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Sunday, October 18, 2015

H&M in NZ

Sasha Pivovarova by Terry Richardson for H&M, Fall 2009

I first came across H&M in London in 1997. My Scandinavian friends raved about 'Hennes', a 'high street' store from Sweden with cool designs at affordable prices. Sure enough, upon checking out their store on Oxford Street I was thrilled by the fantastic buys. I went in Winter and found some fabulous jumpers. Then in Spring I stocked up on their awesome bikinis, the range being fronted by my fave Helena Christensen at the time (1998).

Helena Christensen for H&M, 2009

Picture I took in Zurich of using the H&M campaign, from the inaugural Cow Parade

Upon returning to the Antipodes, I sorely missed H&M. The closest we had during the late 90's was Sportsgirl (Australia) and Glassons (NZ). H&M opened in Västerås, Sweden as Hennes, selling women’s clothing. Founder Erling Persson bought Mauritz Widforss, a hunting and fishing equipment store in 1968 and they included men's and children's clothing. The name is changed to Hennes & Mauritz. In 1976 they opened in London and by 2000 they were across Europe and opened in New York.

Karl Lagerfeld, 2004

H&M's designer collabs have caused mass hysteria, the first collection being with Karl Lagerfeld in 2004, then followed by others including Roberto Cavalli, Rei Kawakubo and Comme des Garçons, Stella McCartney, Versace and Alexander Wang. I recall grabbing the last few designs from their collaboration with Matthew Williamson in New York in 2009, taking a size too small just to own a few of the covetable pieces.

Stella McCartney, 2005

Roberto Cavalli, 207

Matthew Williamson 2009

Versace 2011-12

There are also collaborations with celebrities such as Madonna, David Beckham, Beyonce, Kylie Minogue and their first artist collaboration with Jeff Koons, in 2014.

Madonna by Steven Klein, 2006-7

Jeff Koons, H&M NYC 2014

H&M is now in 21 countries from China to the Middle East across and is finally coming to New Zealand! Their range also includes beauty, sportswear and homeware. H&M's business concept is Fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way. Their commitment to being sustainable by using friendly and ethical practices and partners, reusing and being climate smart and is admirable. What's not to love?!

Friday, January 13, 2012

Dolce & Gabbana Jewellery 2011/12

I thought this was Isabeli Fontana when I came across this pic in my mag! Bianca Balti was photographed by Giampaolo Sgura for the inaugural Dolce & Gabbana 2011 Fall jewelery campaign. Dolce & Gabbana have just launched their jewellery range. Launched at the end of last year, the 80-piece range is inspired by Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana's hometown Sicily, & the religious iconography of the Catholic church.

"A statement of faith, a wave of passion, or a celebration of love: the most precious feature of any jewel is the emotion it stirs in the woman who wears it. For their first ever jewellery collection, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have combined the most exquisite materials – tri-colour gold, rubies, sapphires and pearls – with the most significant symbols at their disposal...Not just Made in Italy but made italics of italics Italy – this is jewellery crafted with the soul of Dolce&Gabbana. Because jewellery becomes truly priceless only when it acquires meaning, and makes the emotions dance." Press release, September 2011.

D&G's Beckham Rosary from a few years ago, that Becks wore

The range reminds me of Madonna circa 'Like a Prayer'. Madonna has modeled for D&G many times, the label is one of her faves and she one of their muse, as seen in my blog on lace looks here.

Following are some more shots of the beautiful Bianca from the Jewellery Fall 2011/12 campaign, and the raunchy video starring Bianca here.

The range perfectly compliments the dramatic and sexy black lace looks that Dolce and Gabbana are famous for.

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2011 by louloublue

Dolce Gabbana sleeveless dress

Dolce Gabbana lace bodycon dress

D G black top

Alexander McQueen stiletto high heels

Dolce Gabbana animal print bag

Dolce Gabbana wool bag

Flutter jewelry

Dolce Gabbana black brooch

Dolce Gabbana gold tone jewelry

Dolce&Gabbana gradient sunglasses

Dolce & Gabbana Double braided leather bracelet

DOLCE & GABBANA MAKEUP Ruby Collection Classic Cream Lipstick In Devil...

Dolce & Gabbana The One Lace Edition Eau De Parfum

Dolce & Gabbana

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Girls who are Boys who like Boys to be Girls

Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander in W Magazine

I'm loving the androgynous trend this Winter. There's something sexy about a woman in a man-style suit - a fitted black suit with a white shirt and skinny black tie. The girls dressing as boys trend seemed to start with Marlene Dietrich shocking the world with her man style suits in the 1930's, and then gathered momentum in 1966 with YSL launching his Le Smoking jacket (below, shot by Helmut Newton).

Just look at Bianca Jagger (below) when she married Mick Jagger in that amazing white YSL fitted suit, sans shirt. Diane Keaton launched a massive trend with her Annie Hall look in the 70's and model and Chanel muse Inès de la Fressange.

Inès (below) has mastered boyish yet sexy gamine look. One of her style icons is Katherine Hepburn " or simply somebody that looks comfortable. Anyone who wears men's clothes and looks feminine is also very stylish."

I also loved k.d Land & Cindy Crawford's 1993 Vanity Fair cover. Sexy androgynous cool.

I have long been a fan of Karen Walkers' black trousers, particularly after Madonna rocked them out at the 1998 MTV Awards (below). Karen's masculine-feminine aesthetic is a recurring theme and she works it to perfection.

Madonna in Helmut Lang tank & Karen Walker wool trousers

There seem to be many a 'Lisbeth Salander' type look on the catwalk and in editorials, plus a wave of celebs are rocking the showcasing man-style look, from boy style like Evan Rachel Wood and Brit-packers Keira Knightly, Alice Dellal & Coco Sumner (aka Sting's model musician daughter), total androgyny like Tilda Swinton, Stella Tennant and Kristen McMenamy, to smouldering sexy looks like Victoria Beckham, Lake Bell and Helena Christensen. And tehn there's Alexa Chung, who experiments with both gamine and sexy suity looks. Here are some latest boy/man style looks below from celebs on the street plus some of the latest collections and editorials.