Fashion collections
DKNY Spring 2011 collection presented during New York Fashion Week
DKNY’s Spring 2011 show at New York Fashion Week delivered colorful, fresh Spring looks. The collection offers sleek silhouettes, accessorized with colorful scarves, English-style floral prints and lots of cascading ruffles.
The emphasis was on the classic style with a twist of urban chic. The color palette was bold and bright – bright red tops and outfits, followed by gorgeous deep blue and turquoise dresses.
The new collection of Heidi Klum is for the busy mothers
Heidi Klum’s new clothing collection is aimed at busy mothers.
The supermodel – who raises four children with husband Seal – says she decided to create the line, Heidi Klum for New Balance, because she wanted something comfortable and stylish to wear when she takes her kids to school.
She said: “Moms are doing so many things, we have so many hats on – go to Starbucks, meet a friend, go to a meeting – and you don’t really want to do that in nasty sweatpants...
Scarlett Johansson goes from lady to vamp in new D&G campaign
Scarlett Johansson may be has stunning looks but when it comes to selling cosmetics, there is no such thing as natural beauty.
Actress Scarlett Johansson, the face of the Italian fashion label D&G, has been subjected to heavy retouching for the new makeup ad of the popular brand.
The new look of the star is a stark contrast to last year’s Marilyn Monroe-inspired look, where an angelic Scarlett shows off red lips, posing against white satin sheets.
Katie Holmes Models for J.Crew
U.S. actress Katie Holmes is the face of the new collection of fashion brand J. Crew.
This is not the first time the Hollywood star is posing as a model for leading fashion brands. This time the famous actress and the rest of her costars in “The Romantics” have shot an ad for J. Crew’s Fall 2010 collection. The fashion brand contributed the wardrobe for the upcoming film.
Ralph Lauren present romantic Fall-Winter 2010
The new Fall/Winter 2010 collection of Ralph Lauren is inspired by the romantic, artistic, bohemian look.
The collection pays homage to the romance of the bohemian spirit, showed in the enduring cool of a floor-skimming floral gowns and the elegance of a cropped velvet jacket.
Meanwhile, men’s collection of Ralph Lauren was inspired by the wool, cashmere and velvet, which were reminiscent of the spirit of old times.
New clothing line by Coca-Cola
The famous drink brand Coca-Cola has come up with their clothing line.
For the presentation of the collection, the company chose sunny Brazil. The ad campaign features popular Brazilian fashion models Leonardo Alberici, Iuri Jasper, Ana Paula Scopel, Renata Sozzi and Reinaldo Berthoti.
The debut collection features the most recent trends in fashion – blue color and floral prints.
Bar Refaeli posed in swimwear for Agua Bendita
Israeli model Bar Refaeli will be the face of Agua Bendita swimwear for spring-summer 2011.
The girlfriend of the actor Leonardo DiCaprio posed for the brand in a new ad campaign to promote their new, upcoming line. The pictures were shot at the Stahl House in the Hollywood Hills. “Passionata” and “Victoria’s Secret” are only a small part of the fashion companies that adopt Rafaeli as the perfect model for a lingerie photoshoots.
David Beckham to design own collection of men’s suits
David Beckham will design a collection of men’s suits and evening wear for his wife Victoria.
The former singer have convinced hew husband to create a collection of men’s suits and he is now working on the Fall/Winter 2011 series of garment.
“Victoria has been trying to persuade him to do it for a while and he’s finally succumbed...
Zinedine Zidane stars in a new fashion campaign as a model
Former star footballer Zinedine Zidane stars in a campaign as a model.
French football legend Zinedine Zidane is back in play as a model of the famous Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto and his new collection for Fall/Winter 2010 Y-3.
Zidan stars in a moody, black and white series of images to promote the smort-inspired Y-3 collection which is a collaborative project between Yamamoto and adidas.
Stella McCartney designed glow-in-the-dark sportswear line for Adidas
Stella McCartney created Glow-in-the-dark clothing range, part of her Fall/Winter 2010 Adidas sportswear collection. The line will be placed within the best-selling running category of sportswear.
Part of the collection, the glow-in-the-dark range, designed to improve safety and visibility, features Run Glow jacket ($175), which boasts a feisty leopard print, a drawstring short, with the same leopard print and the Run Glow Marialith Runner footwear line ($120), everything available for purchase at the online shop of Adidas.
Michael Kors with a summer collection of handbags and shoes
Michael Kors fashion brand completed the work on its summer collection of shoes and bags, designed by the stylish designer.
