Designers Sketch Their Suggestions for Kate Middleton’s Wedding Dress

Karl Lagerfeld suggests a Chanel take on “the Victorian wedding dress, with a twist — high boots and open in the front.

“…In Kate I see the natural, radiant and self-confident attitude of today’s girls. For this, I can’t help but think of an embroidered, fluid-silhouette dress in precious fabrics that will help her make an everlasting impression.” — Alberta Ferretti

“Something old: Victorian skirt. Something new: patchwork gown. Something borrowed: Queen Elizabeth’s veil. Something red: Elizabethan top, as red was the wedding color until 1900!” — Christian Lacroix

“It’s entirely different from the Diana dress I designed, which was very much of the Eighties, but it’s still fitting for a royal occasion. It’s a much more modern dress, but romantic and out of the ordinary.” — Elizabeth Emanuel

“I admire the balance Kate Middleton strikes between elegant and contemporary with her unmistakable style. For her, I had in mind clean lines, soft shapes and classic touches such as the boat neckline and distinctive train.” — Frida Giannini, Gucci

“Light as a feather, layers of lace and organza…a dress fit for a princess.” —Peter Copping, Nina Ricci

“We designed a ‘blossoming’ dress because we imagined her as a new Botticellian Venus.” — Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, Valentino

“…The tradition of intricate hand-pieced lacework in the high-necked bodice with elbow-length sleeves, together with the voluminous skirt of a mixture of stiff and soft silk tulle, feels regal, yet poetic.” — Vera Wang

VALENTINO FOR GAP

So today was the launch of Lanvin for H&M, did you guys buy anything?? Did you get what you wanted? 
Don't worry as the team at Love Fashion Bitches was lucky to get a preview of the Valentino for Gap collection... "Its Hot" 

Valentino reworks Gap classic basics - the parka, the hoodie, the T-shirt and the cargo pant - for its new collaboration. The Valentino house say "We love mixing different cultures and we have been excited to mix gap's timeless essentials with our roman culture of couture," the label's designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli explained. "It brings together the iconic world of Valentino and Gap's fashion staples, synthesising the current trend of combining luxury with basics."

The seven-piece collection, launched to celebrate the opening of Gap's first Italian store last week in Milan, will arrive at Gap in London- as well as Dover Street Market and Colette in Paris
- on November 27. " see you all there"

Jx

TREND WINTER 2010 FUR!!

FUR REAL

(FAUX, TOO)

Fur is a very strong look for 2010, and guess what its ok to wear real or (faux).

Altuzarra

Burberry Prorsum

Balenciaga

Chanel

 As you can see chain-strap bags to yeti boots was trimmed in fur—faux fur.

Anna Sui

Paul & Joe

Balmain

The above 3 styles are available now on http://www.net-a-porter.com/Shop/Clothing/Coats 

Dries Van Noten

Dsquared²

Gucci

J. Mendel

Lanvin

Matthew Williamson

Thakoon

Valentino

Versace

  Viktor & Rolf

 

Jx

Valentino's GAP?

Have we gone mad? er no.....its true!

So Gap once did Stella? now Valentino??

In terms of unlikely collaborations, this one has to be up there. In celebration of their arrival in Italy,Gap have announced they have teamed up with the House of Valentino for a capsule collection.

Valentino's Maria Grazia Chiuriand Pier Paolo Piccioli have created the collection based on "iconic Gap basics". It's due to launch in November, to coincide with the opening of Gap's flagship on Milan's Corso Vittorio Emanuele. In addition to the Milan store, the collection will also be available from Gap's London flagship on Oxford Street, Dover Street Market, Colette in Paris, and Gap's new Rome store which opens next year. There are no plans for the line to be available in the U.S. at this stage.

Looks like Lanvin’s H&M collection may be getting some competition.

n.