QUESTION: What’s the difference between the clothes at Paris Haute Couture week, and the clothes you get on one of those “sexy clubwear” sites, like Great Glam or something?
Oh, yeah: there isn’t one.
Or not in the case of the two outfits above, that is. As for the rest of this show, take a look at the gallery and decide for yourselves…
Well, you’d look like a complete tit in this, wouldn’t you?
Full-sized image under the jump (trust us, you’re going to want to see this in all its, er, “glory”): they’re not real breasts, but it’s probably still not safe for work – and when you have to say that about an item of clothing, that’s a pretty good sign that’s it’s a crime of fashion in our book.
Zac Posen, Spring 2012. So much eye candy. So much to love. So many reasons to wish we could keep all (or, OK, most) of these dresses at the Fashion Police HQ, and force the fashion criminals we arrest to wear them. Sure, it would technically be rewarding bad behaviour, but how else will they learn?
New York Fashion Week is almost over, which is good news for us, because it means we can soon stop feeling guilty about not really caring enough. We tend to adopt a “What happens on the runway, stays on the runway,” rule for Fashion Week: in other words, until the garment actually goes into production, and starts showing up in stores, and on people who AREN’T being paid to strut down a runway in them, our officers don’t really concern themselves too much with any crimes being committed.
All of that said, sometimes we do enjoy the spectacle, so here’s the Derek Lam Spring 2012 collection: enjoy!
At first we thought this was one of Disney’s Evil Queens (or maybe a good one, let’s not judge), but nope, it’s Kirstie Alley, making her modelling debut at the age of 60, on the Zang Toi runway at New York Fashion Week. Yes, we know, it IS a bit odd, isn’t it?
Of course, we’re all for designers using women of all ages, and all body shapes on the runway. Kirstie Alley wasn’t quite what we had in mind there, but hey, it’s a start. (Although we somehow doubt all the “real” women out there will be drawing inspiration from this particular look for Spring 2012…)
THIS IS NOT A DRILL, people. We know it seems like this must be someone’s idea of a cruel joke, because seriously, Katie Price, fashion designer? The same Katie Price who thought THIS was a good look for a book launch?
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Someone actually looked at THIS Katie Price and thought, “You know, this girl should design clothes. She’d be good at it!”?
Well, yes, someone did. That person was British designer Lamis Khamis, who has joined with Katie to create a new label called Day 22. According to the label’s website:
“They wanted to create a brand that is stylish, comfortable, edgy and of quality. Pieces you would want to wear forever.”
Did they succeed in that mission? Well, the fact that even our image agency chose to title these photos “Chavtastic” is possibly a clue that our answer to that question would have to be, “Er, not really.”
The collection, as you’ll see in the images below, is full of animal print and TRACKSUITS. Nothing particularly “edgy”, or that you wouldn’t find on your standard market stall, but who knows, maybe our photographer missed those pieces? We can’t speak for the quality, of course, but we also notice that quite a few of the items are emblazoned with the brand’s name, and, you know how we feel about that. (For those of you who don’t know how we feel about that, let us quickly sum it up for you: VISIBLE LOGOS = SCOURGE OF HUMANITY. Clear enough?)
We’ve put some of the images from the new collection in the gallery below, and we’re keen to hear what you think of them. If you don’t like these particular looks, however, don’t worry: the brand’s name reflects the fact that on day 22 of each month, new clothes will be released. We can’t wait.
You can shop online from the Day 22 website by clicking here.
Which can only mean one thing: it’s time for a look at the Chanel Fall/Winter 2011/12 runway, from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. And we know you just want to look at the pretty (or perhaps not-so-pretty?) pictures rather than listen to us ramble on, so we’ll say just one thing: boxy suits will be big this winter…