The brand published a series of photos of the new models. The promotional posters for the campaign are the work of the most famous fashion photographer at the moment - Mario Testino.
Jean Paul Gaultier created a special luxury collection of lingerie for La Perla
The world famous French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who invented the cone bra for Madonna, has designed a high-end lingerie range for La Perla, scheduled to release in November at select La Perla and Gaultier boutiques, and select department stores.
The collection consist of two limited edition pieces for the Italian brand.
Which are the highest heels in the world
The shoes of Romanian designer Mihai Albu are the highest shoes in the world. The heels of his creations reach an impressive height of 31 cm.
The new shoes are being compared to skyscrapers because of their towering heels, and because of their price, which is around 1200 euros. Despite the price, Albu says he has received dozens of orders for his new sandals from Romania's well-heeled.
Chanel presented new collection in Saint Tropez
Karl Lagerfeld presented in St. Tropez his new cruise collection for Chanel on a fashion show yesterday, to a crowd including Vanessa Paradis, Anna Mouglalis, Diane Kruger, Georgia May Jagger, Leigh Lezark and Andre Leon Talley.
This time the legendary fashion brand, known for its elegant and classic clothes, surprised everyone with an atypical collection for 2010-2011. The models were casual, designed for lovers of hot days and sea cruises.
Britney Spears forays into fashion designing
Pop singer Britney Spearshas ventured into fashion designing.
The singer, who is currently the face of the US fashion brand Candie’s, has created her own range for the same.
The “Toxic” hitmaker has expanded her deal with Candie’s to include designing her own pieces for a limited edition collection.
Nobility and generosity overcame the crisis
The traditional charity fashion show "Spring in Moto-Pfohe" gathered almost 34 000 leva - a record in the 14-year old history of the event.
This years edition of the spring Holiday of beauty, organized for the 14th time from Moto-Pfohe and Bulgarian Red Cross, took place in the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia. With the slogan "Contemporary mosaic" the defile presented the creative individuality and nonstandard look at the wardrobe today of 18 young designers - bachelors and masters from the National Art Academy, "Fashion" specialty.
Bulgarian shoes conquered the European market
The winner in the contest Model of Bulgaria 2010 Lachezara Kuncheva become the face of hit Bulgarian shoes ADI - Lady's Shoes , which already conquered the European markets. The beautiful lady shoot a stylish photo session for the new spring-summer collection of ladies shoes.
The attractive photo session was made by team of proven professionals led by Tsenko Dimitrov – photographer and fashion stylist Tanya Beykova. The haircut of Lachezara was made by the hairdresser of the BTV-show “Moderno” – Lachezar Yovov, makeup – by Daniela Garabedyan and graphic design – Studio UXP.
Gentleness and finesse in the childrens spring-summer collections from France
Fabrics predisposing to gentleness and freshness of the silhouettes, elegance in design and appliqués – that are briefly the trends in children's fashion for the Spring-Summer season 2010 from the French fashion labels 3 Pommes, Jean Bourget and Absorba
Leading place in the girls' fashion take tunics, dresses, blouses with flowers and appliqués and skirts with veils.
Marko Mitanovski chose Europe Future Fashion to present his collection
Marko Mitanovski will present his collection at Europe Future Fashion in Split, Croatia. The fashion forum will take place from 4 to 6th June, aiming to become one of the most representative fashion events in the South East Europe.
We present you photos from London Fashion Week, where Marko Mitanovski's Spring/Summer 2010 collection was shown as a part of Vauxhall Fashion Scout’s ‘One to Watch’ show.
Animal rights activists disrupt Spanish fashion show
Two animal rights campaigners protested against the use of fur in the garments at Jesus Lorenzo show during Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2010 on February 23, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. The top Spanish designer designer supports the using of fur.
The man and the woman held up signs with the slogan "fur is murder" in Spanish in front of models wearing coats made of mink, chinchilla and fox at the end of the show.
Mark Jacobs presented comfortable garments in New York
Mark Jacobs gave up the image of fashion’s "wild child" with his Fall/Winter 2010/2011 collection at New York Fashion Week.
His elegant collection was presented by models with simple, natural hair and almost non-existent make-up. The focus was on the comfortable to wear skirts and jackets in graphite color, combined with soft, warm sweaters.
Julia Roberts - deal for millions
Julia Roberts is the new face of Lancome, the online edition of British Vogue reports. The pretty woman will be a global ambassador of the brand and for that role she will receive over $20 million. The first ad she features in, shot by Mario Testino, is for a Lancôme’s mascara and will be broadcasted around Europe in March.
