Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Finals Are Finally Over

Merci god. Finales sont enfin terminée! J'ai eu deuxième la moitié mon chimie finale aujourd'hui et a pris trois des  maths reprend (qui a eu la gentillesse de comme une deuxième la moitié à notre maths finale). Je ne crois pas trop bon sur chimie mais des maths reprend s'est assez bien, je pense que.

Thank god. Finals are finally over! I had the second half of my chemistry final today and took three math retakes (which was kind of like a second half to our math final). I don't feel too good about chemistry but the math retakes went pretty well, I think.

The spring 2011 couture shows just showed up online. Couture shows are my personal favorite. They are a concoction of fantasy portrayed in the most beautiful of forms. Below are examples from all nine designers who partook in the couture shows this year.

Alexis Mabille
I'm beginning to see a trend in Alexis Mabille's shows. In every fashion show out there, there are similarities between the pieces. A sense of togetherness, sure. But Alexis Mabille, I feel, might want to either create more pieces or tone down the similarities. I love his lines, I've said so before, but when you are not showing as many pieces, it becomes more obvious and more tedious when pieces look too much the same. Just some food for thought.






















Armani Privé
This line jumped out at me because of it's striking differences from the other couture lines this year. With the dark plum lipstick and no eyes to be seen, the show has an eerie almost futuristic quality about it; like robots with fashion sense. I really love the one to the bottom left, who's fabric reminds me off pulled sugar.




















Chanel
This line was all bouncing bows, feminine fun, and pretty poufs. At the beginning of this year I was a little put out by all the pastels that seemed to be everywhere on the runways. But I think that at this point, the couture shows are bringing the basic pastels together to create airy, beautiful, shows. Chanel's 2011 Couture line is definitely a top favorite of this year.



















Bouchra Jarrar
I had never really heard of Bouchra Jarrar until this show but thats probably because it's only her second! I think she looks very promising and I'm excited to see what she will produce next.























Christian Dior
I can't get over how much I love John Galliano. This year's spring couture show was just gorgeous! The fabrics, the colors, the subtle sensuality of the whole line. What I wouldn't give to be able to model for him!

































Givenchy
I was a little disappointed by Givenchy's show this year. I thought the background resembled Alexander Mcqueen's 2010 RTW too much and the pieces were either too similar to one another or seemed to lack a certain umph. Overall not my favorite.




















Jean Paul Gaultier
This year's show was so much fun! I'm usually not a fan of mohawks but I thought that the contrast between the pieces and the hair were wonderful. I loved how every piece exhibited an almost biker chic aura and yet still managed to be very feminine.  























Valentino
Valentino's line was just lovely. It made me want to go out in the sun and walk the hills with a basket of flowers. The whole thing was just very light and very beautiful.














Elie Saab
And finally, Elie Saab! The reason I saved him for last is because I'm more or less posting every single picture from his 2011 Spring Couture line. This line was just fabulous! I couldn't pick just a couple pictures so I decided to post them all!




























I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. I have to go finish an English project on the Lord of the Flies (which is, by the way, a great book) and then have to make dinner.

French word of the day: Belle which is the feminine form of beautiful. The masculine form would be beau.

Au Revoir!

"We live not according to reason, but according to fashion." - Seneca.

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