The thought of trying to blog on everyday/show of Paris Fashion Week while trying to actually maintain a full-time job and, well, life was overwhelming at best. I'll leave that job to the professionals. But, I couldn't let the most important week in fashion (and this year, easily the most dramatic) go stomping by without posting my very favorite looks - and wishing I could've included even more. So, here are some images from one of those professionals, NYMag.com.
This KILLS me to say, but Chanel was the line that underwhelmed me the most. Like in the couture line, Mr. Lagerfeld is really trying to make this skirt/dress over pants/jeans thing HAPPEN. Will it? You'll be the judge. But I'm not falling for this look, that's for sure. Beyond that, everything just looked like grungy takes on Chanel classics, which in its newness seemed a little old to me. This piece stood out, though, as something I wish there was more of on this runway.
Sheer maxi skirts are all the rage, and Givenchy found a way to meet the trends in demand while putting a fresh spin on them - wear your sheer skirt under things instead of over. This is brilliant, dark and twisty urban styling at its best - cutting edge and wearable at once. I need one of these skirts.
Gareth Pugh does amazing things with leather - who knew it could simultaneously structure and drape like that?
Parisian old-world glamour meets the on-trend '70s chic for insanely wearable uptown pieces at Lanvin.
Maison Martin Margiela - enough said. It's this playful-meets-artful deconstruction of ubiquitous staples that we turn to Margiela for.
Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen: stunning, gothic, dark romantic, princess, regal, Tudor...fashion goddess sweeping through the grounds of the Tower of London mischievously wielding a torture instrument just for kicks.
Old Hollywood glamour gets the whimsical Miu Miu print treatment.
A return of nun-inspired chic, color blocking, reinventions of formerly typical fabrics and signature maxin lengths at Rick Owens.
I'm ashamed to admit I've never heard of Undercover before, but thank goodness I have now. They were actually one of my favorites in terms of wearability. They've completely reinvented downtown girl wardrobe staples with cutting-edge detail and amazing fabrics.
Viktor & Rolf turn an edgy color palette and rocker silhouettes ladylike - plus, I know it's completely impractical, but I now absolutely need a cutout-shoulder trench.
Edgy, urban iteration of retro-inspired feminine suiting at Yves Saint Laurent.
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