Dior's New Designer

On March 2, 2011 Galliano, after having a few drinks, had an out burst at a cafe in Paris. His antisemitic rant cost him his job as head designer at Dior , as well as a fine of $8,400 (6,000 pounds)

On April 9,2012 Raf Simons was appointed the new head designer at Dior. I was anxious to see the direction that he would take Dior after Gallianos creative reign.

First here is a little back story on Raf Simons.
Raf Simons was born on January 12, 1968, in Belgian. He started his career in the fashion industry in 1995 with Walter Van Beirendonck, in Paris as a menswear designer. in the summer of 2005 he was named creative director for the Jil Sander Label. Until April 9, 2012 when he was appointed head designer for Dior.
Raf Simons has a sophisticated style and is know fro dressing the corporate women.

Here are a few of the designs from Raf Simons 2013 Resort Line. 
I found him to be a wonderful fit with Dior. He is classic, sophisticated and elegant. Everything that I think Dior should be. I look forward to seeing what else he brings.

Dior, Resort 2013

 

Dior, Resort 2013

Dior, Resort 2013

Gaudy or Nice?

The fall fashion trend that I have seen pop up for a few falls in a row, Is black and gold. This fall they seem to be embellishing  black dresses and accessories with extravagant gold detail. Some of this clothing (mainly by Dolce and Gabbana) have an 18th century aristocratic flair to it. Does all that gold make these clothes a little bit gaudy or is it a lavish new style to embrace?

Dolce and Gabbana, Fall 2012

Fall 2012 Accessories

I think this trend can be worn in every day life so its not so overwhelming. Personally if I were to wear this trend I would wear the black and gold accessories with a solid colored outfit. If I were to wear the black and gold on an article of clothing it would be a black and gold bustier with a solid color to drowned out the flashiness.

What do you think about this fall trend? I'm Dying to know!

Maternity with style!

Rockabilly Maternity Clothes!

I am taking on a new project! My bestest friend is pregnant and it is so difficult to find cute maternity clothes in any style!
When I was pregnant I remember having several meltdowns and bawling my eyes out because I couldn't find anything that, not only fit right, but look good at the same time. I wore..pretty much the same pants through out my pregnancy and stretchy shirts. I felt insecure and depressed. I do not want other women to feel that way too. Not all pregnant women are petite with a cute baby bump! some women unfortunately blob out when they get pregnant, I sadly was of them. and a lot of my weight gain was from stress not the actual pregnancy. Every women wants the cute baby bump, but not everyone is that lucky.

SO, keeping my dear friend Heather in mind and her bad-ass style I am creating a rockabilly maternity line! I want women to feel as comfortable and gorgeous as they already are. I want them to be able to keep their style and not have to adapt to what little style of maternity clothes are out there.

I have researched rockabilly style maternity clothing and I would Like to say I found at least one site that had cute affordable clothes, but sadly I couldn't find anything! Nothing was cute AND affordable, even the expensive things weren't that cute and were clearly overpriced, I can understand why Heather is so annoyed with finding clothes.
 Here are a few things that I found.

 

                                     

Cherry Shirt $45.00                                    Halter Dress $50.00

 

                                     

Elvis Striped Tee $29.95                     Swallow Banner Dress $49.95

As you can tell everything is really over priced for how simple it is.

A lot of the clothes I will be making will depend on creative construction and flexible shape. With fall and winter coming up I want her to be able to layer all the pieces and look like it all goes together. I will of course be sharing my progress and lessons with everyone, because I am going to be doing a lot! of trial and error.

I will be posting some of my sketches soon, I seem to be having some technical difficulties getting them on my computer.

*Clothing found at http://www.stellamaternity.com/punk.html