Suits and Sensibilities

With Miuccia Prada's soft tailored suits and Donatella Versace's cropped flares, I introduce to you the suit sensation taking over the up and coming Fall season.

Gone are the days when the skirt suit reigned superior. Now the pant suit is back, the almighty two-piece of empowerment. Before you groan in boredom, I shall stop you right there. We are not talking about the bog-standard ill-fitting suit that one purchases from BHS or worse Primark, no no no no, we are talking about the suit hybrids, a suit of the utmost class and personality ever to grace the earth and of course, to suit any occasion. (I do hope you got that pun, if not then shame on you!)

If we take our minds back to Milan Fashion Week amidst those glorious spring time months, one is able to recall what I say is one's 'suit of the season'- set in hues of bubblegum pink and sour apple green, the suits at Prada were sickly sweet. Featured in this incredible jersey mix wool fabric made the pieces look so fluid, soft yet puffy. It was chemical, it was eighties and it was Prada.

Masculinity or should I say androgyny deemed popular amongst certain designers. Low-rise, baggy trousers paired with boxy, oversized blazers and a generous dosage of inventive styling saw us questioning the genders at Alessandro Michele's debut collection for Gucci. What do you think? Empowering, cool or just plain granny?

 

Masculine proportions and dense tweeds demonstrated authority yet with a sartorial side, seen at Stella Mccartney, Chloé and Dior. The cropped trouser or rather cropped flare propelled us into a false sense of security about the colder months, however we must not fret, instead let us imagine thick ankle socks and a furry Fendi boot or perhaps a skin tight latex knee-high at Dior and Calvin Klein Collection.

 

 

  

                               Dior's latex boot

Lastly we come to the modern takes on the YSL Le Smoking tuxe. An essential in so many French women's wardrobes. As I said in my 'French Chic vs British Clique' post a few weeks ago, the smoking jacket epitomizes French chic and women are able to re-master it and make it their own. With this in mind I give you an unapologetically femme array of attire, from Hugo Boss, Versace and Saint Laurent. Oh and look the cropped trouser, reminding you all to purchase a pair, I already have mine.

 

 

                                  Hugo Boss

                                 Saint Laurent

                                   Versace

              Picture courtesy of Style.com

Teen Choice Awards 2015 Red Carpet Fashion

I do not know much about the Teen Choice Awards but I do know that this is the only award ceremony to not have a black tie dress code.

I spot an opportunity to critique some red carpet fashion, and that is what I shall do:

Before I begin I would like to firstly apologise if I'm too candid for you or you did infact like what some of these celebrities wore. It's just an experts opinion. 

Rita Ora, thank goodness, what a monumental breakthrough. She has finally stopped getting her breasts out at every appearance. Round of applause for Rita. 

My my what a lot of red I see before me. This suit is certainly striking, firstly it's Versace so it is obviously going to have a generous amount of audacity, oh and look she has finally brought out her hooker heels, we knew she had to channel her inner streetwalker in some way or another. 

Unfortunately I take all my relatively nice comments back as we adjust our eyes to the mess which is that hair. I just cannot figure out the character she's trying to be. All I know is that her 'walk of shame' status still rises high above anyone else's. 

it's too much to handle, however a good attempt by Rita to raise herself off the worst dressed list.

                                      

                  

  

Britney Spears. The Queen of tackiness has arrived. How inappropriate is this look for a kids award. Also why is she at a teenager event, she's more than two decades older than most of the attendees? With that hair it's evident that she is trying to emulate my favourite- Kesha .Honestly Brit, there is no point in stooping that low, you were pop Queen once upon a time. It seems like Britney has taken a leaf from Rita's book in trying to achieve the cheap, middle-aged jezebel look that everyone so desires.

Let's also discuss the outrage in that she was awarded the Style Icon prize at said awards. I'm 99.9% sure she blackmailed those teens into voting for her, as there is no foreseeable answer to this situation. 

                  

  

Zendaya. Dayum, this girl got class. You can just tell she is one of those girls who has life all figured out. Not to forget she's so stunning and she has the most individual style in contrast to let's say Rita Ora, god bless her. I love this 'co-ordinate' as one would call it, smart yet sophisticated, perfectly inkeeping with the tone of the event. 10/10 from me.

                                  

                   

Emma Roberts. By far my best dressed. Wearing Peter Pilotto, one similar to what Emily Blunt wore to this year's Cannes Film Festival. Ok let's just analyse how good this dress looks on her. Everything is well proportioned, the colours complement her skin tone, the Bardot neck line makes it summery yet sartorial, and lastly her hair and makeup is flawless.

                  

Chloe Grace Moretz. As we all know, I do not like Chloe Moretz. Every aspect about her bores me intensely. I can tell you right here right now that I am NOT a fan of this look, or infact any of the looks she produces. It's interesting to me that she's chosen something from Alessandro Michele's debut collection for Gucci, who focused more on grannified, androgynous looks. 

Firstly let's address that lace tank with a giant snake emblazoned on it- it is severely ill-fitting and that is just not acceptable in my books. Then that skirt, (I want to scream) has she even pulled it up?

I demand to know who this poor girl's stylist is. There is a need for serious intervention here, do you not agree? 

                 

 

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            I apologise for the quality of some of these images