absolutely joyous celebration of all things Film, in all of its manifestations...there are big budget flicks and small budget animations and shorts, dozens of premieres and screenings, huge amounts of stars and other sundry film people, lashings of parties, charity balls, perfume launches, press calls and photo opportunities, and of course, loads of red carpet action...and it all started last Wednesday !! I thought that I would bring you a seperate post every few days with seperate sections for each film premiere and/or party, as it is terribly complicated otherwise, keeping which screening happened on which day seperated in my mind - so there shall be quite a few posts spread out over the next two weeks or so... Right at the end, I shall do one big post, with all the really awful dresses from the whole festival, all together in one big bitch-fest !! The reason for doing it that way is because there are far fewer bad dresses than good ones at Cannes, believe it or not - unlike the Oscars and the Costume Institute Ball, and all the other red carpet awards ceremonies, Cannes is far more relaxed and, because it is spread over about ten days, the stars appear wearing several different dresses for several different premieres, balls and parties...some good and some bad...most are wonderful, and a few are not so good, but everyone makes such an effort !! So, today, I will start with Day 1, which was last Wednesday, 13th May...and the Opening Night Ceremony and Premiere which was "Up"... ( So come along to the sunny South of France... ) | |
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THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA BALL 2009
"MODEL AS MUSE : EMBODYING FASHION"The Best Dressed List for this event originally ran to three pages...however, I have decided that I really can’t be dealing with that many gorgeous dresses in one sitting, especially as this week also marks the start of Cannes, and you all know what that means !! Film-fest for the next ten days or thereabouts ...loads of A-listers, stars and star wannabes, all getting gussied up to the nines for their films’ opening nights, and all the attendant parties that Cannes is famous for too...therefore, this post has to be cut down a tad, you’ll be pleased to know – say to my Top 20 dresses perhaps ?!! The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...all lit up and ready to party!!
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THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA BALL 2009
"MODEL AS MUSE : EMBODYING FASHION"Two weeks ago it was the Annual Costume Institute Gala Ball, to mark the opening of the Exhibition "Model as Muse : Embodying Fashion" - a bit of a weighty title, but I guess it says what it means..  The whole idea of the exhibition is to be a celebration of the role of the top flight models who have actually inspired the designers to come up with ideas, rather than just wearing them on the runway...supermodels who have enjoyed such status in the past include Suzy Parker and Dovima from the 50s, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, and Penelope Tree from the 60s, Marisa Berenson, Marie Helvin, and Jerry Hall from the 70s, Lauren Hutton, and Linda Evangelista from the 80s, Claudia Schiffer, Iman, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss from the 90s and many, many others...a lot of these models' careers cross more than one decade of course, but they all gave the Look to the decade they became famous in...
Running from last week, up until August 9, the retrospective of fashion and fashion photography from 1947-1997 celebrates a world where the model has become as important as the clothes she wears. So the Costume Institute Gala Ball this year was to mark the opening of this wonderful exhibition, and had a guest list to rival the Oscars...indeed, this is the biggest event in the New York social calendar. The exhibition and the ball was organized and co-chaired by Kate Moss, Anna Wintour, and designer Marc Jacobs.
The guest list comprised Fashion Designers, accompanied by models and actresses who had inspired them over the last year, and also many other famous faces, who wore many designer dresses with varying degrees of success, as you can imagine...any ball with fashion at its heart is potentially a recipe for many disasters of course, and so, it will not come as a surprise to see that this evening was no exception...
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AWFUL WEDDING DRESSES !!Having looked at all the beautiful wedding dress designs being launched for Spring 2010, I have decided that I absolutely must share all the unmitigated crap I came across along the way, as it is just too good to miss !!  There were literally thousands of really bad dresses, but generally, I have found that they can be divided into three categories, more or less...the Meringue Dress, the Tarty Showgirl Dress, and the Bad Idea Dress – a lot of dresses fell into two categories rather than the one - but - well you get the picture... Then, in each category, I have divided them into sub-sections for ease of reference...Dresses for Sale, Real-Life Weddings, and Celebrity Weddings... ( Read more... ) | |
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BRIDAL FASHION WEEK – Part 1(MY TOP 20 DRESSES FOR SPRING 2010)I don’t know about you, but I love, love, love a really good wedding !! I love the gorgeous look of it, the general feelgood atmosphere, and even the inevitable little drama that happens at every wedding, but, most of all, I love the fashions – this is one of the few times you can really get all dressed up to the nines, with a hat and everything - even the men ditch their trainers and jeans for a day... They don’t happen too often these days what with everyone taking the living-together option as a lifestyle choice instead of choosing to tie the knot, but every so often, you get invited to a memorably good one...  Weddings have been on my mind recently because this is the most popular time of year for the happy event, and also, I have just finished the “Together Forever” Promotion window displays at Peter Jones – Wendylady1.livejournal.com/69130.html Also at this time of year, the Bridal Fashion Week fashion shows are held in New York – this is just like seeing the best of the red carpet designers from New York Fashion Week all over again, but this time, all in white !! ( Come and see my favourite new designs... ) | |
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MATTHEW WILLIAMSON COLLECTION FOR H&M...
( Part 2 )
Remember this post : wendylady2.livejournal.com/44255.htmlWell, the launch of this collection happened last Thursday, in London, New York, and other key cities...and apparently the fashionistas were camping out on the pavements from 10 pm the night before and when the doors opened in the morning, the entire collection sold out in twenty minutes !!...( Come and see the madness for yourselves !! )
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