For their Fall 2013 collection, Marchesa designers Keren Craig and Georgina Chapman traveled East — Far East, to be specific. The fearless twosome offered up full-length ball gowns, mermaid-hem dresses, and modern tea-length styles in lustrous reds, silvers, and black duchesse satin. The avant-garde gowns were given an Asian-inspired spin with traditional Mao collars, sheer tulle balloon sleeves, and intricate gold-leaf embroidery and styled with triple-strap pumps and sleek side-parted updos.
The fantastical princess gowns created by Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig for Marchesa are by now the stuff of red-carpet legend. With their layers of beaded tulle, gilded embroidery, and intricate lace they're the very embodiment of romance, glamour, and fairy-tale dreams. But what happens when the clock strikes midnight and it's time to head back to reality? What, prey tell, does the Marchesa woman wear then? Surely not raggedy sweatpants.
With the introduction of new contemporary line Marchesa Voyage, Chapman and Craig aim to solve that issue. Priced from $150 to $750, the new line consists of daywear separates meant to sit alongside the likes of Alexander Wang and 3.1 Phillip Lim, but with a decidedly fancier, classic Marchesa spin. That means shift dresses, silk tops, harem pants, and collarless jackets come all dressed up thanks to the addition of sparkling embroidery, lush fur, and scarf-inspired prints.
"We felt like we needed it to have a personality," Chapman said of the line, which also includes 45 styles of embellished shoes. "There would have to be a reason for someone to buy it."
Look for Marchesa Voyage to launch in late 2013.
At left, a look from Marchesa's Spring 2013 main line.
With a fivesome like the one we're about to introduce, it's clearly a tight race to the best-dressed finish where SAG Awards red-carpet glamour is concerned. That's where your fashionable opinion comes into play. We'll give you the styling rundown and you do the (voting) rest. Jennifer Lawrence continued her award-season reign in yet another Christian Dior Haute Couture gown, this time in a dark navy blue, and polished it all off with a gorgeous Chopard diamond necklace. Naomi Watts stunned in an icy gray silver-beaded and embroidered Marchesa confection, which proved both ornate and elegant. Jessica Chastain reminded us of another Jessica — Jessica Rabbit, that is — in her body-hugging, corset-bodiced Alexander McQueen number. The only things more jaw-dropping than the dress were her megawatt Harry Winston jewels. Kerry Washington struck a sleek, albeit edgier, note in a strapless embellished Rodarte gown, only to finish it off with Fred Leighton '50s-inspired earrings. And Amanda Seyfried (another beauty in navy blue) went for all-out glamour in a mermaid Zac Posen gown, tempering the standout look with a Lorraine Schwartz pendant necklace. There you have it: five stylish contenders and one best-dressed title. Who gets your vote?
For tonight's festivities, Naomi Watts showed off her décolletage in a strapless silver-beaded Marchesa confection. The silhouette of her dress may have been simple, but the ornate beading was anything but. She coordinated her accessories — oversize diamond cluster earrings, an emerald ring, both by Fabergé, a glittery box clutch, and Christian Louboutin peep-toes — with her gown. Pinkish red lips and easy blond waves fed perfectly into her Old Hollywood style. Take a good look at Naomi's getup tonight, then share your thoughts with us below.
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We haven't met a Target designer collection we didn't love, and the latest — a holiday collaboration between Target, Neiman Marcus, and 24 of America's best designers — has had us counting the days until its Dec. 1 debut for weeks. The designs, from heavyweight members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America including Marchesa, Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs, and Tory Burch, offer something for everyone, including men, women, pets, homebodies, and, of course, kids! Keep clicking to check out the kid-friendly offerings, and get ready to put on your shopping shoes! We're betting this collection, available at Target and Neiman Marcus stores and their respective websites on Saturday, will be gone in a flash!
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Modern Family's Sarah Hyland didn't just look gorgeous in her feminine Marchesa gown — she also helped to design the dress. The result of her project was an ultrafeminine, soft gray gown that complemented her curves with its romantic draping and exuded red-carpet glamour with glittering embellishments at the sleeves and neckline. As if that wasn't enough sparkle, Sarah furthered the effect with a sequined purse and floral studs. Thoughts?
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