My love of Erdem

Those of you who have been reading this blog for some time will know quite how much i admire Mr Erdem Moralioglu.  

My love affair with Erdem began with a sales purchase Fall 2008 - a simple but not at all simple 

silk top.  I never looked back - every season i buy something from Erdem, sometimes a scarf and sometimes a piece of full blown maxi knockout fabulousness.  

I often wait for the sales for the more knockout pieces but i always invest because i love his pieces 

so very much.  He is a creator, a Painter and above all an artist. This is a talent i know i do not possess, but a curator, oh a curator this i am - and to be a curator for Erdem over my lifetime - will indeed be one of my never little life's pleasures.

Herewith my favourites from the Spring/Summer Collection - the task was not how to pick them 

but how not to pick them all.  I will be running another Erdem outfit post on Monday and then my 

favourites  from the Resort collection too.  Have a very good weekend. xx

I adore this the little hat, the blue and then the shoes, the length, the little collar - shall i go on ..

Beautiful - maybe not quintessentially the king of print but quintessentially elegant, feminine and easy with the perfect button down which makes this so very perfect 

Lace, Print - how can you go wrong especially with those sunnies - i love the red lips too

Double print and a pleat - again fashion arithmetics the erdem way - definitely my kind of plus

Stunning - loving the lemon - the colour for next summer it would appear

Easy i love the way erdem does a pant so very wearable and yet very standout

Pretty, pretty, pretty

Gorgeous, love the silhouette topped with the perfect topper

Nude with a twist of lilac - sublime

And finally a trench - a perfect trench - will it be a dress, will it be a coat? Either way it will definitely be very, very special and this is exactly how you will feel should you be lucky enough to own this piece x

If you havent seen it previously please do pop ove and read my article on Erdem for

 I Want to be a Battaglia 

Images courtesy of Style.com

Inspiring look

Say Goodbye to Summer Mr Erdem

My oh my, what has happened to Blighty, it is like the second coming - the second coming of Summer!

And when the sun shines the shorts have to come out and make their final outing and then its hello Mr Erdem you feel so very summery - enjoy it girls and boys the frost will be upon us soon xx

It really is an uphill struggle when your Frank and  it is so very hot x

Fabiola Arias

Fabiola Arias has won The Gold Coast Fashion Award for best designer. Previous Gold Coast winners have included Bibhu Mohapatra in 2010, Angel Sanchez in '96, and Donna Karan in '88. 

Earlier this year, Fabiola received Fashion Group International's Rising Star Award for women's wear. Fabiola Arias is a manifestation of the artistic background of its designer. Fabiola's unique and signature use of texture and surface treatment is visible in her cocktail and evening wear pieces. The dissatisfaction from common  fabrics inspire Arias to experiment, cut, twist, pleat, shred, scratch,  distress and collage plain fabrics to look like complete works of art. When she was studying at Parsons the New School for Design, Fabiola decided to launch her own line which was initially picked up by Ikram in Chicago. 

Fabiola Arias' Fall 2011 collection can be bought at the Neiman Marcus Couture Salon across the country.

Celine does Sunnies

Have you noticed the rise of the sunnie ...  no longer the mere preserve of saving our eyes.  Oh No, they are now the accessory of choice, from the outrageous to the sophisticated.  The cat eye, the tortoiseshell, the bright, the round, the small, the large, come summer, come winter this is the accessory du jour.

And this season there is only one sunnie for me - Celine you are rocking my boat ..

