Luxe Resort Accessories Add some color and high style to your warm-weather destination wardrobe this winter with Chanel, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. Are you going anywhere Fab?!
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Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi seems to have fallen in with the right crowd: the Karl Lagerfeld crowd.
He dressed her in Chanel all through the awards season earlier this year after she was Oscar nominated for her role in Babel, and now he's photographed her for the Chanel Cruise Accessories campaign. Rinko looks beautiful, and mysterious, and the same goes for those handbags she's holding — what do you think?
He's been at Nina Ricci a very short time, but Olivier Theysken's designs for the label have already been caught up in a whirlwind of hype - I'm thinking of the deal Anna Wintour's golden boy brokered with Reese Witherspoon for this year's award season, for instance.
For Cruise, Olivier carries over the blustery bluish-grey color scheme from his Fall 2007 Nina Ricci collection, as well as that asymmetrical dress silhouette which has treated him well. But the collection does have its hits and misses - I like the crocheted top and puffball skirt at left, but I'm not so sure about the color-washed footless tights. There are also a couple of nice skirt suits in the collection, but I still stick to what I always say about Olivier: his strength is in his gowns.
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Nothing comes between me and my Calvins - not this time, anyway! Francisco Costa did a wonderful job once again for Calvin Klein - the dresses are very body-conscious - yet minimal, the suits look comfy and well-cut, and the swimwear, well, there's one that's totally retro and cute!
But most of all, the thing I love about this collection is the colors. The aquas, greys, beiges and whites remind me of the beach and the surf, but then there are these super-bright, almost neon, blocks of orangey-red and magenta. There's even one outfit that combines the orangey-red on top and aqua on bottom - a color combination I never would have thought of, but it so works. Bravo, Francisco, for staying true to the CK aesthetic and yet still bringing something new to the table!
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You can't go wrong with black and white - that seems to be what Frida Giannini kept telling herself when she was designing the Gucci cruise collection. Because black and white the collection was, in all patterns, shapes, and forms. Slips of orange, green, yellow, and red punctuated the pieces and prevented it all from turning into a black and white blur. Frida also took a nod to the fifties, with full swing skirts, rockabilly shoes, checkerboard prints, and patched leather jackets abundant.
I would have left behind the tired leather driving gloves, but there are definitely some very classy pieces in this collection. And I do love the bright yellow trench with the dark skinny pants.
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Carolina Herrera, like Oscar de la Renta, keeps the country club-going ladies who lunch well-clothed throughout the cruise season. She interpreted the name of the season a bit literally - there's a sailor dress, as well as a poolchair-printed fabric used throughout the collection.
But I have to give it to her, she did stick to her staples: the dress, the pencil skirt, the swing coat. I have to say - this is not my favorite collection from Carolina. Some of the detailing seems a little cheap, and the color palette doesn't seem really cohesive - it's a bit all over the place. But if you're a Herrera fan, I'm sure you will be pleased, regardless!
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Womenswear Designer of The Year, Oscar de la Renta has surely kept his favorite customers - the ladies who lunch and Anna Wintour - happy with this collection. There are plenty of fitted suits, floppy hats, party dress, and polka dots to go around.
I think my favorite look has to be this coral taffeta ruffled number, left, which is surprisingly similar to a J. Crew dress that I've had my eye on recently. There are a few misses in the collection - a black and white polka-dotted dress with frills and a basket-weave pattern near the bottom comes to mind. But I've got to give Mr. de la Renta credit where credit is due: he does do the monochrome knee-length party dress reminiscent of those SJP wore in Sex and the City very well.
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The Chanel Line has taken off and boy do I wish I were in flight. Karl presented a youthful Resort collection of colorful Chanel duds to the top of female Hollywood society and it looks like there is plenty to go around.
A mix of satin, stripes, sequins, tweed and denim gave way to a sometimes utilitarian sometimes completely feminine collection. I love it when Karl uses color and his reds, blues and purples were fun and made nautical desirable all over again. Silhouettes were flowy and light and ready to take flight. There was either a lot of leg via mini skirts or a long strong female via wide-legged pants. All of this with layered chains and pearls, peep-toe boots and ultra-cool Chanel glovies will surely keep the jet set happy.
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The great John Galliano revealed his Cruise 2008 collection for Christian Dior on Monday night at 7 World Trade Center in New York City.
Talk about lots and lots of color and glitz! Waify but always beautiful models strutted down the crisp white runway in Indian-inspired tunics and jeweled head pieces. Others wore Palm Springsy glammed up taffeta and chiffon frocks, bustier-like bikinis, fitted skirt suits, cropped floral jackets, large hats, cat-eye sunglasses and small evening purses. It was as if two femme friends, one very Bollywood and the other addicted to Palm Springs chic, were on a very over-the-top vacay together. Fun in the sun!
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