The Oscar-winning actress was a fan of the brand long before the deal was announced. The star's lipstick of choice is Lancôme's L'Absolu Rouge in Rich Cashmere - a hydrating nude praline shade.
IT'S MY TIME - Benetton launches the global interactive multimedia campaign
Benetton launches the first worldwide casting session to find the personal styles of young people and their vision of the future.
The winners will appear in the United Colors of Benetton product campaign for autumn-winter 2010/2011.
The ball starts rolling in February with a worldwide periodical-press campaign. Young people are invited to attend a global casting session and illustrate their style and personality – the things that make them unique – through videos and photographs, which can be uploaded at will and free of charge at www.benetton.com/casting and through a special YouTube page.
Sofia Borisova presented collection LUXUS COUTURE 2010
Fashion house ROMANTIKA FASHION is on the fashion market 17 years already and has three own boutiques in Sofia and one in Bourgas.
Every year the chief designer of the brand Sofia Borisova prepares a fashion show and invites the fashion elite from Bulgaria. In January 2010 the designer presented her new collection Luxus couture 2010. The collection includes 3 lines - sport-elegant, formal and bridal dresses.
Premier collection for early Spring by Darryl Jagga
A life long fascination with the South of France served as the inspiration for the Spring collection 43.46 aggaj by Darryl Jagga.
The cascading waves of the sea have always provided a lyrical setting to the romance and mystic of the city landscape. When exploring the splendor of the South of France, everything always seems to appear three-dimensional. The delicate contrasting spectrums of light serves as an inspiration for the usage of color and décor of the collection.
Old Fashion Fashion 2010. A story of one's own wardrobe
The institute for contemporary art - Sofia and theater workshop Sfumato presented
the project of the designer Mariela Gemisheva "A story of one's own wardrobe". The collection contains garments from silk cambric, linen and velvet. The project
Old Fashion Fashion, season 2010, on the stage of "Sfumato" is a mono spectacle of Maria Silvester, behind which is "masked" a fashion show.
Mariela Gemisheva along with the designers of the FAC Jelena Kesic and Bojan Petrushevski analyze the connection between
the reality and the notion, between the personality and camouflage, between
fashion and theater.
Big Christmas fashion show of fashion students in New Bulgarian university
On 16 December students in fashion in New Bulgarian university showed their creations. The fashion show is a result from the work of students and teachers who prepared the models in the course of several months for this big event. The artistic fantasy and inspiration of the young people, their non-standard ideas were realized very successfully. The fashion show presented the style and methods of education in fashion in the university. The students designed and produced the clothes on their own.
The fashion show was separated in two themes - Winter kaleidoscope and Clothes & armor.
Fantasy, magic, fashion! Sonia Rykiel pour H&M
Kate Bosworth, Eva Herzigova and Nadja Auermann partied together with fashionistas in a magical world in Paris to celebrate the launch of Sonia Rykiel pour H&M.
The Grand Palais, one of the city's most famous buildings, was transformed into a Parisian fantasy land for around 2,000 guests. Among them were stars such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Ellen von Unwerth and Emanuelle Béart, who walked through an enchanted forest before arriving at a recreation of Saint Germain, the spiritual home of Sonia Rykiel.
Buy an elegant coat online
VIEMA is established in 1995 as a designer brand and manufacturer of outerwear.
The strong classic appeal of the brand has earned broad appreciation and
popularity and has long become a fixture in the wardrobe of the people with
affinity to smart wear.
The company manages its own manufacturing site in the city of Pleven (North
Central Bulgaria). Its adaptable size makes possible a flexible planning process
and better quality control to ensure outstanding final product.
Collection 2010 of Atelier Simon - combination of retro aristocratism and contemporary youthful style
Atelier SIMON made a photo session 2010 with the model Iva Yankulova from Ivet Fashion. The photographer Dilyana Florentin succeeded to catch the artistic look of designer Gergana Simeonova and to bring us in the atmosphere of retro aristocratism, skillfully combined with contemporary youthful style.
The models look like taken from the movie "Titanic" bring us in the exquisite and mysterious world of the past times.
"Keep and Love" The new capsule SS10 collection
Inspired by loved objects, treasured jewellery and most importantly by falling in love, shoe designer Hetty Rose has created her latest collection of shoes for Spring/Summer 2010.
Designer Hetty Rose, known for her use of amazing vintage kimono fabrics feels that this new collection is a progressive change in her work. In keeping with the ethos of reusing and reworking vintage fabrics, Hetty Rose has taken shoe embellishment to a new level.
