LFW looked more ready to wear to me than NYC’s. However, I was less stunned by the shows. Is it that there were less show, or I like more NYC’s designers. I don’t know.

My blog has been down for one week now. I was struggling to updgrade my slideshow to the simpleviewer plugin below, and I put the whole website down. I had to re-upload all my pics of the last 2 years to get it back working. Hopefully it’s for good now.

At last, here are my favs of NYC fashion week.

You know I was browsing the shows on WWD and Vogue and I was feeling sympathetic with those poor attendants who should have been yawning hard. They looked boring. Period. I appreciate that men haven’t Haute Couture runways to showcase “concept” clothes. I assume that RTW stuffs it all. But honestly, I barely liked a couple of piece out of every show … except Roland Mouret’s.

They are the kind I’d like my boyfriend or my father or my brother to have on. And oddly enough, I’d bet that they’d agree to do so! Additional evidence, if it was needed, that the show was great. Let’s break it down in small pieces.

This Men’s collection was not my favorite of all. From the Givenchy’s skirts (Rick Owens’ was no surprise), to Sacai girly espadrilles to Comme des Garcons’s fushia suit, I don’t think that most trends fitted everyday outfit, which should qualify a Ready To Wear collection in my view.

But (because there’s always a but, and when one searches, one finds …)

LV hits me right with  the new campaign styled and modeled by Caroline Sieber. I guess most young woman of my likes might (or wanna !!) identify to her and the lifestyle that’s showcased.

Actually, LV campaigns are pretty good. The one with Madonna was a good one. It looked more like of a fantasy while this one look more grounded in reality. You know strolling and living in the city with elegance!. Though I’m no fan of the monogram,  I went straight to the store to touch the bags and check the shapes (you know it was this borso shape). Actually, I feel for the ebene damier with cream colored straps and handles Sac Plat. I guess this particular reference had been produced only once at the introduction of the sac plat as I’ve never seen it after. Today, the Damier has dark handles.

No kidding the campaign looks great! Well done against someone who speaks loud she’s not into LV. You know it: Often woman varies!

Photos courtesy of Louis Vuitton

I’ll be getting back home for summer break. Last year, I got stuck in Paris for work. But, this summer will definitely see me flying out to the Caribbean and French Guyana for the wedding of my little cousin. And … icing on the cake, I guess I’ll go twice, once in July for a short week just for the wedding and second in September to spenf time with my parents and my new nice (2 months old in a few days). Can’t wait to hold her.

got me obsessed for half a year ever since Karlie Kloss walked the Lanvin SS 2011 RTW show.

I eventually saw it at Harrod’s, London 2 weeks ago…. It’s not really what I expected.

Well! The dress still looks gorgeous overall. Even hung on the hanger, the  firemen red silk of the skirt looks like it flies around depending upon how light sparkles on it. BUT the fabric of the top looks like .. neopren. You know this thick fabric used for diving suits.  I want to think that Elbaz chose it on purpose to smooth the line of the back and keep any ungracious skin bump under tight guard while offering good support without a bra. Though, at close sight, it looks terrible.

That’s not all. Underneath the belt the waistline seam is ruffled. And in real life, you walk, you talk, you breathe, your belt move around with you and uncover the ruffle detail. It’s like the dress design is not complete.