Hello Number Two xx

Celine campaign by Jurgen Teller

Images courtesy of Fashion gone Rogue

Elle Mexico Happy Birthday

Mi historia con Elle en su edición mexicana tiene ya algunos años. Ahora que finaliza ya Septiembre, he de confesar que su número de aniversario me deja con el mismo gusto con el que me dejó el primer número que tuve de Elle México. En aquella época, en la que el interés por la moda era nulo e inexistente y totalmente contrastante con el interés por la música, ELLE México, en ese cambio de siglo puso a Madonna en portada. Quizás la memoria aquí me falle y después de 11 años no recuerde con exactitud. ¿Era una portada con Rupert Everett no? Los años iban y una segunda portada con Madonna cayó en mis manos. No fué hasta el 2004 cuando tuve otra vez contacto con ELLE, Milla Jovovich en portada. Otra vez, pasó mas tiempo y de ELLE, no volví a saber hasta el 2007 con Eugenia Silva. La portada con Elsa Pataky dos años después también me atrapó. Y desde el 2009 soy fan de ELLE, pero lo soy más de la Elle de los últimos meses. La ELLE que pone diseños y piezas de diseñadores mexicanos. La ELLE con editoriales de producción nacional. La ELLE que cumple años este Septiembre. Las mudanzas y cambios que he vivido, han hecho de muchas de esas ediciones, recuerdos en mi memoria. A ELLE la he llevado de viaje. A Miami me la llevé con un logo dorado, y allá se quedó porque nunca la encontré. A Chiapas me la llevé y revista en mano pasee por San Juan Chamula y Mizol-Há. Ésa si regresó, arrugada y maltratada, pero regresó. Otras veces me era confiscada por no ser material de clase. Cuánto extraño esa época y cuánto extraño esas ELLE. Mucho. En mi más reciente reordenamiento y depuración  y al poner orden al ejército de revistas, es ELLE la que predomina. Disfruto su edición, pero más disfruto su evolución. Porque ahora me encuentro escribiendo ésto y en 10 años más ELLE y yo seremos otros. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLE.

CASADEI

El traer y posicionar marcas internacionales a nuestro país no es asunto fácil. Por eso el trabajo que esta realizando Casadei en México es importante por notarse. Imponiendo tendencia con su nueva colección Blade, Casadei llega a nuestro país este 19 de Octubre, y estará de venta en Palacio de Hierro. No dudo que les vaya de maravilla con el mercado mexicano. Algunas celebrities que ya usan esta nueva colección son Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Penélope Cruz, entre otras. 

Carolina Herrera Spring 12

My favorite look from Carolina Herrera SS12

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Fashion and Franks Fave Fashionistas - Elisa Nalin

Elisa Nalin, born in Italy and now firmly ensconced in the French Fashion Scene, Editrix for Crash Magazine, stylist and design consultant.  To my mind Elisa has been one of my favourites this season and last and it is her incredible eye for color that separates her from the crowd.  That and a very fab smile xx

Colour, colour, colour and the ubiquitous pleated skirt - fab length

Love this valentino dress and the styling is quite unique - the bag, bracelets and belt really are unexpected and very special 

To me this is the shot of Milan Fashion week, i love this outfit the shoes and the bag are sublime

Love the striped bold dress and bag, totally enlivening and very much working with the black

Navy and black?? working so well with that pop of red

A colour blocking lesson that is successful and she is wearing it, it is not wearing her 

I love this - the Fendi shoes, pale but such interesting shades and textures - again that bag clutched - fabulous

Images from top to bottom : All the Pretty Birds, Vogue.it, All the Pretty Birds, Citizen Couture, Vanessa Jackman, Stockholm Streetstyle, Vogue.co.uk by Dvora (Fashionistable)

Oh it's another Fashion and Frank Hat

Ooh a little luncheon with Mr Fashion and Frank - very civilised and hey its autumn - so how about browns, a bit of animal print and a hat - so very, very fashion.  And then we have it another Emma Fielden hat - how fab are they??  So very Lanvin and so very much cheaper which is never a bad thing!  Speaking of Lanvin - i got the shoes - loving them - easy walk-y fash shoes - who would have thought it - have a very good week xx

Prada Scream

To date i have seen many pieces i have liked, collections that have spoken to me (Burberry) and then there was Prada, it didn't speak, it didn't shout - it totally and utterly yelled at me, came back and screamed again - this is my collection for SS2012!

The pieces are wearable, flattering, feminine but they have a design edge that i love, the shoes, the jewellery, Maggie handbags, almost mad men references - this is Miuccia at her very finest - girls, form an orderly queue behind me xx

I dont think i can express how much i love this - the leather pleats, colour pallette, length - love it

Hello skirt, hello shoes and i can even go a satin bomber

Beautiful, wearable, flattering

I so struggled to pick which one of these i loved the most so i went for the colour best for me - stunning and don't forget the sunnies

Bodies - so so useful - my dolce ones are worn so very very much and what they do to the figure ..

Oh the red skirt, the shoulder detail, the pink top - excellent

I love these bodies so much i am having another one - so so special 

Have a very, very good fashion weekend - outfit post delayed by Prada deliciousness but soon to follow on Monday x

All images courtesy of Style.com