Hetty's latest collection has been adorned with special trinkets and fabrics found on her travels to flea markets, vintage fairs and exotic locations. Some of the artifacts have even been living in Hetty's special treasure chest for years, waiting for their chance to be used.
Marie Antoanette's romantic style inspires Teleno's new collection
Teleno's new Spring/Summer collection 2010 is without any doubt influenced by Marie Antoanette's romantic style and her time, e.i. the 18th century. Her own gorgeous style takes care of every detail, in particular of embroideries and endings of each item. The historic figurehead crowned as the absolute queen of fashion at that period influences now women's underwear. Laces, brocates rigid materials and corsets with suggestive low necked are the common denominator of the collection. Pastel colours highlight the sweetest side of women triggering both her femininity and her sensuality.
Bulgarian pop-folk singer Galena with attractive visions in a photosession
Bulgarian pop-folk singer Galena provokes again with interesting and original visions. She recently made a photo session for the November issue of "Kosa i krasota" magazine (Hair and Beauty).
The hair dressing is made by the coiffure Joro Petkov, the make-up - by Slav and the photographs are shot by Kostadin Krastev.
The photo session is a part of the returning of Galena on the music scene after she gave birth to her son Stefan.
Sonia Rykiel fashion house presented collection during Art Week Style.uz 2009
On 12 October in Tashkent, Uzbekistan started the Art Week Style.uz 2009 - annual wide-scale culture, arts and fashion event, which will continue until 17 Ostober .
Art Week Style.uz – is a crossroad of arts, traditions and modernity. For four years now the Week impresses with its scale and dynamics, versatility of its events and attracts more and more attention of the world most famous figures. The format of ‘the Week of Art’ has been initially set as a concept of Style.Uz by the project’s main initiator and leader – Gulnara Karimova, the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Forum of culture and arts of Uzbekistan Foundation (the Fund Forum)
Colourful mood with the new collection of Akropol
The new collection of the fashion company Akropol will seize every woman's attention and will boost her mood with the many
colours and shades in the models.
In the company shops you can find the hot colours for the season - gray, bordo,
jeans and lilac in all their shades. The classic style of the clothes underlines
femininity in an elegant and natural way.
Lindsay Lohan's mother Dina is launching a shoe range.
Dina will collaborate with Long Island-based company I Love My Shoes for
the line, which she has called Shoe-han.
I Love My Shoes founder and president, Robert Yeganeh, said: "She
will do a radio and TV commercial and she will sit in on the casting call to
find two or three hot girls we need for the commercial.
"Although she won't be the designer of the line, she'll definitely
have a major influence in which direction it will go."
Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 10 collection was inspired by "hippie punks"
Creative director Marc Jacobs showed the line at Paris Fashion Week on
07.10.09, and revealed his theme was the New Age clothes popular in the 80s
and 90s.
He said: "Street clothes, embracing the hippie-cyber,
tribal-punk world."
Models wore huge, brightly-coloured Afro wigs and pranced down the catwalk
to music by British girl band The Saturdays.
Happy hues dominated at London Fashion Week
Orange, lemon, lime green, cerulean, fuchsia and other happy hues made the runways come alive at London's Fashion Week.
"Right now, everyone's looking for colour, I think they're looking for optimism, more shape, less layering," commented Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour for Reuters.
Paul Smith presented clothes in the colours of the rainbow, inspired by Congo, Nicole Farhi created cocktail dresses in orange and green, and one in neon yellow with a deep neckline.
Rihanna has posed topless for Italian Vogue
The 'Umbrella' singer has taken part in a raunchy photoshoot with famed
fashion photographer Steven Klein for the magazine's annual couture supplement.
The Grace Jones-inspired cover of the special publication sees the star
clad in a structural feathered Valentino gown and patent knee-high boots, throwing
a bucket of water at the camera.
Inside, the daring pictures see the 'S.O.S.' star clad in just skimpy
pants, with glitter covering her chest.
Bulgarian design assaults Paris
Bulgarian fashion brand Doychinoff will take part in Paris' fashion week this
year for the first time.
“Co-evolution occurs when two or more biological species influence each other
to their evolution.” This sentence is on the top of the new catalog cover
of designer Maria Doychinova, which presents her last collection, named Symbion.
“It is symbiosis between arts and fashion. We worked with two artists Iskren
Iliev and Iliana Nagel. We make one closed circle , in which on one side their
paintings were inspiration for me, and at the other side created huge paintings
2x2 metres, connected with my collection”,
explains Doychinova.
