We advise updating your makeup as well as your wardrobe when the seasons change. The “spring face” refers straight back to our favorite spring color, coral. A coral lip with a peach blush and peachy eye shadow are the key elements.
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The March issue of The Book is dedicated to the Art of Fashion. Renowned photographer Koto Bolofo and the crew shot on two Los Angeles locations, Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area and Dorris Place Elementary School, since the chosen theme was a childlike sense of play, a theme that proved infectious, as documented in this little film. This is the “extended play” version.
Since having formerly worked for Roland Mouret, Todd Lynn’s aesthetic has developed a more rock n’ roll edge. Lynn’s Fall collection featured futuristic leathers and extreme funnel-neck coats paired with draped floor-length dresses and skirts or the skinniest of leather leggings, creating a modern silhouette for the well-dressed bad girl.
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Voted one of Style.com’s “Ten Most Promising New Talents” in fashion today, designers Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos of Peter Pilotto showed again what they can do. The Peter Pilotto fall collection exhibited their signature digital prints and blocks of artful color. Into the mix they added layering, intriguing pattern mixing, tailored coats, and soft draped, asymmetrical dresses.
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After showing his third collection for Halston in New York, Marios Schwab headed off to London to show his eponymous collection. Schwab’s fall collection of leather separates, shapely puffer coats, and draped, panelled dresses in a palette of ochre, russet red, black and olive was at times embellished with pearls sewn into rows.
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Richard Nicoll, formerly with Cerruti, took his eponymous fall collection in a luxe sportswear direction. Like the moths that inspired his collection, sweatshirts in glistening velvet and silk were transformed into a dresses with stunning bi-level hems.
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Glamour and comfort don’t always go together, but Roksanda Illincic is known for both. Michelle Obama wore a coat and beaded wool satin dress from Illincic’s Fall 2010 collection to meet the Chinese president Hu Jintao in January. Illincic’s Fall 2011 collection had her trademark, fluid evening dresses saturated with color like precious gems. But she also showed sportier pieces for day, and draped dresses that could take the cool girl from day to evening with effortless panache.
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The Fall 2011 forecast from Burberry Prorsum called for tailored dresses and coats…and snow.
What better place for the queen of subversive fashion to show than London’s Royal Courts of Justice? The carnival atmosphere and eccentric audience at Vivienne Westwood’s Red Label show complemented the madcap British-ness of her clothes and gave an anti-establishment jab to the old-school solemnity of the Royal Courts. The younger Red Label collection was a cacophony of pattern, styles and influences inspired by Portobello Market.
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Bright colors, embellishment, and bohemian luxury are all things we’ve come to expect from Matthew Williamson, and his Fall collection delivered on all counts.
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