There are reasons why I love reading Oslostil. This street pic is one of them:

You glean so many ideas. A good example are the sandals and the leggings. Simply marvelous. Summer’s not over yet, pulling this out from the bag of tricks seem wholly appropo.

Here’s what the wearer (Mariann) has to say:
I’m wearing a leather jacket from Nina Jarebrink Of Sweden. The purse is from Adox and the shoes are from Vagabond. My jeans are Lee and I bought my t-shirt at a marked. I got the jewelry from a friend and it’s originally from Asia, and the sunglasses are Tom Ford.

To understand why Berlin is becoming a top fashion destination on the fashion week tour you need to look no further than Basso & Brooke’s show. Simply put, some of the most outlandish pieces were on display during that fashion week and at the same time there’s a wonder why Basso & Brooke holds back this display during London fashion week. They have showed there several times and nothing has come close to the spectacle coming out of the photos of Berlin. A quick example is this fruit contraption. Simply wonderful.

Global Language Monitor, a non-profit institute that monitors the frequency of words and phrases in the media has just put out their annual fashion survey of top cities mentioned online. The usual suspects made the list but also making the list were not-so-usual suspects. The most notable according to the report were Sydney and Dubai. Sydney is of course home to many top Australian fashion designers and Dubai is home to many of the nouveau riche. So what other cities made the list and what was the order in which they appeared? Here you go:

1. New York (1)

2. Rome (2)

3. Paris (3)

4. Milan (5)

5. London (4)

6. Los Angeles (6)

7. Sydney (12)

8. Las Vegas (9)

9. Berlin (11)

10. Tokyo (6)

11. Hong Kong (8)

12. Dubai (24)

13. Shanghai (14)

14. Singapore (10)

15. Madrid (New)

16. Moscow (16)

17. Santiago (19)

18. Melbourne (15)

19. Stockholm (New)

20. Buenos Aires (22)

21. Johannesburg (23)

22. Mumbai (18)

23. Cape Town (New)

24. New Delhi (New)

25. Barcelona (13)

You need not wonder what this post is about. Almost every other week it seems as if there’s another fashion week going on so it would make sense that we give a furtive glance even if only as a tease at another fashion week currently ongoing. Rest assured we’ll pass on coverage of Seychelle Islands fashion week should that ever come up. This time though the fashion week that’s going on is in Hong Kong.

While a good chunk of the attendees are trade folk and fabric buyers (it is China after all). There are some interesting happenings like for example the fact that there are 11,000 exhibitors at the event. No they’re not all designers but they are actually mass fabric makers and buyers who are interested in what the fabric makers are selling. If there’s anything of note coming out of the event we’ll be sure to report.

Karl Lagerfeld does it all. He creates fashions that range from Ready to Wear to Couture. He is an artist, a musician, a writer, a philosopher and now he is to become an architect. The man apparently does not sleep. He has signed on with a developer in Dubai to build luxury homes. he is building 80 luxury homes to be exact. Each home will have the unique Karl Lagerfeld touch. There will be opulence, there will be fashion but most of all there will be Lagerfeld. In a statement addressing his motivations for the new venture Lagerfeld said,

“The metamorphosis of art and beauty is my passion. The discovery of contemporary mediums of expression has allowed me to pursue my interest in art, beauty, architecture and progressive cultural exchange. Dubai is a fashion bud on the verge of blossoming into the next fashion hub of the world. The city is alive with culture and rich in personality, making it a perfect place for aesthetic, fashion and design to flourish. Isla Moda has tremendous potential to be the style icon of the future and I intend on driving the island to high style stardom.”

Dubai has one of the largest concentration of millionaires in the world and Lagerfeld’s creations are sure to fetch within the millions once all is said and done. Work is set to begin immediately on creating the designs for the homes and continue through construction.

The hat, shorts, bracelets and the purse are by H&M. My tights are from Cubus and I bought my shoes at DinSko. I think my tunic is from some place in Asia.

Photographer: Nikoo Hamzavi

via: Oslostil

A lot has been made about the torch being passed at Valentino from the brand’s namesake to his fashion heir apparent Alessandra Facchinetti. The jury was out for awhile about whether she had the chops to actually replace him. He will forever be known as the man that created the necessary red dress. That was his claim to fame and then some. While boxing Valentino into the red dress territory is a bit unfair because his various collections stretched further than a one color, one horse show.

You can’t fight what you’re known for though and he still continues to be the master at creating that red dress. Alessandra Facchinetti may be known as the designer that expands the range of Valentino and breaks the red dress stereotype. Witness the couture show at Paris where she has made a name for creating structural masterpieces. A quick meaningful example of this is the coat you see above. Couture has never been about comfort but this structure is a downright exercise in difficulty. This is not traditional Valentino but naming Facchinetti as head designer after Garavani wasn’t a traditional idea. Where will the line go? Anywhere. And that’s what has folks excited about this new age of Valentino.

While we’re gearing up to go for Berlin Fashion Week photos coming out of Couture Fashion Week in Paris needed to be shared with the rest of the international fashion loving crowd here at iPapier. So here’s a bit of Jean Paul Gaultier in his presentation entitled Positively Encaging (see the last photo to understand why):

I’m not one for teasers but I received an e-mail from our publisher today letting me know that we’ll have a photographer on the ground for Berlin fashion week. This is great news especially considering for the 3 to 4 days that is Berlin Fashion Week, German designers bring out some of the most interesting pieces out of all of the fashion week collections. It’s off the beaten path fashion weeks like this that give me hope that the next big designer may come from these events.

In any case, watch this space as photos from Berlin will come in at a fevered pace during this fashion week.

Never underestimate the power of new blood in fashion. While it may take awhile for new fashion designers to become the “it” things, the success from the work is well worth the wait. A great example of this comes in the form of the three new designers at Men’s fashion week that literally tore up the scene. First up to the plate was Riccardo Tisci who literally recreated a men’s collection at Givenchy worth having. This was his first men’s collection for the French house since taking the creative helm. Tisci worked on the women’s collection during this time, but is now letting his creativity roam free in the men’s world. Rosemary Rodriguez is another life breathing newcomer in the fashion industry. Her work for Thierry Mugler was soft and masculine at the same time a split personality not always well carried out, but if reviews are an indication Rodriguez was well prepared for her men’s endeavor. Jean-Paul Knott took the helm at troubled Cerutti to recreate what was apparently missing at the fashion house and again, reviews for this collection are generally positive.

New blood in fashion means that the men’s collections no longer have to sit in the shadows of the women’s collection.

online: AP article