Dynamic colourful fairy-tale
As we promised in the previous article of bgfashion.net we will present you the collections of the designers and fashion houses who took part in the Day of Bulgarian fashion in Rome. The final evening, dedicated to Bulgarian fashion design was organized by Mrs. Jana Yakovleva, chairwoman of the Bulgarian-Italian cultural association Phoenix and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov – chairman of the Academy for fashion.
Stella McCartney finds making non-leather shoes thrilling
The fashion designer - who is a strict vegetarian and refuses to use animal
hides in her collections - admits making attractive, non-leather shoes can
be hard, but it determined to make her designs as desirable as possible.
She said: "It is 70 per cent more expensive for us
to make non-leather shoes. Thank God we have a profitable business and can
afford to do it. But ultimately, I'm a fashion designer and I see it as my
job to create a desirable pair of boots, whether they are made from recycled
cotton or a cardboard box. I find the technical challenge thrilling."
Gucci's commercial campaign autumn-winter 2009/10
Gucci's commercial campaign autumn-winter 2009/10
Fotographers Ines van Lamsvered and Vinuda Matadina made a fotosession with models
Natsha Poly, Anja Rubik, Raquel Zimmermann,
Myf Shepherd and the top model Gerhard Freidel with an insolent air and sexual
poses.
United Colors of Benetton Fall/Winter 2009/2010
The byword is understated elegance, just what is needed
for a day at work or in town.
The colour is sober yet never banal, with a palette full of blues, greys and
blacks illuminated by touches of red. The collection is built on fabrics with
modern, sophisticated weaves that nonetheless reflect a textile tradition of
sewn garments and outerwear. Haute couture atmospheres in jacquard, waffle
or ottoman fabrics ideal for chic little coats or well-proportioned short jackets.
Satin crepe, on the other hand, is perfect for cocktail dresses or edgy trousers.
Lady's shoes collection from Marino Fabiani, summer 2009
The Spring-Summer collection 2009 of the Italian trend exclusive shoes Marino
Fabiani literally is filled with red colour.
The shoes and sandals from light varnished leather, skillfully decorated with extra
gold buckles, stones, varicoloured knitted leather also garnished with cherries
and butterflies.
Dress-map from Francis
With the dress from Francis' trend you will not lose yourself if you decide
to walk in New York streets.
On the light silky dress with free cut is printed a two-sided map of the New York city metro.
Bidding has closed on buying Christian Lacroix
he fashion house went into administration in May - slashing its
workforce from 124 to just 12 in a bid to cut costs - and potential
buyers will be evaluated by a court in September to decide who will
assume control of the label.
Favourites to take over are believed to be the Italian Borletti Group,
whose last minute bid was being treated as "serious" by
administrators.
Financial assessors have already thrown out an "unsatisfactory" offer
from French turnaround firm Bernard Krief Consultants, along with two
bids of one euro.
Milan has ended New York's five-year reign as the world's top fashion city
Milan has ended New York's five-year reign as the world's top fashion
city, while Hong Kong and Sao Paulo have sashayed into the top 10, according
to an annual survey of top fashion cities.
The list was compiled by the Global Language Monitor, a US based non-profit
group that tracks the frequency of words and phrases in the media, on the internet
and throughout the blogosphere.
The world of fashion is dominated by five cities - New York, Rome, Paris,
Milan and London - but New York had led the list for five consecutive years
Christian Dior's collection on Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture
Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture finished. It continued 3 days, during which their
collections presented Giorgio Armani, Jean Paul Gaultier, etc.
On the first day of the fashion performance become an event John Galliano's collection for the fashion house Christian Dior. Christian
Dior Haute Couture autumn/winter 2009-10 collection obviously is inspired by transparent
materials and usage of underwear as top cloth. John Galliano showed
a mix of grand style dresses and underwear like 50's: silk blouses with stockings
and garters, splendid skirts with beige bras and gloves, enhancing thigh bastions,
short jackets and round combinations on the edge.
The whole swimming suit came into fashion this summer
Ladies swimming suits made interesting transformations: from swim dresses, whole
suit till model of two bikini parts. Now things are turning and instead of
showing as much as possible naked skin is becoming enigmatic “hiding”.
On the fashion shows in Madrid, Milan and Paris rise up whole swimming
suit. Versace, Chanel, Hermes, Stella McCartney sell them in fashion boutiques
and stores. Nancy Wisebach, who is longer occupied with fashion, perceived
that bikini set.