Fur Collection: Part Ten

lejla hodzic photographed by zoltan tombor / grazia magazine italy

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Snejana Onopka for Pierre Balmain Spring 2012 Collection

ah~ the much-waited balmain's second line, pierre balmain, is here.
here we have its spring 2012 collection and seeing from the photos, it seems like balmain's famous rock-and-roll element is still present. the apparel hits stores and online retailers starting this december so start saving money for some holiday shopping!

Balmain Spring RTW 2012

this was the first runway collection sans christophe decarnin who abruptly left balmain in february.
the designer behind balmain now is a young (25 years old) designer named olivier rousteing. style.com gave a cautious review of his spring 2012 collection but i think it was fabulous and a change that i believe will do the design house much good. there were no more of decarnin's signature "trash look." now, it's much more clean (no more holes in the shirt, pants, and skirts) and the focus is rightly on the details. and the classic balmain factor is still there in the short, short skirts and dresses. i think rousteing is off to a great start! oh and now people could probably understand more why balmain clothes cost what they cost cuz you know before...a leather skirt that barely covered your butt was a whooping 3 grand.

Isabel Marant Spring RTW 2012

isabel marant knows how to satiate the cravings of her customer! this collection was yet another success following her previous 3 seasons. there were plenty of jeans, which is a marant thing, that were dyed, fringed, printed, and decorated to complete one's day wear! and the dresses were sexy and young to spark your nightime looks. great, great collection.

Casual Traveler / Vogue Paris June 2011

snejana onopka photographed by giampaolo sgura
vogue paris june 2011

Emilio Pucci / Spring-Summer 2011

i always associate emilio pucci with summer. with its exotic prints and skin-tight / skin-revealing dresses, pucci provides options that suite all kinds of occasions during the sunny times. winter collections, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be as strong. case in point is pucci's fall 2011 collection which i didn't love as much as i do for its spring-summer 2011 collection. who wouldn't want to slip into those flowy dresses and walk the coast of french riveria or stroll about in mykonos ?