Paris Fashion Week Trend - Graphic

I adore this! This style is timeless, very easy to pull off and always look (no pun intended) sharp!
Bold Primary colors, black, white and simple graphic shapes. Time to get out your Charlie Brown shirt because it's totally back in style!

Trend Alart: Plaid

Just the right mixture of business and pleasure, plaids reminds me equally of a great oxford shirt and a picnic blanket. And so, plaid are perfect for fashion week, which dress-wise can go anywhere between business, pleasure and both.

Plaid for beginners
Plaids can be perceived, as far as an outfit goes, as either a pattern or a solid. they can go both very formal and very wild. A wonderful way to introduce a pattern to an otherwise solid wardrobe.
Want to try it and not sure how? it's always good to start small, with a hat, a small jacket or a beautiful architectural purse.

Another options is to go for either a top, bottom or dress in 2 similar tones so that from afar, the pattern looks almost solid, rather then a loud print.

Intermediate plaid

That was easy, right? so what next?! how about a much bolder plaid, larger using colors that just gives that wonderful vacation feel. 

I love the way she made this outfit feels so much fun, with the plaid pants and statement whimsical jewelry and still kept it work related with the buttons of the shirt buttoned all the way to the top.

Plaid for pros

Do not try this at home unless you are a professional stylist or a really brave person. Plaid all over! 

Sally LaPointe FW2013

I've been following Sally LaPointe carear for the past 5 seasons. She is one of those designer who would fit right in Paris or Milan fashion week - stylish, dark theatrical garments that are not quite wearable by ordinary human beings. However, since the American fashion market is a lot more about marketability and wearability, It's been fascinating to see Sally exploration into finding the right balance without looking the trademarks of her personal style.

Last season, I felt like that balance was achieved perfectly, and so I was real curious to see what she will come up with next.

I was really pleasantly surprise to see that not only she kept all of her motifs but added a few totally new and exciting themes to her collection. Her staple waist sleets, drapery and tail coats, were joined by harder materials such as patented leather, stamped leather and heavy wool, creating body distorting armor like silhouettes. And her digital prints evolved into a combination of vertebrae Rorschach like shapes and a really intriguing glossy to matte umbre.

It felt as if a chamber music composer just discovered the full range symphonious orchestra and is taking her first step into opening her body of work to larger, richer more complex ideas.

As usual, I always leave her shows, trying to figure out what she'll surprise me with next.

Beautiful Crowd at Sally LaPointe

I'm going to talk about the actual show later, but I just wanted to say that the whole show experience was wonderful. It was located in an old bus terminal in the piers, and the building was pretty rundown, which made it feel like some type of secret place. The space was gigantic and industrial and super specious. And the crowed was a really nice mixture of buyers, bloggers and media.