Céline Spring/Summer 2016

As expected with a Céline collection, it never fails to let us down. This season was a retrospective of everything we love about Phoebe Philo (creative director for the house). She is able to create clothes that women actually want to wear and could wear (despite the price tag). Asserting the idea that clothes can be easily adaptable to the way women want to live their lives, instead of feeling victimised by fashion.
However today, Philo played more with the ideas of femininity, gently moving away from minimalism with the introduction to prints and a wider array of fabrics.
Femininity through the more accentuated silhouettes and voluminous dimensions- crepe trousers and puffed up shoulders; cinched in waists and severely sartorial structures.

We saw pieces that we would have never of dreamt of seeing at a Céline show. Take the silk slip dresses that have deemed rather popular this season,(seen at Givenchy, Burberry and Calvin Klein)which had lace details that carefully drew attention to the female form. Or perhaps that deconstructed moss green overcoat which Philo re-worked, offering us a confliction between the cinched-in elasticated waist and the boxy, masculinised shoulders.

 

 

Lace silk slip dresses

 



 

Morphed shapes in moss green

 



My favourite looks were the leather tunics that sat over asymmetrical jersey dresses, they just screamed aggression yet downplayed by the fluidity of delicate fabrics. Almost resembling a suit of armour.

 

Leather tunics implied powerful futurism

Also Céline is generally well known for its rather grandiose array of accessories, in particular bags. From the phantom tote to the trapeze, these bags are pure dreams. This season exhibited a brand new selection: pillow bags, the box clutch and those auburn bucket bags.(literally to die for)

 Pillow bag

 

Violet Crocodile box-clutch

Amidst this perfectly conveyed notion of masculine vs feminine, we also had this portrayal of almost quite a pertinent futuristic 'urbanista' as one now calls it. A woman of the utmost class and dignity, who believes only in a non-mainstream and alternative way of dressing. Someone who can easily adapt their style to their surroundings, as it were. Definitely open for interpretation.

For me, Phoebe Philo remains one of my favourite designers. Her visions are simple, raw and dynamic. Season after season she brings us more than just clothing collections, they are art installations.

Please Note: I do not own any of these images, courtesy of Vogue.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? 

                 

 

                Note: I do not own any of these images

            I apologise for the quality of some of these images