Filed Under (Fashion Shows, Models) by Nadine on 28-09-2010

There she is! After missing Natasha Poly in New York, she finally appeared in Milan. I loved the models’ styling at the Fendi show, those pink lips with the simple shiny hair are amazing! And I also liked the collection, especially the colorful bags.
Now on to a little bit of gossip… Miranda Kerr might be walking Balenciaga on thursday. I hope the rumors are true, she is glowing because of her pregnancy and suits Balenciaga so well!
The Dolce&Gabbana show was really good too, I loved all the white lace and the fact that Alessandra Ambrosio and Izabel Izy Goulart were there.
Versace disappointed. I’m not gonna say more.
One of my newest favorite models is Constance Jablonski. She is naturally beautiful and has the most amazing body (not toooo skinny) and eyes. I think she’s done almost 50 shows already this season, must be exhausting!
And last but not least on to my personal gossip. I will move to a new city tomorrow so the next week will be very busy. Please excuse less posts than usually.

Honestly, I enjoyed the collections from London Fashion Week more than New Yorks. More colors, more craziness, more fun. Especially the glittery, colorful styling at Giles Deacon impressed me. Pink and gold glitter around the eyes, orange red on the lips and the best part - funny faces on the fingernails! Love the creativity! Kasia looks great on those backstage pics.

Karolina Kurkova started as a high fashion model. I remember reading a German newspaper article about the most succesful models a few years ago. At that time I had just started to become interested in fashion and basically had no idea who Karolina was, but I was impressed that she was the no1 model in the industry. It must have been around 2003 or 2004. Then…. KK did less HF work, more VS work. And she was beautiful as a Victoria’s Secret angel! No one could beat her look in the VSFS 2006. Then, 2009 her VS contract ended, KK got pregnant and for a while it seemed like she retired from modeling. Now, a year later, KK is back to the runways, struttin her stuff in shows of Alexander Wang, Michael Kors, Proenza Schouler and Rodarte. Her body is perfect, she seems even slimmer than before her pregnancy and her smile still lights up every room. What an impressive woman…
Filed Under (Fashion Shows, Models) by Nadine on 09-09-2010

It’s here! The first press picture for the 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. And of course VS’s new favorite girl Candice Swanepoel is on it. So, what do we know so far? The show will be aired on November 30, so it will probably be taped at the start of November, it will take place in New York and the castings should be during the next two weeks and Erin, Chanel, Adriana, Rosie and Candice are confirmed. Did you notice something? That’s right, Alessandra Ambrosio and Heidi Klum are not part of the angel list so far. Now of course that doesnt necessarily mean that they wont be there, but knowing how much VS pushed them last year, it is just very weird that they completely ignore them this year. Hhhmmm… I have a feeling there will be lots of surprising changes this year.

She did it! As I wrote before, I was very hesitant to believe that Olivia Palermo will attend Berlin Fashion Week, but I still went to the Markus Lupfer presentation at Soho House because I thought there might be a slight chance of her being there. She arrived about 15 minutes after me, posed for pictures, looked at the collection, talked to many people, changed her outfit and left again. And let me tell you, she is tiny. I looked like a giant compared to her. But let me also tell you, she is super sweet. Forget the “The City” bullshit where she is portrayed as a bitch, at the Markus Lupfer event she was the nicest girl in the room. Here are some of my pictures…

Tomorrow night Berlin fashion week will officially kick off with the Grazia party. Tons of shows, presentations, parties, brunches and fun will follow until sunday. One of the most surprising and interesting news reached me earlier today when I was told that Olivia Palermo is expected to be at the Markus Lupfer presentation on friday. Olivia in Berlin? Possible since she has always named Berlin as one of her favorite places. I’ll definitely be there and try to get a look at the New Yorker socialite.

FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN A ROW, MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK COMES TO BERLIN AMIDST GROWING POPULARITY
From July 7 to 10, 2010 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin will present an eclectic mix of designers in the German capital. Among the initial brands confirmed are 30PAARHAENDE, ALLUDE, ANJA GOCKEL, ARRONDISSEMENT AQ1, BLAAK, CUSTO BARCELONA, .DIMITRI, KAVIAR GAUCHE, KILIAN KERNER, LALA BERLIN, LAURÈL, PATRICK MOHR, PERRET SCHAAD, RENA LANGE, RISTO BIMBILOSKI, SCHUMACHER, STARSTYLING und THOMAS ENGEL HART with designers BLACKY DRESS, CHRISTINA DUXA COUTURE, DAWID TOMASZEWSKI, and MAVI showing for the very first time. MARCEL OSTERTAG will open Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin Spring/Summer 2011. BOSS BLACK and MONGRELS IN COMMON are showing their collections offsite.
This is from the official press release. I like that Marcel ostertag will open fashion week, but I am a little bit disappointed by the list of designers. Still, I’m sure it will be a lot of fun to be in the tent again. 4 weeks to go!

One thing all women and girls in the world have in common? We love to look at wedding gowns and we love to dream of our perfect wedding. Guys, dont worry, that doesnt mean that we want you to marry us tomorrow, it just means that we know what we want…someday. This week there was the bridal fashion week in Barcelona and topmodels like Toni Garrn and Karolina Kurkova showed off the most amazing Pronovia wedding dresses. Layers and layers of white silk in all shapes…it looked lovely. These dresses cant compare to the Kaviar Gauche dresses that I saw during fashion week, but the lace dress that Toni wore really caught my eye. It reminds me of Grace Kelly and who was a more classy and beautiful bride as princess Grace? I cant think of anyone…

While I’m in rainy Munich the Rosemount Australian Fashion Week is happening in Sydney. I would LOVE to be there because I really love the Australian fashion and think their style is really young and inspiring. So instead of being there I was looking through hundreds of pictures today and found some really amazing backstage pictures. I made this little collage above, it’s like an inspiration board for me for upcoming make up experiments. I really wanna try the dark pink lipstick/nail polish combo, so cute! And the ribbons that are painted on the models are so cool too, I wish I could have seen those looks in reality…sigh.
Filed Under (Fashion Shows, Models) by Nadine on 11-03-2010

This Paris Fashion Week was different than the last one. The clothes were more wearable ( see Chloe or Valentino for example ), the heels got flatter and most importantly the model cast changed. Of course there were still the 16 year old super skinny Russians, the ones that you just wanna feed a sandwich or two, but there were some real women, too. Karolina Kurkova who was one of the best earning high fashion models about 7 years ago returned to the runway, walked for Louis Vuitton just 4 month after giving birth and looked better than ever. Similar thing with Adriana Lima, after seeing her at the Givenchy front row a few days ago, we expected her to walk in some show, still it was a surprise to spot her at Louis Vuitton. French stunner Laeticia Casta even opened the show. All of them showed some cleavage, some curves and a very grown up look that 16 year olds just cant. I’m very happy with the developement in that direction, it’s just fair to see real women in the clothes that real women want to buy.