lundi, mai 28, 2007

I Love Surprises

Flipping through style.com , I randomly fell on Anna Molinari's S/S show. Oh!! Oh the surprise!! I had never paid attention to her shows, and I was like "How could I? How did I miss this?? ". The wonderful draping, all the quirky details such as lovely ruffles, satin touches, ruching....
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I immediately fell in love with the paradoxical intention : sweet-eroticism, the perfect oxymoron to describe the collection ; an at-first innocent virginal look contrasted with sexy details such as sexually sheer tops or lingerie inspired clothing. Sweet and subtly slutty, in an elegant way. Bingo!
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The color palette for this collection was mostly in neutral tones like nude, beige and white (all topped off with wonderfully chosen electric violet lipstick and cool messy after-sex hair), but some black was there too , adding an edgy, strong, powerful-women feel.
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One word to describe the collection? Orgasmic.

24 commentaires:

discotheque confusion a dit…

yessssssss!

what a great post! Like you, I never really thought to look at her collections, but stumbled across it when I was working on my Hye Park blog.

Your descriptions are so spot on! And don't you think whoever was responable for the hair and make up is genius? They have done it so perfectly.

S xx

Emma a dit…

You've got fab taste- orgasmic indeed. I have always heard the name "Anna Molinari" but dismissed it...this stuff is completely le sex.

Hill a dit…

oh my god. LOVE IT!
its eyegasmic, thats what. fab x 100000000!

Moose on the Loose a dit…

Lovely collection. The clothes seem to float.

Miss V. a dit…

The feeling's mutual. When I browsed through style.com looking for graduation dress ideas some time ago I stumbled upon the Anna Molinari collection and fell in love. The short, frilly dresses are divine, aren't they?

It's sort of strange that it isn't Anna Molinari who designs for the label though. She designs for Blumarine. Oh well, maybe it's some complicated ownership problem.

Bobble Bee a dit…

OMG!!! never a big fan of Anna Molinari... till now! LOOOOOVE IT!

a a dit…

i have actually fallen in love with clothes. I mean, it's not the first time but WOW. everything's so pretty!!

Alex a dit…

oooh its all so fun! i love the second dress in the black section! so sexy!!

Mash a dit…

Moi non plus je n'avais jamais reelement prete attention a ces collections mais maintenant je vais le faire . C'est sublime ! La couleur , les matieres , les coupes et quand a la lingerie c'est a se damner :)
merci beaucoup de m'avoir fait decouvrir cela .

Emily a dit…

wow it is so pretty!
xx

Eritia a dit…

thanks, I love my glasses. actually. the lens just popped out of one side the other day, so they're kinda screwed.

discotheque confusion a dit…

yeah, loads of people seem to like the shoot even if they don't like Mischa.

Why don't you like French ELLE? I've never bought it before, but just wondering...

S xx

Ellen SB a dit…

Great post! Fantastic collection!

Flashy_Shades a dit…

how did i never check her out either? thanks for bringing her work to my attention

molly a dit…

i loooooooooove the word "orgasmic"
good usage!

Bella a dit…

Wow...the 1st set of nude lingery-y dresses you showed are so gorgeous...I love them, especially the one with the nude button down and chiffony skirt...cool

Unknown a dit…

I love this!!!!!!

p.s. I linked you!

Greta, a dit…

I love your blog and read it often! just wondering...how did you get your headline photo to go below the actual headline?

alluretone a dit…

i am craving the neutral tones right now- beige and nude. love your blog!

discotheque confusion a dit…

Ooh, new heading. I like it!

S xx

Anonyme a dit…

i love the clothes but the entire image of model+piece is really impressive, especially the first set of photos, how the colours blend with the models' skin, i love that look...

my empty closet a dit…

i definently agree with you ..she's been one of my favorites for a few seasons now and when i first discovered her stuff i was like..what? how did i miss that? haha

Anonyme a dit…

i love neutral tones right now too... especially with the more draping, the better.... great post love!

Joyce a dit…

Dat roze tennispakje vind ik helemaal geweldig, aleen door het nike teken wordt ik wakker geschudt uit mijn droom: Het is GEEN schattig ballerina jurkje, het is een tennis pakje..

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