Top of the Wold Editorial in Vogue Nippon February 2010

I am loving this editorial from Vogue Nippon February 2010. I love the silhouette, the colours, the prints. Beautiful! Photography by Giampaolo Sgura and styling by Anna Dello Russo . What do you think?

Images are from here.

Aquilano Rimondi Fall 2009 Ready To Wear Collection

I'm loving Aquilano Rimondi's Fall 2009 Collection! Again it is very 1940's silhouette inspired. It's so sophisticated and fabulous! 'Draped-shouldered dresses fit for an old-time movie star'. I love this a lot! A great source of inspiration! It's very overexaggertated which is something i'm looking at incorporating into my own designs when I start them.

Aquilano Said "On the runway, you sometimes have to exaggerate, but we also just want to make clothes women will want to wear. And not to keep changing every season for the sake of it. Continuity matters."

Images and quotes from here.

Anna Sui Spring 2008 Ready To Wear...

I'm gettin really inspired by Anna Sui's Spring 2008 Ready To Wear collection. I'm loving the silhouette which looks like it could be 1940's inspired with a mix of retro prints and bright colours. Perfect example of a classic 40's silhouette as a starting point for a collection.

Anna Sui Spring 2008 Ready-to-wear images are from here.

The Traditional 1940's Silhouette

I have started to look at the traditional 1940's garment and silhouette shape so I can start to design my own garments. I think that these photographs are a good representation of 1940's fashion. I like a lot about the 1940's silhouette. I like the strong shoulders and the way the garment comes in at the waist and ouffs out at the hips. I think it can be a good starting point my my garment shapes for my project.

'Most women wore skirts at or near knee-length, with simply-cut blouses or shirts and square-shouldered jackets. Popular magazines and pattern companies advised women on how to remake men's suits into smart outfits, since the men were in uniform and the cloth would otherwise sit unused. Eisenhower jackets became popular in this period. Influenced by the military, these jackets were bloused at the chest and fitted at the waist with a belt.'

Images and quote from flickr and a very interesting blog I came across.